When I’d spent the night with my grandparents, they’d let me stay up late with them and watch Johnny Carson. I loved hearing them laugh. Wonderful memories.
Don Rickles was a hoot. He was hilarious on those Dean Martin Roasts, which I always watched when new. It makes me feel old now to hear Johnny say he is 48, while I am 60, but when Johnny and Don were 48, when this episode was new, I was age 12, and started 7th grade. This show is an American icon.
wb6162 yes indeed people had focus other than their devices..but i am enjoying this through one . i am thankful to see one joy after another in my latter years. Thanks to google and facebook and many more i am not aware of yet thanks.
god the 70's were really a different time. johhny carson smoking on tv and all kinds of ethnic jokes with no hurt feelings. I was born in the wrong era.
I was 20 years when this episode aired. We were poorer than now and we could not even dream of such things as instant communication worldwide at virtually no cost but we had reached a point of robust expression and virtually no political correctness. Where did the world go wrong ?
I love the 70s as much as the next guy but ethnic jokes with no hard feelings? I think you are mistaken. America is in a slightly better place now but i promise the feelings were indeed quite hard.
Johnny Carson had a laugh that was so recognizable. Don Rickles and Johnny Carson were both so hilarious together. I am privileged to have lived and watched them in such a great time in life when everything was simple and fun. It was a whole different world back then. Thanks to RUclips I can enjoy it again.
Man, what I would give to be able to experience these three guys live. I wish I had the privilege to be alive when Johnny was ruling late night. It’s a treat to watch.
Not bragging, but I saw them both in the 80s with my young bride. 👰 I sometimes reminisce. Great memories! I posted this on a previous comment, but couldn't resist a repeat after reading your comment. 😊
At 48 yrs old, was blessed to watch Johnny Carson late night show. I was blessed to see Don. Wow can't believe they are no longer with us. Friendship was so important to them. May God bless them both.
Mr. Warmth is perfect for him adversely, he railed on everyone and before the night was through, he praised them all and was so gracious! There will never be any from this era, we will ever see in my lifetime or any in the future. What a golden time!
Rickles just absolutely loved Carson. As funny as he is the one thing that always stands way out about Rickles is that he never misses or ducks any opportunity to tell you how grateful he is to you for giving him an opportunity or being good to him. The height of class. Should be something that we all do but don't do enough.
The joke related by Buddy about one of Rickles shows is definitely the one that takes the cake. Even my dentures couldn't stop rattling from my guffaws.
Damn this was long time ago! My parents were infants! Such class and intelligence. I do sense that the quality and pace of TV nowadays has deteriorated.
A true gentleman. I worked with him on the Bernie Mac Show. He overhead me talking to my mom on her birthday and and took over the phone. Best birthday gift ever.
@@BAKER22-l4u the show was strung together with celebrity gust appearances. Carl Reiner lived in the same building as my grandmother. I asked him if he remembered. He said he hadn't heard the name for 60 years and her father borrowed his father's violin. He said he was terrible. I worked with far bigger actors and musicians. Working in Hollywood is factory work with famous people. It's not glamorous to spend 16 hours a day on your feet, 5 days at a time. 6 hours off between wrap and call time. Getting home from Friday at 10 am because you start later every day.
Mostly combat veterans as well, Ed- USMC Pilot, Hacket- Army grunt, Rickles- USN seaman 1st, 20 mm gunner on seaplane tender, Reynolds- too young for WWII……. The price for citizenship: military service. A totally different mindset than now.
Geez... Johnny really was The KING of late night! When he retired in 1992, it was the passing of an era in television's history! I really, really, miss this guy. Wherever you are, Mr. Carson, Rest In Peace! The Tonight Show has NEVER been the same without you!
Yup, started watching him in Feb. or Mar. 63 when it would come on right after the 11;15 till 1 am. Got hooked. He was born for the gig. A lot have tried but never reached the summit.
I used to beg my mother to stay up late to watch The Tonight show with Johnny Carson I will get up on time the next morning to go to School most times I did not go when I was when I was a kid Johnny Carson was show on TV he had the greatest of guests but all those entertainers are gone me sad that they're gone and it makes me realize next to go
It's amazing to think the power Carson had over careers. This wasn't the first interview I've seen him thanked personally by guests for helping launch their careers all for just giving them a chance. No late night talk show host wields that power anymore. To think of that prestige and honour it must have been for anyone to have Johnny give them an opportunity.
THANK YOU Archy Moz for this~ Sometimes (not very often but occasionally) I wonder "Is it me" when I feel out of touch with what is being passed off as such great entertainment in 2018. I stayed up late as a teen in the '70's to watch Johnny Carson. It probably contributed to my dropping out of high school. I often stayed up after and saw The Late Show on one of the only other 5 channels on before cable TV. I wouldn't change a thing. I THANK GOD this was a part of my youth.
Love this.....The Carson Tonight Show reminds me how things should be....😁😁 No wokeism or virtue signalling...brilliant!! Rickles is a star.....same Burt!
RIP Don and Johnny. Legends. And when Rickles says he's being very honest and sincere he really is he was a genuinely nice man and love everyone he just liked to make fun of everyone and everything because life is ridiculous
Funniest thing I ever saw on Johnny Carson was the night that Little Richard got the best of Don Rickles......Rickles was looking for the door but knew he wouldn't get paid if he left. He couldn't land a joke on Little Richard and I swear Rickles was about to go into tears when Little Richard sat in his lap. Been looking for that classic Johnny Carson for a long time. If someone has it, please put it up on RUclips.
