Thank you Rick for sharing your last show story.

One of the best !!!

😢 thanks for the great memory

Johnny Carson Show was a class act. No comparison with the junk on TV since then...

JOHNNY CARSON WILL ALWAYS BE KING!!!

No it didn't.

Ok boomer

What do you mean? Today's 'celebrities' are women with inflated tits and lips, musicians who are electronically manipulated, and bitter 'victim' children who have it better than any generation in history, yet piss and moan.

How true, how true.

@@sillygoose635 Sez yau lol.

Amen

Never be another! There's no replacing Johnny Carson.

Conan comes close

then you never saw craig ferguson!!

Conan and Craig got pretty close I agree, and Letterman in my opinion. All of them would say that Johnny was the best though

Very well said! Touche!

I cried and smiled at the same time. Loved Johnny Carson and his show. There will never be another that can do what Johnny did.

Kevin King very well stated Kevin it was a great run my parents never missed the show for a long long time thank you for sharing

Pure class🤗

Good point Kevin King aka Dr. Seuss.

Hopefully him and Ed McMahon are doings shows in heaven rip to both

I stayed up late on school nights to watch him I got away with it

Leno & Letterman & Conan were great too don’t you diss my generation

@JayBurris100 Johnny was the best, the new late night are just into politics.

@@JayBurris100 all three of them were quite good. Craig Ferguson too.

@@JayBurris100 yep. And Carson loved Letterman...he thought he waa great.

Earl Browning what a ride

@@howardkoor2796 sadly he's in satans pit

I started watching his show when I was just a kid. One of the benefits of insomnia.

At 15:12.. I remember so vividly watching this with my dad when Madonna was on.... my father was not the kind of person ever to say anything bad about anyone . I remember he blew my mind when he said about Madonna " that girl's face looks like a witch ...look at it ..." .

He was the best!! But he didn't show the animals he had on!!!

He was Great...much Respect

yes Sir !!! Johnny was the greatest !!!!!!

I'm a little bit younger... but I have older siblings your age . The Johnny Carson show was always in my home as far back as I could remember. We grew up with him ... so it was almost like he was a member of our household .

I too was born in 53... Johnny Carson was on at 11:30 and my bedtime was 10 what time was yours? Unless you had a VCR

@@rontreen3278 I don't know about other people but I could tell you in my house that often we were allowed to stay up pretty late ... so there were a number of times we watched Johnny Carson . We might not have lasted till the end of the show but most nights we got to watch till midnight .

You aren’t kidding…

Yep I agree…

I respectfully disagree. I thought Jay Leno was the best. I could trust him not to be sleazy, as Johnny was quite often. I also could not stand Ed McMahon.

Everyone is entitled to her/his/their own opinions…and I respect yours.

@su why couldn't you stand them . How can you hate someone that you don't even really know ?? Makes no sense 😕

What a beautiful memory. Thank you for sharing.

I hear you. I remember his last show with the same feeling of deep gratitude and distinct sadness for what he gave us and what we lost. Late night has never been as good since.

Nice!

Thanks for sharing your great memory 😊

I was sure you were joking until the end. At first, I thought it was a troll type comment.

Except now we get to watch its unbelievably rapid decline

Yes it was

Absolutely, l loved Johnny Carson

The boring "good old days" bs speech. Days that never existed. But, we did have Johnny and he was one of a kind. A legend, an icon and the king of late night tv.

All of the current late night hosts suck & are too woke, political and leftist. There was nothing better than Johnny except for my favorite Steve Allen. Both very missed.

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@@dougalmacrobbie1918 the good ole days exist but only after comparing them to present day.

@Hello there, how are you doing this blessed day?

He did have the best of the best for his guests.

So true.

Well said, in this age of social media celebrity with no talent and nothing to offer

Couldn’t agree more....tremendous statement. Being known by the public used to be reserved only for those who truly could “move the meter” with groundbreaking talent and (more importantly) hard work. Celebrity was reserved only for the most talented and hardest working among us. These days, make a sex tape or post a couple of YouTibe clips and you’re known. Things have definitely changed.

Not that we even cared what his political beliefs were. We cared about the entertainment that we went to bed with every weekday night.

jay w That’s one of the best comments I’ve ever seen on KZfaq.

