Who else keeps coming back to just have a good laugh ??

@jonkline709

3 жыл бұрын

Every day

@muffs55mercury61

3 жыл бұрын

Me 3/18/2021. Have a great laugh today.

@jonathanfrench2875

3 жыл бұрын

@@muffs55mercury61 ive come back at least 50 times.. awesome!!

@michaelbruno1666

3 жыл бұрын

It never fails.

@donsimpson3935

3 жыл бұрын

way too many times

I loved Tommy Newsome, with his bewildered expression and flat delivery. He knew exactly what he was doing, and Johnny knew how to play it for all it was worth.

@FunkyDPL

2 жыл бұрын

Yes he did. He was a phenomenal musician, but could also play along with the gags very well. He was a quite underrated talent!

@rtmairose7945

16 күн бұрын

“The Tommy Newsom Show” would have worked. 😅

Tommy’s delivery couldn’t be taught. Deadpan, funny and straight-faced. Only a musician could have given that answer that perfectly.

@lewisc215

10 ай бұрын

inane

@baronvonnembles

9 ай бұрын

@@lewisc215 You shouldn't talk about yourself that way.

@mulemule

6 ай бұрын

And only a KZread commenter could make such an absurdly grandiose claim.

@rockbassrules

4 ай бұрын

Correct!! All performers share a common element: timing.

The sign of a masterful comedian is that he surrounds himself with people who challenge him, rather than suck-ups.

@lewisc215

Жыл бұрын

If you say so.....

@wuffalo

Жыл бұрын

You are correct sir, YES.

There is one Tommy Newsome upstage moment that I haven't seen in years where Johnny was wearing a dark suit and was bombing during his monologue. Johnny jokes about his "dying" with his jokes and Tommy deadpans that, "You're certainly dressed for the occasion." Audience roars. Hope that clip surfaces some day soon. Would love to see it again.

@Cocanut77

Жыл бұрын

There's another great one where Johnny and Tommy are wearing similar outfits. Johnny says to Tommy, "Are we wearing the same outfit? Where'd you get yours?" Tommy responds, "Well, it was in my closet at home, Johnny." Sustained laughter from the audience. Good times.

No matter how bad you might be feeling these memories make everything way better. Johnny,Ed,Doc and Tommy were worth every penny they made. The Tonight Show with Johnny will never be duplicated and Thank God we have these memories!

@imeanithonest5704

Жыл бұрын

Two words. Jimmy Fallon ....

@ictpilot

Жыл бұрын

@@imeanithonest5704 😂😂🤣🤣🤣 Put the crack pipe down and step away!

@imeanithonest5704

Жыл бұрын

@@ictpilot lol I meant...Fallon is the best example of lousy lousy late night.. I watched Conan and enjoyed him. but now....nobody.

@ictpilot

Жыл бұрын

@@imeanithonest5704 Ok

@mooncrab

Жыл бұрын

​@@imeanithonest5704 ain't that the truth?..I mean it's bad enough that he flushed " The Tonight Show" down the toilet 🚽.. without f*****g up another classic program like "Password".

I don't know how many times I've watched this clip, and it never gets old. Boy, do I miss Johnny.

@Defenze

4 жыл бұрын

Miss him too. He was the best.

@bishlap

4 жыл бұрын

agreed - 2 years later, i get a pop-up/reminder from google and I scoot over here and watch it all over again.

@glennlrw

4 жыл бұрын

This so beats every single late night show currently on the air. True humor, not a political opinion show. Gawd do I miss this. Bring on some comedian like this late night. It would soar.

@bishlap

4 жыл бұрын

@@glennlrw Glenn, it's hopeless, we're stuck w/ political morons instead of comedians/hosts. We'll always have replays of Johnny though, I HOPE!?!?

@mottthehoople684

4 жыл бұрын

I thought I was alone.. it's natural for us to romance the past but it really was a better time to be living relevant to what's happened to this country humor became very cruel and mean spirited today

I loved Tommy Newsome when he filled in for Doc. One night, Johnny was telling a series of jokes about the Santa Anna winds and how bad they were. When he finished his monologue, he asked Tommy where Doc was. In as plain an answer as he could give, Tommy answered: "Gone with the Wind". It brought the house down and Johnny quipped "All these highly paid writers and he comes up with 'Gone with the wind'".

