63DW89A - Yours is a great comment. The elderly among us can be a gold mine of life advice. The younger ones today may not know how to draw out the seniors’ wisdom... i would say ‘listen to how Johnny Carson did it here’.

Back in high school for American history class we had to "interview" a senior citizen and upon hearing that the first minimum wage ever established in America in the year 1938 was TWENTY FIVE CENTS an hour was really something that I could never fathom. This led me to look up the prices for things then and it really will amaze you! A house would cost you $4,000 and gasoline was just $.10 cents a gallon.

One of the people who witnessed Lincoln getting shot lived long enough to tell his story about it on TV.

Both of them!

Great clip

Wow, how ironic that Betty White was on the show too who lived so long as well.

WOW!

So cool! I’ll take this interview over anything the trash late shows have now.

Life is crazy, that guy looked like he was good for another 10 years easy.

Great comment Jon.

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We're still here. Ya'll call us backwards flyover deplorables now.

@@bryanrendleman2001 Backwards Flyover Deplorables are America ~ ever been to Walmart? 😝

@@bryanrendleman2001 Lol.

@@acousticshadow4032 Lol, too funny.

@@acousticshadow4032 Walmart reprobates represent only a small percentage of Americans.

YUPP it wasnt the tonight show. It was the johnny carson show and when he left, he took it all with him. Only hollywood never figured that out.

I think he just was by a 97 year old amateur.

got that right.

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Remember the potato chip lady

@@jamesmagers8306 who can forget?

Very nice.

@@jamesmagers8306 Omg, so funny when she turned her back and heard Johnny crunching a chip!!!

Pendy293 Did he make it to 100?

May 10 1890-April 26 1989

+Pendy293 Is the farm still in the family?

+Pendy293 how old are you about 65? he sure was funny--was the show scripted in anyway because he was just about as funny as johnny.

*****

Well Johni knew that these people were just there to get a couple minutes of exposure and enjoy the moment and have something to show to the kids or grandkids they weren’t trying to advance their careers they were just out to have a nice time

And if you were in LA when Johnny ruled the late shows, you went to sleep with a smile on your face, and some assurance that, despite the world's problems, there were people out there who you might not know, but who made the world work the way it should. " He-r-r-rrr's Johnny" finished the day in style, with class!

No fake laughs either

Not so sweet off stage, but he was a great host and a legendary entertainer

They say Johnny was a good egg when he wasn’t drinking,

Really? Apparently, you don't know that much about Johnny Carson. I've seen him demonstrate lots of irreverence toward various individuals and against homosexuals in general. There are several people in Hollywood who have come out and said that Johnny Carson was a mean-spirited individual. He also engaged in objectifying women and having them parade around his stage in bikinis. That was risque for the day. He also had Carol Wayne and Teresa Ganzel come on the show and act like the quintessential blonde bimbos with big boobs. That's very chauvinistic. I don't know why you make him out to be such a Quaker, or a saint. He wasn't classy, I'd say he was just the opposite. Biggest thing of all: His monologues weren't funny, they were terrible.

Yep, very cool

Yes very. I recall seeing my relatives behave that way. And his lady friend was so gracious, looked camera ready too!

I saw that also! What a gentleman!

Yes I noticed that too.

I noticed and liked that too. Very respectful guy!

I once cooked for Johnny. He liked the Seafood Putanesca and he was fun.

@@chefgiovanni How Cool!!!!

Don't be fooled, this guy was not a farmer. The giveaway was he didn't converse in Spanish.

I agree and you could tell how much he genuinely liked regular, sweet down to earth people.

He was very respectful.

He wouldn’t have brought on a young farmer. Regularly wasting half the show toward the end of his run on anonymous elderly people with no entertainment talent was just a pathetically obvious attempt to make himself look younger and really backfired, making the show far more boring to the younger audience and only hastening his departure. “And we thought you’d like to meet him/her.” Why? It was a total waste of national TV time from a previously classic show.

@@danhermon4922 Gosh you are real bitter, aren't you!

Before diversity

Jack Black yup... the little hats ruined America .

I cancelled my tv service a long time ago. Tired of being “re-educated” by the little box in my living room.

@@CruceEntertainment agreed. Got tired of feeding the commies extra money. Cut the cord 7 years ago and save a minimum of $80 a month.

very well said.

My dad was a dairy and beef and crop farmer on a family farm. Daddy was born in 1912.

@@barbarapettry6817 I loved this guy, just like the farmers in my little town in Michigan. A beautiful, wonderful generation of people.

