Johnny was the funniest when his jokes absolutely bombed. How many times did we see the golf swing? Loved the guy and Ed was the perfect straight man. Nothing compares today. Nothing.
My dad’s favorite show was the Tonight Show and his favorite thing was Carnac. I got to watch on Friday nights and after we got a VCR, more regularly. I think next to Sis Boom Bah, this was his favorite one. He passed three years ago and I’m grateful to have found this clip. I always felt safe and comforted in this world when I was in bed, Carson was on in the living room and mom and dad were laughing. Thank you Johnny Carson for being a great memory for me.
@jime6688 Thank you for your comment, I also felt that way, except for not having parents. Johnny and Ed bring me comfort even today, their scripted humor, their impromptu humor, their "mistakes", their guests and the interaction, Johnny's support of so many guests, etc. I remember Johnny as a panelist on To Tell the Truth. I still laugh re-watching episodes.
@@joebiggs4387 no the bit where carnal says sis boom bah and then answer is describe the sound a exploding sheep makes then they both get the giggles it's hilarious its on you tube. 🤣
@@danapretzer1895 oh yes yes! OK I remember that very well!😂😂. Sis boom bah! I’m laughing as I’m typing this… I didn’t watch the video. I’m saving it for later so that’s why I didn’t understand when I first read it. But I know it from memory. He’s on every night on the channel called antenna TV and I record it.
@@aaa7189 thank you my friend. I’ve seen the video actually pretty recently because I’m able to record Johnny Carson every night. But I saved the current video to watch later even though I’ve seen it I can never get enough.
@@boblozaintherealworld3577 sometimes the crowd was the worst part of the show. I’ve watched hundreds of his monologues and I would laugh out loud. But the studio audience wouldn’t make a sound! Very strange! Sometimes he would be rolling and the people might as well have been mannequins. 🤷🏻♂️
@@joebiggs4387 The hazards of show biz. I got to see the TS with Jay Leno once (I was a guest of a friend who was playing with the featured music guest) The best part was when Jay came out in his denim shirt to warm up the crowd. He had us howling. That was his real talent I think.
Johnny and Ed were the best that will ever exist. I watched them from 1962 to 1992. We were all very fortunate to enjoy their special chemistry. Now this is what is called outstanding classic entertainment that no one could ever duplicate. They were like family to the viewers.
I was born in 1986 and I'm so grateful I caught the end years of Carson. Some of the fondest memories of my childhood are sleeping at my grandparents and just sitting there with my grandpa while watching new Carson episodes or re-runs. He bought the VHS collection of the Best of Carson and I'd sit there for hours watching. He passed in 1999 and I'm beyond grateful for those memories.
@@Discrimination_is_not_a_right You have a point, Ferguson was a giant of late night, it was so fantastic when he flirted and teared into those gorgeous voluminous tv and film actresses, something that is “Offensive” today for millions of snowflakes, was/is pure joy for lovers of art and comedy, like me.
The most magical (and rare) were the few times that the monologue was going SO BADLY, in the old Dumparoo, as Johnny might say in that falsetto with eyes rolling up, that after the fifth or sixth joke bombed in a row, the band would begin to play "Tea For Two" and Johnny would instantly begin a soft shoe tap routine. This galvanized the audience and I would, literally fall off the couch, incapacitated with laughter! What a marvelous malady.
"May a bloated yak change the temperature of your jacuzzi." One of the best parts was when a joke bombed and everyone couldn't wait to hear Carnac say one of these "curses." Rich Little made a special point of using one of these kinds of "Yak" jokes when he impersonated Johnny. Hilarious. Great stuff. Miss it all.
I’m not trying to outdo you or trying any gamesmanship. But these are a few that I remember. “May you wake up under an irregular camel.” “may an allergic camel cough on your quiche.” favorite: “may your sister be accosted by a weird holy man.” I always pictured Carnac being that weird holy man. lol. What really got me also was when he couldn’t think of a good comeback, he would look over at his producers, and say “writers please!” Gosh I miss him! 😔💔 I hope he’s with the good Lord. Even though he was an atheist or agnostic.
