Their likes are seen all the time. It's just that the past always seems more righteous and pure somehow and we tend to filter out all the bad things that were going on back in the "good ol' days". And there were plenty.
Listening to him play piano like that, surrounded by warm admiring friends, it makes you wonder about his fellow comrades that fell beside him in Normandy, just two decades earlier. The life and talent we lost. What could have been for them.
@@jerbear7952 No, there aren't. Show me a Beethoven or a Horowitz, or a Peterson or Evans today. If great artists were to be found in every generation, we would not know what makes a classic.
I loved Art in the Honeymooners. He always stole the show. To see him in this arena, with Johnny on drums is truly special. One more reason why Johnny is the King!
@@flemingcourt That's one of the best Twilight Zone episodes! I watch that every Christmas season, as one would a Charlie Brown Christmas or It's a Wonderful Life. Art Carney was one talented guy.
50 years have gone by since this broadcast and I'm just discovering it now - wow!! Art and Sid were amazing and it was great to see Johnny on the drums....
@@JJJZANESVILLE2 Sure, me too, cuz we've got common sense (a very rare commodity these days) and we understand that these gentlemen were actors, comedians, and entertainers, not just musicians. Modern standards be damned, all 3 of them are legends.
@@kcinks He throws a little "Until There Was You" from "The Music Man", right at the end, too. The Beatles covered that one on their second American LP. Glad to help.
Yeah, it's great to see them. From what I understand, Sid got his start playing in big bands back when he was young. The comedy bits were something that he started doing to fill in a bit of time between acts in live shows.
Sid Caesar was the greatest sketch artist of all time!!! Your Show of Shows was performed live for ninety minutes every week with the greatest lineup of writers ever assembled for one show.
Art Carney on piano, Sid Ceaser on Sax, Johnny Carson on drums.... Wow! This era of show business is sorely missed. True entertainers, multi-talented, and simply fun! Miss these and those like them!
They grew up at the end of the era where people entertained themselves. Most were "adequate" players at best, which is fine. The point was to pitch in and have some fun. Not like our world where Stardom is the Goal, and accomplish-ment with your talent doesn't matter. It's where talent is auto-tuned an' lip synched to splash the "Ego of Me" All Over the World, of the hollow Star.
I miss these days. And I was just a kid. Love love Johnny. I knew Art Carney was gifted because Jackie Gleeson allowed him to shine on the Honeymooners.
Art, Sid, and Johnny all grew up in the Vaudeville days. You had to have more than one skill back then. People weren’t just musicians, or comedians, or actors. They were ENTERTAINERS; they did whatever it took to get an audience on their side. Art is the best player of these three, but all three were consummate professionals, from an era long gone and hard to find.
Steve Allen brought on a lot of guests that pushed the boundaries of TV talk shows, like Lenny Bruce and Frank Zappa. Yup, nothing like the old talk shows.
Well that just brought a smile to my face. The Tonight Show before they left for LA, Carney on piano, Caesar on sax and Johnny on drums. I'm so glad someone saved that clip!
I remember watching this with my Dad 50 years ago. I was just 18 years old and came home from working second shift and Carson was on. I sat down and watched this exact show with my Dad. Now I am 68, 50 years older and we are doing it again together! I went down to visit my Parents today at the Retirement Center where they live now.. I took my Laptop and we sat down and I showed this video to my parents. My dad is 93 now and Mom is 92. They really enjoyed watching Art Carney because they used to watch the Honeymooners when they were much younger and I was just a Boy! They Loved the Old Memories and seeing the old show again. I did as well. GOOD TIMES
Nice. 😊 This was a little before my time (pushing 60). When I hit my late teens I'd stay up to watch The Tonight Show after my mom went to bed. She'd tell me I always woke her up with my laughing. Robin Williams and Johnny were always good fun. There were times they'd have me roaring. BTW, it's great that your parents are together. Sadly, some couples are split up, usually for a lack of beds I think, when entering retirement homes. Heartbreaking.
I was 18 and finally allowed to stay up and watch Johnny when I was home from college. I used to hear it from my bedroom as my parents watched. The good Ole Days. Just imagine how awful things will be when today will be considered the good Ole days.
Love Art. He is a part of my childhood. Fell asleep listening to the Honeymooners while my parents watched. I would sometimes sneak down the stairs and watch from behind the sofa. His talent is well missed.
Interestingly, I was 364 days old when this originally aired, a little more than a half-day before my birthday. My late father had likely missed this and had been in bed for hours, in advance of his normal ritual of getting up at a ridiculously early time the next morning to beat everyone else into the office, whereas my late mother may very well have been watching this episode, after contending with me... 😆. I wish both of them were still here to ask them about such things about our lives, from happier times.
You have great memories, as we all do, of the great times we had as youth with our families. Hopefully you have aunts and uncles to pose questions to. I know they'd be only too happy to reminisce with you. And if they're anything like my aunt, you'll get fed a great meal, too. :) My greatest memories of youth are of our family reunions at my uncle's farm. It was large, with several buildings, and lots of room for us kids to run. We ate well, listened to music in the bunkhouse and ran around all night. Wish I was 12 again. I really miss those days. Thanks for listening.
Art Carney has given me many happy moments over the years, beginning when I was a child watching the Honeymooners. Thanks for the memories, Mr. Carney.
