I never knew Jay Leno saved Dangerfield’s life, legend

It was a bloodless war, which is why Kissinger wasn't involved.

Trivia- Arsenio Hall's show was the reason he left his voiceover role on The Real Ghostbusters (he was Winston).

Man, I miss Ferguson

Chevy Chase bombing so hard may have saved Conan. Conan was (and is) a comedy genius but he was also very raw in 1993 so it is a miracle he got through that first year. Luckily The Chevy Chase Show took a lot of the negative early attention that otherwise might have been aimed squarely at Conan.

I hope you included the Joan Rivers vs Carson falling out. She was the guest host of the tonight show whenever Carson was out, and it was big whenever she hosted. Only to find out that she wasn’t included in the list of successors when Carson was planning to retire in the 80s. Rivers started her own talk show on Fox, same time slot as the Tonight Show, it wasn’t very successful though. And he never talked to her again until they both died. She was also banned from guesting on the Tonight Show until Jimmy Fallon took over.

I know this about the 90's but Craig Ferguson was the absolute best in late night. Well late, late night

Johnny Carson was and is the GOAT of late night. 👑

Johnny Carson is a legend but I really miss Craig Ferguson.😂

IMO Craig Ferguson will never be surpassed as the late night GOAT but as someone whose 20s lined up perfectly with the 1990s Arsenio was my favorite of the time. I also loved that era of Letterman before he got old and angry.

I remember watching Jay Leno with my dad a lot. Crazy to think 20 years later Late Night Shows are DOA! podcasts are the new Late Night show...

I miss Johnny. I grew up watching him. R.I.P. Mr. Carson.

I think that "The Dennis Miller Show" deserved a mention. I would also like to see a show dedicated to Howard Stern's final two years of terrestrial radio before going to satellite.

Avid Arsenio fan here! Loved watching his show when I got home from work (usually just in time!)! He was warm, charming and listened better than most late night hosts imo.

How you can put Hicks on the air and NOT expect him to be controversial is nuts

No one is better than Ferguson. He improvised almost everything on his show and still managed to be more entertaining than all the others with their huge teams of writers. That's true talent.

Craig Ferguson was amazing but I only discovered him after he went off the air. There are great KZfaq clips of him, though.

Arsenio deserved so much more 💯

I like that I am only now old ebough to watch. Today's hosts being friends enough to respect each other and, common, the podcast they made was just perfect. :D

A+ video! LOVE IT! So much going on in the Late Night Talk Show world!

11:12 Chevy Chase and Richard Pryor in a skit, that would be a dream come true!

One commerical i remember about the daily show when they call themselves the most trusted name in fake news.

Shoemaker is hilarious, he has a bit about his time with Johnson and it kills.

10:02 Craig Ferguson had fantastic interviews with Garbage Frontwoman Shirley Manson. Since they are both from Scotland, they had a lot in common. I read somewhere that she was on the show at least six times as a guest.

I fondly remember Letterman's "Will It Float?" segment.

0:01 Johnny Carson's hometown is Norfolk, Nebraska. My younger brother lived there when he went to Northeast Community College for the Utility Line program, he also owned a house there until recently. (It's his birthday today actually)

Good stuff, I would switch back and fourth.

Carson is, and will be the King of late night talk shows. I've seem a lot of people claim Graham Norton is the best, but watching his show, shows he learned everything from Carson....

I'm definitely reminded of the bit on Family Guy where Peter time travels and screws things up. The moment that he realizes that he has to go back and put things right again is when he finds out that Chevy Chase is hosting The Tonight Show.

4:15 classic example of “honest is the best policy.” You get in more trouble for the cover-up than just admitting it and apologizing.

“Talk about going from 9 to 5” was art.

Arsenio, Conan and Letterman ruled the airwaves... Leno was trash and burning trash

Right after he mentioned, Howard Stern on the Magic Johnson show, I paused the video and went straight to watching the shows rerun. Damn. Howard took the show over. It was hilarious.

I grew up watching Conan on TBS he is the king, in my opinion, so many school nights spent staying up late watching Conan and playing my DS

0:14 In reference to Drew Barrymore...her interview as a small child on Johnny Carson's show is a classic!

I have to confess, the idea of actual talk show wars, like Jay Leno & Conan O’Brien leading troops into battle is really hilarious to me.

Any word that you gonna do the Timeline Series ( whether the 50s, 60s or the most requested and demanded 00s) we deserve to know

Huh. Funny timing with this upload. Was just thinking about what happened with Jay Leno and Conan yesterday evening.

I am going to watch the following videos: x Why Did David Letterman Censor Bill Hicks? (First Thumbnail Recommendation) x How George Carlin’s '7 Words' Caused a Landmark Supreme Court Decision (Second Thumbnail Recommendation) x 10 Cool Facts About The Lewis & Clark Expedition x What It Was Like Being a Wild West Bounty Hunter

Fun Fact: The Entirety of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson Aired throughout Richard Petty's Entire NASCAR career which began 4 years before the show's inception. And Another Fun Fact: The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson came to an end less than 6 months before Richard Petty's NASCAR Career came to an end in which both occurred in 1992.

