Paul Williams Arrives Straight From Filming "Battle for the Planet of the Apes"
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- Опубліковано 27 вер 2024
- Paul Williams shows up in his Planet of the Apes costume and performs "Here's That Rainy Day"
Original Airdate: February 09, 1973
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Paul Williams is a huge talent. He'll be 83 on September 19th.
God bless him! What a singer, what an actor! We love you Paul ❤️
I love Paul
My favorite works of his were with Kenny Ascher on the soundtrack of "The Muppet Movie."
@@MontecitoWealthyBe sure to see the movie Phantom of the Paradise, Mr. Williams stars in it
Just looked up what else he did and good lord, he wrote like several songs I absolutely love, from my favorite Three Dog Night songs to co-writing "Flying Dreams" from Secret of NIMH.
I saw Paul Williams perform back in March. He has been sober for about 30 years now. He said something like, "I was on the Tonight Show 63 times, I remember about 5 of them."
He was sober on this one.
I saw an interview with Charelton Heston one time where he said that when the actors would break for lunch, all the orangutans would sit with the other orangutans, all the chimpanzees would sit with the other chimpanzees and all the gorillas would sit with the other gorillas. We're a tribal species.
😮
Saw the same interview. Prejudices are hard-wired.😳😳😳
😂
Prevents bestiality.
Space Ghost
Every time I watch Johnny Carson segments it's a reminder of what we have lost in television. Now the late-night shows are filled with no talents who are nothing more than ideologues with an agenda, and they are quite frankly boring as hell to watch. Sadly, television will never be the same as it was back then. I really miss those good old days. Johnny Carson was the best late night show host ever, and there will never be another like him.
This might just be on my mind for a different reason, but check out Hangin with Dr. Z
The Tonight Show now is mostly a PR extension for celebrities to have Jimmy Fallon fawn over.
I have heard many actors talking about the hellish daily experience they endured with half this makeup, adhesive, etc. They also say that removing the makeup is not a pleasant experience, either. So for Williams to show up after a full day and maintain this much energy and sense of humor is remarkable.
It is indeed but you know, you'd have to have a sense of humour in order to deal with that. A person could go stir crazy in that makeup! You can see that Paul Williams jokes his way thru the entire interview and doesn't for a second let Carson take the interview in a serious direction - I suppose in order to maintain that distraction. I might be imagining it but he doesn't sound all that happy despite the jokes!
panic attacks
Scotch helps
Also not so easy to sing through those prosthetics .
One of my favorite of all time LP's "Life goes on" that he sings and wrote back in the early 70's.. His sweet songs are simple, innocent and introspective. Wise beyond his years. Thanks Paul, I still enjoy listening to it 50 yrs later....
Pretty good prosthetics for '73.Johnny was intrigued it wasn't "make up" and kept getting close to look at it.
Paul was a hoot.Talented as hell.Acting,singing and wrote a LOT of music.
The OG make-up master, John Chambers...
I'll say. Not just for 1973, but if you went somewhere in 2023 with this it would look just as impressive! This is better than a lot of modern day costumes for sure. Just goes to show that good work never grows old.
@@apollo-so5yj Did you ever watch the Sci-fi channel series FACE OFF?
A LOT of Hollywood makeup icons guest judged on the show.
It was a great show.
Little Enos Burdette
@@zodarian6705 I liked Big Enos.🥰
Their matching suits.🤭
Paul Williams always had a very good sense of humor in addition to his other talents.
The booze and drugs helped, but yes.
The Mic sadly wasn't up to snuff. It was hard to hear Paul Williams.
But, it was mildly amusing. A great Talent, Paul Williams.
@@laurencemccarty4493 Oh yeah! Now a days we have the small mike set in part of the make-up and hair! But then? Nope
You're overlooking how good those practical effects were
has
Paul Williams also played Little Enos in Smokey and the Bandit and wrote the theme song for the “Love Boat.” Dude is a huge underrated talent from a time when Hollywood made good films and tv shows.
