Rodney was one of the greatest stand-up comics of all time, and Johnny was the best there ever was at the banter, playing straight for the comedian, etc. His interviews were like conversations.
Johnny Carson was a funny man himself. At the beginning of every show he did a monologue that was actually a stand up comedy routine. He also had very funny skits.
What? Carson's monologue was no more (or less) stand-up than every other late night host. Letterman, Leno, Conan, Kimmel, Colbert....all of them had the same style of monologue as Carson. Personally, i think Letterman bested Carson, but Carson was great, too.
@trekkiejunk6322 Carson was way before any of those guys. If anything they copied the format. Nothing wrong with going with what works, but Carson set the standard. I was 6 when Carson came on the air. It wasn't much longer than that that I was begging my parents to let me stay up and watch it. It's what the adults did. I was there when it began so I have a 1st hand perspective. ;O)
In 1974 I was 15 years old. I used to stay up after my parents had gone to bed & watch the tonight show with Johnny. Got to see so many legendary comedians. In 1978 I was in community college working with another student who had his own company building & installing mailboxes in the Denver area. We ended up driving to Las Vegas one weekend. We ended up on the strip and noticed an older Rolls Royce parked below one of the signs next to a Casino. The license plate read "Dngrfld". We came back to that spot later that afternoon & Rodney was walking out to the car. We chatted with him for about 5 minutes, during which he must've cracked about 50 jokes. I was in tears by the time he finally climbed into his car. The fact that he took that time to just joke with a couple random strangers on the street said a lot to me!
That's his name Dom. I was trying to remember but had a brain fart. They can check out the movie "Cannonball Run." He did the voice of a cat in "An American Tail." More Rodney movies: Easy Money, Back To School. The latter has a young Robert Downey Jr. And a William Zabka who you may know as Johnny from Karate Kid.
Do & Johnny did one of the funniest skits I've seen on the Tonight Show; Dom want to show Johnny a trick using raw eggs. The trick worked, then eggs started flying everywhere!
You guys were amazed at how quick he moved from joke to joke, and this was only about twelve minutes. I saw him in person one time playing to a full arena and he kept up this same rapid fire pace for two hours straight without missing a beat, unbelievable. There’s no possible way to even rehearse something like that, you either have it all in your head or you don’t. He even said in the beginning that hecklers are welcome, and when they would shout something out he had an instant response and would just slide into his next one liner. One of a kind.
From the 60s to 80s millions of people tuned into the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson five nights a week. Remember there were only three networks until cable in the mid 80s got big. It was a right of passage getting to be old enough for your folks to let you stay up to watch at least the opening monolog.
I remember, Mike! In high school, as classes were about to start each day, we'd say to our buddies, "Hey, did you catch the monologue last night?" Everyone knew what "the monologue" meant!
It's amazing Dangerfield lifetime commitment to making everyone he meets smile. Great biography stuff on Rodney on RU-vid. We had fun in the '80s. Caddyshack, Easy Money, and Back to School. Rodney classics.
Rodney was beloved by every name comic of his time and although it all looks so casual it was not every word, inflection and manner were polished in advance. Harold Ramus said he was the hardest working comic he ever knew. He made it late in life for a comic and he was a kind and generous man.
I remember hearing some time ago appearing on the Johnny Carson show was like a double edge sword for an up & coming comedian. You made Johnny laugh then your career moves foward; however, if you didn't your career is over. Kudos to Rodney for an outstanding performance-truly a master of his art!
The balding man sitting next to Rodney Dangerfield was the late, great Dom DeLuise , who was himself a comedian and actor. You know you're good when you have a fellow comedian doubled over with laughter! Love these reaction videos. Thanks for the laughs and the memories.
Rodney Daingerfield had a bunch of movies under his belt as well. Two of my favorite movies were Caddyshack and Back to School. He was hilarious in both. He played in many movies I have not even seen yet.