This is also about when Johnny Carson couldn't stay married to his original wife. Thus bringing disappointment to all 3 of his sons.

We have RERUNS...!!!

Wholeheartedly agree. No matter what was going on in my life, I knew Johnny would be on to make things a little better.

And Johnny stuck with his rules and guidelines. One that really stands out, no Politics were discussed on his show, none! I believe this is one reason Johnny made it for 30 plus years. We love you Johnny, R I P my friend, and from your friends from around the World.

He will always be the Best--- Conan, # 2

@@marantz7783 CONAN BLOWS, YOU'RE INSANE

@@RonPaulgirls I think you mean Jimmy Fallon

@@irish89055 THEY BOTH BLOW MASSIVE LIBTARD CHUNKS.......GET REAL ALREADY CONAN IS A NO TALENT CRYBABY SUCKUP

Same here - never watched Leno or Fallon. I did like Jay Leno, don't get me wrong, but I knew things would never be the same.

bbser I agree, guys. Johnny Carson, David Letterman is my favorite talk shows hosts of all time ever!!!!!!!!!!!! COLBERT, FALLON, CORDEN, KIMMEL, MEYERS SUCKS!!!!!!!

Carson was alone on top. Letterman was a zero. Leno tried and was okay. But the ones before him were pretty good steve Allen for one. Today we have zero talent.

@purplinko I've known Jay Leno since 1975 and I've always liked him. I'm just saying I never watched him as the host of the Tonight Show. Or Fallon. Johnny was the Tonight Show.

@@bbser I agree, I have never watched the Tonite show since Johnny left either. It could never be the same without him

+hardlines4 Amen! But it is coming back to TV at least!

+Jackson Harris yep Jan 1

+hardlines4 we do--just don't appreciate it until after they die, wow have so many peeps to look up after I leave--I'll be seeing you soon.

+CSC what channel?

AMagicProduction antenna TV announced last month that they'll be re showing his episodes it depends on what tv company you have you have to look it up

He always spoke about current events and politics. Don't know what show you were watching. He just wasn't as partisan as today's hosts maybe, but he also didn't have someone like Trump saying something ridiculous every 12 hours.

@@nateo6518 I was thinking the same thing I still watch him every night and he's totally political and into current events LOL

*There

Same here that show was always on in our house since I was a little kid and so it was like he was a part of our household... we would stay up late to watch him when we should have been sleeping . Anyway you might be interested in the audio book that's here on KZfaq it's almost 11:00 hours long... it's a fascinating story.... just look for : Henry Bushkin Johnny Carson . Also you might recall how great it was back then where they left the politics out .

Growing up, most nights, I fell asleep to The Tonight Show theme song playing on my parents TV. Their bedroom was across the hall & our door was always left cracked open. If I was able to stay awake through the monologue, I can still hear their laughter... Friday nights were so great to be able to stay up & watch the whole show!

YOU JUST TOLD MY STORY ...............

@@gardensofthegods Thanks for the audio tip! Johnny did talk politics, all the time. However, while he joked about indiv's or a current political event, it didn't consume the entirety of his monologue. I think that's why you might not remember. Much different than today.

If you must know,Carson served as MC for Ronald Reagan's inaugural gala in 1981 at the request of Frank Sinatra..

Bear in mind too that neither Ford, Carter, Reagan, nor Bush were hell bent on destroying the United States of America domestically and internationally. Unlike the world of today's late night hosts, Johnny Carson's America was not a country in which a small, radical faction of political extremists had usurped power and were carrying out policies pleasing to the Kremlin. Even Nixon-corrupt and criminal though he was-would never have dreamt of selling out the United States to the Soviet Union (Nixon was a Navy veteran, remember). Contemporary American fascism is now being rightly, publicly, and vocally opposed by people of all political persuasions and of all walks of life-including late night television hosts.

Joseph Blow What bullshit you spew!

Eddie Leon ~ That's John Giambastiani's very point. 💕

Eddie Leon , yes and funny enough , Sinatra was a Democrat !!

Sorry, this video is Mis-Titled. This was his FIRST Tonight show.

