The Very First Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (10/01/1962)

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60 years ago, on October 1st 1962, NBC Television Network presented the very first show of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson. He began his 30-year old journey as king of late night television until 1992 when he decided to retire. I wasn't born yet when he presented, but I have seen clips of him, and I admire his talent!!!! Ever since then, I always considered him as one of the greatest examples in the world of entertainment and the area of communication. Wherever you are, I want to praise you for your great contributions you made in the television industry. There are so many late night TV hosts that are extremely amazing, but none of them can ever match Johnny Carson. Johnny, I salute you!!!! #johnnycarson #thetonightshow #kingoflatenight #nbc 📺📽️🎙️

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@ejseabury 8 ай бұрын

Steve Allen, Jack Paar and Johnny Carson were Late Night titans. We’ll never see the likes of them again.

@maestroclassico5801 9 ай бұрын

That many big guests his very first night! WOW!

@aaronz7056 Жыл бұрын

Even with Tonight Shows of the 1960's being routinely junked, you'd think they might have bothered at least preserving Johnny's pilot episode!

@lizlee6290 Жыл бұрын

Yes, very disappointing that it can't be watched. If you haven't, you should watch American Masters: Johnny Carson - The King of Late Night. It's a nearly two-hour look at Johnny's life and career. I recently watched it here on youtube. Really interesting.

@jfuzz9083 11 ай бұрын

Networks and movie studios have been notoriously oblivious to the artistic and cultural importance of the product they help create ...... (in addition to being just plain cheap). Preserving tapes, film, etc. costs money ... and most of the time these 'geniuses of business' could not imagine there was any value in saving such old shows. Sooooo much has been lost! All of Steve Allen's Tonight Show (he was first) were burned to make room in a warehouse ... and unfortunately Carson's first ten years are gone due to lack of foresight. Thank God for collectors the world over. Many more films and TV shows would be lost without them.

@garryfranklin3638 5 ай бұрын

That is correct, it was the television network business at the time. They all did it. @@jfuzz9083

@DanielWright-np3fq 9 ай бұрын

Born in '62 myself, he was a constant in my life and his humor and style shaped my sense of humor. He gave America a legacy.

@johnsweeney3446 Жыл бұрын

Legend ..so friggin good at what he did

@Wasabialt Жыл бұрын

Groucho Marx Rudy Vallée Joan Crawford Tony Bennett Mel Brooks Just amazing people on the first show!

@PlasmaCoolantLeak 6 ай бұрын

My parents never saw Johnny. It wasn't until I was in junior high in the late 60s and had a TV in my room that I tuned in to see what the Tonight Show was about. After that, many was the night I would stay up late, lying in bed, and muffling my laughter into my pillow. Thanks, Johnny.

@partyguy101ify 3 ай бұрын

You had a TV in your room in the 1960s while you were still in grade school?

@Rick_King 26 күн бұрын

@@partyguy101ify He said junior high, not grade school. At that time junior high was grades 7, 8 & 9.

@kimberlyesper9753 Жыл бұрын

TRULY MEMORABLE, MESMORIZING, TUNE WILL STAY YOUR MIND, MAGICAL

@DoctorInsomnia-qw7us 4 ай бұрын

Back then lots of shows that would be considered classic were routinely erased, no one envisioned a time of VCR or DVD or streaming online on a phone or laptop, there wasn't even any cable TV or satellite, they even erased the tonight show with Lennon and McCartney as guests. That's why you hardly see any tonight shows from when Johnny was young and still had dark hair. Most of the tonight archive starts with the 70s, when Johnny's hair already turned white. Much lost, but still lots that survived. Once in a while a new old gem is recovered. And its rediscovered on KZfaq. That's life...

@jehobden Ай бұрын

Since Tony Bennett's recent passing, Mel Brooks is the only survivor from that first broadcast.

@t.b.g.504 10 ай бұрын

Let us hope that a kinescope of this first episode exists and will surface some day...

@secretariatgirl4249 Ай бұрын

I remember watching him on "Who Do You Trust?" when I was a kid before he go the Tonight Show....

@MichaelJ44 11 ай бұрын

Different times

@VictorDuenas-zu6fb Жыл бұрын

THE TONIGHT SHOW WITH JOHNNY CARSON (1962-1992)

@nedwart 4 ай бұрын

I'm fairly certain that the intro (specifically the audio) is a recreation. Possibly made in the 70s, around the time Johnny's contract was up, for use on his final episode.

@felixthelmocevallosmorales41 7 ай бұрын

John William Carson (Corning, Iowa; 23 de octubre de 1925 - West Hollywood, California; 23 de enero de 2005) fue un presentador, comediante, escritor y productor de televisión estadounidense. 98 AÑOS 79 AÑOS 19 AÑOS.