@diyboomboxesintexas2805

2 жыл бұрын

I hope someone uploads that to KZread

@haroldgallagher9557

2 жыл бұрын

Daryl King - I would LOVE to see that one....I hope someone does eventually upload it!

@jonkline709

2 жыл бұрын

Well said. You don’t know what you have till it’s gone. I’m mid 60’s boy how I miss that whole group.

@mattygates1

2 жыл бұрын

Agree. Would love to see that one and more of Tommy.

@lewisc215

Жыл бұрын

The writers are off topic, dunce.

Timeless. Forever Funny ! Who else keeps coming back for a great laugh here ?

@altesta5560

Жыл бұрын

Again and again!😃

Johnny learned from Jack Benny that if you give your guest stars the best lines, people will remember your show as being hillariously funny. Tommy made this part memorable with just one innocent simple line.

@Fast_Eddy_Magic

11 ай бұрын

This is why I like Johnny Carson better than David Letterman. Johnny let his guests be funny. DL didn't like his guests to be funnier than him.

This clip never gets old, love it! RIP guys

Who is still LTAO in 2020. I miss Johnny & the “Gang” so much. At least I can say I “Lived” it and remembering such GREAT TIMES.

@bettycogswell9851

3 жыл бұрын

Me too...I started watching Johnny in my teens in the 70's. Never stopped til his last show. He is a legend...

@juniorjohnson9509

3 жыл бұрын

It seemed so bizarre, after growing up with him on every night for 30 years, to have him retire and realizing that I would never get that great entertainment again from him.

@newking70

2 жыл бұрын

What's LTAO?

@jamesford3648

2 жыл бұрын

@@newking70 Laughing there A$$ Off LTAO

@jamesstueber2021

2 жыл бұрын

A men when television was not political and vulgar

Tommy Newsom was an underrated comic genius. It's all in the delivery. Fabulous.

@hankkingsley2976

7 жыл бұрын

Back in the day everyone was in the groove. Didn't hurt to have a host that would let you have your moment either, as long as you didn't go too far.

@michaelnivens6267

6 жыл бұрын

Tommy was pure gold

@TakersMissy

6 жыл бұрын

It was his great deadpan expression - just hilarious!!! :-)

@canyoubelievethis220

5 жыл бұрын

I loved to see little Tommy's eyes look up in the air when Johnny asked him where Doc was. So funny! He was definitely a card. That's for sure!

@markovelikonja5399

5 жыл бұрын

He was, but few realize what an extraordinary musician he was; arranger of a lot of the pieces the band played. I have some recordings of Benny Goodman from the 1960s (I think) where Tommy is in the band.

What a great show. Back in the early 80’s I worked across the street from Burbank studios. Every week or so in the morning Johnny would pull up beside me at a stop light at the studio in his white corvette. It got to a point he would always wave as we were stopped at the light. Would have really liked to have known this incredibly talented individual.

@Cyndeeta

Жыл бұрын

I think you kinda did.

There was, is, and never again will be anything like the Johnny Carson Show.

@kirby711

4 жыл бұрын

I don't watch any late night shows one worse than the other

@thomassaehler9038

2 жыл бұрын

Amen to that

I love the one where Johnny says to Tommy “nice jacket, where’d you get it?” Tommy replies “It was in my closet Johnny.” 😂

@hlcepeda

Жыл бұрын

Many years earlier: Johnny: "What did you do for the Fourth of July?" Tommy: "I dropped my pants and fired a rocket."

@user-lo9cp2kr7s

Жыл бұрын

@@hlcepeda That was Don Rickles, at least on Letterman it was.

@hlcepeda

Жыл бұрын

@@user-lo9cp2kr7s No. _Newsom_ said that _exactly_ as I _quoted_ and to _Johnny's_ question re the Fourth of July and several years _before_ Letterman got his own talk show. This is what Rickles said on Letterman: "So what do you want me to do? Drop my pants and fire a rocket?" There are three possible reasons as to why the comments are similar: 1) Rickles 'stole' it from Newsom; or 2) Newsom 'stole' it from one of Rickles's routines in the 70s (assuming Rickles used it in his routines back then); or [least likely] 3) it being generally known that the Tonight Show's Johnny/Tommy interactions (including Tommy's comebacks) were actually pre-arranged and loosely scripted, the show and Rickles may have at one point shared the same writers.

