Johnny Carson At His ABSOLUTE Funniest! 10 Most FLIRTY Guests He EVER had on Tonight Show – Hww
How come? I don’t know. You just you feel uncomfortable when you do them. No, I don’t feel uncomfortable. I just I don’t know. I never thought about doing one, but I figured if I was going to present myself as a version to anyone, it should be you. I suppose there has to be a first in my life.
I’m glad. I bet I’m the first girl at No, can I ask you something without getting too intimate? How do you know after uh I mean we’d gone out a couple of times, RIGHT? WHY? Wait a minute. WHY DID YOU LAUGH? While hosting many famous guests, Carson often gets completely teased by these incredibly gorgeous ladies.
No. And I couldn’t get You’re used to this. I’m not. I’m not used to having you here, though. How do you How do you feel, really? Well, your hands are cold, so mine. Mine are a bit clammy, though. No, they’re not clammy. And even if they are, who cares? I I met your met your husband.
You’re married to a psychiatrist. What television host would dare to hold the cold hands of a legendary global beauty? I always say that I weighed 120. I’m just saying now that I’ve lost the plenty. Yeah, I still have one of the smallest waist I’ve ever seen. Well, I don’t know if it’s my waist a little.
It’s just my Yes. In contrast. I Yeah, maybe. But but you do you can’t do more than 22 23. I’m about 22 right now. I still got a little bit of of weight to lose, but I’ve always been lucky in that way. An incredibly tiny waist suddenly triggers some highly sweet and playful jokes on live television. I’ve I’ve talked to thousands of people over the years and all of a sudden I feel uncomfortable and I don’t know why.
Can I get in the chair with you? You ever see you ever see the show at all, Bo? This one? Yeah. Yes. This rare embarrassment quickly turns iceless moments that made Carson sweat on his own show. One, Is she a perfect 10? Johnny Carson’s most awkward Hollywood interview. I I think it’s safe for her to come out here tonight, although I’m not sure.
She’s making her first appearance on the Tonight Show, and she uh she created a sensation, nothing short of that, uh in her movie debut called 10. Um rather ravishing young lady. Would you welcome, please Bo Derek. ISN’T THAT disgusting behavior? As Hollywood’s boldest actress, Bo Derek brings that untamed charm directly to the conversation with Johnny Carson.
I’ve I’ve talked to thousands of people over the years, and I all of a sudden I feel uncomfortable, and I don’t know why. Can I get in a chair with you if You ever see you ever see the show at all, Bo? This one? Yeah. Yes. Rare awkwardness suddenly makes the confident late night king completely lose control during this live interview.
But it’s hasn’t been released yet? No. I understand that your your own husband, John Derek, said he he thought you were foolish to try out for 10. Did he say something? I I’ve read quotes. He says, “Some days you look ravishing and beautiful.” And he said, “Other days you look like” and I don’t know whether I should say the word.
What did he say? Was that He’s He’s very critical and and and if I don’t look good one day, we don’t have a very good day. Usually, this unusual marriage dynamic reveals some highly surprising and critical standards behind the glamorous screens. Come easy for you to do scenes like that. Um some people I’ve talked with actresses before where they have a part to picture where they have to be nude and they find it very uncomfortable.
No, I I don’t find it uncomfortable and and the people around me didn’t they were very good and they didn’t find it uncomfortable. I didn’t have a closed set or anything. That’s just it. It should be taken like you’re doing any other scene. And supreme confidence easily sweeps away all traditional hesitation regarding highly sensitive and artistic nude scenes.
How would you Now, the idea of 10 of course is the perfect woman and and guys have always used that kind of chauvinistic attitude and saying she’s a six or six and a half or seven. Where where would you put yourself? Uh I don’t I don’t You don’t uh Wells 10 10 I have a 10 in the audience.
You do Do girls do that or women do that to men? I think so. I don’t have a lot of girlfriends. This famous perfection rating scale quickly triggers a highly playful exchange about absolute physical attraction. What what would determine my rating? I mean, we we we have just met, as I said.
