Heads up for you old timers Johnny Carson reruns on TMC

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Posted: 7/25/2013 6:08:08 PM EDT

For you old farts like me or for you young shits that want to see a real late night talk show....
On Mondays 7pm(CST) TMC is running clips assorted clips from Johnny Carson. Conan O'Brien is hosting and they show various interviews Carson did with different people on the Tonight Show. Last Monday they had an interview with Mel Brooks right after "Young Frankenstein" had been released to the theaters. They talked about "Blazing Saddles" and Mel mentioned that he originally wanted Johnny Carson to play the Ringo Kid, but Johnny didn't want to do a movie.
Really is great to see a master like Johnny. There isn't a talk show host that can even come in a distant second to him.

Posted: 7/25/2013 6:10:25 PM EDT

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When I was a little girl, I always felt so grown up and sophisticated on the rare occasions when the folks would let me stay up to watch Johnny's monologue. I mostly didn't get it, but it was still a treat. Carson was really funny and had genuine class.

Posted: 7/25/2013 6:15:03 PM EDT

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Posted: 7/25/2013 6:15:13 PM EDT

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Never watched Carson when he was live and I never
watched Leno. Too many retards.

Posted: 7/25/2013 6:20:37 PM EDT

[#4]

Johnny Carson was hands down the best late night host ever.

His timing, delivery, and self deprecating humor was priceless.

I can't watch any late night show without hearing his opening music and thinking, "This poser couldn't lift Johnny's shadow".

If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, Carson is the most flattered man on TV.

Posted: 7/25/2013 6:22:43 PM EDT

[#5]

Even if there were to be another ultra-talented Johhny Carson type to grace us, it would never happen on the networks because of sicatating whiteness.

Posted: 7/25/2013 6:25:29 PM EDT

[#6]

Carson was the best.

The others don't even come close to approaching him.

Posted: 7/25/2013 6:30:19 PM EDT

[#7]

I gave my wife a DVD set of his early programs. Very entertaining and the best part is we don't have to put up with that ego masturbating Conan O'Brian.

The scintillating patterns that appeared on certain fabrics on the screens of old analog TV sets was called the "Johnny Carson Effect" because the sports jackets he used to wear were bad for causing it.

Posted: 7/25/2013 6:33:06 PM EDT

[#8]

HAYOOOOO!!!!

Posted: 7/25/2013 6:35:39 PM EDT

[#9]

Carnac the Magnificent.

want to pet my pussy?

Yeah, get that damned cat off of your lap!

Posted: 7/25/2013 6:35:40 PM EDT

[#10]

The sad news is that the tapes they have are like 2/3 of his total work at The Tonight Show. The first ten years were recorded over.

When you get to the schlossen cut off...

Posted: 7/25/2013 6:36:29 PM EDT

[#11]

Even as a kid, I knew Carson was the best....No one comes close...

Posted: 7/25/2013 6:39:14 PM EDT

[#12]

watched it nearly every night for 20 years. I can still laugh thinking about it.

Posted: 7/25/2013 6:42:17 PM EDT

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When I was a little girl, I always felt so grown up and sophisticated on the rare occasions when the folks would let me stay up to watch Johnny's monologue. I mostly didn't get it, but it was still a treat. Carson was really funny and had genuine class.

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During the summer vacation from school my parents would let me stay up and watch Carson. Everyone else would be sleeping but me and the dog watched, actually the dog was sleeping to but still by my side.

Posted: 7/25/2013 6:42:27 PM EDT

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Left in a mayo jar over night on Funk snd Wagnel's porch...

...until you come to the...FORK IN THE ROAD...

(the look)

And now the lovely Carol Wayne!

I sure miss Johnny. What a class act.

Posted: 7/25/2013 6:42:52 PM EDT

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Never watched Carson when he was live and I never
watched Leno. Too many retards.

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Comparing Carson to Leno is like comparing the pyramids of Giza to Fresh Kills.

Posted: 7/25/2013 6:43:38 PM EDT

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Carnac the Magnificent.

want to pet my pussy?

Yeah, get that damned cat off of your lap!