@user-lo9cp2kr7s

Жыл бұрын

@@hlcepeda Thanks. You have a better memory than me.

@hlcepeda

Жыл бұрын

Only in regard to the relevance of "fire a rocket" re Carson/Letterman/Newsom/Rickles. On anything else? Please don't ask. 😖

This clip and Doc's Thanksgiving conversation with Johnny are my go-tos for a laugh.

When Tommy says "I go to clinic's ". His expression reminds me of Stan Laurel.

@buffalopatriot

3 жыл бұрын

Funny you should say that because Johnny always used the Oliver Hardy bit where he stares into the camera with a befuddled look on his face.

@paulthompson9668

3 жыл бұрын

@flyhound97 *in* plural words

@lewisc215

3 жыл бұрын

Whatever, genius.

And the great thing about it all was that Mr. Carson had class and let Mr. Newsom get the laughs. Miss Johnny Carson so much.

@ocan1033

4 жыл бұрын

Smart enough to know where the laughs were. Johnny could get more laughs out of a joke bombing than one succeeding.

@johncronin9540

4 жыл бұрын

ocan1033 Jonny was a friend of Jack Benny, who was smart enough to realize that it didn’t matter who got the laugh, the credit goes to the whole show. Johnny knew how to be the straight man in that comedy gold.

@wddub9075

4 жыл бұрын

But he wasn’t gonna let him get the third one. Great segment though.

@stevemcmanigal3410

3 жыл бұрын

Johny was the master at making those around him look good. Guests, Ed, Tommy etc.

@TheVagolfer

3 жыл бұрын

That's " Mr." Johnny Carson.

I grew up as a kid watching Johnny & was 24 when I watched his last show. Many late night shows have come and gone since his last show in 92’ but Johnny was & still is the best! Thank goodness for KZread….

Back when late night TV was classy and funny. The good old days are gone.

I have tears in my eyes from the laughter and from the sadness of knowing we will never see the likes of this again.

@jazzfusioner9840

5 жыл бұрын

Truth....

@barrypendley8492

5 жыл бұрын

Watched it very often classic

@Channel-cm7yc

5 жыл бұрын

It was an institution and we’ll never see the likes of again.. After WWII it was the most exciting time in America for entertainment and innovation! 👍👍

@tpsoxford1710

5 жыл бұрын

Jesus. That was like a spear in my heart reading this.

@cciccone61

5 жыл бұрын

I know what you mean.

This never gets old.

Happy to have lived to watch these guys on a regular basis. TV has never been the same.

@deansapp4635

8 ай бұрын

So true

Tommy nails Johnny twice in 90 seconds, that's gotta be a record.

Classic Carson - he knows that he's been upstaged, and manages to milk it for all it is worth.

@richardeast3328

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly, instead of trying to upstage Tommy.

@jefftappan3091

2 жыл бұрын

He was, indeed, the perfect straight man.

@paulwalker1443

2 жыл бұрын

Absolutely. Carson knew how to take advantage of his sidekicks in a way the was self-deprecating, but still resulted in hilarity. He knew that comedy came from every angle. Part of his genius.

This clip is timeless. I never get tired of it.

What a lineup of entertainment, Johnny Carson, Ed McMahon, Tommy Newsome and Ed Shaughnessy

I miss Johnny and Ed and Tommyand Doc and all the guys . If you are old enough to have seen some of these days live you should consider yourself lucky ..We wont see anything like it again.

@Agent-xn1hr

6 жыл бұрын

baler johnson now it’s garbage like Jimmy Fallon

@carledward3019

5 жыл бұрын

Since I was old enough to stay up that late....1970, I watched it until the last show.

@bikenband

5 жыл бұрын

Ha! Johnny Carson couldn't hold a candle to Jimmy Fallon OR Jimmy Kimmel

@RobertoLopez-xb1mj

5 жыл бұрын

@@bikenband Huh??!!

@thealaskan1635

5 жыл бұрын

We should have a Johnny Carson channel !! And a David Letterman channel !!!

When this aired on March of 1991, I was 20 and in Iraq. A lean mean killing machine. Now it’s October of 2020, I’m 50 and I too now go to clinics.

@georgesenda1952

2 жыл бұрын

Me too but I got 19 years on you. I’m 69.

@mhoran21

2 жыл бұрын

In Tampa?

