Thank you Johnny for your show. Even though you have passed away many years ago your legacy lives on. You keep me alive. Your humour keeps me going. Love your shows. RIP Johnny

For those who don't know, comedian Ronnie Shakes had already passed away when this rerun aired. He died about three months after the Feb. '87 taping. For many years, I wondered why we didn't see more of him in the '90s and beyond -- because he was so consistently brilliant. He had a heart attack while jogging.

@pianopappy

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing. I was not aware of this. How sad.

@user-nh4uw2ji7o

5 ай бұрын

How sad to hear that.😢

@KayBarsotti

4 ай бұрын

Don't recognize the name, maybe his face

This is probably the best of all the Carson/Grodin exchanges. Love it!

This was a terrific Era in Late Night Television. Thank-You for sharing.

Thank you for this…. Can I ask a question? imo Why is it even on his worst night, that Johnny Carson was still better than most other comedians? (Even today?)

@johnsjohnson448

20 күн бұрын

Because Mr. Carson was well read and knew what his audience expected of him. He made his guests shined and stayed away from one-sided politics by respecting his viewers.

If you're interested in the exact original broadcast date, it's February 24, 1987.

@pianopappy

Жыл бұрын

I'm VERY interested, Adam. Thanks very much. How did you find out? I usually made a note of anything I recorded. However, this was a rerun.

@adamnedeff3102

Жыл бұрын

@@pianopappy I have access to a newspaper archive and I typed in the guest list.

@Maestrohbill

Жыл бұрын

@@pianopappy Well, the Grammys he joked about were that day. The rerun likely actually aired about a year later but the original show was 2/24/87.

@DBEdwards

Жыл бұрын

A date that will go down in obscurity

I was always disappointed when I stayed up to watch and this popped up. Same thing when the show was preempted by Wimbledon for which the Tonight Show had a bumper where they passed by a TV set with Carson on it as they told you it was being preempted that night for Wimbledon.

Leon Redbone's band was excellent. I didn't know that the NBC Orchestra had won a grammy, it's not surprising tho, they were an amazing jazz big band

@pianopappy

9 ай бұрын

Thanks for your comment. After Caron retired from the Tonight Show, the band played some concerts under the direction of Doc Severinsen. I was fortunate enough to see and hear them at the Great Allentown Fair in Allentown, PA. For legal reasons, they couldn't be billed as "The Tonight Show Orchestra".

Oh wow thanks for this if you have any more episodes with intros pls upload:)

Thanx so much, pianopappy, for sharing! Such fun to see Johnny and the gang again. And it's cool that you kept the original ads. Some I remember, some I don't, but that's the way it goes. Thanx again! Keep 'em coming, please? (edit bc my stupidphone cannot spell properly 🙄 )

@DBEdwards

Жыл бұрын

There are better examples of Carson out there. But I have to agree. The commercials are cool

Hey pianopappy, can you upload the full-length Austin City Limits Season 5 opening sequence from 1980? It begins with a shot of the Austin skyline as the camera pans up. Voices can be heard saying: "Hey Wilder, how's Austin City Limits tonight? Get on down and find out!". Then, the music starts playing and shows scenes from around Austin, Texas. The next scene shows a truck driving into the water, a woman holds a cowboy hat while a man drives, a shot of the road with the Austin skyline, back of the truck driving by, camera panning to the left to see the Austin City Limits highway sign, and the camera zooming in on the Austin City Limits highway sign by giving a closeup shot; The music shifts to an instrumental version of "London Homesick Blues", and Lickona's voice can be heard saying: "Recorded live from Austin, Texas, it's Austin City Limits"; Then, the Austin City Limits highway sign morphed into photographs before zooming in to reveal the performance.👍

It helps to know that the writers had to come up with monologs and comic material every single day!

Hereeee's Johnny! 😅

At 4:18 Johnny used an old Morecambe and Wise comedy name from Britain - "Dewey, Cheatem & Howe" used by Eric Morecambe and Ernie Wise in their show back in 1971.

@izzirf

Жыл бұрын

That was used by the three stooges in the 30s as well

Ahhh, the prophetic first line!

Leon!

I saw Leon redbone concert the guy was absolutely plastered on jagermeister

R I p Ed Johnny

every one has shredded documents, big deal , that does not mean they were incriminating or classified.

0:06

FUNNIEST (in terms of no laughs for monologue & ALL the way through the show)--was Regis Philbin and James Garner, appearing with Johnny the Friday after the Thursday Thanksgiving, 1981. Does ANYONE have that in their video collection that they could kindly post? FUNNIEST I'D EVER SEEN!

I would say I’m happier more than unhappy. When I became a believer and a follower of Jesus it turned my life around. The “secret “ of happiness lies in being CONTENT in all situations. The Bible says that it rains on the believer and the unbeliever and it shines on the same.

ISHTAR WHICH CHARLES GRODIN IS PLUGGING, update...... " ISHTAR shows this week at Portland State University's student-run 5th Avenue Cinema as part of a fall season that focuses on box-office flops worthy of revival-would mutate into one of Hollywood's most notorious disasters. A cascade of production problems and ego clashes lost Columbia Pictures nearly $40 million and is likely to have played a part in the studio's then-owner, Coca-Cola, selling it to Sony in 1989. "

Very strange Grodin Carson interview. Too intense. Unfunny. Ronnie Shakes? Lame. Pathetic. IT'S THE COMMERCIALS THAT ARE ENTERTAINING

It's depressing to hear the political jokes and remember how mediocre things were in the 80s.

This guy was rude and boring .

@pianopappy

Жыл бұрын

Actor Charles Grodin was a guest on the program many times and always acted the same way. Carson thought it was amusing and played along. Note the comment from KZreadr "Modern Retro Radio" below.

@DBEdwards

Жыл бұрын

Grodin and Shakes. Indeed