I love that Stephen thanked Johnny at the end for helping him with his start and then congratulated him on 30 years. All that quirky and still classy. 👍
I heard Steven interviewed once and he said Johnny changed his life twice. Once as an inspiration and then by inviting him onto his show. Johnny clearly appreciated his humor - very unique and quite brilliant.
Yeah, this was the month before Carson's retirement. I remember an interview with one of the Tonight Show producers who said that they almost had to turn down people in the final stretch because everyone, comedians especially, wanted to make one last appearence with Johnny and, like Steven, thank Johnny for what he had done for them. Look up Carson 1992 interviews and you will see a number of guests say how much they were going to miss Carson.
We will never see the likes of a Johnny Carson ever again. A bygone era of monumental people who truly were larger than life. I miss Johnny. RIP Mr Carson
I love the jokes that take a short while to really sink in, like "It's the story of a photographer who goes completely insane trying to take a close-up photograph of the horizon." The more you try to picture it, the more it makes you laugh.
Steven grew up in my hometown. Never knew him but once when I was in college studying at the town library, some guy walked in that looked very familiar to me. I moved toward the entrance to get a closer look but he was gone. I glanced over to the Children's section to see the guy - who is about 6'+ tall - sitting at a tiny kids' table on a tiny kids' chair reading a tiny little book. At that moment a woman walks in the library looking for him at which point they both burst out laughing. It was then I realized it was Steven Wright.
@@marcwords2253 the woman then said," Steven!! C'mon!!You are going to miss your flight!!!" So he gets up and walks toward the entrance. As he passes me, I said to him, "Hey, you look like Steven Wright." To which he dryly replies in his monotone voice, "Yeah, I guess I am."
We had a quicksand pit in our back garden. I was an only child...eventually... One of the first jokes I heard by Steve which made me laugh so hard it hurt...this man was unique!
I had a switch in My house that didnt seem to control anything. I would turn it on and off once in a while. Then one day I got a letter from a lady in Germany. She said cut it out.
Hey that was super of Steven,I meant to say last time sincerely thanking johnny for having him on...most might may be say it after the show,but in 40 years plus that I been watching he's the only who said it to johnny.thanks piece thanks for the giggle.
They're my 2 favourites too; the joke I loved the most? "bus, train." For Mitch it was the one about restaurant waiting list; " Bush, search party of 3, you can eat once you find the Dufrenes."
I love all of his jokes, but the one that I remember the best is 'Everywhere is within walking distance if you have the time'. Love it so much that I made a t-shirt that says that on it.
@@myoldreteacher I also like, "Got food poisoning today - don't know when I'm going to use it". Also, "It doesn't matter what temperature a room is, it's always room temperature".
@@gavinwilshaw2312 My favorite Steven Wright joke is, "I went to a convenience store and the guy was out front locking the door. I said 'Hey, the sign says open 24 Hours'. The guy answered, 'Not in a row...' "
For those of you that don't know, this show was filmed at Studio One in Burbank on the NBC studios lot. Originally, it aired at Studio 6B in New York but was moved to Burbank later on. It featured the best band on television, the NBC orchestra or the Tonight Show band. It also featured Carson's sidekick Ed McMahon. Truly a magical show.
I got to walk the halls of that Burbank studio complex when Jay Leno was still doing his original stint at the then owned NBC studio. Right outside the studio where he was taping (studio 3?) was a big mural of all the hosts that had done the Tonight Show up to that point. A few years later I went to a taping of Jay Leno when he had returned, but this time it was taped in a separate sound stage on the Burbank studio lot, (studio 11?) not the original studio one that Johnny had started in. I understand part of the reason was Jay preferred a smaller more intimate setting with the audience, similar to comedy clubs he would play. The original studio one cold hold quite a large number of people. I think when Jay returned, studio three was occupied by that point, and he moved to studio 11. What was neat to see was how studio three was located right adjacent to where Jay parked one of his classic cars, literally a few steps away from the studio door. I could see how he would finish the show, change clothes, and walk to his car in less than 30 seconds from studio 3. I remember he was driving a baby blue MG with it's top down when I visited that day. Those Burbank studios' have since been sold off by NBC to some other company. I guess NBC decided having the Universal Studios was enough space for them.