@davidburchell2882

10 ай бұрын

I was sitting out in the Desert of Iraq and Kuwait

@henryeason9572

Ай бұрын

Thank you for your Service.

@sdcoinshooter

Ай бұрын

I was flying over you Jose, we are probably going to the same clinics.

The simplest of jokes are the greatest jokes.

@tomault3063

3 жыл бұрын

"Have you ever had this before?"

I swear, it never gets old.

That had to be spontaneous! "I go to clinics..." Genius! Better delivery is just not possible. Tommy did great lines all the time, but this classic's gotta be one of his best! Tommy gave Johnny a clinic that night, for sure!

Anyone ever see the show where Tommy had the headphones on ? Johnny goes on and on about something while Tommy is spotlighted. When Johnny stops and expects an answer Tommy takes off the headphones and says " sorry, I was listening to the Dodgers game ".....hilarious !

Love hearing Ed laugh in the background

@cut1986

4 жыл бұрын

Yes. If you grew up with it kin of a comforting sound.

@dannyboyy8465

3 жыл бұрын

There's another laugh in the background that makes this much funnier! 0:29 1:58

Johnny Carson on a bad night is still funnier than all the late night hacks we have today

@uralbob1

3 жыл бұрын

Amen to that! Watching Johnny now is happy/sad for me.

@BarryH1701

3 жыл бұрын

Absolutely! Actually, when Johnny had a "bad" night, it often ended up funnier than what the original plan was.

@katrinkasanfranciscobayare7364

3 жыл бұрын

And I totally agree with your comment and in addition to that..... Johnny Carson back then was the greatest of all time and even this day and age he's so hecka funny. My daughter is 19 and she gets a kick out of watching him today

@lewisc215

3 жыл бұрын

Why compare? Times change.

@bluebassett2

3 жыл бұрын

@@lewisc215 And not always for the better. Late Night TV used to be about relaxing and watching something funny. Now, Late Night shows are all part of the big Propaganda Machine.

One of the greatest Carson moments. They should’ve had Tommy host for one night it would’ve been fun.

@bostonrailfan2427

2 жыл бұрын

Johnny laughing at the fun of it and the absurdity of the whole situation would have been epic

@thejils1669

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely NOT! He probably would've bombed doing that since being a host involves being very structured...for your guests sake. No, Tommy's gift was smug improvisation and an incredible sense of timing: two things you need to be an incredible jazz musician (sax) which he was.

Absolutely some of the best spontaneous humor ever. I can’t even imagine that sort of fun happening on today’s late night.

@pgroove163

2 жыл бұрын

You and me both

@bobpeckinpaugh2550

Жыл бұрын

@@pgroove163 Today's late night shows couldn't clean the men's room.

@lewisc215

Жыл бұрын

It happens; don't be a child.

@lewisc215

10 ай бұрын

then you know zero. What a stupid thing to say.

@baronvonnembles

9 ай бұрын

@@lewisc215 Of course not, that's your job.

And Tommy was also considered a great jazz arranger and band leader. He was a top-tier pro musician. Which you had to be, of course, to play on that show. But, you'd never know it by Tommy's deadpan comedy chops. RIP Tommy.

@robertrobinson7997

6 жыл бұрын

Craig Maltby m1111o9 $1f

@robjontay5052

4 жыл бұрын

My mom used to wake me up to watch Carson when Buddy Rich was on. Once just before he played with the Tonight Show Orchestra Buddy said the name of the song and then said " and it was arranged for all instruments by Tommy Newsom...." I gained a lot of respect for the man.

@chasbodaniels1744

4 жыл бұрын

The most impressive thing about your anecdote is that the monster egotist Buddy Rich, gave that credit to Tommy.

@tonyhemingway7980

4 жыл бұрын

That was, probably, the reason that Johnny asked if he held clinics, never expecting the answer that he got.

@robertstv8045

3 жыл бұрын

Interesting. Thanks

I busted a gut when Tommy sez "I go to clinics"

@MarkSmith-hf5nh

3 жыл бұрын

It was time for Johnny to go at that point. He was no longer needed 😂

Johnny served up that tater and tommy raked it dead center.

@kyokogodai-ir6hy

4 жыл бұрын

Yep. Hit the dog meat right out of it.

@robb1761

4 жыл бұрын

Tommy is cool went to the same high school as me many years before me lol so cool

@gedias1

3 жыл бұрын

I think Tommy just swung the bat, and he didn't realize that he even hit the ball, let alone how far it went.