Um, what would you have to know about me to determine uh whether I was, you know, a three or seven and a half or possibly a 10. See, now I got it. I got a 10 and a half. Well, no, we don’t. Let me do this first. We’ll come back and talk. We’ll work this out, folks. Who says beautiful models lack wisdom? This iconic star certainly possesses far more intellect than most. Two.
Pure class. How Audrey Heppern conquered the Tonight Show without trying. Another beauty icon, Audrey Heppern, never needs bold scenes to make Johnny Carson’s heart skip a beat. Yes, that’s the word I was going to use. Delicate. Delicate. Would you welcome, please, Miss Audrey Heburn. True star power shines brightest when an actress effortlessly walks away from fame to enjoy simple quiet moments anymore.
Do you I mean you’ve been away from the screen for what really about eight years? Eight years. And now you’ve done Robin and Miam with Sean Connory. Yes. Yeah. Is it Did you miss it at all? I mean Well, I had so many other things to do which I liked so much I didn’t really miss it. No. Yeah. I would guess you’re I would guess you’re a rather private person, aren’t you? Yes, I am.
And can stay away from uh That’s why I’m sitting here with everyone. Watch how a simple touch can instantly break the ice and melt a veteran television host’s immense anxiety. No. And I couldn’t get You’re used to this. I’m not I’m not used to having you here, though. How do you How do you feel? Really? Well, your hands are cold. So mine.
Mine are a bit clammy, though. No, they’re not clammy. And even if they are, who cares? I I met your I met your husband. You’re married to a psychiatrist, right? You think we should hold hands? Sharp wit always turns personal vulnerability and past failed marriages into brilliant late night comedy.
Gold spats and frictions as we’ve all had in our marriage. I had a live-in psychiatrist who had a uh I had an army caught in the garage during my marriages and uh we’d call him at any hour of the day or night. But you know what I’m saying? Well, you have a little does does he come on kind of strong and saying because I’m a psychiatrist therefore I know why what is happening here and you should listen to me.
Genuine elegance lies in maintaining a pure, gentle heart despite living inside Hollywood’s notoriously cynical environment. Somebody described you once. I think you described yourself as the unbitterest person in the world. I did? Yeah. I have nothing to be bitter about, I guess. Really? Don’t you ever get mad at people or Oh, that’s different.
But that’s not bitterness. I mean Yeah. Get mad. What do you call being bitter? I mean, bitter, something rather different. Uh, it’s being terribly Do not let her fragile look fool you. This graceful lady can easily pack a surprisingly powerful punch. You played delicate, as Ed said, your delicate type of roles.
Didn’t you see me try to knock out Shan Conry in the movie? No, I haven’t seen that. Now, did you Nothing delicate about that, I sure. Did you play kind of a Hellcat in this picture? I nearly knocked him out. He knocks me out, of course, cuz he’s bigger than I am. But I did try.
Well, you know what I’m saying now. I mean, did you ever want to play a True Sensuality is always an inner spark capable of leaving a highly experienced host completely tongue-tied? No, not about me. What I’m trying to say is I think sex is an inner quality. A woman can have a lot of sensuality. Let me tell you, as far as I can see right here, she’s a very sexy lady.
And that’s what I’m talking. We got two of us right here tonight. Yeah. Let me do this. We’re going to come right back. Behind the glamorous late night illusion lies a very disappointing reality check waiting to be exposed. Stimulates during the show. I do not do that myself. There are I won’t drink this and tell them tell them all what it is.
So maybe she doesn’t want you would believe this lady. It’s terrible. It’s tea. That’s right. Iced tea. That’s all it is. Okay. Now all the terrible things you Okay. You want to strike the prop? Now bring out the real stuff. Even the most romantic film productions often hide terrifying near-death accidents that actors must silently endure.