There will never be another. Just a whole bunch of imposters and impersonators. Very sad. He didn’t stay out of politics but he made jokes about both sides. That can’t be said about today’s talkshows.
What an ingenious bit. They worked together so well. Ed was just as funny as Johnny. "May I have complete silence while I divine the answers'" "That's what you usually get". I always loved it when Ed announces the presentation of the final envelope. The crowd cheers and Johnny casts his curse upon those present.
@@randallbolt9193 You didn’t want to piss him off too much. That’s for sure! Remember Tom Snyder? One night Johnny went for his throat, literally! Of course he had been drinking. He admitted many times on the air that he was not good at drinking.
The funniest and most unforgettable Carnac moment was perhaps the _"sis boom bah"_ gag. When Carnac opened the envelope and read the question _"describe the sound made when a sheep explodes"_ he totally lost it. 😃😇
What made Johnny's Tonight Show so special was that he wasn't caught up in the "celebrity" nonsense. He had all kinds of different people on the show. Remember the old potato chip lady or the guy who had the biggest ball of twine in the world? I loved when Joan Embry brought her menagerie of animals from the San Diego Zoo to the show. Now every single talkshow only has insanely rich entertainers and the occasional politician on their shows. I don't give a crap about the movie stars and they clearly don't give a crap about us commoners either.
This was my favorite Carson skit. Every time the introduction of the show mentioned Carnac was being done my personal pleasure shot to ten. Sitting rapt with attention and with my parents on the couch behind me I often turned to look at mom and dad and see them silently crying in laughter, thus the strange choking sounds. God I miss my parents.
Rarely do you laugh so hard you cry, but with these two it's guaranteed. Nobody does it so perfectly. It's the timing, look and expectation masterfully done whether you know it's coming or not that is so funny. I'm so lucky to have grown up watching this show and laughing so hard. Thanks. The BEST. I love these guys. Genius.
You know, I think it was the greatest late night talk show too. But yet my father, now in his '90's, never particularly cared for Carson. He thought Steve Allen was the best host of The Tonight Show!
I just find it a shame that Johnny really didn’t have any friends because he was a recluse pretty much but they did a great set always and he didn’t let his personal life interfere with his professional life
Johnny and Ed were perfect together. They just had that chemistry you could not create easily and it worked so well. There were nights like this when Johnny bombed either in his monologues or sketches and never threw it at the audience like some comics would do. He just rolled with the punches and moved on. RIP Johnny and Ed. I'm sure you're doing shows up there now.
"Shaddup!" --Johnny to Ed (at 5:06), first time I've seen this Carnac edition. Absolutely hilarious from the start! 38 years ago (Feb. 2024), but never gets old (Jan. 10, 1986)
@@Yesterday5656 no, I want to be there in person. I would travel to California just to see the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson. I would go to the early 1970s when Dean Martin and all the real superstars were there.
Carson could have called for them to stop tape and start again, but no, he took it for what it was and plowed on ahead. Which resulted in a much funnier segment.
Johnny acted as if it was live. If this aired live, he would have had to do the same as he did here. The Tonight Show was taped at 5.30pm Los Angeles time, but all clocks in the studio was set to 11.30pm and everything was taped as live.
@@johnking5174 Actually they kept changing it dude. When the show was in New York, it was taped at 7 PM. Then, when they moved it to Los Angles, it was taped at 6:30 PM. Eventually, they moved it to its final time of 5:30.
@@Sh9168 The Tonight Show was prerecorded beginning in 1959. Even though the option existed to stop tape if things went wrong, Carson preferred to treat each show as if it were live in order to keep the spontaneity. If memory serves, there were only two instances of them stopping tape during Carson’s run.
My Father used to let me stay up late (11:30 pm on a school night) and watch the Tonight Show with him. Karnak and Tea time movie were my favorite skits. I miss those days and sharing a laugh with my Father.