@liduck52

3 жыл бұрын

One time JC said that Tommy is a registered pervert. Tommy then said "I didn't know you had to register".

@hankkingsley2976

3 жыл бұрын

@@liduck52 back in the good old days you didn't

The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson was so much fun! Johnny, Ed, Doc, Tommy.. They were all great! They could literally do a show with no guests if they had too!

You can tell that Johnny is not mad. He's loving this. You can tell by the way he keeps looking at Tommy. This was hilarious.

@jonkline709

4 жыл бұрын

Bobby joe no Johnny was old school his roll model Jack Benny and Groucho where just being quiet and let the joke run it’s ciurse

@LockDownOnSparta

4 жыл бұрын

Booby joe no no Johnny Carson was pissed beyond belief...thats why he packed up and stormed off stage! I heard the producer had to tell him to "get back out there or else" and Johnny thought the show would go to Tommy newsom based on that joke alone and got scared so he went back out and tried to make the best of a VERY awkward uncomfortable moment in television history

@EdHahm1

4 жыл бұрын

@@LockDownOnSparta I respectfully disagree. Or else? No one tells Johnny what to do.

@Will6721

4 жыл бұрын

@@LockDownOnSparta If Johnny truly was pissed, this segment would never have made it to air. Tommy Newsome had a history of making the audience laugh. It actually took pressure off of Johnny. He knew Tommy's dry wit was great comedy.

@chuckfan1

4 жыл бұрын

@@LockDownOnSparta dude, are you that fucked up? Not one part of your theory is true. One, you can tell by just watching how this plays out. 2, knowing the people involved, and Carson was just going along with it to get the laughs, even at his expense, he was a master at it. And finally, you think he's going to quit, on the spot, and walk away from millions of dollars? Dude, don't be such a douche...shake yourself

"Where is the good doctor tonight?" I love that

Whenever Johnny went to Tommy, Johnny always came out for the worse. Hilarious.

Hysterical - so many sharp minds firing on all cylinders. Boy does this make me miss The Old Tonight Show - we shall not see its likes again.

If we could only go back, and wake up from this nightmare!!!

@watchman1178

2 жыл бұрын

😃 I either want Johnny to come back or else I want to go where he is. Current-day America is nothing but a living nightmare. A real-life cartoon.

@michaelmongelluzzo9206

11 ай бұрын

YESSSSS!!!!!!!!!

@robertmayer2748

10 ай бұрын

I agree

@robertmayer2748

10 ай бұрын

No one came close to him or this show. The 30 years went by fast.

@dougalmacrobbie1918

10 ай бұрын

Ridiculous whining ninny.

When Johnny retired, late-night humor died. Only Letterman came remotely close. For over twenty-five years, no matter how your day went, we had our pals on the Tonight Show.

What a class act. All of them. Johnny enhances the joke and lets it go on perfectly. Always a gentleman and letting other people do their shtick.

Johnny Carson has a brilliant energy and way about him. Can’t put my finger on it but he was simply the best. He connected to the audience like no other. Not only was he funny, but had great timing and you just felt like he really liked what he was doing.

@cut1986

4 жыл бұрын

He knew when the moment was MAGIC!

@kirby711

3 жыл бұрын

EXACTLY John

@MarkSmith-hf5nh

3 жыл бұрын

Johnny didn't know what Tommy was going to say about Doc. I highly doubt he talked to anyone in the band before the show. But he milked Tommy's line like a cow. I'm sure Tommy didn't know Johnny would ask about a clinic. His response had to be an ad-lib and Johnny just milked that, too. He was a master.

@BudSchnelker

2 жыл бұрын

And unlike today's late night hosts, he didn't hate half of his potential audience.

This clip never gets old.

@MarkSmith-hf5nh

3 жыл бұрын

..and now......here's Tommy!!!

Johnny's timing was so natural. He was and will always be the best.

Oh my....it doesn't get better than this. If I live to be an old man, which I hope I do, I firmly believe that I will still be watching these videos on KZread -- and Johnny will STILL be the king of latenight.

It just felt right. Not forced or over the top. Just warm and funny. For a guy that was probably a little aloof in real life, Johnny sure was relatable on his show. RIP king of late night.