I miss Johnny Carson. I even miss Tom Snyder, even later, in his Spartan studio, with a wisp of smoke always between the camera and Tom.

@@jamessweatt985 Me too.

My favorite human interest interview of his was with that home economist with the unique recipe for Thanksgiving turkey stuffing. And I quote: "Stuff the turkey with un-popped popcorn. Then, cook turkey at 350 degrees till the popcorn...blows its ass off."

His kids were mostly old when they died, some were in their nineties, most were in their 80s. Children dying 20-30 years after their parents isn't uncommon. As a side note, several of his grandchildren have died, and they too, were largely old. He died the same day as Lucille Ball.

@@texan903 Thanks for the update. I like hearing more about the people.

@@texan903 May this sweet man be reunited with his family on the other side . He was just so endearing 🙏

Thank you so much for the input, I just ran across this by accident. Enjoyed this interview very much. Bless him.

Gosh life is short. May they all Rest In Peace, Amen.

Jasper - that’s what hard work all his life does for you

@@madambutterfly7513 No, actual hard work breaks backs and withers bodies!

@@frankgarrett242 evidently you’ve never worked on a farm.

Seeing 2 women in 2 different states too! I'm 64 and tired just thinking about it.

@@frankgarrett242 the guy who works on my house is in his 30s and is suffering tremendous physical pain. He keeps pushing along, but doesn't know how much longer. And working in construction, etc, is all he's ever done.

Exactly! Any other late night goober today would have made fun of Mr Heaton and try to paint him as a racist, hayseed Conservative from the Midwest.

@@Grainexpress you got that right. Especially that fgger with the Brillo pad hairdo 😂

ohhhh me too!

You said it all Annie. The elderly one are more wiser and they all see ahead of us

I cant listen to hollywood celebrities for one minute.

Hello CanadiAnnie....

I as a young boy used to love to listen to the Adults talk. There was nothing I liked better than to listen to conversations between my parents and their family, neighbors and friends. If I listened carefully I could hear some really neat stuff. However the trick was to be sure to not not show that I was actually Listening otherwise they’d run me off. So one summer evening my Mom & Dad are on the front porch and I’m on the Glider “acting” like I’m reading a book. Mom and Dad are talking about my Bum Uncle Chester and Mom is giving him 10 kinds of shit, Then I heard them begin to spell out words. I then piped up, “what’s a waahore hopper”. I pronounced the “w” in Whore. Mom turned to Dad and said, “we’ve got to be more careful because the little shit is learning how to spell”. After that I got run off the porch to go play out of earshot.

Toulon is a great.little town.lived there.

celebs all sold their souls

People seem to say celebrities are hot. I'd say this farmer is better looking than the lot of those celebrity folks. Fuck celebrities - they're a bunch of Hollywood traitors.

You can say thAt again 😅

Real people don't need a script to talk to someone actors today can't even hold a conversation with a host of a talk show. Because they don't have it wrote down for them. I liked it when Johnny had people one like this. 97 and still can have fun. Now they want to kill off the elderly because they maybe sick. I guess they feel they will never get old or sick take their food away and water. Or. Passed this bill just a few days ago. Aug. 2019.

Jonny best there ever was or ever will be class act

"...he would drop the best one-liner." And Rickles would drop his pants and fire a rocket!

Of the whole world but your right

Tell the Democrats that

@@youbadolivez Trump's policies have bankrupted farms like nothing else before. And not even for a good reason - just a hissy fit tantrum trying to look tough in front of the Chinese. So, farmers already know. They're not voting for Trump like in 2016.

They were. Now they're all about run out of business by big factory farms. My uncle is a small farmer about retirement age and it is not a good situation out there for family farms.

Phillipino tilt a whirl operators are the back bone of this nation....... Cam Brady 012✌🏻

The man had common sense and he just saw the world differently and wasn’t afraid to admit that he was human and he had needs and just trying to have fun and enjoy his life

@@RobTheNotary àaaÀà

And thats not an act! Lol

This is the second time I'm watching him he was hilarious!

Stephen Colbert, Jimmy Kimmel and Jimmy Fallon are nothing more than parrots. All they do is repeat what Tucker Carlson said and rehash their old Trump jokes (that weren't funny to begin with)

Dixon, Illinois, I learned of because of a $54M fraud there by their city treasurer, filmed as The Queen and all Her Horses

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K Kampy I loved these segments Johnny had too. Show producers now probably think interviews like this would be "too boring" or some such crap.

