Yeah Johnny was the original. Jay Leno was good too everyone since has really missed the mark for me, of course David Letterman , but he was kinda in a different universe, hated to see him go also. Seems like everyone is getting older and retiring except me
Steve was still finding his voice here. Back then, you could do it on national TV! (And he obviously succeeded, becoming one of our national treasures.)
What was great about johnny Carson was he had such a diverse guest list, he never overshadowed them, he always had new talent. He was polite and it didn't feel like he was just having his friends over. He was professional and just plain respectful
When I was in college in the mid-70’s, Steve performed at the school and everyone seemed so excited that he was coming but I had never heard of him so I didn’t go. Shortly after that he became huge and everyone knew about him.
I'm sure it's not your fault he became famous. I'm sure many other people didn't hear about him and also didn't show. They are just as responsible for his fame as you are.
Me and my friend Scott Greco saw this in, what, the 7th grade? I thought he was the funniest, coolest, comedian I'd ever seen and what was even better, noone else I knew and ever heard of him.
Besides being an innovator in comedy during that time, he was also naturally fast, quick witted. Was funnier outside his sets/routine. Martin Short as well. Watching those two nowadays you'll see they're probably the funniest ppl still going today
My one brother was watching Carson and Steve Martin was on. My dad just happened to stop and watch a for few minutes. Martin was playing the banjo with the arrow through his head. My brother said my dad left the room angry and said, "That guy is sick" !
1972, wow. I didn't even know about him until his album Let's Get Small in 1977. Can see in this video how he had the makings of a great comedian, but the timing, delivery, etc needed improvement. Which he did.
I agree, I didn't like his king tut stuff/etc on SNL either - I don't think he came into his own until Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and I didn't appreciate The Jerk when I was younger but I like it now.
I love him! Lol, He was so funny in SNL, I'll never forget his King Tut bit and a lot of funny movies too. The Jerk and others not to forget he is a banjo-picking fool! He's always entertaining. Nice seeing him with Carson.
@@jonhohensee3258, didn't get the joke, huh? Or you got it, and cannot get rid of it to this day.. You should've listened to your doctor and taken that penicillin, and now its too late to really be able to think beyond the first layer. But, I am holding out hope for you to get to layer 1.3.. That's the kind of vermin I am. So, here goes....ahem.. HE WAS SPOOFING CRASSLY MARKETING HISTORY AT THE EXPENSE OF DIMINISHING IT.. Hope that got you to level 1.2.. You're welcome..
Steve's comedy was groundbreaking. He bucked convention and risked the absurd. He was postmodern; a Dadaist in chaotic expression without the philosophical underpinnings. As a kid in the 70's he was just the funniest guy ever, wild and crazy, but it's interesting now to see the unique craftsmanship and thought he put into his comedic persona. Does it still hold up? I still feel like a kid when I watch him, and it's funny as hell.
Wild and crazy guy on LP and eight track! Fond memories of the class trip to Boston and 50 kids singing “King Tut” at the top of their lungs. Nowadays I have a great deal of sympathy for the chaperones and bus driver lol!
What's interesting about watching older shows is looking at the passage of time. Nowadays if you see an old guy on tv you expect him to reference the 50s and 60s. Hearing these guys talk about the 1930s is crazy to me. But I guess what the 1930s was in the 1970s is the same as what the 1980s are in the 2020s.
The 80s were a great decade that everyone that lived through it loves so we try our best not to forget it. Theres tons of films made today set in the 80s and same with tv shows. I doubt people in the 70s wanted to be reminded of 30s. Those were very very hard times for everyone.
Didn't Steve go gray by the time he was 30? I didn't much care for him when I was younger, but now I'm 50 and I realize I wasn't smart enough to get it then, I remember the movie 'The Jerk', I think Kathleen Turner was in it, and the scene was where they pulled up in driveway and she said (about the worker's trimming) 'What are those *ssholes doing?' and he said 'honey, those aren't *ssholes they're azaleas', every time since I saw that movie, when I see these guys I mysteriously bust out laughing, Love Steve
The movie he made (with the scene you describe) is indeed w/ Kathleen Turner: "The Man With Two Brains". Bernadette Peters starred w/ him in "Pennies from Heaven".