Same. I was so sad to see Johnny go. I grew up with him. There will never be another class act like him on late night TV again.

Amen, Johnny, we were so blessed. Yes, make that tape go backward and do it again. We are happy because it happened and we saw it Johnny.

@@williamseward4051 Nope. Ya shoulda kept watching.

Mel Brooks is still going strong, Tony Bennett's still with us too though not well

So true , the end of L.A. Burbank and Studio City as we know it.

@@josepho4779 -The old guys Benny,Burns BerleHackett,,Winters.. you just saw them and you felt good.

Early on, Letterman was actually funny, and non political. His skits were great. Toward the end of his career he went full on libtard and sucked really bad.

just look at that guest lineup on the first day... says it all, reeks of american century

yup i was like 10... it was the end of an era

25 years does make a difference.

sjtom57

sjtom57 If I could, I’d have Mel Brooks and Bette Midler on the same show.

Letterman is also great.

Indeed! We all did the same...😞

Don't worry, I never got it either and I'm an American born and bred...oh well!

44 here from the Netherlands...i knew of the name Carson... but now through the power of youtube i've watched a number of episodes already. Very cool. He's a very interesting chap, with quite a legacy that showhosts nowadays just cannot copy or fathom.... R.i.P. Mr Carson.

@@Frankestein01nl Yay for Edam cheese, Heineken beer and smoked eel. Your country is beautiful. Lucky you!

Well, they do copy and I think fathom as well. They idolize him and consistently sing his praises and pay respect, and he loved most of them as well and spoke of it often. He was pissed that neither Dave nor Conan got the Tonight Show. @@Frankestein01nl

I'm 78 now and loved watching his show even though I had to get up early the next morning. Miss him, he was the best !!!

I do too remember this. Bette Midler KILLED the night before (as well as a well-deserved Emmy)! 😃🤩😃 RIP to Johnny Carson & Ed McMahon and thanks for the class and the laughter.

@@sandraandrews9907 Me too, Sandra. It truly was such a heartfelt loss watching those two final shows.

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pizza1953 never!!!

To Gary Koeberl and the other 28 replies, NEVER!

No, if he was around people would just be calling him a racist sexist bigot and protesting his comedy. Society has been fucked in just a few short years.

Well screw the speech Nazis.

pizza1953 There would be someone like Carson if the gate people of Hollywood weren’t sick demented fools. Meaning you’re right. We can only remember.

Interesting observation. I rather agree.

Well...we reached a stage when it's not funny Trump became President it's just completely pathetic,like making fun of a cripple, and in the day of Johnny though I didn't like Clinton or Bush Sr...you could at least Lampoon them,but hell after a hard day of work who the hell wants to be told the obvious...

@@vernpascal1531 Stfu, it is funny you libtard. Go cry somewhere else.....

RIP Tony Bennett

Remember Tony from his show at Montreal Expo67, his flight was delayed, we waited 3 hours in the seats outside, it was a cold night, but it was worth it.

Huh? Fallon is a great show. It fits the change in times.

@@antwuanlamont4694 great transition

@breezebro .......You don't go anywhere.....You just stay in first class.

No kidding. Johnny must be rolling in his grave with this fanboy goon Fallon at the helm.

@@stellastarr69 omg I immediately went through the replies wanting to write the same thing!

the 215 dislikes are the sociopaths with no ability to enjoy things. I feel sorry for them, which is a waste because they can't even feel "sorry".

They prolly disliked it cuz it was jus last episode of the tonight show and it’s sad

Probably a bunch of sorry-ass Jimmy Fallon fans.

Absolutely!!!!!God bless him and you as well.

ABSOLUTELY RIGHT ON!!!

YvesD91 The guy was a legend. Every so called talk show host since then garbage. Lettermen okay, but not even in the same league. Every person since then has been smelling his lockstrap.

I've just gotten into the French culture and I feel bad about the latest state of the French economy, the Muslim-homeless flood raising crime and how their government has been ruining your nation. ...anyways- Carson WAS hilarious, that's true. Johnny Carson really was 'American' and he knew that. Using his show and his humor as a model to figure us out is not the worst idea, but not the best either. It's great you've been here though. I like the French-Disco Music of Patrick Hernandez, but I know he's not the sole thing France has to offer. Bonne journée!