The absolute funniest Carson/Newsom moment was when Johnny turned to zing Tommy about his clothes as usual and had to stop because they were wearing the same suit.

Nobody ever realized how excellent Tommy Newsome was.

@ejflor1313

Жыл бұрын

Millions of people realized how excellent he was

@TheGameFreak000

Жыл бұрын

Wasn't there a moment where everybody, even the producer was just getting more laughs than Johnny? I gotta find that again.

@gedias1

7 ай бұрын

In music, absolutely. In comedy, I don't think Tommy realized it.

I remember a show in the 70s around July 4. Johnny asked him how he spent the 4th and Tommy replied "I dropped my pants and fired a rocket"

@dhpbear2

4 жыл бұрын

I also heard that line from Don Rickles.

@artturek4822

3 жыл бұрын

I saw that same show and fell off the couch because I was laughing so hard. And Johnny was classy enough never to upstage Tommy, Doc or Ed. He knew the importance of getting laughter, regardless of who told the joke. Skills like that are not seen much anymore. And Tommy had the perfect response with the deadpan look. Miss that show so much.

@JohnM-iu8hg

3 жыл бұрын

I remember it as well. I would love to see that clip.

@SueProv

2 жыл бұрын

@@dhpbear2 I don't know who originated the line but Rickles said severaltimes on the Dave letterman show. Daves crew put together a video od Don dropping his pants, showing boxer shorts and a rolet coming out. Ricles got a kick out of that.

Johnny served up that softball and Tommy hit it right out of the park. Johnny was the master of milking every bit of humor out of unexpected situations - often when he was the brunt of the joke. Amazing talent on the The Tonight Show!

Every afternoon during this lockdown I watch this. Johnny,Doc,Tommy & Ed thank you all so much to all the laughter you brought into our rooms.

@dhpbear2

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks, Jon. I never get tired of watching them, myself! I love the one where Fred DeCordova 'sucks up' to Johnny! kzread.info/dash/bejne/n6Krq8eFcZOtm5s.html

@jonkline709

2 жыл бұрын

@@dhpbear2 thanks for your response

Love this clip ,I watch it almost everyday ..

Newsom had a sly sense of humor, and he was a very talented arranger.

@gedias1

3 жыл бұрын

And he gives you the impression that he's clueless when he makes a joke.

@Aelitaneihausen

3 жыл бұрын

Tommy Newsome arranged and conducted his last project with Aelita with Diva Jazz Orchestra in 2006/7. Will never ever forget this incredible man! Bless his memory!

@mikehalkides7044

3 жыл бұрын

The talent level of the Tonight Show Band was off the charts.

@samanthab1923

3 жыл бұрын

That's why Johnny loved him, so deadpan 😂

@lewisc215

3 жыл бұрын

He was a sly arranger with a talented sense of humor.

Tommy had that special " shyness/innocence" about him, he wasnt too comfortable having spotlight on him, and almost every interaction between him and Johnny was like that🤣🤣....Boy!!! do I miss that show😢😢

Another one of my favorite Tommy moments is when Johnny asked him where he got the jacket he was wearing, and he responded with "Well, it was in my closet, Johnny!"

@stephenkennedy8767

5 жыл бұрын

mytreker or the time Johnny admires Tommy’s jacket, and Tommy responds, “it’s brown!!”

@robertszmania709

5 жыл бұрын

Once ,when johnny asked Tommy,what did he do for the fourth of July,...Newsome replied...I dropped my pants and let off a rocket....you're welcome

@lamontburton1233

5 жыл бұрын

@@robertszmania709 Yeah I remember that one as well! And as I said elsewhere there times Johnny shouldn't have messed with Tommy.

@staceyparker4272

3 жыл бұрын

One time Johnny asked Tommy "how do you hold a note so long without taking a breath". Tommy replied without skipping a beat, "Vaporlock". The audience roared.

@hankkingsley2976

3 жыл бұрын

@@staceyparker4272 nobody knows what is vapor lock is today

Great stuff. There is a warmth missing from late night now. Johnny and his gang could put you to bed feeling positive. I think that many current late night guys have skills and their shows have energy, but you don't watch them to relax and hit the hay. It's more a reminder of what we see and hear all day.

No one was like Johnny, always gracious, total professional and sharp as a tack wit.