@@aprilosborn1886 That was only a year or so after " Body Heat" for her. Rachel Ward of ' Thorn Birds' fame was his co-star in " Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid", a film noir parody similar in concept to Woody Allen's " Zelig". Basically, anything Steve Martin made w/ Carl Reiner was brilliant!
I first witnessed Steve Martin in 1974 at MTSU... He walked out to a "crowd" of maybe 60 people, played the banjo and attempted his comedy of improbable, uncomfortable bits and general absurdity that was not well received. I recall a group of people getting up at about 5 minutes in and Steve saying "Easy on the rush" and this one departing fella of rural reflections replied "Now we know why this was free, included with tuition, but at least he might be able to eat with that banjo....., with a little practice...." Martin kept doing his routine and the place sorta giggled from time to time with that urge one gets when the level of witnessing that which is uncomfortable, and will never quit. There were a couple of times you could hear a pin drop. The rural fella leaned back in and shouted: "Hit that banjo son, stir up the crickets at least...." The most laughs of the night.
Funny, what a coincidence, WOW WOW..WOWSER WOWZER... I cannot believe it!!!!!!!! Didjaknow, and this is truly a coinkydinky...yep a coincidence that blows me away... HE ACTUALLY... CAN YA BELIEVE IT..BELIEVEIT!!! feels the exact SAME WAY ABOUT you..
I’ve heard a lot of comedians say that when they first got started, they were so uncomfortable with themselves that they adopted a stage persona almost as protection or a wall between themselves and the audience. Like, you don’t hate me, you hate this obnoxious guy. Bobcat Goldthwaite is an obvious example, but I’ve heard others talking about it too (often on Conan’s podcast). The way Steve Martin makes a big stage grin after each joke like, “Hey hey! I know this joke is lame too!” reminds me of that. I feel like he really started to open up and be vulnerable to audiences in LA Story and Parenthood, which is when I started to love him even more than I had as a wild and crazy guy and the Jerk. All the more credit to Johnny Carson to be able to spot genius still in the bud. I’m not sure, if I just saw this performance, that I would recognize the genius of Steve Martin and the decades of comedy gold he would give us.
He's a helluva lot funnier than most comedians at the time with their one-liners, tired Vaudeville schtick, and slapstick gags. Martin is poking fun at all of that subtly here that whole, "I just flew into Miami and boy are my arms tired" comedian mentality. The whole routine is a sort of send-up of that type of comedy which was still hugely popular in 1972.
was given his book, BORN STANDING UP, so thought I would check out his first appearance on the tonight show. he was not that good, was struggling but he really blossomed later.
Funny how he didn't kill 'em on his first stand-up on Carson unlike Louie Anderson, Drew Carey, and Garry Shandling did. His brand of comedy was way ahead of its time--the audience wouldn't catch up until 1977 with "Let's Get Small."
Change the title. During the introduction, Johnny says Steve made his first appearance on the show but did magic. This clip is NOT his first appearance on the Tonight Show.
Stephen Glenn Martin, más conocido como Steve Martin (Waco, Texas, 14 de agosto de 1945), es un actor, comediante, escritor, productor, músico y cantante estadounidense. Martin se dio a conocer públicamente en la década de 1960 como escritor de The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, y más tarde como invitado frecuente en The Tonight Show. En la década de 1970, Martin realizó sus rutinas de comedia de humor absurdas, antes de que se abarrotaran en giras nacionales. Desde la década de 1980, habiéndose separado de la comedia, Martin se ha convertido en un actor exitoso, así como en un autor, dramaturgo, pianista e intérprete de banjo, que eventualmente ganó premios Emmy, Grammy y American Comedy, entre otros.
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Jonny had class, so missed today.
So true
Yeah Johnny was the original. Jay Leno was good too everyone since has really missed the mark for me, of course David Letterman , but he was kinda in a different universe, hated to see him go also. Seems like everyone is getting older and retiring except me
Hello Judy how are you doing over there?
Yeah! You like him so much you can’t even spell his name correctly!
We have great talk show hosts these days! Colbert is a genius & the Jimmys are super fun & funny & clever.
Not to mention Seth, who has his own charm.
