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Title: Remember Johnny Carson?
Post by: oldbuddy on September 03, 2012, 02:02:20 pm
If he were still around Jay Leno and Letterman wouldn't have a chance, let alone all the other current hosts.

http://youtu.be/h7y-pftBr-s

I could hardly type this I was still laughing so hard.
Title: Re: Remember Johnny Carson?
Post by: MessiahMews on September 03, 2012, 02:10:21 pm
Yes, I remember him when I was a kid.  My father used to watch him, and I would sometimes be up and saw him.

He was funny.
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Post by: dauna on September 03, 2012, 04:55:58 pm
I remember Johnny Carson.  I also remember Steve Allen and Jack Parr (barely; I was a kid then). 
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Post by: beatsdrop on September 03, 2012, 07:06:59 pm
Ah, the days when late night television actually was funny. I'm 27 and still consider Carson as the best late night host ever.
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Post by: alice44 on September 04, 2012, 11:12:51 am
Ahh - Johnny Carson - a proud product of the state of Nebraska :)
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Post by: visvern on September 04, 2012, 11:25:42 am
 :wave: johnny carson was the all time best ever. the hosts today can not compare he was a cut above all the rest for sure
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Post by: Nancy5 on September 04, 2012, 11:28:24 am
I sure do.  I used to watch him and loved it when he would have the blond girl (forgot her name) with all the animals from the zoo.  There were times he made me laugh so much I cried!  Leno & Letterman and all the rest are nothing cmpaired to him.  His timing was great!! :heart: :heart:
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Post by: kay7 on September 04, 2012, 12:13:10 pm
My mother was devastated when he replaced Jack Parr but she finally adjusted to him  :D
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Post by: duroz on September 04, 2012, 02:20:30 pm
Yes Johnny Carson was definitely "a cut above the rest", as they say.

He always seemed to be knowledgeable about, or had researched, whatever the particular guest was famous for, had recently done, or their area of expertise.

This as well as being very well-spoken and always treating everyone with respect.

AND as oldbuddy posted.....what a great sense of humor!
 
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Post by: jwallbank on September 04, 2012, 02:20:53 pm
I loved Johnny Carson!! I used to stay up at night just to watch him.! There will be noone that could match him, he was an original!!
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Post by: bessie1111 on September 04, 2012, 07:24:10 pm
Johnny Carson was the best.  I miss him greatly.  Late night TV has never been the same.
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Post by: constance312003 on September 04, 2012, 07:36:23 pm
I put him right up there with Steve Allen and Jack Parr.  Jimmy Kimmel is getting close to them
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Post by: jkhanson on September 05, 2012, 06:58:58 am
Yes I remember Johnny...

and Ed McMahon's intro:

"He...er...rrrrr......es..... Johnny!"
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Post by: timandvicky1 on September 05, 2012, 07:26:35 am
I remember being over at my friends house, her dad was always watching Johnny Carson, I used to hate that show!!  BORING!!  I rarely watch any of those kind of shows.
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Post by: momoney555 on September 05, 2012, 08:10:32 am
I remember staying up late as a college student, to watch the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson.  One night he had zoo animals on the show and this tiny marmoset monkey climbed up on top of his head and just sat there looking out at the audience.  He continued to do the show with this monkey seated on top of his head and both of them looking into the camera.  It was sooo funny.   He was also the host known for launching the careers of almost all of the comedians and singers that eventually became famous.  I miss shows like that and hosts like Jack Paar, Joey Bishop, *bleep* Cavett, and Tom Snyder.
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Post by: oldbuddy on September 05, 2012, 09:01:24 am
I remember being over at my friends house, her dad was always watching Johnny Carson, I used to hate that show!!  BORING!!  I rarely watch any of those kind of shows.

Are you saying you were bored while watching the video on my original post?
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Post by: lynnc35 on September 07, 2012, 01:34:56 pm
Yes, he would have edmcmahon on his show. I was young back then.
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Post by: mardukblood2009 on September 07, 2012, 05:05:04 pm
I never really liked Johnny Carson or David Letterman for that matter. If I really have to pick would pick Jay Leno.
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Post by: smithjcsdfw on September 07, 2012, 10:34:10 pm
He was as good at satire as they come and his facial expressions were priceless.
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Post by: skrogman on September 08, 2012, 04:10:16 am
Yes, the golf swing after the monologue, Karmack the Magificent, Ed Mcmahon, Doc Severinson.  The man had a way of just perfect timing even if nothing more than just that sideways look toward the audience.  He was great.  And I remember that last closing episode with Bette Midler.  I actually cried.  Thank you, oldbuddy, the man was a true legacy to what comedy truly was in a cleaner and better day of tv.
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Post by: tjung10 on September 08, 2012, 04:12:42 am
He set the bar pretty high! Most of his shows were hilarious!
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Post by: Gerianne on September 08, 2012, 06:08:44 am
I watched Johnny when I was babysitting.
I used to hope that the parents wouldn't come home until the very end of his show.