Somebody told me you also took a tumble making in this picture off the horse. No, I think you I mean yes and no. It wasn’t off the horse. It’s It’s We were in a covered wagon that that turned over in the water. And I don’t know if you ever been in a covered wagon that toppled over in the water, but it’s very hard to get out of. I would guess so.
The water is not very deep and it seemed awful silly to drown about a, you know, yard of water. But that’s what nearly happened. Mutual vulnerability on camera ultimately builds a timeless, beautiful connection that audiences will always remember. Was real style, didn’t she? Yeah, real style. Lovely lady.
Glassy lady. She was terribly nervous tonight, but so was I. I think for her. Did I Did I show it at all? No. No. Fine. I like I like particularly the part when you couldn’t remember Robin Hood’s last name. I thought that was Robin. I think that’s good. It’s Robin Hood. I think that’s good. Didn’t you ever do that when you can’t think of something, you visualize it and you drop a Robin Hood, the guy, try this, Muhammad.
Her timeless grace easily conquered both the late night king and millions of viewers without ever trying too hard. Three, the 22-in waist. Johnny Carson’s most flirtatious chemistry with Dolly Parton. Pardon? They really love you. You’ve really got loyal fans. Well, I think it’s all because of the Johnny Carson show.
You have a great audience and I look forward all the time to doing this show. I’ve been excited for a month cuz people think me and you’re great friends and I feel like we are. Even though I only know you from the panel and you came by the dressing room to say hello putting ON PETT COAT. Few dare to sing for Carson, but watch how Dolly leads this powerful late night host.
This is Dear Johnny. On behalf of the city of Severeville, Mhm. we would like to invite you to join us in celebrating the dedication of the Dolly Parton Parkway. Yeah. Well, I tell you, now you know you now you know you’ve made it. You see, on October the 6th at 4 p.m., uh, this sweet national recognition quickly turns into a highly hilarious and light-hearted discussion about her famous physical curves, you know, forever.
Yeah, that was one of the greatest compliments that I’ve had paid to me. And you might know they picked the flattest stretch of ground. No, no curves, no hills, straight straight away. No, they were thinking about dedicating Interstate 40 to But I thought that was great. And we’re doing a uh Dolly Parton show that we do every year on October the 6th.
A hilarious rivalry immediately sparks when our host attempts to brag about his own legendary telephone book fame. I was on the cover, though. probably don’t know this of the of the Burbank telephone book. Yeah. Well, that’s good enough. They can keep their Emmys and their Oscars and the Tony’s.
They’ll be on the cover of the Burbank phone book. That’s of course that’s just for a year, isn’t it? There’ll be no new phone book in a year. But see, they they’re not going to take the freeway up. Genuine panic over a highly dramatic legal battle suddenly becomes a source of pure comedic entertainment on stage. Had to do with jail or something.
Oh, well, there’s a lawsuit against me by my former S partner, which I hope that I won’t I hope I can avoid lawsuits. YEAH, BUT ANYWAY, GOT IT. GEE, that must be interesting. But anyway, there’s been quite a bit of press about it and and they there was one point in time if I didn’t answer a certain number of questions that I faced a jail sentence.
But, uh, it’s nothing really to worry about. It might be amazing to go to this playful discussion about physical fitness easily triggers a highly flirtatious and unforgettable late night chemistry. I weighed 120. I’m just saying now that I’ve lost the plenty. Yeah, I still have one of the smallest waist I’ve ever seen. Well, I don’t know if it’s my waist so little.
It’s just my just in contrast. I Yeah, maybe. But you do. You can’t do more than 22 23. Well, I’m about 22 right now. I still got a little bit of of weight to lose, but I’ve always been lucky in that way. Well, [snorts] don’t lose my image. Well, you know, you know, deep secrets of true female friendship reveal some highly surprising ways they could easily end up in prison.
And I grew up together. We’ve been together since we were like 7 years old. And we know all the same old people back home. We always laugh and joke about, you know, this and that. And I’d tell her anything. Does she know things about you that no one else? She knows everything uh about me that u that anybody could know about another person, but she’d never tell if she does.