This feels so fresh even tho it’s almost 50 years old
Steve Martin, hilarious, totally unique and original
He's a boss. He went up there with material he didn't even try. He worked out material on his first Carson. That's BALLS.
How did you find out he didn't try the material
@@brendalg4Source: trust me bro
Thanks for this post! Grateful for UA-cam!
A complete original. Still hilarious and cutting edge 40 years later
50 years, but who's counting.
@@SurlyInsomniac Hahaha I was an English major
@@dwocelot6913, I majored in Ocelot habitat management... and playing Quidditch.
50
Love this show..I grew up watching it..lol my aunt got me into old shows.
Love Steve Martin he sure got better over the years..
This was definitely his earliest works
He became the goat
Steve was still finding his voice here. Back then, you could do it on national TV! (And he obviously succeeded, becoming one of our national treasures.)
thats cuz carson is a legend, and had the confidence to bring these lesser known people on stage with him
Да , не смеши ("достояние") Похоже , Стив Мартин уже тогда в 1972м был придурком.
What was great about johnny Carson was he had such a diverse guest list, he never overshadowed them, he always had new talent. He was polite and it didn't feel like he was just having his friends over. He was professional and just plain respectful
My brother caught his act in San Francisco. After his gig was done everyone just followed him around the campus and he kept cracking jokes
I closed my eyes, then opened them when he said too. Worth it. Funny guy.
Now how much would you pay?
@@robertsprouse9282 to have been at that show, Plenty!!
He’s got the face of a movie star and he became a stand up comic first.
Agreed!
He keeps it in a jar in a drawer in his desk in a storage locker.
This should be preserved for all of eternity
When I was in college in the mid-70’s, Steve performed at the school and everyone seemed so excited that he was coming but I had never heard of him so I didn’t go. Shortly after that he became huge and everyone knew about him.
I'm sure it's not your fault he became famous. I'm sure many other people didn't hear about him and also didn't show.
They are just as responsible for his fame as you are.
@@rob99201 Ha ha. Not responsible but sorry I missed him in his formative years when he was funny and didn’t take himself seriously.
Well you never can tell
Ahh.. those things we miss out on, I have too many to count
I remember when Gallagher came to Brunswick Georgia we were all excited then it turned out to be Gallagher too. The ads left out that part.
He's always hilarious. 👏
I saw Steve do some crazy magic one time, he can be good....that king tut dance was great
I had his albums and would listen to them all day. Along with all the Cheech and Chong and other great comedians. Love the past.
Me and my friend Scott Greco saw this in, what, the 7th grade? I thought he was the funniest, coolest, comedian I'd ever seen and what was even better, noone else I knew and ever heard of him.
Besides being an innovator in comedy during that time, he was also naturally fast, quick witted. Was funnier outside his sets/routine. Martin Short as well. Watching those two nowadays you'll see they're probably the funniest ppl still going today
My boys 😍😍 Steve wearing a tuxedo is everything! I have a crush on him since I saw Cheapen By The Dozen as a kid 😩
Hello Saxon how are you doing over there?
Is that as good as CHEAPER BY THE DOZEN?
My one brother was watching Carson and Steve Martin was on. My dad just happened to stop and watch a for few minutes. Martin was playing the banjo with the arrow through his head. My brother said my dad left the room angry and said, "That guy is sick" !
It was a simpler time!
I saw that one too....cracked me up
As soon as your dad left, Martin recovered...ahh, modern medicine.
@@robertsprouse9282Doc she's choking!
@@wildcardartsent , ?
He got better over the years.
He sure did. This was abysmal.
I laughed.
R Terry - When?
Definitely not one of Martin's best acts.🤔
@@alanploetz7100 Does he have a good one?
To think within five years, he was playing 15k seat arenas.
And "dorky" worked in this era.
OMG! His hair!
1972, wow. I didn't even know about him until his album Let's Get Small in 1977. Can see in this video how he had the makings of a great comedian, but the timing, delivery, etc needed improvement. Which he did.
Had it's moments but Steve Martin definitely got better as time went on
What were the moments? I guess I missed them.
Totally agree.
I agree, I didn't like his king tut stuff/etc on SNL either - I don't think he came into his own until Dirty Rotten Scoundrels and I didn't appreciate The Jerk when I was younger but I like it now.
