You think a tribute to someone smoking cocaine is appropriate?

​@@NKellyMullenIt was a tribute to a seriously injured friend.

Yeah, it's prob the most touching tribute to that incident I ever saw anywhere. No blame, no laughs, just pure well wishes and concern.

@@foto21 almost brings me to tears..wait, no it doesn’t.

@@NKellyMullen I really care. I'm pretty judgemental of drug users also, TBH.

.....and he makes it seem so easy. He's so natural, and we're soooooo lucky to have enjoyed this host prior to the internet. 🙂

It was “better” in a lot of ways. Things were more relaxed and we laughed more. Today, we’re going through some real growing pains.

Carson was awesome. He was like the cool uncle who had all his interesting friends over for parties.

Yes the World has changed. I am so glad I was born in 1957. Love your life. It is full of surprises.

@@robynconway1286 God bless you Robyn, thank you for your kind words.

Who is the "over the top loudmouth" on talk shows today? I grew up in the 80's and loved Carson and Letterman. But this weird cherry-picked nostalgia is just so strange to me. Pick out a handful of pop culture things you like, and then declare unilaterally that "times were so much better back then." Just weird.

My all time favorite comedian is Steve Martin. He does it all. Sings, dances, composes musicals, writes novels, plays the banjo - amazingly good. No one can hold a candle to his physical comedy like he did in All of Me with Lily Tomlin. I've been a fan since the first time i saw him.

​@JoniDiMaggio He's still doing it, too! The season 1 finale of Only Murders in the Building was hysterical! 😂

So true

Without question.

RIP & thanks for the laughter. 🙏✡️🎭🤥

Carl's greatest accomplishments were the Dick Van Dyke Show and giving Mary Tyler Moore national exposure.

“…it depends how you hold it…” 😂🤣 That’s what She Said😂😂🤣🤣🎉

@@StereoSpace Producing Rob wasn't exactly chopped liver, either !! 🎬

​@@cuda426hemi That's right Rob will go down in history as one of the great directors (along with Ron Howard) but we can't forget what talented actors father & son were. Everytime i see Rob he's usually playing a small character roll but he still manages to steal every scene on

People didn't say "Is the Tonight Show on?" They would say. "Is Carson on?"

You say that with zero context. Until the last 10 years, it was a lot easier to be non-partisan. The Right has become such a clown car of lies and anti-American ideals, it's kinda hard to treat them equally when telling jokes. And as a comedian, you go where the jokes are. And the vast majority of the jokes are on the Right. In the 80's, things were very, very different.

Yet he wasn't the 2000-year-old man.

Alll-coooo-hhhhhhooooollll!

Haha, that's basically what I was just about to post! I've fan a fan of him, Steve (Johnny too obviously) and their cohorts since I was a kid. I'd say getting his appearance in 1980 uploaded to YT on Carson's official page in 2023 definitely constitutes genuinely along the lines of ''best of'' status. So congrats to him and the rest for being great creators and entertainers : )

"Walks now." Or should I say "runs!"?

I don't understand how that's possible and I don't see a joke.

AI says: The humor in this statement is derived from the surprising and somewhat absurd fact that humans and bananas share a significant amount of genetic material. The punchline, “which accounts for only 1% of the total DNA,” adds another layer of absurdity by implying that the vast majority of our DNA is still unaccounted for. It’s a form of humor that plays on our expectations and the incongruities of life.

My expectation is that I am incongruous in regard to understanding any of that. Or is that inkangaroous? (I wonder how much DNA humans, bananas and kangaroos all share.)

@@mas5867 Who is "Al?" Man I'm sorry to say this joke is WAY over my head. Learning, here, that humans and bananas share a significant amount of DNA coding is surprising to me, yes, but I don't find it absurd nor funny. I knew that plants grow and reproduce according to a specific plan, so although I could not have told you that plants have DNA, now that I know, I find that logical, not absurd, and if they have DNA I would expect their DNA and ours to work somewhat the same, so I just don't find that absurd, nor funny. Maybe slightly amusing. The punchline is not explicit enough to be understood by a lay person like me. It would need clarification along the lines of what you have provided. The "total DNA" is unclear. To what does that refer? The total DNA of a human? the total DNA of a banana? The combined sum of DNA between humans and bananas? The total DNA in the universe? It's unclear and that makes for an unfunny joke. Thank you for the clarification, and maybe now I understand what is meant, but it's a weak joke that isn't even funny. I'm guessing it's some standard joke passed around amongst people that like to talk about such things.

June 7, 1980, per Associated Press: Johnny Carson, the host of television's "Tonight Show," returned home from Cedars-Sinai Medical Center today after doctors cleared a blocked-leg artery.

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@@mykingdomforak9 Correct. Johnny mentions that earlier, he would not have been able to join in on Carl's entrance dance.

@@ciabattatom521 That's an excellent observation, Tom.👍 Happy Thanksgiving, to you❣️ Hug your feline. 💞 (I have two cats, too. 🐾🐾)

@@mykingdomforak9 I actually have 5 strays that I have been feeding for over a year. Since I am a curmudgeon and a misanthrope, they wish your two and yourself a Happy Thanksgiving as well.

I am guessing you did not see the original broadcast (unless you were peeking!)

@@ciabattatom521 Not shown here in Germany my friend.

@@OWR0406 I misread your original comment. I replied thinking you said 14 days "before" you were born (hence the "peeking" quip). My mom was German - lived there during WWII. She, her little brother and my grandmother barely escaped just before the Russian blockaded their sector.