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Sis Boom Bah

<opens the envelope>

What an exploding sheep sounds like

Posted: 7/25/2013 6:44:28 PM EDT

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Carson was the best.

The others don't even come close to approaching him.

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QFT

I was too little to watch him live. But I have watched a lot of clips on Youtube. None of the new breed of hosts are qualified to hold Carsons jock strap.

Carson was a lot looser and as scripted. His guests trusted him? Nowadays, you can tell that almost every fucking line of the "interview" is scripted.

Posted: 7/25/2013 6:49:55 PM EDT

[#18]

I remember watching his show as a kid when we would get to my grandparents house after a long drive.

He had great timing and delivery.

Posted: 7/25/2013 6:51:07 PM EDT

[#19]

Throwing the tomahawks with Ed Ames (Tonto), hilarious!

Used to get back up after bedtime and lay in the hallway where I could see into the living room and watch Carson on the B&W TV. It went well until he said something that really made me laugh and I got caught, and sent back to bed.

Posted: 7/25/2013 6:59:05 PM EDT

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There is a darn good documentary on Netflix about Johnny.

He still holds the record for the most watched tv episode of all time, Tiny Tim's wedding. 87-some million people watched it.

Posted: 7/25/2013 9:23:01 PM EDT

[#21]

Just finished that documentary, thanks!
It got more laughs out of me than the last 5 theatrically released comedies I've seen put together.

I can't even remember the last time I've watched late night TV.
None of them come anywhere close to Carson...

What a class act.

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Posted: 7/26/2013 2:50:43 AM EDT

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Throwing the tomahawks with Ed Ames (Tonto), hilarious!

Used to get back up after bedtime and lay in the hallway where I could see into the living room and watch Carson on the B&W TV. It went well until he said something that really made me laugh and I got caught, and sent back to bed.

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Good story.

Posted: 7/26/2013 3:31:57 AM EDT

[#23]

Greats chatting with greats.

Wherever Carson is now, I hope he has wifi to check this thread.

Posted: 7/26/2013 12:37:32 PM EDT

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Posted: 7/26/2013 12:41:56 PM EDT

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Posted: 7/26/2013 3:03:18 PM EDT

[#26]

the network is TMC not AMC. thanks OP I used to love the Tonight show. back in the day. I would buy a collection of every full show if available

Posted: 7/26/2013 4:47:38 PM EDT

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the network is TMC not AMC. thanks OP I used to love the Tonight show. back in the day. I would buy a collection of every full show if available

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Oops, you are correct. Thanks, I will change my post.

Posted: 7/26/2013 4:56:59 PM EDT

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Johnny Carson was hands down the best late night host ever.

His timing, delivery, and self deprecating humor was priceless.

I can't watch any late night show without hearing his opening music and thinking, "This poser couldn't lift Johnny's shadow".

If imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, Carson is the most flattered man on TV.

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+ 1970

When I was older I was allowed to watch the monolog before going off to bed. Years later I'd watch the whole show.

When I toured the NBC production lots here my host showed us the Jay Leno studio (really nice) but we asked him about the historical side of the lot and got to see the room where Carson was shot, the Donna Reed show ... and lots of others shows from the early days of Hollywood. There's lots history preserved in tiny displays on all the back lots of Hollywood (Burbank and Pasadena) and wandering around on parts of the set of All In the Family, Hogan's Heroes, MASH, and Mission: Impossible was a hoot. Often outside a sound stage there will be a list of productions that were filmed in the building and a list of some of the biggest movie stars.

I'm not all that into the Hollywood culture but to walk through the same door that Johnny Carson, John Wayne, Bruce Lee, Chuck Norris, or even Elvis did is a hoot.

Posted: 7/26/2013 4:58:40 PM EDT

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The sad news is that the tapes they have are like 2/3 of his total work at The Tonight Show. The first ten years were recorded over.

When you get to the schlossen cut off...

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Worse.

My military command (AFRTS) made national news last year when we were digging around our archives and found an hour on 1" video tape from one of those lost years and presented back to NBC.

Johnny Carson is nothing less than a national treasure!