And the deal with the devil guy in Phantom
This is so true!
Also wrote all the great music for the first Muppet Movie, including The Rainbow Connection, which has since become a standard. Most of the many hits in his catalogue were charted by other artists, but his own performances of his stuff are far the best, in my opinion. I played his albums till the needle wore through, back in the 70s.
@@aljomc6444Swan
SO TRUE!!!!
Even drunk, Paul Williams’ jokes were a foot over everyone’s heads. Except for Johnny’s. I love Paul’s dry sense of humor.
7 months of banana dacquires absolutely killed me.
Why? It WASN'T that funny
I’m not that lucky mate
Screw that banana nut bread
Slayed Johnny too.
Really?
You know, it just occurred to me, not only was Johnny Carson better at hosting than the modern hosts, but the guests they could get in those days were so much more interesting than just about anybody on today.
Amen
You said a mouthful! Maybe because the guests back then were classier and more interesting.
True
People were just more interesting back then in general.
It just occurred to you?!?😂😂
He lives really close to me. I've stopped him and just said, "Thank you for all the entertainment you gave us". He's awesome.
Where do you live
Across the street from him in Southern California. @@heavnnnsent
Sunset Beach 🏝️ I believe.
I remember seeing this when it originally aired. I was laughing so hard I woke my wife up. she started laughing right along when she realized what she was seeing which Honestly has been a really good source of happiness for me ever since I lost my wife so many years ago i was married for 42years I was 24 and she was 20. She got cancer in 2020 I was totally lost without her. She took a major hit the treatment was horrible for her. I could do nothing to change any thing so I felt helpless I miss her everyday. Mothers are the glue that holds everyone together.. it broke me to pieces so seeing comments like this makes me smile.
@@user-z6p4cSincere condolences to you. ❤
I didn’t know how much I miss Johnny’s so casual style of interviewing until I started watching these videos.
Ditto😎
Hard to believe that this was over 50 years ago.. Johnny Carson was the best.
Thanx for reminding us☹
@bobert8618 your welcome, anytime that you need a reminder just let me know 😁
Paul was funny. Absolutely hilarious. You can see how he made Johnny laugh throughout the whole interview.
I thought only Rodney Dangerfield could crack Johnny Carson up that much.
@@ytafan4068 The repartee was very Rodney-esque. [edit] Actually with Rodney, Carson was the straight man, but here he was trying to crack the jokes and Paul was topping him.
Still alive & at a comi-con in Arkansas today
Paul's dead pan delivery was hilarious!
@@olikat8Good on him. A fellow nebraskan too with Carson and funny also on Smokey and The Bandit.
JC comes alive when someone is truly funny. That laugh was the real deal.
Paul is unbelievably funny. I'm so glad this moment was not lost in time.
7 months of banana daiquiris to look like he did.
No one will ever replace this era of humor.
There are wonderfully funny things in every generation.
I agree no one can replace that era. Good clean fun
@@trekkiejunk I agree. What people don't understand is that every era is 90% crap and 10% cream. As eras go further in the past, the crap gets forgotten, but crap in recent times is still fresh in everyone's minds. "The 1600s were great! They had Shakespeare!" Well, yeah Einstein, but there were 100 others who did crap. Just because you can spot crap now doesn't mean today there isn't grand stuff that will turn out to be historically important.
The absolute stupidity in this thread is stunning.
We lost graciousness shared humor and enjoyment. The disenchantment and disenfranchisement of the current generation is indeed very sad, for them.
@@JingoLoBa57 what the hell does loss of voting privileges have to do with generational culture?
Who knew? Paul Williams comic genius.
Wuh? No offense, but you must be a youngster.
Wow 1973. I was in 9nth grade. Johnny Carson was the best.
I was born in 1973
I was 16 years old in 1973 I remember all of the original planet of the apes movies
Yep.
I was in 6th grade. So many years ago.
Gotta love him in "Smokey and the Bandit" as Little Enis. Truly a wondrous talent.