+K Kampy After Johnny, all Letterman (less so Leno), Conan, etc. wanted to do is make jokes out of everything, and take the laughs and limelight from the average guy/gal. Johnny was unique, in just what you say---I made the same comment about Johnny had the 105 yr. old woman---same thing. He tried to let the guest---the average guy---to be front and center, not himself. VERY rare indeed.

Now talk shows today are just all political slander and Trump jokes, it makes me sick.

Prove it.

There are no talk show hosts today that can equal the wonderful innocent humor of Johnny and his guests...

@@StuartAllgood today's humanity could be a partial reason...the older I get the more I am as you described carson

You're right Chris Campbell. I can't watch any of the newbies ... Fallon (with that fake insincere laugh), Colbert (with his extreme partisan politics), Kimmel (without an ounce of intellect) ... they're just awful.

In my line of work as a quart listed anger management Instructor all the sessions that I have with everybody male female young and old no matter what profession no matter what level or status of society manners politeness courtesy and respect never goes out of style and everybody has the same problems be at relationships children career

Well said.

The heritage glee club Christmas 2018

Program

Thats awesome

We can get Pop Pop

100% agreed

Contemporary late night SUCKS! This is TV done really well.

Exactly

Yes talk shows at night suck, more political and bands, rap music sucks. I like Stephen Colbert when he started out but all he did was become a trump basher every night and I got tired of it.

Those were the days when late night television shows were truly funny, but dignified.

How can the political climate now go unattended by the night show writers and hosts? It has become so relevant to make points that are actually important to keep on the surface. The talent is there, the times are so different. I loved watching Carson too and so many guests, it was a more innocent time.

@{// WTF! //} That is epic.

Carson occasionally gave politicians a hard time but he was not selective and always respectful. Thirty years on the air and nobody had a clue as to his personal politics.

Carson would pick on a President or a Governor, but he would keep it funny and respectful of the office at the same time. Not like the downright hate of today. Carson also did not let politics dominate his show, things like this interview made it so much more entertaining. There will never be another Johnny!

Imagine Jimmy Fallon and that fake laugh.

That's for damn sure!

Well stated!!!

Johnny was the best hands down, and nice to see Ed McMahon ,wish I could. See the one that had tea time lady .

You know you ever know how Johnny Carson never mentioned any political affiliation today who's that guy everything is political late night I stopped even liking Robin Williams Whoopi Goldberg With all their humor revolving around a political party you know when you go see comedians you go there and laugh not judge whether they drive a Prius or not.

I haven't watched any except specific yt clips of fallon & guest lip-syncing. I felt that was his only talent and all I could bear. I quit even listening to that a few years ago. 😑

Love it!

It's nice you have a video to get acquainted with him. Many of us have albums containing pictures and nothing else.

That's cool. He seems like he was a really funny guy.

Looks like you too were put together properly.

What a treasure to have a film of your gggrandpaw

Your grandfather would be his son... not grandson, unless this guy is your great-great-grandfather. Either way, what a great clip. I'm only enough to remember the 80s and and the awesome Carson years.

steven richards I hear ya, everybody has a story, and ordinary people have shared incredible life experiences.

Mowed 40 lawns a week in 1974 and Shoveled Driveways in winter and you meet a lot folks that way.

Color TV!!??

Walking history books but better

terri sue I was just thinking along those lines!

I was thinking the same thing. She's like 95 or so.

Billy Budd 98 in fact. She is such a wonderful person.

@@billybudd9994 she is 98 will be 99 in january

Johnny Carson would’ve been 95 this year. Only 2 years younger than his oldest active Farmer guest.

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Yes about JC. Any other late night goober today would have made a mockery of Mr Heaton.

@@Grainexpress Johnny seemed to make it more about the guest and less about himself. That's how a good interviewer does it, IMHO.

@@iowapanner2223 Correct. My "Yes" was in response to K A The HUN "How can you not love JC". I grew up watching Johnny when I could. The late night hacks today would have made fun of Mr Heaton.

@@Grainexpress For sure.

Absolutely. Damn that was touching!

Go on a cruise with a bunch of our elders and see what you think. As a group they are highly, highly annoying. And I'm not talking about being slow or whatever. They're pushy, entitled, rude, etc. This guy is unusual.

@@bobbywoods684 you said it right there "a cruise". That is a certain type of person to begin with, it's not indicative of an age group. People that go on cruises or stay at all inclusive, or are golfers in no way represent the general population of any given demographic. Now my Dad volunteers at a seniors assisted living complex and I go there quite often too. Listen, I don't know how old you are but I'm mid '50's now and work pipeline construction. The old generation at least had respect for their elders and knew how to work. The under 30 set today are actually pathetic. They have to have their freaking phones taken away from to work, and even then most of them are useless, and they have no respect for their elders. A cruise, you work on a high seas cruise ship? Sad!!