It was nice of Steven to thank Johnny. Carson loved talent - especially if it was 'different', new, and unusual - like Steven Wright. I think Johnny's favorite guest was Dangerfield. Johnny could sit back, relax, and know that the laughs would come without his help. I miss Carson. It was a different age back then. I knew that whatever happened that day - good or bad - at 11:30 he would be on and for a little while, the world would seem more 'normal' and relaxed. From what I read, Carson led an unhappy life, overall. Despite his fame and fortune, he always struggled because he says his mother was cold and didn't give him love as a child. In interviews, he blamed her for his failed marriages. It tells me that happiness is more that the great lifestyle he had. I've seen video of his house right on the ocean and it looks like a dream - the sound of the waves, the salt air, the sand.
@Clay Potter That's interesting. Carson certainly battled many personal demons, as shown on his interview on 60 Minutes. But he was a very smart guy, and adept at 'public relations'. He managed to keep his problems off the front pages throughout his whole career. I bet if you ask most people what Carson is like, most would say, "...seems like a nice guy." How wrong they would be.
@@johnchoat357 dude you’re totally right. Ironically, i misquoted him. Even more embarrassing is that I’ve been walking around saying unquote my entire life up until now…..like an idiot.
: Steve Wright: I got a postcard today from a friend of mine, showed a picture of planet earth from out in space, the message she wrote on the back side “WISH YOU WERE HERE”!🤪
Sometimes he puts on his tough guy persona; he does so in this set. I'm not fooled though - underneath he's still a sensitive, intelligent, gentle guy with a brilliant comic mind.
"I used to be a parking attendant in Boston at Logan Airport. I parked jets. They let me go, though, because I kept locking the keys inside. One day I was on an 86-foot stepladder trying to get in the window with a coathanger.
I know when I’m gonna die because my birth certificate has an expiration date. Cop: Why were you going so fast ? Steven - Why ?....cause I had my foot to the floor.....see this ?....this steers it.
back in the days when you could actually kick back and watch late night talk shows without having the hosts spit their politics in your face, night after night after night ...
I was just saying the same thing about the accent! Represent! My favorite accent right now is Jon Knight from the backstreet boys. He restores farm houses now as well. I don't know if you've ever seen the commercials for it but he calls his show Fomhouse Fixah. Lmao. I live in Maryland now and it makes me long for home.
Why am I reminded of Dietrich on Barney Miller with many of the lines from this appearance. I’m very familiar with Steven Wright’s stuff and only now did I think of the two.
Dietrich was my favorite! Haven't thought of him (or Barney Miller) in years. Always remember the one where they had to dress up as women to get a mugger and Harris didn't want to shave his moustache off.
I mistakenly put my car keys in my apartment keyhole, My apartment started up, so I drove it around for a while. A cop stopped me and asked where I lived, I said here.
Hey this is one I could not forget,and I always wondered where Rodney got,his.little okay gesture from and it was from Johnny he used to do it when he was pleased with your performance,I guess back years ago they did not talk to everyone,I didn't watch Carson since the beginning,I have for a lot of years,I love how Rodney took it personal as if,oh yeah I'm good enough to talk to u oh thank u Ceasar...hah hah,thanks for the thank s,I love comedy ,we need stand philosophers,they keep getting eatin by the Lions...oh thanks oh Caesar...
Graffiti in the womb = Someplace no one has been in a long time. Abandoned. As in he knew he was the first child because no one had ever been in that womb.
@@ADKT2AUDIO If "no one had ever been in that womb," who drew the graffiti? If "no one has [had] been in a long time. Abandoned," who was there before? If someone was there before, why did he abandon it? Was that person born? If so, how could Steven still "be the first child born"? Could he claim to be the first born if no child had been in that womb for years? If so, how many years? If you had a sibling born that many years before you, could you claim to be the first born? Would graffiti be a sign that the previous occupant was already dead? If so, how is graffiti related to the death of the artist? If Steven was in that womb after the previous occupant had died, could he claim to be the first born?
@@ADKT2AUDIO Thank you for your reply. I love funny arguments that are easy to refute; they give me a heart-lifting, false sense of superiority. Graffiti on the wall, like ancient ruins in the wild, is not a sign that you're the first one there. I want to read your reasoning. If you don't reply, I can only presume you're too embarrassed.
@@Lawliet734 In one of his actual comedy specials he finishes the joke saying the graffiti read "Bob was here", implying that his older brother wrote that. So yeah he did mess it up or maybe purposely changed it in this interview, it was definitely originally that he knew he was not the first one born. What a mundane argument to take this seriously though, but yeah watch his material, he usually says "I knew I was not the first born child".
