Dr. Lendon Smith Can't Stop Talking and Richard Pryor and Tim Conway Lose it on Carson Tonight Show - 01/12/1979 #johnnycarson #thetonightshow #richardpryor
Would give anything to be a kid again and from my bed (after my parents made me go to bed) hear Johnny Carson's voice coming from the TV in the living room and hear my dad laughing while sitting in his recliner. R.I.P. Johnny. R.I.P. Dad.
Yes! For me he was the funniest man alive. From the time I first saw him do 'First Man on the Sun' and going 'Ouch! Ouch! Ouch!' he kept me in stitches!
Why am I watching a TV clip from 42 years ago and can't stop laughing, until I have tears? Oh, right, Johhny Carson and his guests. Kudos to Richard and Tim for their humility to a comedic moment.
Bill Gram told a great joke about a guest preacher at some church that was supposed to speak for about 15 minutes. Well, the guy really got into it and was still talking after a half hour. That's when the churches regular preacher sitting behind him couldn't stand it anymore and picked up a Bible and threw it at the guest preacher. The Bible missed the preacher and hit a woman seated in the front pew. She said in a loud voice "HIT ME AGAIN! I CAN STILL HEAR HIM".
This is hilarious. Pryor, Conway, Carson's responses. What makes it even more funnier is the Doctor who was so serious and nerdy that added to the laughter. Classic!
Richard prior saved my life when I was in college in the 70s - there was one dark Night when I stumbled over his new album and he brought me back to life. God bless this man.
that is very powerful. words are so amazing in the way they can connect or divide us but when hearing them spoken heals us somehow... what an experience! and what a mind he had. seems like the most painful bits wouldnt be something to joke about and turns out that maybe something great can come from the darkness. i thank the universe for comedy and for those that have been burdened with answering its call.
There were several comedians for me. I had their albums and casette tapes it made a difference. Didn't make me a happy kid but possibly steered me away from suicide. Bless these comedians.
Went to see Richard Pryor Hear and Now in the movie theatre when came out. It was the first time I laughed in years! I couldn't catch my breath! Richard brought me out of a depression I didn't know I had. Probably saved my life.
Hearing Johnny's voice is so relaxing for me and I'm sure many others. When I was a kid, I would lay in bed and hear my parents listening to The Tonight Show. God, I miss those times.
Omg that’s fabulous. Just seeing Tim and Richard sitting side by side laughing makes it even better! I’m so happy Tim got that “” I was gonna ask your opinion “ out of his mouth. I thought they were gonna fall out 😂😂
When Johnny saw Richard and Tim struggling to contain their laughter and got the doctor to start talking directly to them, that was comedic brilliance.
I don’t think I have ever seen Richard Pryor so genuinely laughing like that. I wish the camera panned out to see what reaction him ant Tim were really having.
I was thinking about what made Johnny the best ever, and I think most other late night talk show hosts try to make the show revolve around them. Johnny brings out the best in the guests. Letterman on the other hand thought he was the funniest guest, et al.
@@dejpsyd0421 jimmy fallon is the worst, cannot conduct an interview properly. i miss the old talk shows, carson, merv, mike douglas, dick cavett, and even william f. buckley on firing line.
Back when comedy was truly gut wrenching funny and it didn't offend anyone. I miss the past more and more the more I watch these old shows I used to enjoy with my family growing up.
@@kingcassius2586 we don't fight more now than in early 2000s. I was in college then, to give context of my age. We fight differently, but not more I guess you are not familiar with all of the civil unrest in the 70s. Sorry to burst your bubble. You are just flat out mistaken.
@@nevergiveupnevergivein7655 that was more in the 60s. I'm Black, I remember the end of the 70s & my folks lived through Jim Crow. I gotta pretty good idea of what I'm talking about. I never said that there were NO problems. Things weren't perfect and we had and STILL have a lot of issues to work out.. but we sure as hell weren't at each other's throats like we are now. Ask before assuming, please.
It would be hard enough to out-talk any one of those guys, but to double-talk and non sequitur three of them into helpless laughter? Oh, that takes a tenth-degree black belt in linguistic aikido.
The comment was funny and isn’t it amazing that there was no cry of “racism “. Richard Pryor just gave that hysterical look! Everyone knew the comment was born out of not dealing with children of color, not to be offensive to any race. I miss those days when you could laugh at the inexperience of people instead of assuming they have hate in their comments.
This kicks ass! Seeing two classic comedians being destroyed by this nerdy, verbose doctor, not to mention Johnny himself, is the content I'm here for.
Diamond s in the rough .lmao Imagine living with that Dr lmao,or spending a weekend on holiday skiing or whatever, obviously with some killer mushrooms and some speed to take the edge off LMAO 🤣
OMG I'M IN HYSTERICS!! 🤣😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣🤣 Wow, thank you RU-vid for putting this video for me to watch! Wow, I didn't realize how much I missed the Legendary Johnny Carson & never knew there was a channel for him! Always loved Tim Conway & omg Richard Pryor is there, too! Stage full of Legends!!! 👑🏆💘
@@zapwatt watched it again and you're reading way too much into what he said bro, I would hardly call his discourse with Pryor racist by any stretch of the imagination.
@@roddiener Pryor was laughing at the doctor because the doctor is tactless and ceaseless. Both times that the doctor interacted with pryor, the doctor made it about race. That is exhibit A, when you address someone and the first and only thing you see is race even when the matter at hand is not race. Secondly, when Carson injected Pryor back into the conversation with a fictitious quip about Pryor's children, the doctor again makes the interaction about race but then says that when a black parent brings a black child to him (the doctor) for a skin rash, suggests that he (the doctor himself) cannot see any rash because the child is black. The suggestion is that he can only see black, as if to say that a rash is not visible if the skin is of a black person. This is exhibit B and exhibit C is that at precisely this moment, Pryor stops laughing and takes a sober demeanor, presumably because the doctor was no longer a funny buffoon to him (Pryor) but instead, a rude, glib and casually racist old man.
