Rare interview of Richard Nixon on The Tonight Show. The audio improves at 1:50. Original Airdate: 11/22/1967 #johnnycarson #thetonightshow #richardnixon
On October 1st, 1962, Johnny Carson hosted his first episode of The Tonight Show and began his incredible 30 year reign as the King of Late Night! To celebrate this remarkable milestone we will be posting classic first appearances for the entire month of October. Happy Anniversary Johnny!
Thank you SO much for posting the early shows. It's amazing to watch the history I lived through, and didn't pay attention to at the time, being too young and dumb.
Sounds just like it would on a rainy cloudy day in the 60's. That was television, sometimes the picture was snowy, the sound maybe off, but better than staring at the walls.
wouldn't be surprised if some of his crooked goons like G. Gordon Liddy broke into the NBC studio and scratched the beginning of the audio tape to erase some embarrassing thing this tenacious baboon in a suit let out
Mr. McMahon was rumored to have coached Mr. Nixon on how to play to the camera and media. Hence the very warm hand-shake. This is a terrific historical piece of American Late Night Television. Thank-you for sharing.
As a life long Dem I’ve always had an appreciation for RMN and he presents well here of course that has to do with Johnny’s clever hosting - marvelous!
Well the Demoncrat party is no longer the party it used to be...im sure you've noticed...the only hope for our country now is to vote republican. I was a Democrat as well, but I woke up.
@@kevinbown424 You must have woke up with a stroke my dear - it’s pretty safe to say that both parties have changed quite a bit in the last 50 years. Who hurt you Kevin, to drive you into the eager arms of an authoritarian, whites only, woman hating cult? Personally, I regard people for their character and intelligence not their political persuasion or the latest smell of the week competition. And that includes you fellow citizen…
That's awesome! I didn't know the first show was on the first of October. That's my birthday but I was born in 82. Nice new fact to learn:) I love Johnny Carson. So much better than these days.
Watch most All the Johnny Carson interviews on RUclips. Even just with common quirky people as guests. His hosting/interview skills and charisma made for electric moments on television. Johnny Carson was a true classic and legendary entertainer. 🌟 🤩
Carson was a fan of Nixon's. In 1972 at a Hollywood party, Cher was making fun of Nixon and Johnny didn't like it. Lucy was also at that party and both she and Cher were NOT Nixon fans. That is why you never saw Cher on The Tonight Show when Johnny was hosting, only when there was a guest host. Lucy however appeared with Johnny.
Lucy was pretty conservative, but I suspect part of her dislike of RMN sourced to the red-baiting era, which almost took her down. Her grandfather had been a member of the Communist Party in the 1930s.
I loved seeing this encounter between these two hugely influential persons...(trivial note: the original airdate is listed as being in January 1968...but they joke about Johnson pardoning the Thanksgiving turkey...plus as Nixon is departing, Carson wishes him and his family a Happy Thanksgiving)
3:25, Nixon’s quip about lending his makeup man to Lyndon Johnson was pretty hilarious. Nixon was referring to his poor TV makeup job in the 1960 first debate, and of course was salivating at the chance of taking on Johnson the next year in the campaign (of course Johnson would unexpectedly drop out in March).
Pres. Nixon was a good man and a smart man. Pres. Nixon tried to help the working folks and the powers that really rule nailed his butt for it. I like Richard Nixon and I wish we had leaders like him today.
"...but always have in mind that this("peace") is not going to come by reason of...uh...simply having a meeting in which everybody speaks of their grandchildren and alike it's going to come because of these very practical considerations." Nixon acknowledging and conceding the frailty of human-kind; the emotional nature of man's inclinations superseding that of the logic based approach.
Alot of the Carson shows of the 1960s were recorded over due to budget restraints. Unfortunately that's why there are not many around to watch like there is of the 70s, 80s and 90s.
It was aired at Thanksgiving time according to the conversation. A quick check supports 11/22/67 as the date. The date you list could have been a "Best of Carson" re-airing.
@@johnnycarson Wow. Someone who can actually admit to error and make corrections! Rare on RUclips. Kudos! Also, many thanks for making these classic clips available to those of us who loved Johnny and his show. Also, how difficult is it to transfer these from the source to RUclips format? It cannot be easy. Maybe you could make a future video on this project?
The Audio can be 'Cleaned Up' as has been done, with films from the 30's and so on.... Example would be the Beatles at the Hollywood Bowl, the audience, was so intense that you could not hear them singing.