Was there anything about yourself that you would? You’re going to put out a contract on your duty, huh? Um this highly anticipated musical tribute finally delivers an incredibly heartwarming and classic late night television highlight. I have come a long way from the hills of Tennessee and I’ve worked hard to make the folks back home real proud of me.
Now everybody knows my name no matter where I go. But I never really made it till the Johnny Carson show. Now I have dreamed of stardom since I was just a kid. A million dollar dream beneath this $13 wig in my bell bottom jumpsuits with my rhinestones on a glow. I became an overnight success from the Johnny Carson show.
From polyester paradise to silk and satin frills. From a 48 foot mobile home to a mansion on the hill. From moonshine to rare wine. From a packer to a rose. But I never really made it till [singing] the Johnny Carson show. Now there’s only one small problem. Sometimes I get disturbed.
The folks sometimes get me confused with Monty Rock III. But still, I think it’s worth it. And I just thought you should know that I’ll always owe a special thanks to the Johnny Carson Show. I went from pop beads to diamonds, from car coats to fur. From Kmart to Gucci’s. From here, no telling where.
From hill belly heaven to a penthouse on the coast. But I never really made it till the Johnny Carson show. Four. Before you got under my dress, the night June Carter Cash left Johnny Carson speechless. He won. 1980. June Carter Cash brought her authentic Appalachian charm to Johnny Carson stage. clean completely. Strip away.
Artificial glamour prepares the audience for a highly hilarious comedy shines when a beautiful handmade dress suddenly demands help from a very confused host. Household secrets quickly surface when the famous husband is nowhere to be found in the studio. Seven children together turns personal exhaustion into a witty and relatable domestic comedy routine.
And beautiful country heritage always turns simple vocabulary lessons into deep personal connections. Wild humor and acoustic grace created a truly unforgettable late night masterpiece. Iv the lingerie interview. How 28-year-old Madonna made Johnny Carson sweat on TV. It’s nice to have you here. Thank you.
Yeah, I’m fine. Now, that is a nice outfit. Thank you. You design a lot. Do you get in the design of your uh of your wardrobe? Um, well, when I’m doing a show, when I’m going on tour, or if I’m doing a movie, I I collaborate with whoever the co- designer is, but I mean, let’s watch Madonna, who delivered the boldest, flirtatious moment in tonight’s show history.
Well, no. What? I’m not I may not be up on these things. Exactly. But what would you What am I wearing? Yeah. If I went into a lingerie shop and I wanted to to buy one of those for somebody, come on. Not for me, but for somebody. Uh, they probably What would I call it? I mean, it’s called a booier.
A bier? Mhm. Yeah. Ah, that’s nice. Sounds good, doesn’t it? Yeah, it sounds great. Confusion quickly grows as this powerful man desperately tries to justify buying delicate lingerie. It was fun. I I don’t This is the first talk show I’ve ever done. Really? YEAH. Can I ask you How come? I don’t know.
You just you feel uncomfortable when you do them. No, I don’t feel uncomfortable. I just I don’t know. I never thought about doing one, but I figured if I was going to present myself as a virgin to anyone, it should be you. Prepare yourself for the most shocking flirtatious punchline that left the entire studio completely speechless.
I I suppose there has to be a first in my life. Anyway, I’m glad. I bet you’re on the first girl that you you spoke to in a booier. Yes, I think you are. You know, at least on television. Yes. At least on six. The missing wedding gift. How Diane Cannon left the late night king panicked.
Ever thought about interviewing your own ex? Watch Carson face his beautiful past flame, Diane Cannon. And oh, now it’s just hugs and kisses and how are you now that you’re off the SHELF and not available anymore? I mean, you can, you know, you can be affusive with your emotions. It’s interesting because even your introduction to me was much cooler than it usually is, Johnny.