My favourite Rodney dinger was the line, about how he never had luck with the ladies, "One girl called me up and said "Come on over nobody's home..." I went over, there was nobody home!
saw Rodney at the Academy Of Music(philly) in 1980. Had front row tix. I could see backstage and saw Rodney pacing around waiting to come out. I was yelling "RODNEY RODNEY" and he acknowledged me. When he came onstage he walked over to me and said:" Hey kid it's good to see ya.. I didn't recognize ya- ya got men's clothes on tonight" the place ROARED
Loved it when Dangerfield was on Carson when I was a kid. Notice that the guests stay on the couch when the new guests come out. I wish today’s talk shows did that. It made for some great TV moments
In your opening comments, Joe saying Caddyshack and Groundhog's Day are similar just hurts my soul. Now that's probably a generational statement from you and a generational reaction from me. I was a teenager in the 80's. Loving watching you guys! Keep it up.
I am always impressed by Rodney's delivery, the timing of it and his deadpan faces. Pretty hard to do. He was well practiced, a lot of hard work there.
JACK PARR AND ERNIE KOVACS WERE THE EARLY LATE NIGHT GUYS. I’M 80 YEARS OLD AND LOVED THEM ALL.ROBIN WILLIAMS ALSO HAD THAT MACHINE GUN DELIVERY. LOVE WATCHING THESE RERUNS .TRY YOUR SHOW OF SHOWS WITH SID CAESAR CARL RIENER ETC.
As a kid I loved all of the stand-up comedians of the '60s, and as a teen in the early '70s, we had the best of the pioneers, Rodney Dangerfield, Jonathan Winters, Dom De Louise, the Smothers Brothers, Bill Cosby, Godfrey Cambridge, Richard Pryor, George Carlin, Nipsey Russell, Rowan & Martin, Moms Mabley, Bob Newhart, Woody Allen, Bob & Ray, Charlie Callas, Flip Wilson, Joan Rivers, Phyllis Diller, George Burns & Gracie Allen & Jack Benny & Groucho were still around, Tim Conway, Red Skelton, Red Buttons, David Steinberg, Jackie Vernon, Jackie Mason, Henny Youngman, Don Rickles, Paul Lynde, Charles Nelson Reilly, John Byner, Steve Martin, Shecky Green, Norm Crosby, Mort Saul, Buddy Hackett, Redd Foxx, Joey Bishop, Bill Dana, Jerry Van Dyke, ...
@@chrischar9428 Do you remember the show where an earthquake hit while the show was airing? I was pretty young so I don't remember it but my mom used to talk about it. Then on the day of the 25th anniversary show they had an earthquake in the afternoon. Early in the monologue Johnny said, "I would like to thank the state of California for the memorial tribute this afternoon.' 😂
Rodney was a straight beast. Keep doing his Carson visits, they're all gold. I love how he does a set, then sits down and just basically continues his set sitting down. And Johnny knows he doesn't have to do anything, just throw a couple of lines here and there and watch Rodney go to work.
The best movie Rodney Dangerfield was in was Natural Born Killers. It was his only Drama movie he ever did and was nominated for an Oscar that he deserved but sadly didn't get. Great reactions to Rodney thanks for bringing back great memories. 👍
Anyone else reminded at 11:31 by Johnny's staccato laugh of Ray Liota laughing at joe pesci in Goodfellas in the famous "Funny how? How am i funny??" scene?
You guys have no idea how fast he was with the one liners. I actually went to watch him in person. He made me laugh so hard, my side was splitting. But after getting out of the show, I could hardly remember any of the jokes, as he went through them so fast. Thanks for reviewing this one. Very funny.
If you want to check out something WILD by Rodney Dangerfield..... look up "Rappin' Rodney", the music video. No, I'm not joking... he actually DID a rap song, and it is something to behold.
The old lady laugh in the background was Carson's staff coordinator, Dorothy Wood. She always sat just behind Fred DeCordova and you could hear her laugh all the time.