You should hear what a wonderful man he was in all the private tapes from the Oval office. How tolerant and kind he was especially towards Jews, Gays and Democrats. Oh and lets not forget the Vietnamese. Yeah, he was a real sweet guy..
Nixon accomplished more in a day than any president in the last 35 years accomplished during their term. If he rose from the grave I would vote for him again. I tried to when I was 12, but they wouldn't let me.
Nixon was the last Republican elected President who was known at the time as a "liberal Republican" (also referred to as a "Rockefeller Republican")🎉. He created the EPA and OSHA, and advocated for a national health care system. He was very cerebral and came from a poor background in S. California.
Unfortunately we elect people with our emotions instead of our heads. Forget their looks & personality & focus on what really matters: their agendas & policies. Trump is a perfect example of that. I'm looking at policies. If that person can make & keep the country safe & make it prosperous, thereby making me safe & prosperous then you got my vote. That's all I care about & to hell with the looks & personality.
...and _that_ is why Trump will go down as, will eventually, be remembered as one the best to have occupied this nation's Highest Elected Office. Those currently in the throes of TDS("Trump Derangement Syndrome") or otherwise crippled by their purely emotional i.e. irrational response to his very being - will mercifully die off and those of sober mind will be in a position to hand over the ultimate verdict on the Trump Presidency ...1st term _and_ 2nd if the republic can hold on long enough to withstand the continued punishing effects of the current regime's Usurpation of our executive branch in order to make it to a fairly run, by-and-large, even-handed 2024 election
Trump only cared about his own ambitions and jeopardized our democracy and constitution because of it! He was and still is a threat to the future of America and what it stands for!
I don't know what the original air date for this episode is however it is not November of 1968 because Richard Nixon had just won the presidential election a few days earlier
Richard Milhous Nixon (Yorba Linda, 9 de enero de 1913-Nueva York, 22 de abril de 1994) fue el trigésimo séptimo presidente de los Estados Unidos entre 1969 y 1974, año en que se convirtió en el único presidente en dimitir del cargo. Anteriormente, Nixon había sido vicepresidente de los Estados Unidos durante la presidencia de Dwight D. Eisenhower de 1953 a 1961 y antes de ello representó al estado de California en la Cámara de Representantes de Estados Unidos (1947-1950) y en el Senado de Estados Unidos (1950-1953).
Nixon sabotaged the 1968 peace talks to get elected and then secretly bombed SE Asia for years. He didn’t get us out of Vietnam…last troops left under Ford, almost 7 years after Nixon was elected!
The man who opened up China to the world economy. Also the first President I voted for. I still think he was a much better President then anyone we have had the last several elections.
Nixon honestly wasn’t that bad of a president. Unfortunately, pretty much all of the good things that happened under his presidency are overshadowed by the Watergate scandal.
Nixon loved to compare himself with Abe Lincoln. If I could have asked him a single question it would have been this. Why was the public's nickname for Lincoln Honest Abe and for you it was Tricky Dick?
Absolutely amazing how classy people were treated on late night TV back then and how classy the press was. Not many people know this but Nixon was actually a VERY good diplomat and president until he suffered a mental or nervous breakdown after Watergate.
shame the voice is such bad quality with all the fake media awareness I'm wondering if RN was as bad as they say. The irony is his policies are highly priced by his naysayers.
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On October 1st, 1962, Johnny Carson hosted his first episode of The Tonight Show and began his incredible 30 year reign as the King of Late Night! To celebrate this remarkable milestone we will be posting classic first appearances for the entire month of October. Happy Anniversary Johnny!
I was five years old 😳
You need to check the air date for this program. It has to be in 67 not 68.
@@AldousHuxleysCat The airdate is 11/22/1967
Thank you SO much for posting the early shows. It's amazing to watch the history I lived through, and didn't pay attention to at the time, being too young and dumb.
@@AldousHuxleysCat crazy, how did you even know that lol
Boy! I’m glad the audio cleared up. It was like trying to listen to someone in an adjacent room while in the shower.
I was about to give up until I read your comment
In a hurricane maybe?
Sounds just like it would on a rainy cloudy day in the 60's. That was television, sometimes the picture was snowy, the sound maybe off, but better than staring at the walls.
wouldn't be surprised if some of his crooked goons like G. Gordon Liddy broke into the NBC studio and scratched the beginning of the audio tape to erase some embarrassing thing this tenacious baboon in a suit let out
These new videos are so wonderful! Please keep 'em coming!