You know, you think so. I did. Yes, very much. That could be true. Just subconsciously knowing that uh you are no longer touchable is NOT THE RIGHT WORD. Watch what happens when a simple question about marriage quickly backfires on our highly defensive host or my fondicitations. or happy life or happy life or lots of those kind of things.
But but that’s what you’re supposed to say. What do you feel like saying? Why did you Why did you DO IT? YOU told me on this show more than once over the years that you didn’t think you would entertain the idea of of getting married again. True love often strikes when least expected, leaving even the most independent hearts completely defenseless.
That’s that that’s true. That’s that is true. Well, I did. I told you that. And you really meant it at that time, didn’t you? I meant it. I was alone for 15 years. Well, that’s a long time to be a single girl. It really is. Really is. That’s unusual. I didn’t live with anyone. I was alone all that time, but I met him and it was like coming home.
It was Prepare for the ultimate on air exposure that leaves this legendary late night king completely speechless. Now, can I ask you something without getting too intimate? How do you know after uh I mean, we’d gone out a couple of times, RIGHT? WHY? Wait a minute. WHY DID YOU LAUGH? SEE, THERE’S THE DIFFERENCE right there.
This final awkward calling out over a missing wedding gift forces a highly panicked escape to commercial. It’s going to be a long night for me here. Let me sell some soap and I’ll be right back. Let’s Oh, incidentally, Ed, thank you for your gorgeous wedding gift. I haven’t received yours yet, John.
Seven. Never play cards with women. How Angie Dickinson outsmarted Johnny Carson. Whatever it was he had to do. I didn’t know that. What’s the most dangerous thing you’ve ever had to do in a movie? Really, really dangerous where you felt a little Oh, golly, you caught me off guard.
I I Well, I certainly like to Groucho used to say, Groucho was a show business, too. That smooth flirting immediately paves the way for a highly intimate hands-on private tutoring offer. Or did they bring it in? Uh, we had a usually when the stunts I can’t think of a specific scene, you know, I’m I’m so careful not to get in trouble.
Um, the one of the hardest things for me to do speaking was learning card tricks for and you are the greatest card. Why didn’t you call me? I used to do that as a kid. Yes, but you were you were not available. Let’s watch this master show off his incredible hand coordination with some highly impressive card skills. One trick.
I want to see these these are a regular regular deck of cards. They are a regular deck of cards as you can see. And that’s the way you can tell. You pan them out like that and you say, “Hey, there’s a regular deck of cards.” You say, And then you you learn the one-handed cut like that.
Is that the one you had to learn? That one. That’s the one I heard. Sharp technical skills are completely useless when faced with the highly deceptive strategies of female card players. There we are, folks. WC Oh, yes. That was WC, wasn’t it? Yes, it did. Show us some uh card deck. Didn’t see the four aces.
There they are. Right there. Right there. I don’t know how we got in this. What of a side over there? What do you want? You want to play Lou? Women are I never play cards with women. Women always say, “What are these two ones with wearing the crowns?” Yeah.
You ever sit down, play poker with women, they you explain and all of a sudden you get Playing dumb is one thing, but admitting a chaotic play style easily challenges our host’s poker logic. Play with friends. Yeah. Yeah. They know you don’t. But they know. Of course not. Not for that. Uh-huh. I love poker. Do you really? Are you good player? No, but I love it. I really do.
I play every hand. That’s why I’m not good. Well, you can’t do that. I know. Just like Kenny Rogers says in the song, you got to know when to fold them. Yes. Yeah. Would you stay in on uh suppose you were dealt I’ll give you an idea. Suppose you were dealt um 7810 Jack. 7810 Jack. Definitely. Eight. It is so baffling.
Katherine O’Hara’s honest thoughts on marriage with Johnny Carson. Now we’ll watch legendary SCTV star Katherine O’Hara brings her devastatingly brilliant comedic genius to Johnny Carson stage. Nice to see you again. Thank you. It’s been a while. Yeah. You know, I’ve said this before about SCTV.