@@dgking80 Agreed. I liked Roxanne quite a bit.
Not everybody does..take you for example..
It's so cool that Steve dressed up like this. He must have been celebrating the birth of his current wife earlier that year!
Little did anyone know he would become a huge megastar.
Love Steve Martin, just as great back then as he is today. ♥️
He wasn't great back then. I didn't laugh once.
@@jonhohensee3258 It's all in his inflection and facial delivery.
@@missurl4191 Yeah.... not funny.
Very true
@@jonhohensee3258, take the anvil off your foot.
Now, you'll cackle.
I love him! Lol, He was so funny in SNL, I'll never forget his King Tut bit and a lot of funny movies too. The Jerk and others not to forget he is a banjo-picking fool! He's always entertaining. Nice seeing him with Carson.
The King Tut thing was awful.
@@jonhohensee3258 he's got a condo made of s t o n a king Tut
@@hankkingsley9300 I'm sure you have a point. But that's okay... you don't have to explain it to me.
@@jonhohensee3258, didn't get the joke, huh?
Or you got it, and cannot get rid of it to this day..
You should've listened to your doctor and taken that penicillin, and now its too late to really be able to think beyond the first layer.
But, I am holding out hope for you to get to layer 1.3..
That's the kind of vermin I am.
So, here goes....ahem..
HE WAS SPOOFING CRASSLY MARKETING HISTORY AT THE EXPENSE OF DIMINISHING IT..
Hope that got you to level 1.2..
You're welcome..
@@robertsprouse9282 You poor thing,
1972 was and always will be Ten Years Ago; its insane to think were in 2024! The world was supposed to have blown-up by now..lol .😅
Steve's comedy was groundbreaking. He bucked convention and risked the absurd. He was postmodern; a Dadaist in chaotic expression without the philosophical underpinnings. As a kid in the 70's he was just the funniest guy ever, wild and crazy, but it's interesting now to see the unique craftsmanship and thought he put into his comedic persona. Does it still hold up? I still feel like a kid when I watch him, and it's funny as hell.
Get small.
@@mcapps1 Yes!An absolute classic. Probably my favorite comedy album to this day. 🍻
Lol what a bunch of nonsense
Quint - But he wasn't funny.
@@jonhohensee3258 Literally millions would disagree with you on that point.
🎉Happy 77th Birthday Steve🎊
To have an evening with you and Martin would be a dream come true❣✌
When the humble man that wrote the show comes out from behind the curtain, and plays it cool.
Wild and crazy guy on LP and eight track! Fond memories of the class trip to Boston and 50 kids singing “King Tut” at the top of their lungs. Nowadays I have a great deal of sympathy for the chaperones and bus driver lol!
Great story .
Genius. Pure genius
I always remember his skits on SNL "Walk like an Egyptian," "I forgot stealing was Illegal," and, "those French have a word for Everything!.“
Steve’s hands are huge. I never knew. ✋🏼
He’s got a Harrison Ford vibe back then
before gray hair! 💜 Steve Martin!
The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson still the best talk show that ever was, especially compared to the ones that are on now.
Carson was the best of the best!
Two out of three people who previously preferred Pepsi, agree.
Try the blind taste test.
And, you'll find that Carson was the richest kind.
What's interesting about watching older shows is looking at the passage of time. Nowadays if you see an old guy on tv you expect him to reference the 50s and 60s. Hearing these guys talk about the 1930s is crazy to me. But I guess what the 1930s was in the 1970s is the same as what the 1980s are in the 2020s.
The 80s were a great decade that everyone that lived through it loves so we try our best not to forget it. Theres tons of films made today set in the 80s and same with tv shows. I doubt people in the 70s wanted to be reminded of 30s. Those were very very hard times for everyone.
@@vorheesmyers4178 truth
Agreed but no one can ever use "passage of time" since Kamala ruined it
Or, I always like it when they reference the mesazoic era.
