I remember Vernon Booger Ray on the Carson show. I really liked him and often thought about how he lived, in a free country. It is such a low down dirty shame that our country is not that way anymore. The spirit of Booger is still strong but this country needs to catch back up. I can just see him right now, riding in that old wagon waving people to go on by while keeping two faithful mules under control with a pair of relief mules tied to the back and singing to himself. He brought a lot of smiles to a lot of good people. God bless ol' Booger, wherever he may be !
YOU COULDNT MELT ALL OF THE SO CALLED LATE NUGHT HOSTS,AND POUR THEM ON CARSON! ILL GIVE FALLON HIS DUE,HE CAN DO SOME GREAT IMPERSONATORS, BUT BEYOND THAT. ITS A WASTELAND. NOT MUCH MORE THAN FLASHING LIGHTS AND REPETITIVE NOISE.. AS FAR AS ANYONE APPEARING ON ANY OF THE SHOWS,THE INTERVIEWS COULD BE SWAPPED FROM HOST TO HOST AND GUEST TO GUEST,NOTING SPECIFIC. JUST HASIC,GENERIC. NOBODY EVER KNEW WHERE CARSON FELT ABOUT POLITICAL ISSUES.HE WOULD STICK IT TO BOTH. THESE DAYS ITS ALL ONE SIDED,THEY ALL SLAM ONE WAY. OH WELL. I GUESS THATS WHAT MAKES LOOKIN BACK SO MUCH BETTER.
Johnny would regularly have a guest from a small town or the country to tell their story. He treated them the same as he treated the biggest Hollywood stars. Its what made the show so great. Thanks for posting this. It brought back great memories!
Booger was a fixture in the 60's and early 70's along US 70, generally between Idabel and Durant although I have seen him up toward Heavner. Toward the end of his life he hooked up with a former Sheriff and conducted trail rides for groups from Wright City to Cloudy, drew a lot of folks out of Dallas and Oklahoma City. He was a well known and well remembered character.
In the spring and summer of 1988 I would go camp with Booger Ray’s crew! I’d cook over the campfire and Booger let me drive a team of mules up to the convenience store! I loved it!
Forrr suurrre!! Amen to that! I just survived the Paradise fire and I love nostalgia. I lost everything including all of my old records and old record player, but the 1976 ford step side pickup barely made it more work to do on it and it will be on the road! Nostalgia should live on! 😃
vern wallen I got hooked on David Letterman way before he really caught on. I was working swing shift in an Oregon sawmill around 1979 or 80 and couldn’t get to sleep right away after work, so I would turn on the tv and have a shot of orange juice and Canadian Club to unwind at around 1:00 a.m. Sometimes his humor reversed the effects of the nightcap and then it was harder to get to sleep. All in all, Johnny was truly a very funny man and an American treasure that I never really grew to appreciate back then. Up until then I didn’t stay up late enough to watch late night tv as a logger and millworker kept early morning hours. Johnny and Dave had a similar sense of humor that I can relate to.
Wow in all my years growing up with the Johnny Carson Show he was so respectfully but he is so nervous on how to handle this Ole timer I truly think that this is what made him great at what he did. He could fake it very well when not sure how to question a person. Great man RIP Mr Carson We miss you
I saw Booger Ray many times as he rode in his horse drawn wagon, and once I asked him if I could take his picture - his answer was "Yes, but I can't dance". I told him I didn't want him to dance, just pose for a picture, and he did. It was a treasure.
15:58 Prime example of why America loves Johnny. “ We’ll that looks like a nice hat to me” He is the very definition of class ( even with all his faults )
Have met booger a few times. My family is from Smithville Oklahoma and we would go back every year for vacation. He was a very nice man he even let me drive his mules once. I was aboit 8 years old..
I'm from Little Rock and live in Illinois now. But you got to love these old throwbacks. Your Uncle Booger was one of a kind. Love this clip. I watched every bit of it.
Grew up in KIngman Az, our house was very close to 93, in the 60s, saw him rattle down the hwy once a year, mules and all. No one ever bothered him runnin right down 93, probably coming from old 66.... Never met him but this really brings back old times....
Johnny was from Iowa and Nebraska, and could relate to average people. After Johnny left the scene in 1992, I couldn't bear watching Letterman trying to make a joke of these type people--everything was a joke. Johnny, like you said, talked to them like real people. I really miss Johnny because of exactly this fact. Whether it was a 105-yr.old lady, a woman who collected odd-shaped potato chips, or a farmer, gold prospector, etc....Johnny always didn't make them the butt of jokes like Letterman. Leno was a fair transition, but looking at it now, it's about only the Hollywood elites, pop icons,, very unfunny comedians, etc. I miss Johnny terribly.
BigBingFan, you're so right. Johnny was great! He would allow himself to be the butt of the joke. He was kind and gracious to regular folks like Booger Ray. Today's late night talk show "comedians" are terrible. I hate them. Letterman and Stephen Colbert would have treated Booger Ray like dirt.
Some real characters back in the day, 70s and 80s older generations, knew how to have fun, sadly alot have passed, but I knew some of these characters, a real sense of humor, a blast to be around!