“Enos”
@@fartsmccracken1445 Pee nos
I never knew what a funny guy Paul Williams is. This was a great interview.
Paul also sounded a little annoyed and tired.
@@kevinnelson66 yeah, he did.
Hours in that makeup would make anyone tired.
I knew he was funny. Just not off-the-cuff funny. Super talented guy.
Little Enos Burdette was hilarious, I always liked Paul too ✌️
I always loved Paul Williams, both for his songwriting and singing, and his wit. He is a great talent. Thanks for this.
i agree i would not be surprised if he was actually drinking the real stuff during the making of the film or here since he did a lot of drinking and thankfully he's sober now.
Johnny was always willing to set up his guests to deliver a punchline. Truly a selfless host and a class act.
Paul Williams is a good man with a great sense of humor. 💞
Paul Williams really is a once in a lifetime talent.
He's 82! WOW!He wrote great songs.Acted.
Great career.
He's not dead. 🙂
@@stormbowman7148 I know.I stated.He's 82! Don't think he's doing much any more.
Hence the past tense.🤭
@@stormbowman7148 , I merely thought he was retired.
@@ZenFox0 Yeah.He's still alive.🤷♂️
I long for the days of Johnny Carson on the Tonight Show. He was the Tonight Show. It died after he left. What was left is a ghost, a shadow, a zombie. Just as Alex Trebek was Jeopardy.
Art Fleming was Jeopardy.
Jay Leno had a pretty good run as the Tonight Show host to be honest. But Johnny was one of a kind...
@@marcdonato9322I agree Leno was at least watchable. The ones now suck.
You and me both brother. Where's the reset button?!?!?!?!
I’m 70, remember these old shows. Thank goodness we have videos. And of course the Planet of the Ape, what a classic futuristic film. Remember those well.
We watch many many old movies and retro tv shows.
2:37 I've never seen Johnny laugh like this. He actually cackles at the great joke by Paul Williams! Good stuff.
He laughed like that with Robin Williams.
@@lastcrazyhornyup, Robin would nearly have Johnny on the floor, Robin was his best one. Sad loss to comedy & the hollowness of Hollywood.
He did that with anyone who was that good
Paul Williams is the best! Great talent, great sense of humor and humility ✨✨✨
Paul Williams was great. This was by back when late night tv was worth staying up late for. Johnny was the best there was, none of the guys these days can hold a candle to his work.
none of the jimmys, anyway
He's still alive
The age of clean adult humor and fun celebs on tv shows. I miss those days.
Molested by a girls volleyball team, such clean humour 😂
They used to let the guests stay on the set and they would talk with each other. Now it is one at a time, and they leave after.
There is even a great bit with Steve Martin saying he has to leave
Mr.Williams stays at the hotel I work in here in NYC when he’s in town. He’s been staying here since the 70’s and I’ve met him a few times and he’s always been an absolute gentleman. An old time Houseman said he’s always been kind to the staff and incredibly generous with tips!! An absolute legend!! And very spry for a man in his 80’s.
Wow that's SO awesome. I remember he used to be in everything, when actors guest starred all over the place.. I think I saw him do Love Boat at least once. Or maybe Fantasy Island.. god our TV was just so much more FUN back then!
@@thunderverna Not only did appear on the Love Boat, but he wrote the opening song to the show (the love boat theme)
@@GeeBee909 I've been a fan since the 70s, he's just amazing.
@@thunderverna Yes, I saw Paul in concert near the UC Berkeley campus in the 1970's with a full orchestra, strings and everything. He told us in the crowd that he would be on The Tonight Show the next day, and sure enough, he was
I was a kid when this first aired but GOD I miss ancient TV! I remember seeing Rickles, Dangerfield and on and on. Still cracks me up!
You must have lived in a city. Out in the boonies where we lived, TV was just messing with the horizontal and vertical control trying to get the slow-scroll parallelogram to pause enough to see something.