I don't know why or how it happened, but I didn't know Johnny Carson had passed away! How sad!

Eric Blom Sad week for you that was buddy, hope you are ok

Yeh I am not even American too, I could only watch Carson on KZfaq, and he was funny, you know there were/are other good ones after him for example Letterman and Conan

+Louise Sturm While not the same perhaps, I know Antenna TV shows reruns of Johnny Carson's Tonight Show which I love to see, if I'm ever able to stay up late enough to tune in. They stand the test of time.

Lol, first i thought you ment something else, was gonna say "i had cable TV the last 10 years of the Tonght show but you're talking about a cable tv channel? Ya i have AT&T Uverse don't have that channel. I have FamNet snd METV and TVland which Land isn't good like years ago when they played even retro commercials. Wish i had that channel. I have some Carson on dvd from the Carson vaults, whole episodes even commercials..

Will Mack

Ken Sturm hb

Will Mack Louise is dead i'm Ken

Leticia Corona DOUBLE DITTO!!

*that's very cool....*

I remember watching this also the night it originally aired. After it was done and I turned the TV off, I said to myself, "There will never be another show like that again." There hasn't been, IMNSHO.

I watched it in first run too i was a child in 1983 when i stayed up with my dad to watch ol John, it was a tradition up until he retired..Johnny is one of my comedic influences

CoopyKat wait, the first episode (1962)?

I watched this too, the farewell episode. One class act!

May Hashem bless them all

I guess you know on some of those free channels you can get over the air, me TV ?they rerun some of his shows or parts of them

What was the song doc played during the scrapbook scene?

You need to share your stories.

sure did !!

Indeed..

Or the beginning of a wonderful one. I'm mid twenties and only watch Carson for late night. I'm not really a tv person(I prefer books) so I dont pay for cable but my bunny ears and my smartphone pick up Johnny pretty fucking well lol.

True that!

You are right, sort of. That was the night classy tv with classy people died and tv you could watch with your mom and not be embarrassed also died that night.

Absolutely agree

not qualified to carry Johnny's shoes. Just like everything else. Not as good

so true

What about Conan?

i think craig ferguson can

Charles i never thought about that!! You're right on the money! Only will this young generation go for it. I don't see kids wearing baggys watching this..

+Louise Sturm Really only one way to find out, ... Try It, LoL.

I wish! I still haven't watched a whole episode of Jimmy Fallon. He's not that funny. Leno was ok, but Johnny was amazing. See many people Johnny makes jokes about most under 40 won't know who he's talking about so they won't get a lot of his monologue's Should be on at least a retro channel! On every cable company.

As David Letterman said "Johnny Carson was the King of late night television and all those who came afterwards were pretenders". Dave included himself amongst those 'pretenders'. Miss him and his show very much!!

Just glad the Tea time skit is available. OMG were they funny. She is also passed.

Chuck Stephens I am 58 and my Mom and Dad were loyal viewers

We had cell phones in 92 when he said goodbye, and the WWW opened to the public in December 1989, but in small #s and expensive.. Johnny was the best!!

Well, he was on TV for 30 years BECAUSE there was no internet or social media. No competition with the network - celebs HAD to come on his show for publicity. Americans were in the dark as to anyone's personal life. No one knew the dirt on him, like his affairs that caused 3 divorces. Oh well. RIP Johnny.

Tony Blundetto…..You just made his point there Tony!.....Nick is exactly right.....Now go back to the basement and play a video game!

Were you even born in the 90’s my guy?

@@acerothstein4755 Yeah, and the world wasn't full of buzz-kills who always want to focus on the worst real or imagined things about the famous people that are so much more worthy and successful than they are.

MikeBPrice I would take a no return ticket back to the 60s no questions

@@kane211 pffff weak

Look at how crappy everything is now where everything... it seems everything has been politicized . Anyway if you want to hear a really fascinating audiobook about Johnny Carson : it's almost 11 hours long here on KZfaq , look for : Henry Bushkin Johnny Carson . I'm really glad I listened to it .

You don’t think pinning everyone against each other 24/7 on platforms that bring out the scum of the earth and concentrate it into one website is good for this country??