It's crazy to see Booger Ray on the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson. I remember riding on the wagon with Booger Ray when I was a kid in Hugo, OK. He was always full of knowledge and I enjoy the times I got to spend with him growing up in Southern Oklahoma.
Oh my, your comment jarred my memory. Back in the 70's I used to spend summers at my grandmothers house in Howe. I remember him too but I wasn't putting 2 and 2 together. I saw him several times. I recall he used to roll string. lol He had a stick with a big ball of string on it & he would walk around telling stories & rolling that string from one stick to another.
Booger Ray was the most intelligent people I grew up around lol That's not bad that's good. He was a travelling Encyclopedia and so much wiser than everyone always thought.
Aw man! You got to ride ON the wagon?? We would always see him when we'd go to the Ft. Towson pee wee rodeo. His granddaughter competed with us. He was fascinating!
Booger Ray Sure Was A Real Life Legand, &Quite A Character In His Own Right!!!!!They Don't Make Them Like That Anymore God Bless Him Were Ever He Is!!!!!🍀😀🍀😎🍀😜🍀
In ‘65 when I got drafted into the Army they sent me down south for basic and being a Philly native I got to meet guys who lived in the mountains etc., and they were all characters! God Bless America.
When I was drafted in 1966, our basic training company was half composed of guys from the north (PA, NJ and NY) and half by guys from the south (NC, SC and Tennessee). You’re right, those Southern guys were hilarious. I’m pretty sure they thought the same about us. Anyway, after eight weeks of basic, we got along just fine!
One of our local characters was Harry Garrison. He was on the "Tonight Show" as an expert at blowing smoke rings...It took forever to get a smoke ring, because of the ventilation system, but Harry's reactions were great. Finally they shut down the ventilation and he was able to blow a smoke ring. His profession was restoring player pianos and selling them, and his hobby was magic. Everywhere I worked, someone either knew Harry, dated him once, or used to work for him.
Watching Johnny Carson on Channel 4 is a real switch for me, being born in Jonesboro, we watched that channel a lot when I was a kid. I'm not gonna bore you with all the particulars, just to say thanks for sharing these videos with us. It's worth a thumbs up and a sub, and a click on the bell too, thanks again.
@@benzamg32m68 He’s not at all like a homeless man. He’s more like those who travel all over in a RV. The only thing is that his horsepower is actually mule power. Pretty cool! Johnny’s shows were the best! Greatly missed!
I think 🤔 there is,my family gave my grandma 👵 a Johnny Carson magazine,his whole set of DVD 📀 shows and I believe a thick book,I’ll let you know if there’s one book to what you’re looking for !!! My grandma loved Johnny Carson a lot,she grew up watching him with my grandpa 👴,my grandma passed away with Cancer,it’s been about 2 years and I miss her so,so much!!!!
Even though i grew up in a small town Australia during the 80's, watching these commercials is like watching a time machine. As ours were done in the same fashion, especially ones made by the local tv station. So cheesy
@@eaglepink1678 His son was murdered in Jacksonville, Ga. close to Macon. The goat man would back up traffic for miles on US 17 when it was the main hwy to and from Fl.
I don't think it was a matter of money. Carson was fresh off another acrimonious (and expensive) divorce here if I remember correctly. Booger had the good sense to swear them off, marriage-wise. Lol It's been amply proven though. Money does indeed buy you happiness. Which is not to say you can't be happy without it, nor that you are necessarily free from misery with it. You will just statistically be happier if you have it. :) It's more accurate to say money prevents misery than buys happiness. You just need enough of it (whatever that means), not shitloads of it. Financial woes are a leading cause of suicide, stress, divorce, crime, etc.
@@hunglikeahamster3248 I would like to see those studies that proves money makes you happy and even then I would take them with a grain of salt. If money buys you happiness then why can you go to so many third world countries where people have just enough money to meet their basic needs and they are some of the happiest people you will ever meet? I am not talking about impoverished places where people are starving, those people are indeed unhappy. I lived in the Philippines for a full year and those people did not have much but they were very happy and very hospitable, they would share food with you even if they were lacking and they would give with a big smile on their faces, thankfully I observed this from a distance and was able to buy my own food. On the reverse side, if money makes you happy then why have there been so many celebrities and famous people who have committed suicide? many who have had every material possession and financial security they would ever need and yet they were miserable inside. Money can do a lot of things but it cannot make you happy, for example, It can help alleviate stress by taking away the burden of bills but that in itself does not really make someone happy, it just gives them a reason not to worry as much about the cost of living. True happiness comes from a combination of many things such as how someone sees and understands life and what they do with the time they are given, it comes from having a purpose or a mission that you are actively trying to fulfill, it comes from making a positive difference in the lives of those around you or perhaps your community, town, city or even the world. There is a very good chance that if you are a selfish person, you won't be happy, no matter what your bank account says.