Didn't Steve go gray by the time he was 30? I didn't much care for him when I was younger, but now I'm 50 and I realize I wasn't smart enough to get it then, I remember the movie 'The Jerk', I think Kathleen Turner was in it, and the scene was where they pulled up in driveway and she said (about the worker's trimming) 'What are those *ssholes doing?' and he said 'honey, those aren't *ssholes they're azaleas', every time since I saw that movie, when I see these guys I mysteriously bust out laughing, Love Steve
@Hanover Fiste ok, it's been awhile, thanks
The movie he made (with the scene you describe) is indeed w/ Kathleen Turner: "The Man With Two Brains". Bernadette Peters starred w/ him in "Pennies from Heaven".
@@whatevershebrings thanks I was pretty sure it was Kathleen Turner, I remember her voice
@@aprilosborn1886 That was only a year or so after " Body Heat" for her. Rachel Ward of ' Thorn Birds' fame was his co-star in " Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid", a film noir parody similar in concept to Woody Allen's " Zelig". Basically, anything Steve Martin made w/ Carl Reiner was brilliant!
Planes trains and automobiles just pure class
First class, especially in an airplane..
😍 I have the hugest crush on him... yes even now
I first witnessed Steve Martin in 1974 at MTSU... He walked out to a "crowd" of maybe 60 people, played the banjo and attempted his comedy of improbable, uncomfortable bits and general absurdity that was not well received. I recall a group of people getting up at about 5 minutes in and Steve saying "Easy on the rush" and this one departing fella of rural reflections replied "Now we know why this was free, included with tuition, but at least he might be able to eat with that banjo....., with a little practice...." Martin kept doing his routine and the place sorta giggled from time to time with that urge one gets when the level of witnessing that which is uncomfortable, and will never quit. There were a couple of times you could hear a pin drop. The rural fella leaned back in and shouted: "Hit that banjo son, stir up the crickets at least...." The most laughs of the night.
Funny, what a coincidence, WOW WOW..WOWSER WOWZER...
I cannot believe it!!!!!!!!
Didjaknow, and this is truly a coinkydinky...yep a coincidence that blows me away...
HE ACTUALLY...
CAN YA BELIEVE IT..BELIEVEIT!!!
feels the exact
SAME WAY ABOUT
you..
Does the magician act exist here on YT? Love to see it.
I’ve heard a lot of comedians say that when they first got started, they were so uncomfortable with themselves that they adopted a stage persona almost as protection or a wall between themselves and the audience. Like, you don’t hate me, you hate this obnoxious guy. Bobcat Goldthwaite is an obvious example, but I’ve heard others talking about it too (often on Conan’s podcast). The way Steve Martin makes a big stage grin after each joke like, “Hey hey! I know this joke is lame too!” reminds me of that. I feel like he really started to open up and be vulnerable to audiences in LA Story and Parenthood, which is when I started to love him even more than I had as a wild and crazy guy and the Jerk. All the more credit to Johnny Carson to be able to spot genius still in the bud. I’m not sure, if I just saw this performance, that I would recognize the genius of Steve Martin and the decades of comedy gold he would give us.
And, his breath began smelling better, too, right after PARENTHOOD came out, and the halitosis faded, too.
And he got funnier and funnier and still cracks me up!
He's a helluva lot funnier than most comedians at the time with their one-liners, tired Vaudeville schtick, and slapstick gags. Martin is poking fun at all of that subtly here that whole, "I just flew into Miami and boy are my arms tired" comedian mentality. The whole routine is a sort of send-up of that type of comedy which was still hugely popular in 1972.
was given his book, BORN STANDING UP, so thought I would check out his first appearance on the tonight show. he was not that good, was struggling but he really blossomed later.
wow. only time i've seen steve martin bomb. well, young and nervous.
Funny how he didn't kill 'em on his first stand-up on Carson unlike Louie Anderson, Drew Carey, and Garry Shandling did. His brand of comedy was way ahead of its time--the audience wouldn't catch up until 1977 with "Let's Get Small."
His act was kind of weak here. He got better.
Johnny was the best! Was so loved by many!
At the brothel..
Lov him
So different from the slick act he developed later.
Hello Gin how are you doing
Hello Gin how are you doing over there?
He really enjoyed working on the Exxon Valdez.
I didn't know that Martin was on this early.
Steve Martin reminds me of a car salesman - who just happens to be a great comedian.
But he's not great. This act had nothing funny in it.
@@jonhohensee3258 okay we know. You just like attention
@@taydrabrookshire347 I don't need attrention. I just like to express my opinion - much like many other people.