@@alex5308 -Ha! You should not be so honest... A big problem now and there is no way to rectify it is...we are all now the culture of too much. There is way way too much of everything and that includes what is good. Nobody is on the same page at the same time. The past is now never dead with the internet, and it's constant stupid squabbles on who is better LeBron or MJ-Beatles Vs. Stones etc. and way too much to absorb, and what it means anymore, with tons more options and distractions than in the mid seventies when i was going to High School through the eighties.

Ronald McReynolds you said it best my dear. Thank you for your wonderful and insightful comments.

AMEN!!!!!

Ronald McReynolds Ronald All That was very Nicely Said. People Today's Have Lost What It's Like to Say I'm Sorry To Another Human Being. People Don't Care Anymore

Darth Boner, you just proved Ronald McReynold's point. Civility has vanished from the human race!

Civility has NOT vanished from the USA, nor has hope, examples of humanity, or great leaders...the country we once were still exists! 'Listen' and you can 'hear' it loudly in the comments to this video! The country we once were does NOT exist up and down the entire left coast of the USA or in several eastern cities: NYC, DC, ATL, or MIA, to name a few... however, elsewhere the rabid stench of progressive liberal ideology has NOT taken as firm a hold as the major media reports... There are STILL civil people, non-racist, non-homophobic, non-judgmental, non-politically correct, individuals throughout the USA that DO respect their elders, ARE kind to less fortunate people both actively (donating time) and passively (donating money), AND have TRUE tolerance for other's view's and lifestyles. Today, the progressive liberal ideology people push forward a message of tolerance to everyone except themselves. Disagreement or presenting alternate opinions are met with anger, protest, and even violence! My point is there is a FEW that SHOUT and the major media amplifies their voice - but their voice remains that of a FEW... when the VOICE of those posting their disgust with what media has become on this video IS combined with everyone else's ABSOLUTE disgust with progressive liberal ideology and their arrogant take-over of EVERYTHING...making all things political...then perhaps we can vote them out of office entirely!! Democrats and Republicans. Good-bye.

I could not stop crying.

The crappolla stuff personalities have today suck! RC

Wow, that's tough. They all have their gifts.

Leno was lousy. He screwed Letterman and Conan to keep that gig. Good comedian, terrible talk show host.

Johnny was the only one I watched. After he retired, I tried watching Jay and the rest. They can't hold an ounce of talent that Johnny did. Thanks for all the laughs and memories, Johnny Carson! God's enjoying your humor now.

Elvis would have made a good!!;, guest on Carson's show!!!!!!!!, very!!!!!!!!!.............

You took the words right out of my

When t.v. was great

No 9/11.. it was a simpler time...

The bottom line is regardless if you are on the left, right, middle whatever...this was a damn good country when The Peanut Farmer and The Gipper were in there. I noticed this Country really going to Hell during the late 80's...Godawful heavy Metal and annoying Rap came in. The type of junk that could never be hugely popular even 10 years before and Pauly Shore and Jim carrey annoying jackasses, andBush SR, came in and it was the S&L Scandal,Panama Invasion,Iran and Contra and then Bubba Clinton and Nafta...

@@vernpascal1531 You said it! Horrible so called progress. When a real Time Machine is invented before I die, I will choose the seventies to return to. Great music, some good tv and nicer people. Thank you for your comment ✌

STONECOLD1987 Who is Jimmy Felon? Last I checked no one with the last name Felon has ever hosted The Tonight Show ... *Fallon

Lol. Fallon should have been kicked off air after his first year... he's horrible. Never good on SNL and nor hosting the show.

STONECOLD1987 , Fallon is a shit head, liberal toad. he should wash his mouth out with buck shot.

you are absolutely right ~~~ NBC ~~ ABC ~~ CBS it is a disgrace and annoying to watch those "GUYS" ~~ THE TONIGHT SHOW unfortunate lost his "CHARM" ~~~ that's the reason why "WE" stop watching it!! ~ what ones "WAS" a relaxing "Tonight Show"~~~ *** 2018 ***

lol ~~ you got it!! and also for the "GUYS" on ABC and CBS ~~~