@@The_Story_Channel I'm not sure what issue you are taking with what I said. My post was situationally in response to the original poster, and this ol' guy vs Johnny, and I made many of the same distinctions you do, and could have made many more. Throwing celebrity and fame into the discussion muddies the water however. I could argue either way at length but I think the point is already moot - did they start out seeking fame, fortune, power? None are great starting points. But as they started somehow, my only comment is that fame warps many people in all kinds of ways. I'd put money itself further down the list, except the aspect that their rapid coming into it plus the cult of celebrity tends to allow and make assholes out of those who don't see the danger. But again, celebrity doesn't equal money nor vice versa. It's a perverse and wildly skewed subset and should be held separately. You may have seen the documentary, Happy, by Roko Belic? Good movie if you haven't. You'll find TED Talks given by him here on YT and you can rent the movie as well. It's not entirely accurate however. Most of it is more a matter of societal (or even geographical) happiness or lack thereof, and comparing the US or Canada to India really isn't useful except as a reminder that our *rampant* materialism isn't likely to make us happy and in fact does the opposite. BUT, much higher levels of materialism are *required* here. Can't afford a car? In many locales, good luck with that. You'll be unable to get a job, or you'll ride public transit along with the scum, or you'll walk, or you'll stay put and otherwise do without. Geography in general factors very much into what one "needs" to be happy here, and those needs are very disparate. The reasons should be self-evident so I won't bother listing them here...
@@The_Story_Channel I wholeheartedly concur with your sentiments, Mr Canuckken. Your comment is well presented and very true indeed. The content covered all bases to which indicates that money is just a means of exchange for goods and services, it has very little to do with happiness. In reality, money is more of an interference factor and truly the root of all evil and mostly contributes to social instability. 🙄
Possibly the best thing about Carson was that he knew when a bit was gone to shit and wouldnt hesitate to admit it. A lot of hosts and comedy people continue the bit and try to salvage it, Carson was different.
Carson is STILL one of the few entertainers I can binge watch. I really can't think of any other for that matter. Here's my reqmts for comedians that I'll watch more than once. They have to be good. But they have to be decent. No foul mouth words every other word. I need to get the feeling from them that they truly appreciate their audience. That's about all I can think of right now. Back to binge watching Johnny Carson. Just like Booger Ray, who is honest & sincere... You can listen to him and in under a min, you know he's a entertainer ya wanna listen to. We need more Booger Ray's and Johnny Carson's. But they were one of a kind. Thank ya kindly.
We set back with our remote control our big screen TVs played with our fancy cars and paid no attention as police took complete control of all the people and now we live in a police state down here in TENNESSEE,
This is excellent example of the Tonight show I prefer . Today's Tonight show with Jimmy Fallon seems to be straight laughs and music and games . Johnny Carson's had much more of a human element to his interviews.
Mutlap absolutely they spout LEFTWING propaganda disguised in bad humor ! - Colbert Fallon Kimmel Myers Conan have train WRECKED Late night tv and comedy, gone are the days of clever humor and good natured humor. Today we have hateful mean spirited lazy humor " cheap jokes" great job Colbert and friends of wrecking late night tv for a large part of the country with your liberal Crap !
It was just good...I watched with my parents and it was clean decent fun. I definitely do not agree with left wing SJW’s and I don’t want to hear any political crap...even if I agree with it. Do what you are paid to do, ENTERTAIN!
Jeremy Rush I agree - and Johnny Carson absolutely did political jokes " and in America we are allowed to make fun of the people we put into power" the best compliment Carson received was that you could not tell what his own politics were because he was equal opportunity rib jabber against both party's. I personally am most disappointed in Conan was a great fan of the NBC New York Conan BUT ever since his show went out to Hollywood " he has soled out" to Hollywoods liberal agenda and his show has diminished because of it " have not watched any of them in years" Craig Ferguson was my last because I enjoyed his mindless humor with his sidekicks Geoff the Robot and Secretariat the Horse.
Johnny was a class act! I don't watch the late shows today because they are just nasty! Miss Johnny, so glad someone saved the tapes and we can still see him in reruns!!!! 💖💖💖
During the 60s, my best friend and I had husbands who worked shifts together. When they worked evening and night shifts, we were on the phone when kids were in bed, and we'd laugh like fools for 90 minutes.
Johnny had people from all walks of life on his show and he made it entertaining. Today, all they do is bash Trump (who cares) and pat themselves on the back (boring). Today sucks.
We had morals back then,,, people like Trump would have been shunned and not given the time of day ! TV was sinsired and American had a higher standard of morals,, you didn't get away with right out lying on air,, now our leaders lie and cuss on TV ,, American as we know it today is pretty well fucked,, if we're ok with having a president that can't tell the truth and has no morals what do you expect ??
KARK TV IN LITTLE ROCK. I was attending the end of my first year of college at the University of the Ozarks in Clarksville, Ar. I may have seen this. I now live in Fayetteville, Ar. Cool ! This great! My grandad was born in 1912. I miss that generation of people. I knew a man that was 104 in my hometown of Mulberry, Ar . When I was 5 in 1973, he walked everywhere, chewed a plug of tobacco and had a small bottle of whiskey. He wore overalls and a straw hat. He was born in 1869, not long after the Civil War. Its amazing to think how close we are to history with some of the oldest folks. Find out everything you can from them young ppl! At 50, I try to relate thingscto mygrown kids about how things were that I learned from my grandparents. My grammy is 93 now and I ask her to relate stories and we have it on video. Thanks for posting. The SE Ok mountains are still a very rugged country. Bigfoot central! Lol !