I had a feeling Stern would come up. The true king of 90s talk media.

Thanks for this! 🌒

8:22 Magic Johnson was my favorite basketball player growing up, even had the same basketball number (#32) as him for high school basketball. He started the NBA the year I was born and Larry Bird (who has the same birthday I do) also started that year.

Late night wars of the 90s contrasted with the five major late night talk show hosts doing a podcast together during the writer's strike.

I remember watching The Chevy Chase Show .....don't remember it being bad or good, but I remember that I watched it

Jimmy Fallon is by far the best late night talk show host……just kidding, I just got you wildly pissed right? 😂

Pimpbot 5000 was when I knew I loved Conan.

Thank god our narrator is back.

Man i loved the late late show with Ferguson that was my jam fornthe longest time

Arsenio and Letterman were the absolute best.

I want this narrator to do one on the Colbert show.

Bill Hicks is one of the best and most underrated stand up comedians I've ever watched.

Well, this is something. 10/10. Impressive content.

I loved All of those shows especially Letterman and Conan, of course Johnny was the King.

Eating ANOTHER Weird History meal! Eating CAP'N CRUNCH'S CRUNCH BERRIES cereal* and drinking FOLGERS CLASSIC ROAST^...while watching this Weird History video! * From the Weird History Food video "Why Was the 80s the Golden Age for Sugary Cereals?" ^ From the Weird History Food videos "Incredible Things Coffee Does To Your Body" and "10 Misconceptions Around Popular Foods"

Don’t mind me just making sure the narrator is here saving this to watch later

I never knew Magic and Chevy had their own talk show back then. Come to think of it, I usually sleep before 10:00 p.m. so I'll never be able to watch those anyways.

Jon Stewart, a legend in his own mind.

Arsenio Hall had the best late night talk show back then too bad Jay Leno's people did him dirty. Letterman second...

I stopped watching them in 2016. I miss them like I miss mononucleosis.

Can we get a timeline for the 2000’s?

thanks for at least giving a mention to mr. ferguson, seriously the greatest host in late night. here's to everyone in the rsa.

Am I the only one who gets confused by the talk show names? They are all so similar. The Tonight Show, The Late Show, Late Night, The Late Late Show

What the hell. You forgot about Tom Snyder!

1:26 Johnny Carson has a reputation of being very generous.

Arsenio was the shit, loved his show

Liked this one x

The best part was the bands.conan had the best.slipknots famous first time wait and bleed performance.......still holds up strong.miss that.....waiting up for that part of the show and being extremely tired the next day at school😆good times

With the exception of Magic Johnson and Chevy Chase all of these hosts mentioned were all pretty good. I was a fan of the late night show first with Letterman then Conan.

I was coming of age in the 90s, turning 10 in 1990, and would often watch Letterman with my dad. He'd sometimes watch Leno, but wasn't a fan, saying Caron was better but Letterman was the actually funniest. I fully agreed, until Conan came along. The Leno vs Letterman rivalry was incredible though, and the fact that a whole entire movie was made to document it (made for cable though it may have been) says a lot about how culturally important it was at the time. Letterman totally won though.

The first host of Tonight was Steve Allen.

Helen Kushnick was Jay Leno's manager at the time and pretty much bullied Carson out of his own show. She then tried bullying the NBC brass and almost got Leno fired from the show as well. NBC has a habit if screwing up who hosts the Tonight Show. All Late Night talk shows have become political programs or the guest are pimping movies or albums to sell. The best ting that ever happened to Letterman and O'Brien is the got pushed away from the Tonight Show. Garry Shandling was offered the Late Night program after Dave left but turned it down to create The Larry Sanders Show.

Ferguson was my favorite!

10:05 I use to stay up late just for him to do that puppet bunny monologue! That bunny could curse like a sailor! The moment he stopped doing that was a sad night on the show. I actually stopped watching it after he left. Then, James Corden ruined it by making it more expensive than the studio could make money off it and the rest was history. 11:41 Dolly Parton almost had a late night show?

The Daily Show with Craig Kilborn was actually great. Not so much because of him, though he did have the smarmy news anchor vibe down pat. It was a lot different than the show it became under Stewart, and was much more comedy oriented and less news driven, which I liked. They had some great guests, most memorably Bill Murray made several appearances. The group of field correspondents they had back then (Brian Unger, A. Whitney Brown, Liz Winstead, Beth Littleford) made some very entertaining segments too. The Late Late Show was a bad move for Kilborn (and Ferguson was a big improvement on him), but I understand there was some behind the scenes discord with him and the producer Winstead that factored into his departure from the Daily Show.

10:44 Chevy Chase would benefit from getting honest feedback from people he trusts, he can really hit or miss with his roles. If I remember right, he said that the best part of the Chevy Chase show was getting to interview Robert De Niro.