Hilarious that one of the band members gave the downward whistle of a bomb at 6:20 to tease Johnny that he was bombing. On one of Carson’s monologues, Doc and Ross Thompson said they were going to play “Tea for Two” if Johnny’s next joke was another “bomb-a-roo”. That’s the great thing about the Tonight Show in this era. Johnny, Ed, Doc, Tommy Newsome, Fred DeCordova, and various members of the band all got in on the jokes, quips, and especially the failed jokes. Sometimes the failed jokes and their reactions were the funniest!!!
🤣 Yes I remember that! I was only a kid at the time, but I remember thinking that was an awesome bit of physical comedy to have been performed by a man his age.
@@williambaxter4628 I wondered about the vacuum cleaner on the Johnny Carson stage also, just like you did in this comment. Was it accidentally left there by cleaning staff? It appears so, since it was not used in the Carnac bit, until at the very end when Johnny carried it off stage. He did it so subtly that I don't think it was meant to be a deliberate part of the act. Do you think so too?
Younger people today really missed out in not knowing this kind of comedy. In fact, they would probably consider it 'lame' because there is no constant cursing or putting people down directly or vulgarity. These two were just SO funny. One cannot stop laughing. Even at the inflections, bombings, bloopers, you name it. This was REAL comedy at its very best!
@@thomasmagnum3588 it’s sad! If you remember the Dean Martin roasts, kids today would be having conniption fits if they watched it. I wonder what they would say about the wonderful black celebrities who were LAUGHING HYSTERICALLY along with everyone else. And making fun of others just like everyone else. Brainwashed kids… total shame. I was watching a Dean Martin roast recently. It was actually a caution before the show that warns people about certain “outdated cultural references that were used in the 1970s”! They used this as a warning! 🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️
I’m trying to find the thread where we started to talk about Rodney Dangerfield and Dr. Vinny boombats. I can’t find it! WTH? Well anyway, I know you must have some more about the Italian guys you went to school with. Have you ever heard this joke? Why is Italy shaped like a boot? Because you can’t fit all that crap into a sneaker.😂
Is THAT where they were? I always thought they were written in really tiny print on the corner of the envelopes which is why he always held them up to his forehead at that particular angle and never deviated from it.
Carson, to me, is still the gold standard. I grew up watching him. He always stayed away from politics, for the most part. Today, the late night hosts are too political for me.
I really miss Carson. This was a time when celebrities didn't throw around political agendas in their monologues and were there simply to entertain the folks.
I don't know what time you're talking about. During his nightly monologues he rarely failed to take shots at politicians and he would've ripped Comrade Adolf Trumpski to shreds.
@@TheDylandProductions So what? He never stopped taking shots at the trio of Nixon, Reagan and Ford. They were almost nightly subjects in his monologues and he did all of those Mighty Carson Art Players sketches as Reagan. He would've ripped Comrade Adolf Trumpski to shreds just as he skewered the others and the late hosts are doing their nightly monologues showcasing on Comrade Adolf Trumpski and the Repugnutcan party. He would've also been ridiculing Herschel Walker, Marjorie Taylor Green and Lauren Bobert, just like the others are doing too.
The healthy and hearty laugh of the late, great Mr. Ed McMahon was infectious.
Even when the joke wasn't great and Ed would laugh anyway, that would always make me laugh as well.
😊😊😊😊😊😊
"HE DOESN'T HAVE THE ANSWERS!" OMG that is priceless!
And yet, it's STILL funny! 🤣
Oh MAN do I miss these two!
Just the imagination in creating that skit is great. All of his different skits are timeless humor.
I knew something was up what the hell is a vacuum out there?
I would love to know if Ed knew he was still in range of the microphones when he said that
NO ONE could turn a disaster into comic gold better than Carson. NO ONE.
Ed was pretty good at it too.
One of a kind..
Conan comes pretty close
@@tktru Conan is great, but no one has been able to compete with Carson. I'm a huge Letterman fan, but he would be the first to say the same thing.
It almost made you wish for his jokes to bomb to watch his next move.
The fact that Ed said "He doesn't have the answers" while still in microphone range was just PERFECT.