I remember Vernon Booger Ray on the Carson show. I really liked him and often thought about how he lived, in a free country. It is such a low down dirty shame that our country is not that way anymore. The spirit of Booger is still strong but this country needs to catch back up. I can just see him right now, riding in that old wagon waving people to go on by while keeping two faithful mules under control with a pair of relief mules tied to the back and singing to himself. He brought a lot of smiles to a lot of good people. God bless ol' Booger, wherever he may be !
His kin is living under the 405 fwy now
What happen to this man
@@benzamg32m68 actually asshole we are all thriving most of us live hotchatown and own most of the businesses there.
So true. I was born a few decades late. Always dreamed of living the simpler life…even if it was harder. God bless ❤️🙏🏼
Thank God these are still available to see. Talk show hosts of today can learn so much from this guy. Classy.
YOU COULDNT MELT ALL OF THE SO CALLED LATE NUGHT HOSTS,AND POUR THEM ON CARSON!
ILL GIVE FALLON HIS DUE,HE CAN DO SOME GREAT IMPERSONATORS, BUT BEYOND THAT. ITS A WASTELAND. NOT MUCH MORE THAN FLASHING LIGHTS AND REPETITIVE NOISE.. AS FAR AS ANYONE APPEARING ON ANY OF THE SHOWS,THE INTERVIEWS COULD BE SWAPPED FROM HOST TO HOST AND GUEST TO GUEST,NOTING SPECIFIC. JUST HASIC,GENERIC.
NOBODY EVER KNEW WHERE CARSON FELT ABOUT POLITICAL ISSUES.HE WOULD STICK IT TO BOTH.
THESE DAYS ITS ALL ONE SIDED,THEY ALL SLAM ONE WAY. OH WELL.
I GUESS THATS WHAT MAKES LOOKIN BACK SO MUCH BETTER.
NO THEY REFUSED TO LEARN ANYTHING BECAUSE
THEY ARE WOKE AND ALREADY KNOW EVERYTHING 😂😂😂😂
Johnny would regularly have a guest from a small town or the country to tell their story. He treated them the same as he treated the biggest Hollywood stars. Its what made the show so great. Thanks for posting this. It brought back great memories!
Johnny Carson had a way with people and his audience that simply does not exist anymore, so glad I was around to experience those times.
Me too kc
Meee to
I agree 100%. The late night idiots now are pathetic.
Social media would have cancelled him
Im still here! Johnny was a great show!
That's my daughter's great grandpa! I gotta send her this;)
That means he's your grandfather? Am I right
Booger was a fixture in the 60's and early 70's along US 70, generally between Idabel and Durant although I have seen him up toward Heavner. Toward the end of his life he hooked up with a former Sheriff and conducted trail rides for groups from Wright City to Cloudy, drew a lot of folks out of Dallas and Oklahoma City. He was a well known and well remembered character.
Making a guest appearance on Johnny's show had to have helped his business bolster to a certain degree. God rest the old soul.
Thank you for your story,,,I remember this guy👍👍🇺🇸
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thanks for sharing this
Thank you.
In the spring and summer of 1988 I would go camp with Booger Ray’s crew! I’d cook over the campfire and Booger let me drive a team of mules up to the convenience store! I loved it!
Omg, complete with commercials! They used to be so annoying, but now they part of the nostalgia!! Thanks for the memories
lyrah the guy in nissan commercial was seen later in cheers as Diane's psycho wannabe bf for an episode.
Forrr suurrre!! Amen to that! I just survived the Paradise fire and I love nostalgia. I lost everything including all of my old records and old record player, but the 1976 ford step side pickup barely made it more work to do on it and it will be on the road! Nostalgia should live on! 😃
Commercials back then were classy
@@kickrocks3075 no, they wanted us to think so to buy their shit
I love that part of it , I love old commercials, resonates well with my memory
The undisputed KING of late-nite.No one will can come close to"heeeeere's johnny.
vern wallen jay Leno did a great job as host! Much better than anyone on the air now.
yes, I miss them both.I don't watch late night anymore.
vern wallen I got hooked on David Letterman way before he really caught on. I was working swing shift in an Oregon sawmill around 1979 or 80 and couldn’t get to sleep right away after work, so I would turn on the tv and have a shot of orange juice and Canadian Club to unwind at around 1:00 a.m. Sometimes his humor reversed the effects of the nightcap and then it was harder to get to sleep. All in all, Johnny was truly a very funny man and an American treasure that I never really grew to appreciate back then. Up until then I didn’t stay up late enough to watch late night tv as a logger and millworker kept early morning hours. Johnny and Dave had a similar sense of humor that I can relate to.
I love how Johnny could always make anything funny. The commercials were great too.
If he was a guest nowadays sadly they would probably make fun of him the whole time. Johnny was such a class act
Yeah it’s a shame how things have change, people just don’t have morals anymore
@@rockofagesusa7942 most people in Red states would still treat him with respect. The holier than thou late night “hosts” and their audience are scum.