Mr. McMahon was rumored to have coached Mr. Nixon on how to play to the camera and media. Hence the very warm hand-shake. This is a terrific historical piece of American Late Night Television. Thank-you for sharing.
Very historical clip in context of the entire year
What a rare gem.
Nixon was a very bright man. I did not vote for him, but his views on foreign policy were always well thought out and nuanced.
60s music is trash
are you insane
@@writerintherye
Are you?
The comments at the 12 min mark are as true today as they where then. Thank you for posting this video.
As a life long Dem I’ve always had an appreciation for RMN and he presents well here of course that has to do with Johnny’s clever hosting - marvelous!
Well the Demoncrat party is no longer the party it used to be...im sure you've noticed...the only hope for our country now is to vote republican. I was a Democrat as well, but I woke up.
@@kevinbown424 Stop it.
@@kevinbown424 You must have woke up with a stroke my dear - it’s pretty safe to say that both parties have changed quite a bit in the last 50 years. Who hurt you Kevin, to drive you into the eager arms of an authoritarian, whites only, woman hating cult?
Personally, I regard people for their character and intelligence not their political persuasion or the latest smell of the week competition. And that includes you fellow citizen…
@@kevinbown424 Give it a rest, goofy. Peddle your divisive bile somewhere else. 🙄 You're most welcome! 😸
@@kevinbown424 I’m an independent but the Democrat party of today is still better then today’s GOP.
Great interview!
An interesting, informative, historic interview/conversation.
Nixon had a great sense of humor about his previous political pursuits, who knew.
Edit: "You only gave me ten tickets, too" is a very funny line.
There will never be another Johnny Carson. I am as sure of that as I am of the sun rising tomorrow.
That's awesome! I didn't know the first show was on the first of October. That's my birthday but I was born in 82. Nice new fact to learn:) I love Johnny Carson. So much better than these days.
Oh you young pup you!
Happy belated Birthday!
@@kellig.6819 Awww thank you:)
Watch most All the Johnny Carson interviews on RUclips. Even just with common quirky people as guests. His hosting/interview skills and charisma made for electric moments on television. Johnny Carson was a true classic and legendary entertainer. 🌟 🤩
@@kevinmuzerMetalMind64 Totally agree:)
Wow! I never saw Nixon this charming and witty. A shame he blew it.
He didn’t “blow it.” The “Deep State” took him out. He didn’t do what it wanted him to do. Watergate was a Coup d’Etat.
Carson was a fan of Nixon's. In 1972 at a Hollywood party, Cher was making fun of Nixon and Johnny didn't like it. Lucy was also at that party and both she and Cher were NOT Nixon fans. That is why you never saw Cher on The Tonight Show when Johnny was hosting, only when there was a guest host. Lucy however appeared with Johnny.
Lucy was pretty conservative, but I suspect part of her dislike of RMN sourced to the red-baiting era, which almost took her down. Her grandfather had been a member of the Communist Party in the 1930s.
I loved seeing this encounter between these two hugely influential persons...(trivial note: the original airdate is listed as being in January 1968...but they joke about Johnson pardoning the Thanksgiving turkey...plus as Nixon is departing, Carson wishes him and his family a Happy Thanksgiving)
They corrected the airdate to November 1967.
..ty Pete!..
3:25, Nixon’s quip about lending his makeup man to Lyndon Johnson was pretty hilarious. Nixon was referring to his poor TV makeup job in the 1960 first debate, and of course was salivating at the chance of taking on Johnson the next year in the campaign (of course Johnson would unexpectedly drop out in March).
Interesting comments Nixon makes regarding Russia and China in this circa 1967 interview.
The audio gets better at 1:48.
Pres. Nixon was a good man and a smart man. Pres. Nixon tried to help the working folks and the powers that really rule nailed his butt for it. I like Richard Nixon and I wish we had leaders like him today.
"...but always have in mind that this("peace") is not going to come by reason of...uh...simply having a meeting in which everybody speaks of their grandchildren and alike it's going to come because of these very practical considerations." Nixon acknowledging and conceding the frailty of human-kind; the emotional nature of man's inclinations superseding that of the logic based approach.
"Secret of peace" ...I like his thoughts on this 🥰
Nixon's words were as true when he spoke them as they still are today!
