This is when Dave was hilarious , before he got all political towards the end. Also Johnny would've never went on Leno's show after he took over the tonight show , he was also writing joke's for Letterman's monologue's occasionally after he retired....
When I was 10 yrs old (1962), through the Boy's Club, I was selected to appear on Johnny's TV show "Who Do You Trust" as the bubblegum bubble blowing champion. 3 things happened I will never forget - I blew a humongous bubble that burst in my face, Johnny gave me the answe(off camera) to his quiz question & I received a check for $75. about a week later. Now at 67, it's still a heartwarming & treasured chapter in my life. Johnny was one of the special ones !
Carson had his personal flaws, like we all do, but he was the best talk show host ever. He was a great listener, a great conversationalist, and a great comic.
One of the last things Johnny ever said on David Letterman's show via the phone from his Malibu home was when California was having forest fires, (paraphrasing) "The weather is really nice out here today, the mud slides are putting out the forest fires." With that David put the phone down and laughed like crazy. Johnny hadn't been on the air for nearly two years but hadn't missed a beat in his comedic timing. Rest In Peace, Johnny, and thanks for all those laughs. 😄 🕯
@Yip yap yeah I keep hearing about this giant community off in another country or something called "afterlife", anyone who relocates there they wind up just completely ignoring and never again talking to any of their friends, anybody they ever knew. It's just like a very passive aggressive, rude thing to do.
@Yip yap what's more, Johnny was trying to pull a sort of double whammy on Dave. There was $50 that Johnny owed him from a wager he'd lost about 4 years previously. Dave was trying to sue Carson's estate for restitution for awhile, I think they finally just wound up settling out of court.
Johnny Carson and Edward Van Halen within 50 feet of each other, doing their thing. Amazing that the cameras didn't melt. Two absolute legends of their fields.
@@andybaldman Maybe, but not so sure. Johnny was number 1 and so huge that by the eighties, other networks gave up even trying to compete. They didn't bother until Johnny retired. Only then did a whole bunch show up for a time. Some good, some not. Arsenio Hall was good. Pat Sajak not so much. There were others as well. Most did not last long. Nobody since Johnny did what he did...#1 for more than twenty straight years.
6:18 - You can see the exact moment here when David is relieved to know this was NOT his mother on the phone, as he knew by the voice. You see how he relaxed much better knowing this was a skit by Johnny.
@@hutch1197 Actually David didn't know according to Peter Lassally, associate producer on Carson's show and later worked for Dave at CBS. He said this bit was planned by Johnny and the Late Night production team, but they never told Dave.
I really, really miss that man. What a legend. There will never be another as great as Carson. It is truly amazing the power he had in Hollywood, at one point The Tonight Show made 11% of the profits at NBC.
Carson walks out, and as soon as he starts speaking, his voice took us back to the Tonight Show. He wasn't only the King of late night TV, but his voice was the "sound" of late night TV. After 30 plus years as the Tonight Show host, he left an indelible image and sound for everyone who grew up watching him over the decades.
@@ModernGoddess81 As a way of revisiting that "simpler" and perhaps innocent and happy time in your life, a good way to instantly return to those days is to either buy or record many of your favorite TV shows and movies of that time. You might be amazed at what you see, hear and know at this current time in your life, as you watch your favorite old shows and films so many years later. I watched the movie "Jaws" when it first came out in 1975 and I bought it on VHS video cassette. I became addicted to it, not for the horror and suspense, but for the story about the three men who set sail in order to find and kill the monster shark and save their town. Eventually, I tired of the movie, but I would play it every couple of years. Immediately, I saw things, people, and elements in the movie that I didn't even recognize in 1975. I continued to watch it every few years, and each time I would recognize and understand even more new things about the movie that I had no awareness of in the past viewings. Elements of directing, lighting, sound, the story line, the relationship between characters, emotions, and other subtle things, that as a much younger person, I had no interest in because I had no awareness of them in my youth or past decades. Watching recordings of your favorite old TV shows and movies of your youth, or of past years will not only allow you to linger in the memory of that simpler time, but it will also enlighten you about who you are now, and what you know now, that you didn't know in younger days. It's a wonderful way of revisiting your youth, while becoming acquainted with yourself in present day. Truly a kind of mirror into the past as well as the present. Believe me, you will really enjoy this, and as years go on, you can continue to revisit your past through the decades and realize who you are now, through watching these recordings.
@@austino To me VH died years ago after Dave left. 40+ years of smoking catches us most the time. We're gonna die even most Vegans die in their 80s if they don't get cancer
I feel lucky to be old enough to have grown up with Carson but young enough to appreciate Letterman--my college dorm mates would gather in the TV room to watch Letterman every night. Their relationship was unique too--Carson rarely appeared on other interview shows, but he did Letterman's show several times, even after he retired and Letterman left NBC for his own 11:30 show on CBS --the best thing that could've happened for Letterman, IMO. Now, looking back, it's hard to imagine that it mattered who took Johnny's spot bc the truth is, NOBODY could take Johnny's spot and David was smart enough and funny enough to create his own memorable space on late night television. Btw, love the little wink Johnny gives Dave just before he leaves.
Absolutely !!! That era in Late Night TV, is Paramount !!! The King of Late Night, TV..... Johnny Carson, and Late Night with David Letterman...... the friendship and admiration between Johnny Carson and David Letterman !!!..........RIP , Johnny Carson.... and when David Letterman, retired , some year's ago........the last of that era !!!
There will never be another Johnny, comic genius. His jokes are still funny from the first Tonight Show till his last apperance. Loved everything Johnny said and did. His mold was broken. RIP the greatest!!!