I don't get it, weren't the answers in the envelopes that Ed handed him?
Johnny had a sheet with the “answers” listed in order, respective to the envelopes handed him.
I loved this man so much. Watched him in the 70's as a teen. Watched until he retired. No one will ever compete with him. He was the one and only.
I AGREE WITH YOU 500%.
Carson is the best of the best.
Late night is a joke these days. And not even funny.
Agreed, every other host tries, but will never ever match his way of communicating. True Genius
While I agree with you, what about David Letterman?
Johnny was the funniest when his jokes absolutely bombed. How many times did we see the golf swing? Loved the guy and Ed was the perfect straight man. Nothing compares today. Nothing.
I liked when the band would break into Tea for Two and Johnny would do the soft shoe routine. Leave it to Johnny to get laughs when a joke bombed.
That's what he was good at
Sometimes I think Ed was just as funny. As a kid, I would crack up laughing every time HE laughed with that "HO HO HO" 😂
The second to last envelope always bombed so people could cheer for the last one and Johnny could do the philosophical insult.
@@HariSeldon913 Funny; I never noticed that.
My dad’s favorite show was the Tonight Show and his favorite thing was Carnac. I got to watch on Friday nights and after we got a VCR, more regularly. I think next to Sis Boom Bah, this was his favorite one. He passed three years ago and I’m grateful to have found this clip.
I always felt safe and comforted in this world when I was in bed, Carson was on in the living room and mom and dad were laughing. Thank you Johnny Carson for being a great memory for me.
@jime6688 Thank you for your comment, I also felt that way, except for not having parents. Johnny and Ed bring me comfort even today, their scripted humor, their impromptu humor, their "mistakes", their guests and the interaction, Johnny's support of so many guests, etc. I remember Johnny as a panelist on To Tell the Truth. I still laugh re-watching episodes.
You said it well, I felt the same ❤
Sis Boom Bah I still laugh at that Carnac bit. Comedy gold. I miss them both but thank god for reruns.
Carnac used to say Sim Sala Bim. Is that what you’re referring to? It’s classic!
@@joebiggs4387 no the bit where carnal says sis boom bah and then answer is describe the sound a exploding sheep makes then they both get the giggles it's hilarious its on you tube. 🤣
@@joebiggs4387 ua-cam.com/video/76wzA2A2T1Q/v-deo.html
@@danapretzer1895 oh yes yes! OK I remember that very well!😂😂. Sis boom bah! I’m laughing as I’m typing this… I didn’t watch the video. I’m saving it for later so that’s why I didn’t understand when I first read it. But I know it from memory. He’s on every night on the channel called antenna TV and I record it.
@@aaa7189 thank you my friend. I’ve seen the video actually pretty recently because I’m able to record Johnny Carson every night. But I saved the current video to watch later even though I’ve seen it I can never get enough.
Audience always cheered upon announcement of the last envelope just to hear the dis on them! Timeless!
That was almost always the best part. Great stuff!
My favorite was 'super bowl'! apparently the crowd did not agree.
@@boblozaintherealworld3577 sometimes the crowd was the worst part of the show. I’ve watched hundreds of his monologues and I would laugh out loud. But the studio audience wouldn’t make a sound! Very strange! Sometimes he would be rolling and the people might as well have been mannequins. 🤷🏻♂️
@@joebiggs4387 The hazards of show biz. I got to see the TS with Jay Leno once (I was a guest of a friend who was playing with the featured music guest) The best part was when Jay came out in his denim shirt to warm up the crowd. He had us howling. That was his real talent I think.
@@boblozaintherealworld3577 Wow! And I almost forgot about Jay Leno. I liked him. You were very lucky to be there! Great memory for you. 😀
Johnny and Ed were the best that will ever exist. I watched them from 1962 to 1992. We were all very fortunate to enjoy their special chemistry. Now this is what is called outstanding classic entertainment that no one could ever duplicate. They were like family to the viewers.