Don't forget Rich Little aaannnndd especially Bob Eucher 🎉
Love Paul's quick wit, he was hilarious..lol
There are no words to describe how much this man has meant to American pop culture. He worked musically with The Monkees, Daft Punk, and The Muppets - he wrote The Rainbow Connection! One of the most beautiful songs of all time. On screen, he starred in Planet of the Apes, Phantom of the Paradise, Batman The Animated Series (as the Penguin) and so much more. Small in stature, but a towering talent. ❤
His work with the Muppets was wonderful. His first project with them was "Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas," which is a really sweet Christmas story for the whole family, with otters and muskrats and bullfrogs all living in a picturesque town on a river. (You should rent it this year if you've never seen it!) And Williams' compositions are in turn heartwarming and funny and energetic as the story requires. "When the River Meets the Sea" makes me tear up every time I hear it.
smokey and the bandit!!!
Loved Phantom of the Paradise
I walked into a theatre and saw a random movie that turned into Phantom of the Paradise. I was stunned. I didn't know people could do that kind of drama.
No words? Lol..WTF
One good dude old Paul Williams. Underestimated talent for sure. Saw him in the 70s as a kid on a kids tv show.
He was big in his day, it's just that the style of popular music and entertainment changed. Unfortunately, that means that most people below a certain age wouldn't appreciate his talent.
Absolute classic gold moment from the Tonight Show vault, Paul Williams exudes confidence, intelligence and comedic timing. Watch his eyes as he delivers his comments. Tonight Show guest perfection.
The banana daiquiri line was priceless. Absolutely hilarious.
Watch the Carol Burnett Show where Roddy McDowell appeared as Cornelius. He and carol were hilarious.
….just watched it; thanks for telling me🫡
It was always a great night with Johnny Carson
Since then, they all pale in comparison.
@@joeschmo7957 Total and utter drek.
He was the best.
@@topherbec7578 Not even David Letterman came close to J.C.
@@bobcosmic 💯
I believe that "Here's That Rainy Day" was Johnny Carson's favorite song. It's good to know that great songs will endure even after the ape apocalypse.
Paul Williams….an incredibly talented human being….a true gift to all!
I…had…no…idea. Such a smart man. Natural timing.
the fact that george gobel was there makes even funnier... ! im glad more johnny clips are coming out... i know theres so much funny stuff , not just the same ole famous clips over and over...! this is great...
LOVED when Geo. Gobels showed up. Had to stay up to see him
Paul Williams who sung all of the bugsy malone tracks 🤯🙌
Didn’t realise it was him.
Genius
I miss when late night tv was worth watching
Me too
I miss the days when late night talk shows were entertaining
Now they are just far left attack Trump shows.
People don't realize how many great songs Paul Williams wrote that so many of our favorite pop stars performed.
Even with that outfit, you can still tell it is Paul Williams.
Same with Roddy McDowell, even in the Chimp makeup, you could see Roddy there.
Congrats to Paul for an outstanding career. And Johnny was more fun to watch than today's cringe nightshows, if anyone watches them.
This man is a very talented song writer. First time I heard of him was in the movie, The Phantom of the Paradise. Great movie with great music. He wrote the music for that movie which made it that more memorable. Him as Swan, a man who sold his soul with a little Phantom of the Opera and a few other horror genres thrown in. Glad he is still with us.
Absolutely love that movie!! It was my introduction to Paul as well
I still have a copy on vinyl of the sound track for that movie. 😁❤️🇺🇸
A ha! I thought his voice seemed familiar! He was the guy that played "totally not Phil Spector" (Swan) in that film. I watched it not too long ago because a coworker recommended it to me.
@@woohoofromtexasharris4814 i have a fan edit that's got the deleted scenes put back in somewhere.
@@ErickC i saw it as a teenager as my brother is a huge fan and he's even met the man a few times and i believe he's friends with him on facebook too. he's the one who introduced me to his music though i had only known him as little Ennis for years before i heard a note of his music.
My God, this is priceless, we will never have this again!
Paul Williams was a genius and SUPER underrated. Also, anyone in the comments who think politics is why Paul Williams has not been praised for the genius he is can go away.