Alot of the Carson shows of the 1960s were recorded over due to budget restraints. Unfortunately that's why there are not many around to watch like there is of the 70s, 80s and 90s.
and the 60s are by far the most interesting ones due to how historical a time it was and how much the world was changing!
Surreal
"Everybody, should have their own choice, of government" well said Mr. Nixon 🤩
Still rings true today about Russia and China..we need to stay strong..all the way Usa
No mention of the raging war in Vietnam, just a few digs from Johnny about Johnson ..
It was aired at Thanksgiving time according to the conversation. A quick check supports 11/22/67 as the date. The date you list could have been a "Best of Carson" re-airing.
Thank you!
@@johnnycarson Wow. Someone who can actually admit to error and make corrections! Rare on RUclips. Kudos!
Also, many thanks for making these classic clips available to those of us who loved Johnny and his show.
Also, how difficult is it to transfer these from the source to RUclips format? It cannot be easy. Maybe you could make a future video on this project?
It aired on the 4th anniversary of JFK's assassination.
Richard Nixon My favorite President of the United States smart sharp tough astute but also charming charismatic friendly down to earth man!
Great!
It is just great. Not only Johnny Carson, already then being the best at it but, impressive vision on the future: listen 7:40...
Listen 12:57 and.., Nixon talking about a communist regime. One of the best operational definition I have heard on the subject matter.
Terrible audio in the beginning
awesome audio
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My first Presidential vote was for the re-election of Nixon-Agnew in 1972.
"Nixon Now More Than Ever!"
Great video! A shame the audio is so bad. ☹️☹️☹️
It gets better a few minutes in
It did get better after a few minutes. Very enjoyable. I always thought RN got a bum rap but no one has ever agreed with me, well maybe my sister. 👍👍👍
@@catmother4214 Labeling Nixon "The Watergate President" is about as fair as labeling Kennedy "The Bay of Pigs President." 🤔
Shame about the audio, makes it a little difficult to watch.
Oh I wish the audio was better.....
It appears Rosemary Woods attempted to erase this video
The Audio can be 'Cleaned Up' as has been done, with films from the 30's and so on.... Example would be the Beatles at the Hollywood Bowl, the audience, was so intense that you could not hear them singing.
I hope that guy is watching this. Without being belligerent.....
Audio needs a little clearing
Nixon was the most complicated man who ever held the leadership of any nation on earth.
President Richard Nixon, one of America's greatest geo-political diplomats!
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He seems like a clever and pretty funny man in all the interviews I've seen of him latley not the monster he's made out to be
You should hear what a wonderful man he was in all the private tapes from the Oval office. How tolerant and kind he was especially towards Jews, Gays and Democrats. Oh and lets not forget the Vietnamese. Yeah, he was a real sweet guy..
People of my age remember how great a speaker Mr. Nixon actually was.
The best liars tend to be, indeed.
Two years from this POTUS-37.
I was in my 3 of 5 baseball seasons at the baseball diamond named after Dick.
What year was this?
1968
67 or 68
@@nschlaak They mentioned Thanksgiving coming up, so it had to be 1967
January 12, 1968.
Since he mentioned the day before Thanksgiving I'm going to guess 67. 66 feels too early and it's definitely the 68 election they are discussing.
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Nixon accomplished more in a day than any president in the last 35 years accomplished during their term. If he rose from the grave I would vote for him again. I tried to when I was 12, but they wouldn't let me.
Nixon was a great man I loved him and pat
Nixon was the last Republican elected President who was known at the time as a "liberal Republican" (also referred to as a "Rockefeller Republican")🎉. He created the EPA and OSHA, and advocated for a national health care system. He was very cerebral and came from a poor background in S. California.
Unfortunately we elect people with our emotions instead of our heads. Forget their looks & personality & focus on what really matters: their agendas & policies. Trump is a perfect example of that. I'm looking at policies. If that person can make & keep the country safe & make it prosperous, thereby making me safe & prosperous then you got my vote. That's all I care about & to hell with the looks & personality.