I was born in 1986 and I'm so grateful I caught the end years of Carson. Some of the fondest memories of my childhood are sleeping at my grandparents and just sitting there with my grandpa while watching new Carson episodes or re-runs. He bought the VHS collection of the Best of Carson and I'd sit there for hours watching. He passed in 1999 and I'm beyond grateful for those memories.
That big hearty laugh from Ed never got old.
Johnny was so good even when the bit fell apart it was 10x better than anything on late night today.
I think I'd rather watch Craig Ferguson get all riled up and sweaty than this, though.
@@Discrimination_is_not_a_right it would be a tough call between the two.
@@Discrimination_is_not_a_right You have a point, Ferguson was a giant of late night, it was so fantastic when he flirted and teared into those gorgeous voluminous tv and film actresses, something that is “Offensive” today for millions of snowflakes, was/is pure joy for lovers of art and comedy, like me.
The most magical (and rare) were the few times that the monologue was going SO BADLY, in the old Dumparoo, as Johnny might say in that falsetto with eyes rolling up, that after the fifth or sixth joke bombed in a row, the band would begin to play "Tea For Two" and Johnny would instantly begin a soft shoe tap routine. This galvanized the audience and I would, literally fall off the couch, incapacitated with laughter! What a marvelous malady.
@@RichieRichMD Not what I meant.
"May a bloated yak change the temperature of your jacuzzi."
One of the best parts was when a joke bombed and everyone couldn't wait to hear Carnac say one of these "curses."
Rich Little made a special point of using one of these kinds of "Yak" jokes when he impersonated Johnny. Hilarious.
Great stuff. Miss it all.
I’m not trying to outdo you or trying any gamesmanship. But these are a few that I remember. “May you wake up under an irregular camel.” “may an allergic camel cough on your quiche.” favorite: “may your sister be accosted by a weird holy man.” I always pictured Carnac being that weird holy man. lol. What really got me also was when he couldn’t think of a good comeback, he would look over at his producers, and say “writers please!” Gosh I miss him! 😔💔 I hope he’s with the good Lord. Even though he was an atheist or agnostic.
agreed. another one: May a toothless yak gum your grandmother's wheat thins!
There will never be another. Just a whole bunch of imposters and impersonators. Very sad. He didn’t stay out of politics but he made jokes about both sides. That can’t be said about today’s talkshows.
The funniest late night host ever, hands down.
@@markmalone279 absolutely no contest! The funniest and the best! There isn’t even a close second.
What an ingenious bit. They worked together so well. Ed was just as funny as Johnny.
"May I have complete silence while I divine the answers'"
"That's what you usually get".
I always loved it when Ed announces the presentation of the final envelope. The crowd cheers and Johnny casts his curse upon those present.
I love Johnny Carson ! He was so funny and a sweet good man so was ED !
He was terrific yes, the very best. But sweet? No lol
I’m a big fan of Johnny too. But he definitely had a sour side. At the same time he could be quite generous to people he liked.
Not really that sweet. He could make or break a career with a word to the Hollywood power strutucture, and frequently did.
@@randallbolt9193 You didn’t want to piss him off too much. That’s for sure! Remember Tom Snyder? One night Johnny went for his throat, literally! Of course he had been drinking. He admitted many times on the air that he was not good at drinking.
Loved Johnny Carson
He was one of a kind. Miss him.
Still enjoying these. He was so funny, and wasn't afraid to laugh at himself.
If there ever was a Hollywood show figure I would absolutely enjoy just having a drink or conversation with .. it would have to be Johnny Carson
Simply the best. No one comes close or ever will👏👏👏👏👏
Johnny and Ed always keep things interesting.
Always loved Ed's laugh 😃
Oh so did I! When I was a teenager, I used to crack up laughing myself just hearing that "HO HO HO" 🤣
The funniest and most unforgettable Carnac moment was perhaps the _"sis boom bah"_ gag.
When Carnac opened the envelope and read the question _"describe the sound made when a sheep explodes"_ he totally lost it. 😃😇
I remember that one. It was hysterical..
I agree. That joke turned out to be one of the greatest jokes I've ever heard. It's a legendary joke.