Sid Caesar was no shrinking violet. He was outgoing and brilliant. Yet, he was remarkably restrained during this evening with Johnny and Art Carney. He really let Art's art shine with no upstaging, no scene-stealing, no banter at all. When it all came together at the end, it was truly special.
Me too! I was waiting for Sid C. to cut in and go whacky, but he gracefully let Art have his moment. That's a special show, to have those two on the same night. Legends.
Carson's greatest strength was his ego. I say that in the sense that he knew he was among the best of the best, and as such was unafraid to let others shine on his show, unafraid that they might steal his thunder. It was Jack Benny who told Johnny to let the acts on his show be their best because the next day, people would talk about it by saying "did you see the Johnny Carson show last night?"...
@@demef758 interesting point. I wonder, at what do you think HE thought he was best? He was talented at many things: drumming, comedian, game show panelist and host, talk show host, master of ceremonies at countless events, car racing...
@@TeachinTV For awhile there, Johnny reigned supreme in the TELEVISION world . However, he never was able to ascend to the very top rung of the overall entertainment universe because he couldn’t sing and had only a few acting credits. That honor belonged to Frank Sinatra who could do it all.
Art Carney’s best appearance was with Burt Reynolds and Dom DeLuise. But it’s always good to see him! He is hilarious!😂😂! Sadly we will never see the comedic style and sense of humor that he and his generation brought again. 😔
Pure gold. Sid, Art & Johnny. I could sit & listen to the 3 of them just talk for hrs. Today's pretenders would tell you themselves... they don't hold a candle. When you think back on these guys... remember the saying: "Don't cry because it's over. Smile because it happened"... 🥲
What an amazing talent! Not only was Art Carney an amazing comedic actor but an amazing dramatic actor as he won the Academy Award for Best Actor in 1974! He seems like a wonderful person , able to make fun of himself and with no ego! A lot of talent on that stage with Sid Cesar and Johnny Carson as well!
He was only 55 years old in 1973, but he has a good reason for the hearing aid and the limp when he walks. Carney was drafted into the United States Army in 1943[1] as an infantryman and machine gun crewman during World War II. During the Battle of Normandy serving in the 28th Infantry Division,[1] he was wounded in the leg by shrapnel and walked with a limp for the rest of his life. As a result of the injury, his right leg was ¾-inch (2 cm) shorter than his left.[4] Carney was awarded a Purple Heart, the American Campaign Medal, the European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal and the World War II Victory Medal, and was discharged as a private in 1945.🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
This was a wonderful surprise and I'm so glad that this was put on RU-vid. I probably saw the show when it aired originally, but you see SO MUCH t.v. over the years, you forget -- thanks for the reminder.
Wow. That's such a wonderful rendition of 'If', by Bread. And it was only released 2 years before this was recorded. He played it as if he knew it for years. I wonder who arranged it?
He did. It comes from years of playing piano in bars, lounges, and jazz clubs. It's not so much "arranged" as it's more of a case of knowing the tune in it's entirety--the melody, the chords, the phasing, and the lyrics. Jazz musicians do this all the time. Once a player like that knows a tune, he or she can pretty much do anything they want to do with it spontaneously.
Art was only 55 yrs. old when this was recorded but looks like he could have been 80. Art did not age well but still lived a pretty long life, he was a natural entertainer you can just see it ooze out of him whether playing music or doing schtick.
A classic moment. Sid playing the 🎷, Art on 🎹 and Johnny on 🥁. 🎶🎶 Thank you so much gentlemen for this treat. Talent that we may never see again. Thank God this footage has been preserved!! RIP to the three talents as well as Ed. 🙏
Art Carney was hysterical as Norton in the Honeymooners. A tremendous actor. I read that he was great in the movie, Harry and Tonto. I have yet to see it. I believe that was the name of the movie.
Mr. Carney also served as an infantryman in the US Army during World War II; he was wounded at the Allied invasion at Normandy, France ion June 6, 1944. He was an amazing man.
I was 11 years old when this was broadcast. I don't remember it but I watched a lot of Johnny Carson with my parents back then. I was sickly as a kid so they would let me stay up late with them and watch Carson while my brother and sisters were tucked into their beds. As someone also mentioned in these comments, more talent right here than in a weeks worth the new night shows here in July of 2023...
Art Carney on piano. Sid Caesar on saxophone. Johnny Carson on drums. Back when late night television (and Hollywood) was at its peak. What a time to be alive.
Art Carney was a marvelous man. We used to watch him on the Jackie Gleason show, and thought that was all there was to his art. Boy were we wrong. He was a great actor and musician as well…. And the fabulous Cyd Caesar had all of us laughing for days along with Imagine Coca, and Nanette Fabray. I can remember when Gleeson’s show came on, we were allowed to stay up and watch it, then immediately after ward go to bed.
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 which infact broke me to pieces so seeing comments like this makes me smile.
The bit on the honeymooners when Ralph was going on a name that tune show was ABSOLUTELY HILARIOUS! Norton always warmed up with swanney river, and Ralph knew every tune but that one and it was the First tune out of the gate!😂😅😜
Art Carney and Sid Caesar are so darned talented. I used to kill myself laughing when Sid Caesar and Imogene Coca had their t.v. show and Sid would break into some phony foreign language that made no sense at all. Imogene was a fantastic comedic partner in her own right. Always enjoyed watching Art Carney on the Honeymooners with Jackie Gleason. Great talents all.