His catch phrase was "I get no respect" but there are many comedians who gave him great respect because his club Dangerfield's was where many great comedians were given stage time and from there went on to great success. Rodney was one of the all time greats. Steve Allen created The Tonight Show and did so many things including writing songs and writing books he was a truly talented individual. The Tonight Show gave so many people in many various types of entertainment as well as newsmakers. Comedians back in Rodney's day didn't need to uses profanity to be funny. Take the profanity out of a comedians act and ask yourself "are they still funny?" RIP to Rodney Dangerfield and thank you for sharing your great comic gifts with us all.
Good review! Steve Allen was one of the first late night talk show hosts. Both David Letterman (more so) and Carson borrowed from him. Carson was also close to the Rat Pack: Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr. etc. There's a good video on RU-vid with all of them performing together. Bantering, joking and a little singing. Good stuff. Dean Martin was a very frequent guest on Carson in the 70s. A lot of smoking and drinking and good back and forth.
Some of the most hilarious stuff in Carson's material is with Don Rickles. The time Carson throws Rickles in the hot tub fully clothed in a suit and tie. And the time that Rickles broke Johnny's cigarette box when there was a guest running the show, and Carson the next day barged onto the set next door where Rickles was shooting an episode of C.P.O. Sharkey and started scolding him about it. Those two really stick out to me.
Surprisingly, Dean Martin was not a big drinker. I believe his "bedroom eyes" made everyone think that he drank to excess. Most of the time Dean had apple juice in his cup/glass.
Johnny was the host of the Tonight Show for 30 years. It was THE late night show that the more recent ones used as a prototype. They have kept up the tradition of the host being the straight man to the comedian, who uses more of his material which wasn't used in the stand-up portion. You can see clips of Conan doing the same for people like Bill Burr, and Norm Macdonald. Since it was the only game in town for so long, it was every stand-up comic's ambition to appear on the Tonight Show, as it could kick-start your career.
Steve Allen had his own popular show at that time, but Carson took over the Tonight Show from a guy named Jack Paar, who had the show from 1957 to 1962, when Carson took over. Carson had it from 1962 to 1992, when Jay Leno took over.
Do more of him ! He was a one of a kind ! Their are many videos of him , doing much more fast moving jokes ,one after the other ! Look for any one of them with the MOST MINUTES !
Don't forget that it was Rodney Dangerfield who had a club called Dangerfields that launched the careers of Sam Kinison, Andrew Dice Clay, Bob Nelson, Jerry Seinfeld, Bill Hicks, Rita Rudner & tons of others. He gave them their first breaks. Before Johnny Carson, it was Steve Allen (a friend of Jack Kerouac & who had Jack on his show), and before that, it was Jack Paar. These guys had class -- not like today's Tonight Show hosts. Even Frank Zappa appeared on the Carson or Steve Allen Show playing the bicycle. Comedian George Carlin & Louie Anderson both got their solid breaks on the Carson Show. Viewed by many people. Great talk about the show -- entertaining. Yes, Caddyshack -- Dangerfield was terrific. A former aluminum siding salesman. It's true, before Rodney it was Henny Youngman (who I knew) but his comedy, you had to pay attention. He was fast with his delivery and dry sense of humor, but many things could just go by you. (Henny was a former vaudeville comedian).
This is really cool , the format. Having the "Younguns" ask the Old Dude (hey, im 58 here, I can say that, lol) "Wow! Did they really do that back then?" and "Yes, that's how it was, you see." LOL, fun!
Back in these days being a star REQUIRED REAL TALENT. Its so rare today that we see anyone that can just constantly steamroll the audience nonrehearsed and still be so funny. RIP rodney and johnny. These youngsters dont even know ......
Red Skeleton, Redd Foxx and Johnny Carson were all great comedians. They could put on a great show and never use a cuss word! True Academia comedians, absolutely the greatest! One Rodney's great comedy movies was in 1986 called, Back to School!