The wool from the unfortunate sheep can be used to make curtains, which can later be converted to an umpromptu dress - truly irresistible!
I just watched that one. I was laughing so hard that I started coughing.
I agree. Definitely the best.
What made Johnny's Tonight Show so special was that he wasn't caught up in the "celebrity" nonsense. He had all kinds of different people on the show. Remember the old potato chip lady or the guy who had the biggest ball of twine in the world?
I loved when Joan Embry brought her menagerie of animals from the San Diego Zoo to the show.
Now every single talkshow only has insanely rich entertainers and the occasional politician on their shows. I don't give a crap about the movie stars and they clearly don't give a crap about us commoners either.
This was my favorite Carson skit. Every time the introduction of the show mentioned Carnac was being done my personal pleasure shot to ten. Sitting rapt with attention and with my parents on the couch behind me I often turned to look at mom and dad and see them silently crying in laughter, thus the strange choking sounds. God I miss my parents.
I do too …more than words can say
Ed is brilliant helping Johnny Carson. A perfect Hilarious Magical Team😂! Sure Miss them!😢
Rarely do you laugh so hard you cry, but with these two it's guaranteed. Nobody does it so perfectly. It's the timing, look and expectation masterfully done whether you know it's coming or not that is so funny. I'm so lucky to have grown up watching this show and laughing so hard. Thanks. The BEST. I love these guys. Genius.
I miss Johnny and Ed! Those two together were one of a kind!
Yep. None like them. And never will be again. At least not in MY lifetime!
There will never be another like Johnny!! Miss him 😢
Even Johnny's laugh was infectious.
There will never be another Johnny Carson.
Outstanding! More please.
Johnny's turban should hold a revered place in the Smithsonian. Classic gem!
Was just thinking the same thing, I wonder where it is now? Someone has to have it.
Think I heard it's in a TV history museum in Chicago.
Hey, nobody's perfect - only Johnny could get away with it and still be funny!
Priceless. Carson was my hero 🙂
This was the greatest night time show ever.
You know, I think it was the greatest late night talk show too. But yet my father, now in his '90's, never particularly cared for Carson. He thought Steve Allen was the best host of The Tonight Show!
A great pair of entertainers! Pure GOLD!
Ed and Johnny,,,, the best pair on TV!
I just find it a shame that Johnny really didn’t have any friends because he was a recluse pretty much but they did a great set always and he didn’t let his personal life interfere with his professional life
Along with Gorilla Monsoon and Bobby Heenan
"Dust, spare change, and Howard Cosell" .... LOLOLOL
I so miss Johnny. The show was great and wonderful performers, plus the comedian acts that came on. There will Never be a show like this again.
loved it when someone in the band did the whistling dive bomb😄
& the look Carnac gave the band. LOL!!
This just doesn't ever get old.
Johnny and Ed were perfect together. They just had that chemistry you could not create easily and it worked so well. There were nights like this when Johnny bombed either in his monologues or sketches and never threw it at the audience like some comics would do. He just rolled with the punches and moved on. RIP Johnny and Ed. I'm sure you're doing shows up there now.
"Shaddup!" --Johnny to Ed (at 5:06), first time I've seen this Carnac edition. Absolutely hilarious from the start! 38 years ago (Feb. 2024), but never gets old (Jan. 10, 1986)
Ed’s laugh is second to none 😂
"... the last envelope" always earned rip-roaring cheers and applause. LOL.
God I wish I had a time machine
We all do😢
You and me both.
You do, it’s called UA-cam
@@Yesterday5656 no, I want to be there in person. I would travel to California just to see the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson. I would go to the early 1970s when Dean Martin and all the real superstars were there.
Life is short we aren't here long
Brings back memories of when I would sit with my Pop's and watch Johnny.
Thanks
You know something is timeless if you laugh. Am laughing right now! What a time it was!
Carson was the Master of the Delay and slow-burn like Jack Benny and Milton Berle.
Better than anything you're going to see on late night tv this month. Bank on it.
THIS month?!
@@craigtalbott731 😅 Decade?
