Art Donovan on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, April 12, 1990

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Жыл бұрын

I was sure someone would have uploaded this by now, but it looks like no one has yet.
Art had been on Dave's Late Night ten times before his first Tonight Show appearance in January 1990, so the TS bookers decided to get on the bandwagon.
This was Art's second guest appearance on Johnny, and it was notable at the time for certain words that the censors evidently allowed to slip through.

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@silentlou4375 Жыл бұрын

One of the most naturally and genuinely funny and entertaining people.

@SrFelouniusMonk Ай бұрын

100% comedy. No politics. We miss you Johnny!

@scottclark7592 8 ай бұрын

Art is so naturally funny and charismatic - just imagine if he had writers and an agent-he could have been big in entertainment. As it stands, he was one of the best talk show guests ever.

@jozz2248 Жыл бұрын

Loved that guy. So many great stories told only the way he could.

@charleskustan9152 Жыл бұрын

This clip disappeared from KZfaq, and I've been looking for it for a long time. Thank you for uploading this!!!!

@dongiller Жыл бұрын

Uh oh. Hope this one survives.

@sgt524 Жыл бұрын

Art was WONDERFUL

@mboyd92 Жыл бұрын

Unbleeped God Damn, good stuff. WOW

@TheMalibujoe 9 ай бұрын

Loved Art. He never fails to make me bust out laughing. 😂

@Drew_D Жыл бұрын

WWF fans know this man well from King of the Ring 1994: "Hey, how much does this guy weigh?"

@ajk 11 ай бұрын

That quip from Johnny about the "god damn" face masks.....lol, that was gold......classic Carson right there lol.

@bi6268 10 ай бұрын

😅ㅛㅅ

@privatepenguin3137 10 ай бұрын

Great timing by Johnny there 🤣

@SirVicc Жыл бұрын

Thanks for this! I had completely forgotten about Art Donavan, but he was one of my favorite guests back in the day.

@dongiller Жыл бұрын

I uploaded all of his Letterman appearances awhile back. Two-part compilation.

@SirVicc Жыл бұрын

@@dongiller Good to know. I'll be checking it out.

@Alexisouvlitzis Жыл бұрын

Wow - back when you could see someone like Double Bass legend Milt Hinton on the couch of the Tonight Show -

@hisoverlorduponhigh90 9 ай бұрын

Man, I am from Baltimore, those were the days.

@plaws0 Жыл бұрын

So this was off-air? Holy shit! 🙂 Geez, he was funny. Served 4 years in the USMC in the Pacific Theater, WW2.

@josephmcfarland8442 8 ай бұрын

He served there then as well

@VHer5150 10 ай бұрын

What a treasure Art was, lol

@michaelfox2256 3 ай бұрын

Him and bob euker are the best storytellers

@ralphshelley9586 2 ай бұрын

Yesterday's

@lonnyrowden2630 Ай бұрын

I miss Art. I’d watch his show in Baltimore/DC and he’d always get in trouble for cussing!

@mboyd92 Жыл бұрын

You were mentioned on Gilbert Gottfried's Amazing Colossal Podcast. God bless you, Don

@dongiller Жыл бұрын

Cool! When, and do you have a link?

@NoOne-kr4jc Жыл бұрын

@@dongiller Mr. Giller, the late great Mr. Pat Cooper has passed away. I think you should upload some Cooper-Letterman appearances in his honor.

@dongiller Жыл бұрын

@@NoOne-kr4jc No longer doable, unfortunately.

@NoOne-kr4jc Жыл бұрын

@@dongiller Letterman's people have you on a leash?

@dongiller Жыл бұрын

@@NoOne-kr4jc I wouldn’t describe it that way.

@merlinsclaw Жыл бұрын

Amazing, Don! 🔥🔥

@checkmatekingtwothisiswhit7685 Жыл бұрын

Art was a great Letterman guest too. Thanks Don

@dongiller Жыл бұрын

All of Art’s Dave appearances are in a two-part compilation,

@yvonneollivier7088 Жыл бұрын

Mighty good 👍😊.

@andyrose5616 Жыл бұрын

4:34 It sounds like they may have edited “Jesus!” into “Geez!” by dubbing in laughter over the second syllable, which makes the lack of bleeping for the other words even stranger.

@dongiller Жыл бұрын

Doubt they’d go to so much trouble. It sounds like Art caught himself and only said “Geez.”

@patriciamooney928 Жыл бұрын

Salami, bologna and hot sauce? Sounds good if you add mayo. Thanks, Don!

@oldiesgeek454 3 ай бұрын

In his book Fatso, he said he would fill the hotel bathtub with ice and beer. 🍻😊

@Ripplin Жыл бұрын

"How much does this guy weigh?!"

@jmw06003 Жыл бұрын

He looks like a business man

@patriciamooney928 Жыл бұрын

He was Marine in Ww2 Luzon and Iwo Jima.

@mackdaddyg321 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing this. How did the censors miss those?

@adamnedeff3102 11 ай бұрын

The censors likely didn't miss it. "The Tonight Show" taped from 5:30 to 6:30 pm in Burbank--9:30 pm in the Eastern time zone. So if any editing had to be done, they had two hours to do it before the show went on the air. And in those days, editing was still a very slow, time-consuming process. So it was more of a matter of the editing team looking at the clock and saying "the hell with it" and just airing the show as-is in the Eastern time zone. (11:30 pm is part of what the FCC declares "safe haven time" and they actually don't enforce any restrictions at that hour; any bleeping or censoring at that time of night on network television is just done as a courtesy to the sponsors, more than anything.)

@privatepenguin3137 10 ай бұрын

This is great! How did you get the uncensored broadcast of this? I would think "GD" and "sh!t" would have been bleeped. 🤣

@dongiller 10 ай бұрын

Believe it or not, this _is_ what was broadcast.

@privatepenguin3137 10 ай бұрын

@@dongiller Wow...that's great! LOL - thanks!!

@oldiesgeek454 3 ай бұрын

@@privatepenguin3137I saw Art many times on talk shows, but I somehow missed this one. I'm so glad to see it now for the first time. 😊👍

@MarvinMonroe 11 ай бұрын

Hey Don, you know how Dave was a big Reds fan, right? Do you know when he talked about thier old anmouncer Joe Nuxhall who would sign off by saying "this is the Old Lefthander rounding third and heading for home" I know i heard Dave say that before and im wondering if he referenced it multiple times or if i just happened to see it the one time Could have been Clooney or Sarah Jessica Parker since they are both from the Cincinnati area

@dongiller 11 ай бұрын

I found one show when he used that line - at the end of October 12, 1994: “So until tomorrow night, from Riverfront Stadium and this is the old lefthander rounding third and heading home for now. Good night, everybody!” Nice catch. :)

@MarvinMonroe 11 ай бұрын

@@dongiller awesome, thanks!