@@taydrabrookshire347 couldn't agree more😂
That tie!!
He was only 27 years old and such a pro.
Wow, he was very green and nervous during this!
He got so hilarious later in years I'm surprised he made it there after watching this
Two greats
Hello Allen how's it going with you over there?
@@stefandieter4044
Very well. You?
I'm doing great, where do you live?
@@stefandieter4044 in the SE on Tennessee. You?
I live in San Francisco California but presently in nz, I'm here in nz for work
We always knew it, but in this video, Johnny shows that for NBC, he really made the boks lololololol
Started off a little slow but got going about a third of the way through and showed us a little of what we could expect for the next half century....
Or century, or millenium..or epoch, or era, or age, or lunchtime, even..
I grew up on the same block as STEVE..in a condo made of stone..uhh..
Had this taken place today, Steve Martin wouldn't have gotten through the first joke with out Jimmy Falon's fake and annoying laughter
He or that sociopath Kimmer.......
Fallon is not fake and not annoying and if you actually knew him as a person you'd know that. He loves to laugh, that's all there is to it.
@@maureen669Fallon is...just awful
He's got too much to live up to because of predecessors
This comment is annoying 😜
Confirms that Steve Martin has looked old basically his entire adult life.
Try telling that to his roommate, Dorian Gray.
Wild that he was only 27 here.
Change the title. During the introduction, Johnny says Steve made his first appearance on the show but did magic. This clip is NOT his first appearance on the Tonight Show.
Nobody ever notes how similar he and Harrison Ford are.
Because they’re not.
To quote Johnny, "He's back tonight...." indicating this was NOT his first stand up appearance on the Tonight Show.
Love Steve, but who would have guessed that Drew Carey's first Tonight Show appearance would be funnier than Steve's first two?
BILL CRAMPTON of Schuylkill, NY. guessed and won A NEW CARRRRR!!
Well, this guy isn’t going anywhere in show business.
He was 26!!!!!
Still some color in his hair.
Still looks about 46 here, though 😆
He was on The Smothers Brothers Show before he made it to Carson.
I never found him funny, now Jonny Carson was funny!
Classic! Back when comedy wasn’t totally cynical. Love it.
I had forgotten how square his jaw was back then.
5:09 I realize this was late night, but I didn't know they were allowed to say "horny" on TV in 1972.
The funniest.
Please upload something involving the comedian Peter Cook!
Let's get small!
For the love of God he's got massive hands or he's just happy to see me...
Big hands.
And you know what they say about people with big hands 😉
@@kennethbruun3997 No, I don't. I'm not American. What do they say?
They use big gloves
Is this before Trains, Plains, and Auto mobiles?
Yes, by 15 years
Really not that funny but nobody ever is funny all the time but Steve had star quality and thats a fact
Can't get used to seeing Steve Martin without his trademark white mop.
He was only 27
He looks the eldest brother on "My Three Sons" he could be the 4th Douglas.
Steve was 27 years old in this appearance.
His hair turn white in 1978
Stephen Glenn Martin, más conocido como Steve Martin (Waco, Texas, 14 de agosto de 1945), es un actor, comediante, escritor, productor, músico y cantante estadounidense. Martin se dio a conocer públicamente en la década de 1960 como escritor de The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, y más tarde como invitado frecuente en The Tonight Show. En la década de 1970, Martin realizó sus rutinas de comedia de humor absurdas, antes de que se abarrotaran en giras nacionales. Desde la década de 1980, habiéndose separado de la comedia, Martin se ha convertido en un actor exitoso, así como en un autor, dramaturgo, pianista e intérprete de banjo, que eventualmente ganó premios Emmy, Grammy y American Comedy, entre otros.
Try describing Steve's comedy act to anyone whos never seen it. Cant do it.
JOHNNY CARSON
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23 DE ENERO DE 2005
98 AÑOS
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This was moderately funny but he did better stuff later. You could see the star power and presence in his act.
Funny stuff
Wow...that was pretty bad lol...thank God he got waaaaay better
His hands are big.
LOL that is what I thought
Hello Anna how's it going with you over there?
Looks and souunds like a cross between Robin Williams and Harrison Ford