The beloved and well respected DON RICKLES was an insult comedian an equal opportunity one. Went after Jews, Blacks, Italians, etc. He debut in late 50s and died 2017. Did movies and TV sitcoms but probably famous for the Dean Martin Roasts where became famous. Taking jabs at Redd Foxx, Mr T, Sinatra etc. Hilarious
Look up Don Rickles, when he was on Johnny Carson with Frank Sinatra he would kneel down and kiss his ring and say Donitto Bombbatsi says hi, Frank would say would you stop that lol. Best roaster of all time. My 30 yr old son thinks he's hysterical.
I made up a Dangerfield-style joke: "I tell ya, I just can't win. I was feelin' depressed so I went to see my shrink. I said 'Shrink, I'm feelin' depressed.' She said 'Have you been thinkin' about suicide?' I said 'No.' She said 'Well, maybe you should.'"
Prior to Johnny Carson, there were two previous hosts of “The Tonight Show” on NBC. Steve Allen hosted the show from 1954 to 1957. He was replaced by Jack Paar, who hosted the show from 1957 to 1961. 1962 was a year of rotating hosts, until NBC chose Johnny Carson to be the host of the program.
I love this format and watching you guys experience these old shows that were absolutely hysterical. Let's get to the Jeffersons. But seriously I'm really enjoying this channel. 😊😊😊
He brought the pic of his father because they told him they had a pic. The reason Dom kept laughing is he already knew many of the jokes. So, as soon as he started in he would laugh.
Johnny Carson was the richest man in show business at the time. By the early eighties, he slipped to second place when Paul McCartney became the richest man in show business.
Rodney was incredible in the day. I grew up watching people like Rodney and Johnny Carson. They called Carson "the King of Late Night" and he was for 30 years. ALL late night hosts today try to emulate him. You should watch "The Best of Carson" sometime. Also you should watch Mel Brooks' "Young Frankenstein" ....same time frame.
The Tonight show started out with Steve Allen then Jack Par. When he retired, Johnny took over. I was to young at the time to be able to watch Jack Par's show. I did watch Johnny from the beginning though. Even though it was past my bedtime...lol
Johnny Carson, I loved his show! No other talk show can even come close. He was the Best! Btw, I've never seen Rodney Dangerfield act "normally" before. When he was talking about his father, I thought it was part of the act.
hmmmmm.....i love Carson, but you said no one could even come close. Isn't that overstating it? Personally, i think Letterman was better than Carson. He had a better show and was a funnier guy. His early years were groundbreaking for their unique offbeat humor. He did one show entirely from the international terminal at LaGuardia.
Y'all should check out Don Rickles on the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson. Don Rickles was a favorite of mine. The king of insult comedy. Nobody was safe. He attacked everyone.
Be advised Rodney had NO filter, none. He was savage at times.. And that is one of the reasons we loved him. He took no prisoners..... This was so long Johnny smoked on TV. Rodney's tag line was "I don't get NO respect!" That he would mess with his tie.... He was on Johnny once and he told a joke on his wife. He said we were told talk more after sex. He told Johnny she called me from the motel last night. Then he said my daughter is having a tough time getting her drivers license. "She can't get used to being in the front seat. He had NO filter!!!!! NONE.....
Rodney could string together seemingly random punch lines after taking sharp corner after sharp corner, his timing is incredible, he moves so quick but so easy to follow...genius; and yes, people smoked cigarettes everywhere, all the time, ashtrays optional
I remember the smoky restaurants as a kid as well on airplanes. My parents hated it, but there was only so many non smoking chairs or seats available at the time. Smoking seemed to be a priority for a lot of people in the 70’s.
I like that you watched an actual appearance instead of watching these compilation videos people make of all his one-liners, it throws off the timing when they do that. He's great. The guy had ten million one-liners. He actually was a bit subdued in this one!
Rodney would absolutely kill on Carson. I remember watching the Tonight Show with my dad when I was just a kid. I remember Caddyshack, Easy Money, and Ladybugs off the top of my head.
