NBC | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | September 28, 1971 

We'd always heard that all the Carson New York shows were wiped, destroyed, recycled etc. Glad to see these, please preserve them! Thank you.

Paul Harvey was the best and most interesting guest on that evening’s show, too bad he was last and didn’t have much time. The old Tonight Show’s are so much better than what is on today.,

Carl "Doc" Severinsen will turn 97 in a few weeks.

Amazing that this show was an hour and a half, five days a week. Not to many individuals could make this work like Carson.

I'm pleased you're posting these gems. It's a bit easier to see why they went to CA though with some of these lineups lol

Johnny Carson and Paul Harvey together!! And now you know the rest of the story!!

Where did these shows "appear" out of nowhere,all of a sudden?Quite a treat.

Ima save this one. I missed it originally. This was my very first night in the U.S. Army. Boot Camp in Fort Leonard Wood, MO. after being drafted. Duty bound, I thought at the time, for Viet Nam. I was a scared, homesick 19 yr old boy that night. Of course, previously I was convinced I was a "man". But that night, I missed my Mom & Dad...

This is terrific! Keep them coming. Thanks for sharing.

I love this! More please. LOL. Thanks for sharing.

This was 50 + years ago over the actual air waves to a roof top antenna and no BUFFERING! Got to miss that📺

Being able to see these shows from '70 and '71 pinpoint exactly why the show desperately needed to move to Burbank in '72. The show had hit a rut. Johnny was way too predictable and the guest lineups were less than impressive. New York was not a good place to be at this time and the A-listers were all in LA. Thus, one night you'd get almost an hour of Buddy Hackett and the next night two guys playing harmonica at 11:45. It didn't show in the ratings, but Cavett was doing a much better show five blocks away on ABC. Cavett scored huge guest gets such as John Lennon, Bette Davis, Katherine Hepburn, and guests of true current event interest. Carson tried to do the intellectual interviews but really couldn't keep up. He'd simply let the guest talk out the segment such as here with Paul Harvey. Cavett was doing a much better show at this time and NBC realized they had to get Carson out of NY and to LA where the revitalized guest lists and larger studio reinvigorated the show.

Dick Haymes. What a voice!

Another one from the missing years! Wow!

Thanks for sharing 😊

Both Steve Tracy and Joel Landsberg went on to become accomplished musicians. ❤️❤️

Louise Lasser a few years before "Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman."

Thanks. Enjoyed the Louise Lasser interview.

26:11 Commercial with Mike Farrell, before MASH, for the Maytag Porta-Washer and Porta-Dryer.

I wanna see the 9th anniversary show in its entirety

I was about 3 years old when this came out but loved watching the show every time I could sneak staying up. I used to be well known for getting caught looking from upstairs after being put to bed. I wonder where those boys are today and what they did with the musical talents they had.

Now we know why Louise Lasser had so many psychological and emotional issues -- her school was bizarre. Geez .. and I thought the TODAY'S schools were scarring kids.

2 days before my birth!!!!!!! 😊

SMOKING KILLS. KILLED HAYMES. KILLED JOHNNY. SMOKING KILLS.

An early 1970s broadcast with commercials means this was an off-air recording using something which wasn't Betamax. I'd love to know what tape format this was from if not 2 inch Quad.

I love the New York shows, I liked the old 60s Burbank shows

What a great world this is ... In 2024 we can see the early Tonight Shows ...there is only 3 people that should tape at 6B...not the current one

Doc is 90+ Still eating those home grown 'maters I bet! Let love And Johnny Rule Rule Rule!

1:23:08 ... the more things change, the more they stay the same

I wonder how many people abused that GM car dealerships warranty?

Paul Harvey should of smoked a couple joints and listened to Doc play his horn a little more