NBC | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | October 5, 1971 

Yes, and he done his last concert at age 95. He said he was " starting a new chapter " , well if that mind set keeps him going.......... I believe he still teaches music, I presume the trumpet, of course.

ummmm try 62 years. He started in 1962. 3 years before i was born

Don't get me started on the politically charged, politically dominated late night shows they try to pass off as 'entertainment'. Kimmel and Colbert should be institutionalized, as their TDS afflictions have played out on national tv for over eight years now. Total trash- that the people in charge, (radical, anti-white etc.) have allowed this stuff to continue, shows how deep the partisan BS goes. Carson NEVER criticized anyone on the Left or Right, that was his guest, but rather let them be the guest that they were booked to be, and Carson would intelligently interject with queries etc., but NEVER patronized anyone because of their politics. What is on now, is total politically partisan garbage, that reflects the sad sad Left in this country.

Yeah, it was not until 1980-81 that Carson insisted that the show be shortened to an hour.

Yeah, carson wanted to work less and get paid more. He had 4 wives, and he may not be all that nice as everyone wants to believe . I'm just saying. A con game. All he complained about was money.

@@gaylestockwell5315 And he was so unbelievably petty with Joan Rivers after she got her own show.

It's also interesting to note that out of a 2-hour show there is only one celebrity appearance. This is one of the main reasons the show moved to LA the next year to be able to have more access to celebrities.

He was the best. When you're the best and you have earned it, you get the money and the perks. He could have gone to any network.

Was in the 7th grade myself

Elvis enjoyed it...

Bob Guelet was always one of my favorite entertainers!!

Grew up in WMAQ 5 Chicago Market but lived in DC area from 1982-2020. WRC4 was home to late Willard Scott ( 1934-2021 ). Willard would call in to Hardin/ Weaver every morning on WMAL radio while on my commute to work ( From northern VA to DMA Bookmont MD near old Glen Echo Park )

@@longstreet2740 WRC-TV 4 also had George Michael and his Sports Machine.

Life magazine (similar folio-size photo-oriented publication) folded a year or so later.

That’s not the only thing I noticed about the commercials.

@@mrgjg what else?

That guy is waaaay ahead of his time

The band is so much better than today's shows

Totally amazing. Write up a trouble report and we’ll talk to Randy over at the transmitter. He might lose his first class license over this debacle.

@@EdKazO-Vision 🤣🤣🤣🤣 that was good! Report submitted...!

I thought I recognized that tune. Do you by chance know who the composer is?

@@tommya Mike Barone, a prolific writer/arranger who is still with us. Here’s a video of Mike conducting the song with his LA big band: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-XlcJMYlkmJU.htmlfeature=shared

@@tfronauer Thanks so much for sharing this. What a wonderful vibe and arrangement. Reminds a little bit stylistically of "Girl Talk" by Neal Hefti. :)

before the Clean Air Act and the Clean Water Act I think

A 4 game losing streak right after this and another 4 losses to close out the schedule. Those 2 wins Giants allowed 60 points and the loss in between was a 27 point blowout. The optimism was a bit overstated, they weren't that good...

53 years later I find that an odd choice. I can't imagine that very much of the country outside the NY area cared about three Giant defensive players.

@@baronvonnembles a guest possibly canceled at last minute?

Grecian Formula, he always did it himself to varying degrees of success. I think he gave up in the early 70's when the show moved to Los Angeles

That’s what I was wondering too after watching a ‘70 episode where he had the dark hair

Probably a recommendation from a coworker or producer, doesn’t look natural at all should of kept it natural

73 sometime, he always did it himself which is why it never looked good :)

I saw them in '71 at 30 Rock. While Ed did the dog food commercial in the "cut out" backstage, Johnny drove the audience wild commenting on the animal's enthusiam. "You'd be hungry too if you hadn't been fed since October!" I watched the 11:30 video on channel 4, New York and you could hear the laughter.

Lack of guests, LA has all the entertainers

Another uploader beat me to the punch here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-0Du8lLUkpHE.html

What year were you born? I was born in 1981 and still have fond memories of staying up with my dad to watch maybe the first 20 minutes before passing out and being carried to bed. Even if this episode was before my time it’s still very nostalgic and representative of an era past. The jokes and subject quality wasn’t always great but the schedule was hectic and joke writers team likely a skeleton crew for the time and infancy of late night television. The stuff on television in the 40’s and 50’s was even more amateur compared with this