Can’t have Ferguson without Jeff!!

2:46 Some of my favorite Phil Hartman SNL skits were the ones where he was Fred Savage's father. For example, when he was embarassed of his son's lame imaginary friend. Or when he hid his gun in the last place his son would find it...in a cereal box.

You seem to have forgotten Dennis Miller's show, of which the highlight of said show was Johnny Rotten calling Dennis a Wanker, because Miller didn't come down to Public Image LTD.s' (Rotten's band) performing area and interview them. "Dennis Miller, why won't you come down here and talk to us.....Wanker"

Can you do one for the 90s Daytime Talkshows Wars

Conan was my favorite.

When it comes to The Late Late Show on CBS I don’t think of Ferguson or Kilborn. I think of Tom Snyder!

2:12 Hahaha!

Being 47, Letterman and especially Conan were my guys. I didn't even appreciate Carson until KZfaq came out. He's mostly a Boomer thing. I follow a lot of Conan's content, so hearing how he's so revered by today's comics the way Carson was always warms my heart. Conan is king!

No mention of the Keenan ivory Wayans show

I feel like theres a yak on my chest

2:40 Jan Hooks : Known for the Alamo scene in Pee Wee Herman's Big Adventure, Tim Burton's first film

🎯 Key Takeaways for quick navigation: 00:00 🌟 *Late-Night Talk Show Landscape in the 1990s* - Overview of the late-night talk show scene in the 1990s. - Mention of Johnny Carson's influence and retirement in 1992, passing the torch to Jay Leno. - Introduction to the competitive landscape with David Letterman creating "The Late Show." 01:25 🔄 *Jay Leno's Early Days and Crisis Management* - Leno's background as a guest host on The Tonight Show. - Leno's critical role in recognizing and responding to Rodney Dangerfield's health crisis during a performance. - Insight into the challenge of filling the sidekick role after Ed McMahon's departure. 03:22 🕵️‍♂️ *David Letterman's Blackmail Scandal* - Letterman's revelation of a real-life extortion plot against him. - Details of the blackmail involving evidence of Letterman's inappropriate relationships. - Letterman's collaboration with the police, leading to the blackmailer's arrest. 04:47 🚫 *Bill Hicks Censorship* - Bill Hicks's censored routine on The Late Show in 1993. - Discussion on the sensitive topics, including abortion and the Bible, leading to the censorship. - Letterman's surprising decision to withhold the routine and later apology to Hicks's mother in 2009. 06:45 🎷 *Arsenio Hall's Impact on Politics* - Arsenio Hall's influence on late-night, especially in 1992 with Bill Clinton's appearance. - Description of Clinton's saxophone performance and its positive effect on his polling numbers. - The cultural significance of Arsenio Hall's show in the early '90s. 07:40 🎤 *Jon Stewart's Transition* - Jon Stewart's early career, being considered for Letterman's replacement in 1993. - Success and eventual cancellation of The Jon Stewart Show. - Stewart's later success as the host of The Daily Show and influence in political commentary. 08:38 🏀 *Magic Johnson's Ill-Fated Talk Show* - Overview of NBA superstar Magic Johnson's disastrous late-night talk show, "The Magic Hour." - Description of Johnson's lack of interview skills and nervous demeanor. - Highlight of Howard Stern's controversial appearance on the show. 10:07 🔄 *Craig Kilborn's Brief Stint* - Craig Kilborn's role in hosting both The Daily Show and The Late Late Show. - Kilborn's departure in 2004 and the subsequent success of Craig Ferguson. - Humorous note on Kilborn being "born to be replaced." 11:04 🚫 *Chevy Chase's Failed Late-Night Venture* - Chevy Chase's unsuccessful late-night talk show in 1993. - Details on Chase's struggles, criticism, and the unexpected cancellation after six weeks. - Insight into the initial choice of Dolly Parton, who suggested Chase for the role. Made with HARPA AI

I was a kid in the 90s and Conan was my favorite. Letterman was my second fav.

The farrakhan interview sealed hall's fate. Deserved better

Craig Kilborne was really good on The Daily Show and The Late Late Show. Funny, dry humor.

Chevy Chase is a well known ass hat.

still don't quite understand how people didn't love Conan. I've gone back and watched a lot of his early stuff from The Tonight Show and he has always been funny! maybe it's just cause i didn't live through it.

ISREAL HEADLINES GOT ME LIKE OUI

John Stewart for President of Earth

Howard Stern is one of those folks who could have done with a few more mid-interview punches.

8:18 I bought the book America (The Book): A Citizen's Guide to Democracy Inaction (by Jon Stewart and the writers of The Daily Show). It's very funny!

I wonder how many of your audience got the inside joke that Dangerfield "still didn't get any respect")?

“Conan had the job for 28 years” kind of glosses over what would have been the most interesting bit of this, right?

We watch the Johnny Carson channel which uploads 3-4 times a week - including gems from the NY years. Everybody else is child's play.