I didn’t realize how much I enjoyed the Carson show and his guests until trying to watch today’s television, all these Guy’s are gone now but the Dr. may still be talking!
They've all been subjected to the politics of the day. The display of political compliance/obedience was just as prevalent then as it is now. The only difference was back then it was technically easier to dupe people in those days into buying whatever they were selling, as their audience had little in the form of a communication forum to discuss and banter current ideas and issues back and forth. Today, talk show hosts like Seth Myers and Jimmy Kimmel are much more loyal to one side of any given issue as are their audience members. Thus we have what *appears to be a cohesive culture prevailing in America.
@@getyerkix Thanks that was interesting, I liked Jack but I always was inspired by Mel Blanc as I loved doing voices! That was awesome although Johnny was off that night!
@@richardwiley5933 Saying black people isn't racist. Insinuating that a rash cannot be visible on a black child BECAUSE the child is black, IS racist. It's like this room has a problem with reading comprehension or something.
I live in Toledo Ohio and we are very fortunate to have a small local tv channel that plays the Johnny Carson Tonight Show reruns every weeknight at 11 PM. Heeeeeaaaarsss JOHNNY!!
@@gregGould You are very lucky! I so wish they'd syndicate it & have the reruns on every night. They know no one would be watching the other channels! I miss Johhny!
Many times, Carson's greatest gift was his ability to be silent and let the guest have the floor and the stage and carry on. Then his poker face, and the excellent direction in the booth made it prize winning! These days hosts like Jimmy Fallon must upstage the guest at all times and at all costs. Often the cost is the humor that Carson was able to elicit time and again.
I tell you what i have watched Johnny since 1970 at 11 and i missed this show and i now have watched part of it, This was the best 9 minutes that i have ever watched and he had them all rolling ,that was very unique and to have 2 of the funnest men that ever did comedy was off the charts.Thank you Johnny for being here for us still in 2022.
Richard Pryor's face when the doctor says he can't tell if a black child has a bruise or turning blue is hilarious. The pediatrician is trying to back peddle so hard.🤣🤣😆😆
Johnny Carson was the only talk show host that could laugh and make you laugh 10 times harder just by seeing him laugh. Pure genius and timing of a legend.
I've known a handful of people in my life who, like Dr. Smith, were physically unable to stop talking; including my own mother. So many times the rest of us in the room would just sit back and laugh. 🙂
I am howling here, too... The guest is delivering what's essentially a monologue, because Johnny can't get a word in edgewise. But to see Richard Pryor & Tim Conway in convulsions just made me laugh even harder.
Yeah bro you're exactly right. Haha that's what Richard Pryor used to and still does to me with his stand-up routines. He made me laugh non-stop sometimes for so long and hard I could barely breathe and would be crying. That's when you know someone's really funny. Eddie Murphy did the same thing to me with his routines
I've seen other episodes with Dr. Smith as a guest and he was the same exact way. But those episodes didn't have the likes of Tim Conway and Richard Pryor sitting next to him. This is the Best!!
This is one of the funniest episodes of Johnny Carson I've ever seen! Richard Pryor is priceless!! At 7:25 Pryor's facial expression is hilarious! It really cracks Johnny up!
I think you're right. With 3 comics on the stage, he decided he'd just keep going with random stuff. The bit about kids being in there every 20 minutes if you gave them the good cough syrup was comedy gold.
@@jimdavis2385 Exactly... the doc was intentionally funny there.... Richard and Tim were just too overwhelming for the doc to be able to pull off his comedic stuff
For some reason I can’t stop laughing. I love this guy. Johnny can’t stop that train! He’s got some things to say! “Kids with blue eyes get beaten by their grandmother”. Holy smokes! Too funny!
This is probably the funniest thing I've ever seen! Both Richard Prior and Tim Conway, rolling,and crying with laughter! I can honestly tell my coworkers, I saw someone who talks more than I do!
I'm still laughing just as hard (45-50-yrs) later.....summer vacations for me were great staying up late, watching Johnny/Ed...and all those great guests..!
Man growing up listening to my Dad laugh at this show was all I could do was to try to sneak downstairs and watch because I was curious what made him laugh so hard! Now I know!
Props to Johnny for holding together during this segment. I would have been crying from laughing. Richard’s laughter was killing me. And Tim... asking if he had an opinion...wow! Makes me long for days gone by.
When my oldest son (God rest his soul...suddenly died at 19) was a little boy, he would always ask if he could watch "The Timway Con Show"--he loved Tim. I continue to miss both of them.
It’s so nice to go back in time and watch Johnny Carson. Especially when he had guests like Richard Prior and Tim Conway on. They will never be another Johnny Carson☹️
I bought my mom the CD set of Carson’s best some years back before you could watch like this. One of the best gifts she ever got. There will never be a show this good ever again.
I bet this interview is still going in heaven! May they all rest in peace, they probably never imagined they will be entertaining many many years after their deaths.
Especially when the doc was pretending to see a rash on a black child....Richard just kind of looked almost into camera with a slow burn. But he kept laughing!
When Johnny says "Richard is going to do his handkerchief magic trick..." he sounded so hopeful to break up the doc's oration, haha 😄😆. Tim and Richard were the cherries on top for this priceless clip....miss the Tonight Show with Johnny...