Today, the government labels people who live off-grid as domestic terrorists.
Yeah, until Raquel Welch or Angie Dickenson walked out.
Why make fun? I'm kinda jealous. Don't like where you live just hitch up the mule and head down the road.
I could listen to his stories all day
Wow in all my years growing up with the Johnny Carson Show he was so respectfully but he is so nervous on how to handle this Ole timer I truly think that this is what made him great at what he did. He could fake it very well when not sure how to question a person. Great man
RIP Mr Carson
We miss you
John was brilliant. A genius, in fact. Bless his soul.
Watching these commercials made me feel like I was back in 1987. Hunter was the best.
Class Act !! Never insulted his guests or his audience!!
For those interested, he died in 1999 at the age of 85.
I saw Booger Ray many times as he rode in his horse drawn wagon, and once I asked him if I could take his picture - his answer was "Yes, but I can't dance". I told him I didn't want him to dance, just pose for a picture, and he did. It was a treasure.
I grew up with him. And I miss him. You always had something to look forward to! He truly was the King... Jack Parr, Joey Bishop and others tried.
15:58 Prime example of why America loves Johnny. “ We’ll that looks like a nice hat to me” He is the very definition of class ( even with all his faults )
This is why Johnny was, and always will be the king of late night television!!! Damn I miss him!!!
This was awesome. How Johnny turns conversation into magic
Have met booger a few times. My family is from Smithville Oklahoma and we would go back every year for vacation. He was a very nice man he even let me drive his mules once. I was aboit 8 years old..
Man, thanks for posting this.. I get to see not only the programming but also the commercials too... what a throwback! 👍
I'm from Little Rock and live in Illinois now. But you got to love these old throwbacks. Your Uncle Booger was one of a kind. Love this clip. I watched every bit of it.
It's just like watching television in the 70's, no skipping commercials here! So authentic, thanks for the experience.
I know, even the commercials bring back memories.
80s. Got an '86 Toyota 4x4 for $9k brand new. Those were the days.
Grew up in KIngman Az, our house was very close to 93, in the 60s, saw him rattle down the hwy once a year, mules and all. No one ever bothered him runnin right down 93, probably coming from old 66.... Never met him but this really brings back old times....
Man Johnny was so damn good at this- making people feel comfortable and keeping it interesting. No producer would allow this kind of segment today
Johnny was from Iowa and Nebraska, and could relate to average people. After Johnny left the scene in 1992, I couldn't bear watching Letterman trying to make a joke of these type people--everything was a joke. Johnny, like you said, talked to them like real people. I really miss Johnny because of exactly this fact. Whether it was a 105-yr.old lady, a woman who collected odd-shaped potato chips, or a farmer, gold prospector, etc....Johnny always didn't make them the butt of jokes like Letterman. Leno was a fair transition, but looking at it now, it's about only the Hollywood elites, pop icons,, very unfunny comedians, etc. I miss Johnny terribly.
BigBingFan So true. Well said
BigBingFan, you're so right. Johnny was great! He would allow himself to be the butt of the joke. He was kind and gracious to regular folks like Booger Ray. Today's late night talk show "comedians" are terrible. I hate them. Letterman and Stephen Colbert would have treated Booger Ray like dirt.
Panties in a wad, Briana?
@brian You have certain proved yourself one. So why complain?
That man was truly a pioneer. God bless him.
p.s. I love that you left the commercials in the show.
What a joy to watch and listen to him talk.
Carson sure had the "gift of gab"
Some real characters back in the day, 70s and 80s older generations, knew how to have fun, sadly alot have passed, but I knew some of these characters, a real sense of humor, a blast to be around!
You just don’t find Americans like this anymore. Man I still miss Johnny.
It's crazy to see Booger Ray on the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson. I remember riding on the wagon with Booger Ray when I was a kid in Hugo, OK. He was always full of knowledge and I enjoy the times I got to spend with him growing up in Southern Oklahoma.
Oh my, your comment jarred my memory. Back in the 70's I used to spend summers at my grandmothers house in Howe. I remember him too but I wasn't putting 2 and 2 together. I saw him several times. I recall he used to roll string. lol He had a stick with a big ball of string on it & he would walk around telling stories & rolling that string from one stick to another.
Booger Ray was the most intelligent people I grew up around lol That's not bad that's good. He was a travelling Encyclopedia and so much wiser than everyone always thought.
Wild Child I used to go to Hugo bluegrass festival every year I remember Booger Ray.
Aw man! You got to ride ON the wagon?? We would always see him when we'd go to the Ft. Towson pee wee rodeo. His granddaughter competed with us. He was fascinating!
Apparently booger Ray was my grandma's uncle. Is there any way we could trade emails or phone numbers to get more information on him?
Gosh I miss Johnny Carson and the old gang so much
Booger Ray Sure Was A Real Life Legand, &Quite A Character In His Own Right!!!!!They Don't Make Them Like That Anymore God Bless Him Were Ever He Is!!!!!🍀😀🍀😎🍀😜🍀
Wow the commercials so nostalgic. Nissan stanza, hunter ... 2021.. everything is so different now. Thanks for this memory .Carson is legend
So happy to finally learn the history of this hometown legend! Such a fun guy!