@steveoehmsen4679

3 жыл бұрын

Johnny said one night he had seen Tommy in a restaurant having a seafood plattter and one of the clams yawned at Tommy. Loved the back and forth with Carson , Doc & Tom.

Johnny was, and will always be, the perfect late night host

@eamonq9535

2 жыл бұрын

New York attitude

Tom's deadpan delivery is hilarious.

Imagine you do this for 30 years and you get a moment like that.

Johnny knows how to set it up, Tommy had a great cone back with Johnny’s help. A great late nite host.

Tommy Newsom was doing 'clapbacks' long before they became vogue. Decades later, this is still hilarious...

A poignant reminder of what we once had, and what we're now stuck with. Late night entertainment is a poverty-stricken wasteland in the absence of Johnny Carson.

@MrTonyd1954

6 жыл бұрын

clean fun. he poked fun at the world but in a tasteful manner that made everyone laugh, including the victims of Johnny's jokes. That took a special talent that has yet been reproduced

@johnperrigo6474

4 жыл бұрын

What's sad is viewers don't know this.

@bettycogswell9851

3 жыл бұрын

Amen..

When I was a kid, NBC had The Sunday Tonight Show, with clips from past years. They should bring them back...

@johnking5174

Жыл бұрын

Johnny asked NBC to stop showing the Tonight Show on Saturdays and Sundays come the mid 70s, so he could use those repeats as the Best of Carson for when he was off on vacation.

What a great episode. Always makes me laugh ... miss those days :)

Back when we knew how to laugh at ourselves.

Ed McMahan really added to the show...his robust laugh in the background really accentuates any good joke line...truly a remarkable pairing and run Johnny and Ed had....pure magic.

@tleatherland

6 жыл бұрын

I agree. Some people think Ed's laugh was fake, but I don't. I think he genuinely enjoyed being second banana. As he said during the finale, "I thank you. My family thanks you..." He had a very good gig for 30 years.

@MrTonyd1954

6 жыл бұрын

I don't think there's a human being on this planet who could fake a laugh on Johnny's show. I can still recall some of the particular laughs of Johnny's audience: contagious

@mwilliams1330

5 жыл бұрын

@@MrTonyd1954 Says volumes that Bob Hope requested these laughs for sound tracks for his specials.

@hankkingsley2976

5 жыл бұрын

Hey Now!

@christopherdunne7848

5 жыл бұрын

I was watching a Carnac segment with Doc subbing for Ed. Truly....*truly*.....no comparison.

Tommy was the master of self-deprecation and Johnny had no answer. It makes great comedy and it takes the wind out of the sails of any bully.

@TravelinBand747

2 жыл бұрын

I love how Johnny clearly knew he'd been upstaged by Tommy's absolute deadpan reply...then proceeded to milk it for all it was worth by walking offstage in a sarcastic way as if to say, "I give up!"

Who doesn't miss Johnny that was a real master

Everytime I watched this I just bust up laughing. And everytime when the clip ends I'm overpowered with deep sadness. I miss Johnny. And you know what ? I missed Ed also. He was a good man that only wanted his boss to look good

There was such a huge amount of talent that arrived on scene in all genres in the 1950's and 60's. I mean it was like a vast never ending pool of talent.

Tommy had the best unappreciated comebacks.

Old show business adage: every musician wants to be a comic, and every comic wants to be a musician.

Haven't seen this in a year or two. I laughed so hard. I miss Johnny too.

This is when late night tv was actually funny. I would watch the Carson comedy classics too.

From Wikipedia: One night Johnny asked Tommy if he wore designer underwear. Tommy: "I put my own designs in them."

I love Johnny! He has a way of making people famous without any intentions.... I always wondered what my parents were laughing at in the middle of the night🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Johnny Carson and his "crew" were simply the best late night show EVER!

@johngiovine8792

3 жыл бұрын

Second to none, they were the BEST!

Tommy was brilliant. When I was in college, I ran into him and just about all The Tonight Show Musicians at Zep's Music in Burbank. Zep only sold brass and woodwinds. No drums, guitars, etc. Zep was a deep discounter who moved a ton of instruments with a student and pro customer base. There was a sofa and chairs in the store and if you hung out for 5 minutes, somebody famous would walk through the door. One day, my friend Chuck and I were buying new trombones to force ourselves to practice more often and Tommy walked in with Ross Tompkins (The Tonight Show Orchestra pianist). Back then, the show was 90 minutes at taped at 5:00PM leaving the musicians plenty of time to gig around town afterwards. Tommy and Ross invited Chuck and I to a local club for a jam session. We hadn't picked up our horns in weeks and were too intimidated to show up. About 9 months later, I run into Tommy at Zep's and he remembered my name, Chuck's name and asked why we didn't show up at the gig - and mentioned the club by name.

