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Rodney Dangerfield. Woody Allen. Super Dave Osbourne. Jonathan Winters. Don Rickles. Mel Brooks. Steve Martin. Martin Short. Robin Williams. Alice Cooper. Jimmy Buffett. Buddy Rich. Louis Armstrong. Judy Garland. Frank Sinatra. Bette Midler. Richard Pryor. Buddy Hackett. George Burns. Jack Benny & Mel Blanc. The Muppets.
Those are just a very few of the unbelievable wealth of talent on display on Johnny Carson's YouTube channel. It is an incredible and almost endless array of clips that Carson Productions have put on the site, all free. It is hard to believe the people who passed through that show, but a quick look at all that's there will almost make you wonder what to watch first.
If you have a few minutes and need a few laughs, there's bound to be someone you remember and admire, with their performances reminding you of why you did.
Johnny Carson's YouTube Channel
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Wow! A treasure trove! Thanks for sharing RadioActive, I know what I’ll be distracted with this weekend!
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I really like David Letterman's channel which mostly features archival clips but also had new material where Letterman chats with his longtime producer Barbara Gaines and increasingly with Paul Shaffer as well. It's mostly Letterman telling anecdotes much like his desk monologue segments which were the best part of Late Show.
Interestingly, the channel includes clips from NBC's Late Night despite Letterman's intellectual property dispute with the network, so the two sides must have come to some sort of licensing agreement allowing Letterman to use his NBC material - something he generally wasn't able to do when his CBS show was on the air.
Conan has a similar channel for his archives (including his NBC material, despite his dispute with the network)
I wonder why Leno hasn't created a similar channel for his Tonight Show archives?
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Roku and Tubi also offer episodes on demand as well as a live Johnny Carson TV channel.
PJ
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And those who have OTA capability should know that Carson airs every night at 10 PM on Antenna TV, shown here on subcarrier 2.2 over WGRZ.
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One of the best Carson shows was when the Muppets hosted the Tonight Show. On April 2, 1979, Fozzie Bear "attempted" to do the opening monologue after which Kermit sat behind Johnny's desk doing legitimate interviews with that evening's guests.