As a kid, I always liked Paul Williams. He was in lots of shows. Then I was amazed that he had written major hit songs. I never realized his comedic talent! So funny!
I remember seeing this when it originally aired. I was laughing so hard I woke my wife up. she started laughing right along when she realized what she was seeing which Honestly has been a really good source of happiness for me ever since I lost my wife so many years ago i was married for 42years I was 24 and she was 20. She got cancer in 2020 I was totally lost without her. She took a major hit the treatment was horrible for her. I could do nothing to change any thing so I felt helpless I miss her everyday. Mothers are the glue that holds everyone together.. it broke me to pieces so seeing comments like this makes me smile.
My mom used to tell me I would watch Johnny as a baby. Then fall back asleep. Miss you mom.
Didn't people have more fun in the last half of the previous century than they seem to be having in the first half of this one?
I long for the fun we had when we didn't have to worry about losing our country.
Because people suck now
right on, I miss the 70s & 80s ✌💖☮
Life was great
Speak for yourself stable genius
Extremely talented, but little known.
Great sense of comedy. Singer, songwriter.
Fantastic.
📻🙂
This guy is a genius. Phantom of the Paradise is one of my favorite movies. The soundtrack written all by him is magic & clearly he is funny as hell!
It's nuts. He's SO funny in this interview, that despite what he looks like here, I kept thinking of his role in SMOKEY AND THE BANDIT.
One of Johnny's favorite songs. This was 1 of the songs Bette Midler sang with Johnny on his last show that had guests.
Bette is so overrated.
Paul’s performance is so much better
@shawnmiller4781 - Bette was ok right up until she lost her mind. She's been a school bus fire since about the early 2000's. Paul's talents is head and shoulders above Bette Midler's. She's just a singer. Paul did everything !
I see there are a very few who doubt Bette's talent. Johnny Carson, who had heard every singer over his decades in show biz, had no such doubts. He was the one who selected his final and only guest for that night. And that guest was Bette.
@@marthawelch4289- Talent, like sanity, fades over time.
Wasn’t it “ one for my baby and one more for the road”? Or did she sing two songs?
His description of Battle for the Planet of the Apes is hilarious!
Man, that costume is impressive.
I remember watching the old movies of Planet of the Apes when I was a kid and I was so amazed at how realistic they look. Looking back at it now, I’m still very amazed at the makeup job back in the 70s for the movie
Paul Williams with a cigarette, George Goble with a cigarette, an ashtray on Carson's desk because he was smoking as often as not. Amazing.
Happy early birthday! He will be 83 on September 19th. What a great performer and talent. I've seen this singing clip before but I don't think I've seen the interview since it originally aired. Hilarious!
That makeup is extraordinarily well done. The mouthpiece articulation is amazing.
I never realized that Paul Williams had such a quick and sharp wit. He's right there step for step with Johnny.
Paul Williams wrote quite a few #1 hits for various bands……..
Back in the 70's Paul was a guest on John Denver's show to do a duet with him (Drift Away.) John was interviewing Paul before the song and they were talking about Paul being a great song writer when Paul tells John that he also wrote White Christmas!! And John believes him. It was so funny. John says "I didn't know that!...Far out!!" Paul stayed straight faced and never let on his was joking. I wonder if John ever found out the truth.🤣
The ape makeup really makes the actors eyes really stand out
Love the work he's done with The Muppets
My parents took me to see Mr. Williams at the Royal York in Toronto 1976 I believe! He is an old soul that shares it through music and joy!!!
🤣 Epic! I loved Paul. First time seeing this. Thanks!
Pure Gold . What the F happened to American entertainment
It got all offended n stuff. 😢
Democrats.🤪
Calm down boomer.
@@mikehorrocks2909calm down old man.
@@mikehorrocks2909nope. The racist, sex obsessed, narcissistic orange one
Johnny Carson and Ed McMahon were awesome on the Tonight Show. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
I was so lucky to grow up with such greats as Paul Williams and his music ! Thank you Paul !!
