Comments on: Theeeeere’s Johnny! 5 Memorable Moments from The Tonight Show

By: PJMurphy

PJMurphy — Sun, 25 May 2008 05:26:57 +0000

My favourite Carson memory was when he had Robin Williams and Johnathan Winters on the same show.

By: Tim

Tim — Fri, 23 May 2008 13:07:22 +0000

I have four great memories of Carson. Johnny asking Mrs. Arnold Palmer if she did anything before a golf match to help Arnie. She replied that she kissed his balls and Carson immediately answer that that must make his putter rise. The second was as Racquel Welch sat their with her cat in her lap and Johnny asking her if he could pet her pussy. Third is when Burt Reynolds and Dom Deluise were guests and they went through many eggs and whipped cream messing with each other on stage, including Deluise coming from behind Reynolds as he was either telling jokes or speaking to the audience, reaching around Reynolds, putting an egg down the front of his leather pants and then smacking the egg to break it in his pants. The fourth was Buddy Hackett telling a short joke about a hunter, a farmer and the ball kicking contest to see who owned a duck but taking what seemed like 15 to 20 minutes to tell and act out the joke. Carson was laughing so hard he could barely speak.

By: PartiallyDeflected

PartiallyDeflected — Fri, 23 May 2008 03:52:30 +0000

Perhaps Ed Ames was trying to cut off the target’s Slauson?

By: heather

heather — Fri, 23 May 2008 02:34:46 +0000

I read somewhere that after the tomahawk incident(lol, by the way) the audience laughter was the longest in TV history.

By: Derek

Derek — Thu, 22 May 2008 21:25:34 +0000

Thanks to Mattie, from the Magician’s Alliance for that clarification. And I believe the correct term is ‘illusion’, not trick. A trick is something a whore does for money.

“We Demand to Be Taken Seriously”.

By: Mattie

Mattie — Thu, 22 May 2008 20:20:03 +0000

Not to quibble over small facts, but James Randi isn’t a magician he is a Mentalist. There’s a big difference in calling him a magician (which implies the actual use of magic) rather than a mentalist (someone who uses sleight of hand and clever research in order to fool the audience). I only say this because James Randi has long tried to debunk so-called magicians and psychics.

Other than that, I really loved this article. I apologize for being such a nerd about it.

By: Jake

Jake — Thu, 22 May 2008 12:43:13 +0000

That poem really pulled at the old heart strings. I couldn’t help but think of Dana Carvey’s impressions of Mr. Stewart, however!