One of the best Carnac's
Miss this show
Carson could have called for them to stop tape and start again, but no, he took it for what it was and plowed on ahead. Which resulted in a much funnier segment.
Johnny acted as if it was live. If this aired live, he would have had to do the same as he did here. The Tonight Show was taped at 5.30pm Los Angeles time, but all clocks in the studio was set to 11.30pm and everything was taped as live.
@@johnking5174 Actually they kept changing it dude. When the show was in New York, it was taped at 7 PM. Then, when they moved it to Los Angles, it was taped at 6:30 PM. Eventually, they moved it to its final time of 5:30.
This WAS live. There was no tape to stop. That's why they went to a commercial when he didn't have the answers.
@@Sh9168 The Tonight Show was prerecorded beginning in 1959. Even though the option existed to stop tape if things went wrong, Carson preferred to treat each show as if it were live in order to keep the spontaneity. If memory serves, there were only two instances of them stopping tape during Carson’s run.
My Father used to let me stay up late (11:30 pm on a school night) and watch the Tonight Show with him. Karnak and Tea time movie were my favorite skits. I miss those days and sharing a laugh with my Father.
Hilarious that one of the band members gave the downward whistle of a bomb at 6:20 to tease Johnny that he was bombing.
On one of Carson’s monologues, Doc and Ross Thompson said they were going to play “Tea for Two” if Johnny’s next joke was another “bomb-a-roo”.
That’s the great thing about the Tonight Show in this era. Johnny, Ed, Doc, Tommy Newsome, Fred DeCordova, and various members of the band all got in on the jokes, quips, and especially the failed jokes. Sometimes the failed jokes and their reactions were the funniest!!!
Something about being able to wing it and go with it on live TV is a true art.
The Tonight Show was and still is pre-recorded.
Thank you for this. Keep 'em coming!
loved these two!!!
Now that's comedy! ♥
A black heart? 🤔
I love his Carnac skits.
Remember the break away desk Johnny fell on as Carnac.
Who could forget it?! That was classic Carson!!
🤣 Yes I remember that! I was only a kid at the time, but I remember thinking that was an awesome bit of physical comedy to have been performed by a man his age.
So it did happen! I knew it did but everyone I asked didn’t remember! Son of a gun I’d love to see that again! Bring it on…
Two wonderful comedy legends RIP.
At the end when Ed said that he was holding the final envelope, Carson gave a little smirk where you could tell he was thinking “Thank God.”
"....may a diseased yak leave a souvenir in your moccasins.."🤓
The best part of the comedy clip is when Carson takes the vacuum cleaner off the stage with him at the end.
Why was that up there?
@@williambaxter4628 I wondered about the vacuum cleaner on the Johnny Carson stage also, just like you did in this comment. Was it accidentally left there by cleaning staff? It appears so, since it was not used in the Carnac bit, until at the very end when Johnny carried it off stage. He did it so subtly that I don't think it was meant to be a deliberate part of the act. Do you think so too?
I miss this so much. 😢
The only time Carnac bombed twice as much, even _he_ wound up applauding when he reached "THE LAST ENVELOPE!"
Simply the best.
King of late night shows!¡!
Awesome Always ❤You Guys
Carnac was my favorite segment of the Tonight Show!
It was nice living in Burbank then. Saw Carson, Leno, and Newhart host at the NBC studio. Free, too.
That’s terrific! I wish I had something close to that. You’re very blessed.
Gosh I remember comedy! 😂
You’re darn right! Because there’s not much comedy around anymore. At least not the kind we like. The woke movement took care of that.
"May the fleas of a thousand camels infest your armpits". Heard that when I was a teenager. Still makes me laugh.
Trish Beason "May a crazed pole vaulter go up your sister's hoop skirt." Yeah, me too, Trish.
@@michaelg-ux1mo . That's a good one. I don't remember that one.
@@freeshrugs63 I knew, based on the great reference of yours, that you'd appreciate that one :)
“May the Black Hole of Calcutta back up into your swimming pool” was my favorite.