@@kevdean9967 First, I don't work on a cruise. I cruise because my wife likes it. Don't personalize it. That said, I hear you. However, as my sweet mother in law said the other day, "a car of young kids flipped me off for NO REASON!!" at an intersection stop light. Uh-huh. I'm not saying they should have done that at all, but her driving is atrocious and she is one of those dangerous oldsters who's fighting giving up her "independence". And the freakin state of Texas just renewed her license for goodness sake. She insist on driving on the freeway in the right lane at 55. At some point soon, she's gonna have to be reigned in and it's gonna be ugly. Maybe you can come over and do it for us.

@@bobbywoods684 That's scary! I'm in Canada and at age 80 you have to do a road test to keep driving. My Grandpa stopped at a green light on his and that was the end of his driving career. But nothing scares me more than the texting and driving that's going on now. People are so useless these days I'm astounded! The phone is going to have, as Gord Downie so eloquently said "A generation so much dumber than it's parents came crashing though the window".

you have to remember..johnny himself was born in 1925,in the mid west.Those people from that generation had ethical fortitude..my dad,while being younger than carson,has much of those same qualities..so did the vast majority of people from those days..Carson was also quite good at his craft dont get me wrong.

You are right! Johnny always seemed to really enjoy Older folks!

Johnny himself was 80 then, wasn't he?

@@elcheapo9444 Do the math. He was 62.

Hi there.. how are you doing? Hope you are fine and staying safe???

You missed a lot.

Yes, so natural and easy.

I'm curious how you would react to the Steve Allen Show... IT WAS NOT IN COLOR!!!! OMG, how the hell can anybody bear watching non-color TV??? -->kzfaq.info/get/bejne/g9mjktirtrzPYac.html

Craig FERGUSON, Jimmy Fallon, Conan O'Brien. Space Ghost.....😁

Cole Bunker ...God bless you Cole

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No he wasnt.His polished performance act was.

@@mightyspuds exactly....he could be very nasty....especially when drinking. But he was a first class comedian and entertainer.

I agree.

I grew up "in town", but both of my parents, many of my relatives and friends lived and loved, (as l did) the solid warmth of life "on the farm". That was, back then, in the 40's and 50's, the real deal. Hard to find, nowadays. T. Powers

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I remember it too,and yes,the years flew by like a vapor.

Reza Towhidy i remember this also. It was a very unexpected response. Classic. Puts things in perspective

@Real Dudes Party Nude Dork!

Yes I sure do. Just glad we have these clips. Miss Johnny and Ed, and those times.

And when it used to run on air for 90 minutes? Sure do miss Johnny.

Hello Constance. How are you doing?

@@kentaylor3319 UHM, this just came in and I am very sceptical from where and who might have written it. Would you please reply and let me know?

@@constancedementhopkins1430 I’m Andrew Easton I live in Oklahoma City but I’m Currently Stationed in Afghanistan Kabul. What about you?

Newer shows are just giving the audience what they want. Blame the viewers not the shows.

Hello Gene....

Jimmy Fallon is a pre-pubescent kid!

Even worse, Jimmy Kimmel. He once told a dirty joke about the Statue of Liberty.

Exactly Kirk. It takes a real pro like Carson to make this come off so natural.

Jimmy Fallon is a douchebag. It ended with Carson. Nothing but bullshit on now.

High school idiot. Whether you liked trump or not we’ve had to listen to late night talk shows “ bully” the then President. Yes trumpet did his share but it was the worst times and I avoided tv as much as possible. Time to pull it together. This is so refreshing. Late night talk shows should be canceled for awhile. I don’t need their political views. I was watching for entertainment. Not any more

Could not agree more !!!!!!

carver3419, electricity extended the work day to 24 hrs.

Huh? He prepped for this interview obviously.

@@joeskis Yes, I'm sure he prepped for this interview. But Chris is saying Johnny was a natural interviewer and wouldn't have had to prep. He probably didn't prep for the short interview with the girlfriend. There were countless times that something went awry that was not scripted and you could count on Johnny to make the best of it: Ed Ames throwing the tomahawk at the cowboy silhouette (the longest continuous laugh in tv history, greatly helped by Carson's ad libs); any segment with Joan Embery from the San Diego zoo (working with animals is known to go off the rails at times); his quick retorts to things an audience member would scream, whether during his monologue, a skit, or an interview; so many things. I miss Johnny.

Like the legendary Tomahawk throw.

@@jamessweatt985 Thank you! So spot on.