It was one of the one of the best comedy shows, ensemble shows and sketch shows on television and should have had a much bigger audience, but they always had you on very late at night. Yeah. around the country and a lot of people never got a chance to. How come they never they never got you on it? This brilliant comedian’s childhood impressions actually started with a highly bizarre and unexpected twist.
You used to do I used to do a lot. Yeah. Yeah. What did you I don’t want to put you on the spot, but you did. No. When I was a kid, I used to I started like when I was 11 or 12 started doing them, but I would impersonate, you know, impersonators. So, and they were mostly men. So, all I did was men.
Well, that’s true. when I was like 11 or 12. I like James Mason. James Mason. James Mason. Watch how a hilarious impression lesson from a famous co-star completely transforms her female vocal range. And then when I got to Second City, I finally learned how to do women from Marty Short.
Yes. And he because he does a great Catherine Heer. He’s done it on your show. All right. Now, I used to have I’m sorry. Can you remember any part of it? Oh, I used to have to do Marty Short teaching you. He has a low voice doing it, but which is great. I think guys do Katherine Heppern better than women do.
I like how I say do. I do Katherine Hein. Prepare for a highly dramatic, tearful mimic cry of Hollywood royalty that leaves the entire studio laughing. But Marty also taught me how to do or you got me started on doing Liz Taylor. He said, you basically cry out your last words like, “Oh, hold me. I’VE BEEN SO LONELY.
THEY THEY WERE clutching at him and grasping him. It was AS IF THEY DEVOURED HIM. Beyond the glamour. An incredibly terrifying near-death experience in Mexico suddenly begins with some very aggressive donkeys. You now live at the beach. Um, yeah.
My boyfriend has a great house up from the ocean. Not too close to the ocean, which is okay cuz I almost drowned this year. Oh, no. Seriously? In Mexico? Yeah. We went um in Cabo San Lucas, which is beautiful. The beaches are great, but I’m scared of the ocean. And we were we were looking for surfing beaches because he’s a surfer.
And so we’d go driving through the mountains, you know, drive the most obscure beaches. We finally got to this one with nobody on it except some donkeys who kept corning us up, cornering us up against the car. Surviving a dangerous ocean current suddenly demands a highly dramatic, heroic rescue from her powerful boyfriend. So we start swimming and I’m swimming and swimming. I’m not a good swimmer.
I’m swimming and swimming. I look up and it’s further with Would you get a riptide or something? Undertoe. An undertoe. Thank you. I didn’t know it, but we’re swimming and swimming in and we’re going nowhere getting further out and all I was doing was grasping like drinking salt salt water and Bo was getting mad.
Take your shirt off cuz I had a long sleeve shirt. Take your shirt off. No, can’t take all my shirt go. HE’S TAKE MY SHIRT OFF. I’LL RIP ANYTHING off of you. Get it off. This deeply personal inquiry about future marriage plans quickly triggers a highly philosophical and baffling debate. Is it a serious? Well, I mean, I suppose could it lead to marriage or do you hope it leads to marriage or do you care about marriage? Um Um Um I think about marriage every day. Yeah. But I can’t make up my mind
about whether it’s natural or not. What baffles you about? It’s so difficult, isn’t it? What baff Oh, yes it is. But I’m I’m here to help. It is probably the most baffling relationship in the world. Nine. Moose meatballs and breaking things and Margaret’s most relatable late night interview.
Would you do well on a very adapting to a new language eventually led to a highly amusing and legendary family dinner tale television reports can sometimes get highly complex national statistics completely wrong. This calm exterior occasionally hides a highly explosive and dramatic way of releasing a ctacacular musical finale ultimately triggers a highly hilarious and classic religious joke from our incomparable Hollywood force. 10.
Judy Garland’s Honest Retirement Dream with Johnny Carson. No one I think uh receives more intense reaction from an audience and uh brings emotions to such a high pitch as Judy Garland when she performs. Uh she is one of a kind and she opens tomorrow night at the Garden State Arts Center in Homedale, New Jersey.