Thanks for leaving in the commercials heartwarming and often hilarious. Adds evenmore memories.
Marvelous man!! Lived his life on his terms. Thanks for sharing. Really enjoyed it!!
Liverpool !!
I saw Ray out on the roads a few times when he was passing thru the Texas panhandle. He gets around , i mean used to.RIP Ray.
In ‘65 when I got drafted into the Army they sent me down south for basic and being a Philly native I got to meet guys who lived in the mountains etc., and they were all characters!
God Bless America.
When I was drafted in 1966, our basic training company was half composed of guys from the north (PA, NJ and NY) and half by guys from the south (NC, SC and Tennessee). You’re right, those Southern guys were hilarious. I’m pretty sure they thought the same about us. Anyway, after eight weeks of basic, we got along just fine!
Thank you for your service .
Southeast Oklahoma, West Central and Northeast Arkansas are pure beauty. The deep Ozarks are Nature's finest.
What a hoot! Thanks for posting and letting us hitch a ride with Booger Ray.
Red skleton
Red skelton shoe
Crop dusting flying
Johnny, we miss you. Irreplaceable. Sleep well, wherever you are. Thanks.
Saw ole Booger Ray alongside of the road in Okla. We visited and the guy I was with took a pic. What a true character. Wouldn’t be safe to stop today!
One of our local characters was Harry Garrison. He was on the "Tonight Show" as an expert at blowing smoke rings...It took forever to get a smoke ring, because of the ventilation system, but Harry's reactions were great. Finally they shut down the ventilation and he was able to blow a smoke ring. His profession was restoring player pianos and selling them, and his hobby was magic. Everywhere I worked, someone either knew Harry, dated him once, or used to work for him.
Life is wonderful, heartbreaking but wonderful...man what a wonderful time in history....
knightfive - much better than now, an innocence that’s long gone
It's an absolute shame the way the show is today. Nobody beats Carson.
They’re all about “hate Trump” now.
bigwavedave_63 bigwavedave_63 ... The last show John did was the last time I watched. Today’s talk shows are for less discerning folks. 😎
@@catdaddy3302,
It's good to know I'm not the only one who feels that way. TRUMP 2020! KAG!
Johnny was so respectfull and polite towards Booger Ray, no snide remarks, etc. He was truly interested in the man's life.
Andy McWilliams you should hate pieces of shit
NO ONE WILL EVER FILL HIS SHOES. God BLESS YOU. 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
What a great old boy getting on and living his own way .
Carson could relate man to man with pretty well anyone.
That was fun! Johnny could work with anyone, he was a real charmer.
The host wasn't obnoxious and the guest was interesting and unique . You don't see that anymore.
The host? Do you not know Johnny Carson?
Joe Blank open your eyes, it’s available nightly...
Watching Johnny Carson on Channel 4 is a real switch for me, being born in Jonesboro, we watched that channel a lot when I was a kid. I'm not gonna bore you with all the particulars, just to say thanks for sharing these videos with us. It's worth a thumbs up and a sub, and a click on the bell too, thanks again.
thank you for that. i loved seeing booger ray. what a great uncle he was,indeed.!
Those commercials are golden! 😀
Oh wow, that was great! There's still some real characters out here, in the wilds of Oklahoma! And yes--we STILL have mountain lions here!
It's a damn shame there aren't more like Booger. We could learn a lot about life from people like him.
There are, they are called homeless now.
@@benzamg32m68 He’s not at all like a homeless man. He’s more like those who travel all over in a RV. The only thing is that his horsepower is actually mule power. Pretty cool!
Johnny’s shows were the best! Greatly missed!
That feller lives just down the lane from me.........Thank you Johnny for all the wonderful memories. TV is such crap today.
Very interesting man , wish there was a book about him and his travels .
I think 🤔 there is,my family gave my grandma 👵 a Johnny Carson magazine,his whole set of DVD 📀 shows and I believe a thick book,I’ll let you know if there’s one book to what you’re looking for !!! My grandma loved Johnny Carson a lot,she grew up watching him with my grandpa 👴,my grandma passed away with Cancer,it’s been about 2 years and I miss her so,so much!!!!
Even though i grew up in a small town Australia during the 80's, watching these commercials is like watching a time machine. As ours were done in the same fashion, especially ones made by the local tv station. So cheesy
Very heart-warming! Miss you Johnny Carson!
We had someone here in Georgia that used to travel in his wagon pulled by goats. He was known as the goat man.
I'm from Georgia too and remember the goat man. I believe he travelled all over the southeast, maybe even further.
@@eaglepink1678 His son was murdered in Jacksonville, Ga. close to Macon. The goat man would back up traffic for miles on US 17 when it was the main hwy to and from Fl.
@@jimclark6256 what were the circumstances of the goat man's son's murder? Did the two know one another or was it some other scenario?
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Thanks for posting, Alex, and the commercials were interesting. Wow!
The original tiny home inventor.
...so sad, I miss Johnny, no one compares.
you know i was just wondering, who seems the happier, Booger,or Johnny, and i think its Booger, money aint everything.
