Category: The Tonight Show
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Don’t Leave Steve
I love this moment from the 21st November 1978 edition of The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson. Steve Martin is great, and Johnny’s reaction is priceless. I assume the movie he mentions they are filming is The Jerk. But did you know there was a made for TV sequel called The Jerk Too?
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Davis Rules
Here’s another great segment from The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson, again with Johnathan Winters, this time joining the couch with his erstwhile co-star Robin Williams. Davis Rules was a sitcom created by Danny Jacobson and Norma Safford Vela. It ran for two seasons, the first on ABC and the second on CBS. Here’s the…
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Jonathan Winters’ Cat Story
From the 20th October 1974 edition of The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson, here’s a great segment with Jonathan Winters. I wish I could find the following segment, but alas, I cannot. You may not know that Winters was an accomplished artist. Have a look at some of his work.
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The Lost Steve Martin Sitcom
That title is a lie, sorry. I just wonder what a Steve Martin sitcom would have been like, and I keep thinking it would have been marvellous, and short-lived. And I just know I would have watched it over and over again. This night Steve appeared on the show with William Nolen and Robert Blake.…
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Steve Martin’s Tonight Show Diary
Watch this, then we’ll get real nerdy. Yep, guess what? We’re checking those dates. 8th December 1984 – there was no Tonight Show that night. Must have been a Saturday, and anyway, Joan Rivers was guest hosting that week. 2nd April 1985 – nope, he wasn’t on. Jeff Daniels and Colleen Camp were on. 12th…