I couldn't waitt to learn English so I can understand Johnny so I did in short 9 months. What a great privilege to enjoy johny as my second adopted language. Thanks to Johnny for all those laughter years.
Just looked up some background. Johnny joined the Navy June 1943 and after training went into active duty right at the end of WWII. He had the sobering task of removing the remains of 20 men killed on his ship after a torpedo attack. Those kind of experiences can keep you humble.
You would never know or understand the sacrifices these brave men did, so don’t try to describe what they experienced, speak of it yes but not on their behalf when you have absolutely no clue.
+Johny Ringo You seem troubled about something and took the time to make a crude comment about me, someone you know nothing about. Kind of hypocritical, not? I was careful in my original post to make no positive declaration about Carson himself but my own opinion about a possible outcome of such an experience. It appears that subtlety escaped you.
Johny Ringo shut your mouth Johnny “cry baby “ ringo. Sounds like you are a little bitch. How about you shut the fuck up and stop telling people what to do?
I like how smooth he is, compared to ever screaming Conan for example or even worse ever laughing his ass off Jimmi Felon (Funnel, or what is his name)
That man on the left is second to none. The King…he was and shall forever remain the legend that all others should aspire to. His appearance on Letterman says everything about the level of esteem that Carson had for Letterman . Two legends. The best and the one who should have gotten his time slot. And the other legend here is Edward Van Halen both he and Carson made it look so easy
Currently watching this near Johnny Carson Blvd in Norfolk,NE(his hometown).Had to roll the windows down and blast the volume in my semi for his town to hear his voice and laughter one more time.RIP Legend
You can't teach that quick wit... That spontaneity... That stream-of-consciousness type of banter that both those guys were capable of. You got to have it to go live. And both of them had a lot of it.
To me, mobile phones are the worst invention ever, after plastics. They made already pretty fast pace of our society even faster. Nowadays you must be permanently available for others otherwise they get mad at you or are scared to death because something terrible must have happened to you.
@@michellecoyazo1572 I looked it up and basically this guy worked at a beer factory and there was an accident and the supervisor came to the wife and said Mrs OHara I have terrible news your husband drowned in a beer vat. And Mrs OHara said oh my poor husband he never had a chance. And the guy says I don't know about that. He got out three times to go to the bathroom.
@Brains00007 not really foolish. the majority think "round" is wrong therefore Kareza was providing a Public Service kind of making you look foolish. 🎬
@Brains00007 I was kidding - trying to poke fun at we Amuricans that think OUR pronunciations or in this case definitions are THE be-all on earth. If he said "bonnet" the guys would say "trunk". How about both? and many more? 🔚
Two of the greats. Their chemistry here is beautiful. " I think he is saying say goodbye, he's doing one of these". (hand motion) A hand motion only Carson would know.
Dave was just starting out. He was so different from Carson but they were both always so likeable and funny in their own ways. Carson was hilarious on this appearance.
This is one of my all time favorite episodes of Letterman. I used to have this on a VHS tape way back in the 80's, with a couple of other favorites. I wish I could remember all the bits, but I definitely remember that Eddie sat in with the band. I just remember that it was a hysterical episode, top to bottom. Thanks, Don!
I was around 10th grade around this year and i had my first little 2nd hand tv where i could watch whatever i wanted and i discovered Letterman show and thought it was the most hilarious stuff. He always did absurd skits that no one else but the classic SNL crew did, and always had interesting things going on with "on the street" bits and dropping things off 10 story bldg. and the music guests were great and was just super funny program for years and i still have a lot of nostalgia for it as nothing Ive ever seen since has ever matched it in its prime as it just had so many aspects to it that were unexpected and unique.
Johnny Carson on Letterman, and Eddie Van Halen jamming in the band!!! Awesome days. It touched me too when at the end, David says, "Thanks for everything, Johnny".
But don’t be sad Carla, we are blessed with so much of old TV and music preserved and easily accessible on RU-vid and other platforms. And you can watch it over and over and over again. Enjoy!
Johnny said he hadn't been a guest on any show in a long time. At 5am July 27 I see this 1st time..Awesome!.. & vaguely remember him stopping by the Dinah Shore show in ...1978? On 5 days a week late afternoons on old broadcast tv. Some1 find THAT! History Guy maybe?
I loved Dave beginning to end and still even with the crazy beard. I don't think he was bitter at all. He was very emotional after his heart surgery and remained friends with some of his friends and nurses. He was very emotional after 9/11 and all the loss and tragedy from that. His final show he was very emotional about how much his friendship with the Foo Fighters meant to him. I don't see the bitterness, but then I have always liked Dave a whole lot. His show was a big part of my high school and college years.
Johnny broke the record for the longest running talk show .. then David out did Johnny. 2 of the greatest, I sure miss the quality of late night shows. We don't have anything like them now a days.
Johnny did not hold the world's longest running talk show record, that was held by Irish broadcaster Gay Byrne, who hosted The Late Late Show on Irish television at RTE from July 1962 until May 1999, 37 years. Johnny only did 30 years on the Tonight Show. David Letterman only did 33 years, with Late Night 1982 - 1993 and Late Show 1993 - 2015.
I remember when Dave was offered the Tonight Show. He called Johnny. Johnny told him not to take it. Because if Dave didn't do good. NBC would screw Dave over.
I had never seen this footage before. Someone in the comments mentioned Letterman looked really nervous.....upon his entrance, I thought Johnny Carson appeared about as nervous & uncomfortable in this setting as I can ever remember. The bit where he called Letterman's "mother" was great. Johnny was (as far as I am concerned) the one & only when it came to late night television hosting. There really was no one superlative to describe him.