Finally, we return to Johnny Carson’s younger days and his legendary historic interview with Judy Garland. Hey, I thank you for coming tonight. You know, you’ve never done this show before. I know. And because usually when you’re in New York, you’re busy and you’ve got a concert date or something. Yes.
And I thank you for coming here tonight. You’re welcome. And you look wonderful. Thank you. That is why. Thank you. What do you think of this outfit? Well, I think it’s beige. Yeah. Yes. It’s awfully good. Is it too wild, you think? An incredibly rare talk show debuted immediately exposes a highly playful fashion debate between our two stars.
Well, you heard it. Are you You’re a great ventriloquist. Sounded like that came right out of the audience. Gee, that’s I didn’t know you did that, too. It’s on the Gardens Ar off the guard off the Garden State Parkway. It’s off the That’s my little orphanie impersonation. It’s It’s off the Garden State.
Off the Garden State Parkway on exit 17. Right. 117. 117. Prepare for an incredibly shocking vocal impression that easily leaves this veteran host questioning his own ears. Is this uh is this on the round or regular theater? Yes. It’s the biggest round I’ve ever seen. It’s it’s quite magnificent. It’s a well sort of half indoors because it’s a shell.
Oh, with a covered band type of thing. And it’s quite quite stunning. Do you like that kind of uh does it give you closer uh intimacy with the audience working like that? Well, but this massive upcoming concert venue quickly shifts the discussion to the profound art of live crowd intimacy. One of the many comebacks must have been.
Let me see. I think working at the Palladium Theater in London for the first time was was my best thrill. And that was probably a command performance. That that’s got to be cuz when you came in at the palace here, it was absolute bedum. Yes. Well, I like bedum. looking back at historical milestones ultimately reveals the single greatest performance venue of her legendary life who love you and come to see you.
I mean it’s really agilation and it’s it’s unique. You’re unique with it. Very few performers have that but you create that wonderful uh empathy I guess is the word with an audience. Uh and I’ve seen your work many times and it always happens. I haven’t a clue. You try to analyze it at all. It’s really probably an unfair question because they’re putting you on.
I think I it’s because I adore them, you see. And then it comes across. Yes. And True Star Power always stems from a very deep mutual bond of love shared directly with the audience. Is there anything you’ve ever wanted to do that you’ve never done? Retire. Oh, come on now. You come on now.
You don’t really want it, do you? I mean, quit singing. Well, I’d like to uh uh be terribly rich. I mean, sort of disgustingly rich. And so there’s nothing wrong with that. No, no, not at all. And then just be able to sing when I want to and then this surprisingly honest dream of immense wealth and early retirement perfectly humanizes a global show business icon.
You know, no Keith time or offion time. None of that stuff, huh? No, we What are some of the acts you worked with? Uh, well, we worked with We worked with a we worked with some pretty strange acts. There was one There was one man who had uh western quality about him and he’d come out on stage.
He had a singing coyote with him. Yes, I beg your pardon. nostalgic theatrical history suddenly comes alive with some of the most bizarre and hilarious performing animal acts after going to fire school for 6 months. They do have I’d love to see the graduation on that. That must be a great ceremony.
But anyway, that’s the first first appearance. Yes, first appearance. and he had just come out and he’s only been on stage about oh 2 minutes and people were quite impressed and he suddenly is but and he he forgot to put that sick gelatin in your mouth. This highly disastrous career transition quickly explodes into a terrifyingly funny incident of live theatrical destruction.
She would say, “My husband will now drink this fishbowl full of of liquid, which is half kerosene and half water, and I’ll go over here to this sort of oriental outdoor barbecue, and he will uh I’ll light the fire, and he will then bring up the bar.” and first see even from his youth Carson already possessed such admirable charisma and screen presence.
Johnny Carson’s legendary charisma truly shined when hosting these iconic Hollywood queens. Which of these classic talk show encounters was your absolute favorite? Let us know in the comments below. Don’t forget to like, share, and subscribe to our channel for more unforgettable television history.