...and _that_ is why Trump will go down as, will eventually, be remembered as one the best to have occupied this nation's Highest Elected Office. Those currently in the throes of TDS("Trump Derangement Syndrome") or otherwise crippled by their purely emotional i.e. irrational response to his very being - will mercifully die off and those of sober mind will be in a position to hand over the ultimate verdict on the Trump Presidency ...1st term _and_ 2nd if the republic can hold on long enough to withstand the continued punishing effects of the current regime's Usurpation of our executive branch in order to make it to a fairly run, by-and-large, even-handed 2024 election
Exactly! Perfectly said:)
Not sure what point you are making: that Trump attracted his ravenous fans because of his stellar personality and looks?
Trump only cared about his own ambitions and jeopardized our democracy and constitution because of it! He was and still is a threat to the future of America and what it stands for!
I don't know what the original air date for this episode is however it is not November of 1968 because Richard Nixon had just won the presidential election a few days earlier
11/22/67
And the free world
I'll keep watching your Oct videos so sorry audio is so poor on this one
It clears up 2 minutes in. Stick with it.
Former President Nixon is my 10th cousin along with FDR and a few other former Presidents.
You're my new RUclips icon. Have a safe and enjoyable week, wherever you are. 😺
@@TheStockwell … Thank you 😊. I will. From N.Y. but in Alabama these days. You have a safe and enjoyable week as well 🌞🥰‼️
Richard Milhous Nixon (Yorba Linda, 9 de enero de 1913-Nueva York, 22 de abril de 1994) fue el trigésimo séptimo presidente de los Estados Unidos entre 1969 y 1974, año en que se convirtió en el único presidente en dimitir del cargo. Anteriormente, Nixon había sido vicepresidente de los Estados Unidos durante la presidencia de Dwight D. Eisenhower de 1953 a 1961 y antes de ello representó al estado de California en la Cámara de Representantes de Estados Unidos (1947-1950) y en el Senado de Estados Unidos (1950-1953).
Nixon has a Bob Hope nose.
I saw a video of johnny carson about a year ago and i didnt know all the actors on the show but everyone was a republican imagine that now 😮
If RN had acted with this sort of humility while President, it would have been much different
Ed looks like Spiro Agnew here
God bless President Nixon. He got us out of Vietnam. He was a devout Quaker who served the USA with courage.
What? He was a disgraced, racist, lying evil man.
Yes! True courage to step down and admit you really did screw up
eventually..
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Nixon sabotaged the 1968 peace talks to get elected and then secretly bombed SE Asia for years. He didn’t get us out of Vietnam…last troops left under Ford, almost 7 years after Nixon was elected!
so glad I voted for Nixon. he kept me from Vietnam. voted again and would today. Nixon taught hillary how to play the game.
The man who opened up China to the world economy. Also the first President I voted for. I still think he was a much better President then anyone we have had the last several elections.
Don't go to your neighbors party
If they could only see watergate in the future 😏
Nixon honestly wasn’t that bad of a president. Unfortunately, pretty much all of the good things that happened under his presidency are overshadowed by the Watergate scandal.
Wonder if Johnny made his enemies list?
RIght at this moment that Rusia, rather Putin is expanding communism it sube wise to listen to Nixon's words and how to handle that expansionism.
Nixon loved to compare himself with Abe Lincoln. If I could have asked him a single question it would have been this. Why was the public's nickname for Lincoln Honest Abe and for you it was Tricky Dick?
Abe was a "better", more skilled liar; not as clumsy as poor ol' Dick in that regard.
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Rich Little could of been both and talked to himself!
Sound is terrible
... aaaand wigs!
I got five bucks for anyone that transcribes this.
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Tricky Dicky was a SAINT compared to Humpty tRumpty!!
Johnny still looks good here, but in 5 more years he aged considerably. Smoking and drinking doesn't mix with good health, or good appearance.
Clean up the noise pollution at the beginning and then re-post.
Absolutely amazing how classy people were treated on late night TV back then and how classy the press was. Not many people know this but Nixon was actually a VERY good diplomat and president until he suffered a mental or nervous breakdown after Watergate.
They stole 60 from his as they say
He is a Richard ...not a Vincent ...there are differences 😉🎰
shame the voice is such bad quality
with all the fake media awareness
I'm wondering if RN was as bad as they say. The irony is his policies are highly priced by his naysayers.
It clears up around 2 m
@@davidcreighton9663 good interview
Why did they even air this. You can’t even hear anything they’re saying this is ridiculous
About two minutes in the sound clears up - and we're treated to vintage Nixon and vintage Carson. That's why.
Nixon was a great man I loved him and pat
He was an evil crooked man. Lied to the nation
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