The cape and the poke-in-the-eye were so smooth, comedic Gold
❤️❤️Ed’s laugh.
The more Johnny "bombed" the funnier he got.
Yep. That was gold! No matter what they did, it was funny!
Ah yes, the legendary Carnac 🔮
Carnac was truly magnificent.
The shows were everything went off the rails were always the funniest
Younger people today really missed out in not knowing this kind of comedy. In fact, they would probably consider it 'lame' because there is no constant cursing or putting people down directly or vulgarity.
These two were just SO funny. One cannot stop laughing. Even at the inflections, bombings, bloopers, you name it. This was REAL comedy at its very best!
Amen Totally agree with every word.
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Jokes about midgets, Jews and Smurfs? Young people today would be offended!
@@thomasmagnum3588 it’s sad! If you remember the Dean Martin roasts, kids today would be having conniption fits if they watched it. I wonder what they would say about the wonderful black celebrities who were LAUGHING HYSTERICALLY along with everyone else. And making fun of others just like everyone else. Brainwashed kids… total shame. I was watching a Dean Martin roast recently. It was actually a caution before the show that warns people about certain “outdated cultural references that were used in the 1970s”! They used this as a warning! 🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️
I’m trying to find the thread where we started to talk about Rodney Dangerfield and Dr. Vinny boombats. I can’t find it! WTH? Well anyway, I know you must have some more about the Italian guys you went to school with. Have you ever heard this joke? Why is Italy shaped like a boot? Because you can’t fit all that crap into a sneaker.😂
“May your sister be on NFL Films ‘sack of the week!’” 😂🤣🤣 people do remember NFL Films right? OMG….I’m not THAT old. lol
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Ed’s Santa Claus laugh is pure joy!
Nice to see Johnny not even try to bluff his way out of the reality that the answers are meant to be on a card on the desk.
Is THAT where they were? I always thought they were written in really tiny print on the corner of the envelopes which is why he always held them up to his forehead at that particular angle and never deviated from it.
Late-night television sucks today. This is classic and it's FUNNY.
I blame the vacuum cleaner being in the way, LOL.
Even the great ones have an off day.
But this wasn’t it!
The last one brings to mind coming across one that I think went, "Tuck, Secretariat, Richard Nixon. Name a friar, a sire, and a liar."
Geez I miss him......
God, this was priceless!!!!
Even when bombing he could knock 'em dead.
LOLOL... that's good stuff, even 36 years later.
Boy do I miss those days when Carson reigned for 30 years. We were all blessed to have him for all that time.
'never fails, even when he fails.
Carson, to me, is still the gold standard. I grew up watching him. He always stayed away from politics, for the most part. Today, the late night hosts are too political for me.
Yes and all of them spew the liberal false agenda.
First time seeing this! Love it!
Carson and Ed McMahon are the absolute classic duo.
That Yoko Ono one was damn good.
There will never be a another Johnny or Ed. They where perfect for each other,, There is no one today that could even be a writer on his show.
I really miss Carson. This was a time when celebrities didn't throw around political agendas in their monologues and were there simply to entertain the folks.
I don't know what time you're talking about. During his nightly monologues he rarely failed to take shots at politicians and he would've ripped Comrade Adolf Trumpski to shreds.
@@Rusty3659 Fact check: Carson was a republican.
@@TheDylandProductions So what? He never stopped taking shots at the trio of Nixon, Reagan and Ford. They were almost nightly subjects in his monologues and he did all of those Mighty Carson Art Players sketches as Reagan. He would've ripped Comrade Adolf Trumpski to shreds just as he skewered the others and the late hosts are doing their nightly monologues showcasing on Comrade Adolf Trumpski and the Repugnutcan party. He would've also been ridiculing Herschel Walker, Marjorie Taylor Green and Lauren Bobert, just like the others are doing too.
@@Rusty3659 you beat me to it. He started the political roasting.
BS! It was always and is and will always “political agenda.” Are you for real.
Anyone remember the backstory on the vacuum cleaner? It was on the set for several weeks.
What was the backstory? I remember the vacuum but not the story