I don't think it was a matter of money. Carson was fresh off another acrimonious (and expensive) divorce here if I remember correctly. Booger had the good sense to swear them off, marriage-wise. Lol
It's been amply proven though. Money does indeed buy you happiness. Which is not to say you can't be happy without it, nor that you are necessarily free from misery with it. You will just statistically be happier if you have it. :)
It's more accurate to say money prevents misery than buys happiness. You just need enough of it (whatever that means), not shitloads of it. Financial woes are a leading cause of suicide, stress, divorce, crime, etc.
@@hunglikeahamster3248 I would like to see those studies that proves money makes you happy and even then I would take them with a grain of salt. If money buys you happiness then why can you go to so many third world countries where people have just enough money to meet their basic needs and they are some of the happiest people you will ever meet? I am not talking about impoverished places where people are starving, those people are indeed unhappy.
I lived in the Philippines for a full year and those people did not have much but they were very happy and very hospitable, they would share food with you even if they were lacking and they would give with a big smile on their faces, thankfully I observed this from a distance and was able to buy my own food.
On the reverse side, if money makes you happy then why have there been so many celebrities and famous people who have committed suicide? many who have had every material possession and financial security they would ever need and yet they were miserable inside.
Money can do a lot of things but it cannot make you happy, for example, It can help alleviate stress by taking away the burden of bills but that in itself does not really make someone happy, it just gives them a reason not to worry as much about the cost of living.
True happiness comes from a combination of many things such as how someone sees and understands life and what they do with the time they are given, it comes from having a purpose or a mission that you are actively trying to fulfill, it comes from making a positive difference in the lives of those around you or perhaps your community, town, city or even the world.
There is a very good chance that if you are a selfish person, you won't be happy, no matter what your bank account says.
@@The_Story_Channel I'm not sure what issue you are taking with what I said. My post was situationally in response to the original poster, and this ol' guy vs Johnny, and I made many of the same distinctions you do, and could have made many more.
Throwing celebrity and fame into the discussion muddies the water however. I could argue either way at length but I think the point is already moot - did they start out seeking fame, fortune, power? None are great starting points. But as they started somehow, my only comment is that fame warps many people in all kinds of ways. I'd put money itself further down the list, except the aspect that their rapid coming into it plus the cult of celebrity tends to allow and make assholes out of those who don't see the danger. But again, celebrity doesn't equal money nor vice versa. It's a perverse and wildly skewed subset and should be held separately.
You may have seen the documentary, Happy, by Roko Belic? Good movie if you haven't. You'll find TED Talks given by him here on YT and you can rent the movie as well. It's not entirely accurate however. Most of it is more a matter of societal (or even geographical) happiness or lack thereof, and comparing the US or Canada to India really isn't useful except as a reminder that our *rampant* materialism isn't likely to make us happy and in fact does the opposite. BUT, much higher levels of materialism are *required* here. Can't afford a car? In many locales, good luck with that. You'll be unable to get a job, or you'll ride public transit along with the scum, or you'll walk, or you'll stay put and otherwise do without. Geography in general factors very much into what one "needs" to be happy here, and those needs are very disparate. The reasons should be self-evident so I won't bother listing them here...
@@The_Story_Channel I wholeheartedly concur with your sentiments, Mr Canuckken. Your comment is well presented and very true indeed. The content covered all bases to which indicates that money is just a means of exchange for goods and services, it has very little to do with happiness. In reality, money is more of an interference factor and truly the root of all evil and mostly contributes to social instability. 🙄
I love that the old commercials are in this. I love that Carson pronounced his name Vernon “BOO ger “ Ray.
I love this guy. Go booger go❤️😆
that was good tv back in them days im glad i was able to enjoy it back then
Possibly the best thing about Carson was that he knew when a bit was gone to shit and wouldnt hesitate to admit it. A lot of hosts and comedy people continue the bit and try to salvage it, Carson was different.
....fromwhat I saw, Letterman did "kibosh" some bits that weren't working....just not apparently consistently.
Carson is STILL one of the few entertainers I can binge watch. I really can't think of any other for that matter.
Here's my reqmts for comedians that I'll watch more than once.
They have to be good. But they have to be decent. No foul mouth words every other word. I need to get the feeling from them that they truly appreciate their audience.
That's about all I can think of right now.
Back to binge watching Johnny Carson.
Just like Booger Ray, who is honest & sincere... You can listen to him and in under a min, you know he's a entertainer ya wanna listen to. We need more Booger Ray's and Johnny Carson's. But they were one of a kind.
Thank ya kindly.
It was such a different world back then. We've made "progress" alright, but in the wrong direction.
Remembering 1992 - really, the wrong direction with all the political crap
you should see it now. 2019. Booger was right.
We set back with our remote control our big screen TVs played with our fancy cars and paid no attention as police took complete control of all the people and now we live in a police state down here in TENNESSEE,
this when talk shows where worth watching, now in 2019 they are not worth wasting you time on
I hate it when hosts, especially Craig Ferguson, repeatedly interrupt guests to make bad jokes.
WOW WOW WOW !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
From a mad keen 74yo Aussie fan.
What an incredible person.
Booger should write his memoirs.