Wonderful!
I hope there will be more clips of Paul Williams!
Love it! A friends uncle was the makeup artist for the Planet of the Apes movies, pretty groundbreaking for the field-he brought in the first Oscar for makeup to the bar one night- those little guys are heavy! Neat stuff
This might be the greatest moment in Tonight Show history... And I'm only just now seeing it!! Wow!!
This singlehandedly justifies Battle for the Planet of the Apes’ existence.
Such great makeup! I wish they'd do more full prosthetic stuff like this. Regardless of how stiff some parts are, you just can't beat the life that comes through via the eyes and body mannerisms.
Entertainers back then were just damn cool. They weren’t trying to be cool, they just were. Guys like Dean Martin, Jackie Gleason, Sammy Davis, Robert Mitchum, Foster Brooks….. we’re just next level cool.
They were TALENT not personalities.
I can’t help but think of Karen Carpenter when I see or hear Paul Williams. What he did for the Carpenters. And what the Carpenters did for him . What a combination.
Absolutely! Karen's voice and Paul's lyrics... pure magic.🎶😍
One of my favorite franchises of all times. Practical effects, no CGI, great stories throughout the series, the classic actors, etc. Virgil is one of my favorite characters, young but yet wise. He was a brilliant addition to this movie, and Paul played him so perfectly. I love Paul in "The Phantom of the Paradise" as well as Swann. Yes, a bit of a cheesy movie, but what a cult classic. One of my guilty pleasures now and then. Sometimes I do like a little cheese now and then. It doesn't hurt. Thanks for posting this.
Now that's what I call entertainment. Not only was it funny for Paul to come out like that, and sing a soft song, but on top of it all, his jokes during the interview were really funny.
One of pop music's songwriting greats, Mr. Paul Williams.
Paul Williams is the type of person you don't soon forget, talented on so many levels! As a child of the 60's I was completely enamored with the POTA movie series to the point of getting all the comics and the Mego action figures and reproducing some of the movie moments in artwork!
"It's very embarrassing...that's my real mouth. " Such timing.
I wasn't a big Paul Williams fan but this is pure comic gold! Only on Carson!
I forgot how great Paul Williams is! A very talented and funny man!
Smoking on television wow🚬 When late night television was king.
I was waiting for him to take a drag.... he did not.
A lit cigarette being held by an orangutan was what happened... shux.
Absolutely 👍👍
When late night was ran by the king*
Johnny ran that show and the producers, directors, nobody above could do anything about it. Because without Johnny, the show would not be seen
Cigarettes KILL people.
It says so on the damn package
And it kills people who inhale the smoke.
The ability to smoke on tv and expose people to cancerous toxins...makes old tv King? As dumb a post as anyone will read today
@@mangokane11it would have been impossible for him to do in makeup
I have fond memories of my childhood spent watching The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson. I enjoyed his humor and the way he connected with his guests.
They'll never be another one like him. He could bring down the house laughing with just a look. Genius!😊
@@shannondore I agree 1000%
wow...what an impact this guy had on culture. muppets, collaborating with daft punk, apes movies. even the phantom of the paradise. he's done it all with good humor and talent.
This and Roddy McDowell showing up on the Carol Burnett show in full Planet of the Apes appliance latex makeup just cracked my Dad and me up. Mom just kept starring at the TV and saying: "What the hell is that he's wearing?"
Now THIS is entertainment! Man I miss these days!
Paul is one of the most talented song writers of our time.
Johnny proves once again that he was the best at what he did. None of today's late night hosts can hold a candle to him. Also, a better era for interesting guests like Mr. Williams.
How camp! What a fantastic way to endorse his comedy, his singing and his current movie project! Not to mention showing off the incredible makeup! He is/ was a comic genius!
Funny how Paul seems so well-composed here
He was popular with us high school kids in the 1970's. Today's kid's don't appreciate what we had back then. Pure talent!😊
Actually you can see many comments from people saying they wish they could have grown up back then.