@kennymurphy2116

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for that story, and for telling it so well.

@loetzcollector466

11 ай бұрын

What a fantastic story. I believe every word of it. Isn't it a shame that always we regret the things we did not do rather than the things we did?

@jonkline709

7 ай бұрын

That a great story of their true character

@thomasmartin7425

5 ай бұрын

Well you did design one of the hottest Muscle Mustangs on Earth. So I guess you did ok.

Forty years of selling, training and presenting here- for whatever that's worth. Based on my experience, I am seeing perfect timing, pauses, overlap, and true professionals at work. Well rehearsed by the affable Tommy Newsome, the joke setup, with patience. The key was making it look extempore, and it did through preparation. Johnny? Well this is who he was every night, letting a special moment be. Although uncomfortable in his own skin, put him in front of a camera and audience, and he became the greatest entertainer perhaps we will ever see. I miss those days, a time when we put on late night television to escape ugliness in the world, including politics. We united in laughter.

@1225KPH

3 жыл бұрын

This was completely unrehersed.

I could watch this over and over .. Tommy is the BEST !!

This type of clean-pure comedy will never come our way again. Enjoy these precious moments from the past.

@fosbury68

4 жыл бұрын

I don't know how "clean" it was. A jazz musician talking about going to a "clinic" is HEAVILY loaded with innuendo.

@nonsense1558

4 жыл бұрын

It means there were no F bombs said to make the skit funny. Get a clue Sherlock and don't think too deep!

@nate4745

3 жыл бұрын

@@fosbury68 The thing is that it was innuendo, and not raw, biting humor.

@fosbury68

2 жыл бұрын

@@nate4745 It was innuendo about going to a clinic for VD. If that counts as "clean-pure" in your book, I don't know what to tell you.

@nate4745

2 жыл бұрын

@@fosbury68 I understand this. The important thing is that children should not get the joke. As in most things in life, we don't want children participating in activities the consequences of which they are unaware or cannot handle.

July of 2022 and my sides are hurting 😂😂😂😂

I was the only one in my household that would sit up and watch Johnny every night. Even when a joke bombed he made it funny with a two step. I loved the Karnack the Great bits.

My gosh I miss this. I was born in 1965. Every weeknight we watched the 11:00 news and Dad always watched the first part of the show. He and I would be ROTFL and Mom would just sit there and shake her head.

Johnny's best skill was knowing and then letting other people be funny. Laughs were laughs no matter who got them, that's what made the Tonight Show when he was the host.

@pam0626

3 жыл бұрын

You are so right. He was not afraid to be the straight man and give the laugh to someone else.

@markschildberg1667

3 жыл бұрын

Johnny learned that from his idol, Jack Benny.

Still not sure if this was geniusly written and rehearsed or spontaneous lighting in a bottle...regardless, one of the greatest comedy skits I have ever seen. Pure magic.

@MarkSmith-hf5nh

3 жыл бұрын

I think the Tampa line was something Tommy was waiting with. He was waiting for Johnny to ask where Doc was. I think the clinic line was a total ad-lib.

@TravelinBand747

2 жыл бұрын

Either way, it was brilliant and here we are over 30 years later still enjoying it. The clinic line sounded like a genuine ad lib.

Johnny was like the old friend you loved just hanging out with. And America did for over 30 years.

Just another indication of how great a host Johnny was - he never shirked from including the rest of the 'cast' from joining in on the jokes. Often at his expense, too. He was all about entertaining the audience, not himself. That was just a hilarious end result of an impeccable program.

@MarkSmith-hf5nh

3 жыл бұрын

I think he heard the 'Tampa' line the first time Tommy said it but he asked him to repeat it. The 'clinic' line was just a great ad lib and Johnny milked it for a couple of minutes. They all were so good on the air.

No matter how many times you watch this you can’t help but laugh!

So quaint to see these older gentlemen of another era ruling the late night. I am speechless and in awe lol

No matter how many times I watch this it still makes me laugh. Tommy Newsome was hilarious.