This is excellent example of the Tonight show I prefer . Today's Tonight show with Jimmy Fallon seems to be straight laughs and music and games . Johnny Carson's had much more of a human element to his interviews.
most networks are left-wing propaganda machines now. Social media enables other views to be viewed, thankfully
Mutlap absolutely they spout LEFTWING propaganda disguised in bad humor ! - Colbert Fallon Kimmel Myers Conan have train WRECKED Late night tv and comedy, gone are the days of clever humor and good natured humor. Today we have hateful mean spirited lazy humor " cheap jokes" great job Colbert and friends of wrecking late night tv for a large part of the country with your liberal Crap !
It was just good...I watched with my parents and it was clean decent fun. I definitely do not agree with left wing SJW’s and I don’t want to hear any political crap...even if I agree with it. Do what you are paid to do, ENTERTAIN!
Jeremy Rush I agree - and Johnny Carson absolutely did political jokes " and in America we are allowed to make fun of the people we put into power" the best compliment Carson received was that you could not tell what his own politics were because he was equal opportunity rib jabber against both party's. I personally am most disappointed in Conan was a great fan of the NBC New York Conan BUT ever since his show went out to Hollywood " he has soled out" to Hollywoods liberal agenda and his show has diminished because of it " have not watched any of them in years" Craig Ferguson was my last because I enjoyed his mindless humor with his sidekicks Geoff the Robot and Secretariat the Horse.
Trump is comedy gold.
Johnny was a class act! I don't watch the late shows today because they are just nasty! Miss Johnny, so glad someone saved the tapes and we can still see him in reruns!!!! 💖💖💖
During the 60s, my best friend and I had husbands who worked shifts together. When they worked evening and night shifts, we were on the phone when kids were in bed, and we'd laugh like fools for 90 minutes.
What a joy that was!
Used to drop by my grandparents at steels corner when he was home he was definitely on of a kind
ALEX YOUR GREAT UNCLE IS SO COOL,,,AND REALLY FUNNY,,,I JUST LOVE HIM,,,THANK YOU FOR SHARING WITH US,,,
singing American who is connected to the land and knows his surroundings,there is city people who are lost in the fog,booger rocks
Original Tiny house living off grid! God Bless Booger Ray!
This man is a national treasure 💙. He was a great joy to watch and listen to him singing ♥️. Booger Ray.
Thank you for sharing. An honest man of the road!
The commercials were awesome back then. Very entertaining!!! And not a million commercial of boring repeating stuff.
Johnny had people from all walks of life on his show and he made it entertaining. Today, all they do is bash Trump (who cares) and pat themselves on the back (boring). Today sucks.
This was from a time that people actually used healthy brain cells to be funny. Today people are too drugged out to be this smart.
@@dvan2141 Who in the world cares what you think?
We had morals back then,,, people like Trump would have been shunned and not given the time of day ! TV was sinsired and American had a higher standard of morals,, you didn't get away with right out lying on air,, now our leaders lie and cuss on TV ,, American as we know it today is pretty well fucked,, if we're ok with having a president that can't tell the truth and has no morals what do you expect ??
@@Bowdy_Up I sure hope that cool-aid your drinking tastes good !! Cause one day soon your gonna shit your pants when the truth comes out ,,,
@@Bowdy_Up Maybe you can drink Clorox and get rid of the Corona Virus you dumbass
Miss him so...... nothing like him anymore
I live in arkansas and the local commercials are really taking me back. According to the map in the right corner its raining im my county lol
Oklahoma pioneer. Nice chap.
KARK TV IN LITTLE ROCK. I was attending the end of my first year of college at the University of the Ozarks in Clarksville, Ar. I may have seen this. I now live in Fayetteville, Ar. Cool ! This great! My grandad was born in 1912. I miss that generation of people. I knew a man that was 104 in my hometown of Mulberry, Ar . When I was 5 in 1973, he walked everywhere, chewed a plug of tobacco and had a small bottle of whiskey. He wore overalls and a straw hat. He was born in 1869, not long after the Civil War. Its amazing to think how close we are to history with some of the oldest folks. Find out everything you can from them young ppl! At 50, I try to relate thingscto mygrown kids about how things were that I learned from my grandparents. My grammy is 93 now and I ask her to relate stories and we have it on video. Thanks for posting. The SE Ok mountains are still a very rugged country. Bigfoot central! Lol !
Enjoyed that Alex. Thanks for sharing!
Loved his song
Johnny was very shy meeting people that his staff wanted to have friends meet Johnny, i know, i met Johnny 3 times, the last being April 17th 1992.
Awesome Guy another Real American, Johnny was the Best, got Real People and talked to the on national TV, BRAVO
I adore the inclusion of the classic commercials. Thank you!
Wow what a wonderful memory. I watched him every night and cried when he had bett middle sing on his last show.
Came for booger, ended up ff to commercials. Hard to believe how we've regressed as a society.
Yes we have....back when Presidents were elected and not installed, cnn wasn’t a liberal mouthpiece, and free speech wasn’t a great lie....
God I miss johnny and ed , days of my youth
What a GREAT name!!! Loved the video 👍🏻🤣