On a regular basis, I re-watch the Carson segments where Rickles is the guest, especially, when I need a short reprieve from today's news and uber divisive politics.
I was born in '87, so I can't say these guys were a major part of my life, but watching this stuff makes me long for a return to a time where political correctness hadn't killed off real comedy. Watching Foster Brooks on the Dean Martin show and on all the roasts leaves my cheeks hurting and my ribs sore every time!
You could watch Johnny at night and then wake up and go to your job with a 25 year pension and earn enough to pay for your home and living expenses so your wife could spend her time caring for the family. Basically, how humans were supposed to live before we allowed ourselves to be worked to death. I'd give anything if I could have lived during my grandfather's time. They really lived during a great era
It was an easy clean life. People were safe. There were no drugs. It was a human being society. There were plenty of employment opportunities. Children went to school without fear. It was a pleasure to live life.
@@bzb500 I caught the tail end as a child I am 46, My uncle's and father worked for GM and we had a very good life. We didn't have too much but could have say a VCR which was great. Now, the vcr does your job and you are video recorded everywhere. When I was a child they said "be good because God is tape recording you " well, now everybody does and it isn't fair to us that don't require it
It's out of whack and control. Our country was sold out right under our eyes. There's no discipline or law and order. We have to watch our backs at all times. It's one big political game all about the buck.
@@bzb500 Yes, Ross Perot warned us about NAFTA and the Pacific Free agreement, those really sold us out to the communist. Our leaders and our election system was bought off by the hedge fund managers and the super wealthy that could have given a damn. They will pay for it eventually because the communist Chinese will take it all away from them. We had a very vauable way of life. We got too fat and happy and it was stolen, absolutely.
Come one. Fallon is very talented on may levels. However, I don't watch him because I just don't feel the The Tonight Show should be the flavor her brings. I actually don't watch any of those shows. I mean, the kids like it but I really liked Letterman and I also liked Ferguson. After them, the humor is so low brow and immature, I am just not interested. At least Carson, Leno, and Letterman was geared towards adults. The shows these days are for millenials and those teens that stay up late. Sad.
its cool seeing the stars as adults being adults from the movies-of /hollywood from when i was a kid,,, never understanding adult stuff ,,,now as an adult ,,, understanding,,,those adult jokes .... so cool !!!!!!!!!!!!
why would he be in heaven? isn't heaven where jesus is? from what i read carson was an atheist, therefore logic would dictate carson is not where jesus is. take a guess where he be?
Ken Desjarlais Maybe God doesn't endorse a certain religion. If He can know how you're feeling, He can overlook certain things. He may not exclude an atheist if he/she lived a moral life, or for any other reason.
Comedy was so much better in the 60's and 70's. I do remember this very well. You had so much more freedom and could say so much more and not get censored. I miss those days. Today this country seems like it is turning into communism.
This is a classy, good old banter without a bruised ego on the show. Like a certain character from Seinfeld, Bana, would say, "It's Gold, Jerry! It's Gold! ".
mysterious death in mexico. she had an argument with her boyfriend, took a walk on the beach, and a fisherman found her dead 3 days later.. ruled accidental death.
She even says in the vid about eventually being 47 years old "Oh I hope so". Obviously just a passing statement not some premonition but its a quite eerie to hear her say that.
This was 3-months before I was born. Legends, Leisure-suits, and that BIG-Green Shag carpeting. My 1st memories as a little kid are of big-thick shag carpeting and the BIGGER neck-ties and collars. God Bless the '70s...
Don "Mr Warmth" Rickles. What a piece of work. He probably made a person in the audience laugh the hardest I have ever seen. The guy was dying with laughter. About? It was mid- or late 60s, civil rights protests were all over the news. Don spotted the guy and got him to stand up. Guy was black, already laughing. Rickles went on for a minute, then said, "You know, you and i are BROTHERS! (guy really started to laugh) NEITHER ONE OF US CAN EVER GET INTO A COUNTRY CLUB !!" Don because he was Jewish. Now the guy is bent over double laughing. Then he goes on and asks the guy if he ever attended a protest march in the South. Still laughing, all the black guy can do is shake his head no. more ....
Rickles: "You know, I saw a protest march once, in Atlanta. All the blacks and a few whites were marching peaceably, but refused to disperse when a cop yelled at them to do so. So the cop calls for the water cannons to be used. You know what black leader Rufus Johnson (I don't remember what DR called him) told everyone??" Black guy is having trouble standing up he is laughing so hard. "RUUUNNNN, BABY RUNNNNNNNNNN!" Now the entire audience is laughing very hard. The black guy has to sit down he is laughing so hard. Then Don got serious for a brief moment and said that he was very sympathetic to all civil rights people, that what was going on (mostly in South) was very wrong.
Don Rickles was and is the funniest comedian and i have seen alot of em this guy could make people laugh at funerals. He leaves a bar so high i dont believe ill ever see in my time and generations to come anyone comes even close to him and theres alot of funny acts out there but none of them match don and his rare comedian acts. RIP DON MR. WARMTH RICKLES
When I’d spent the night with my grandparents, they’d let me stay up late with them and watch Johnny Carson. I loved hearing them laugh. Wonderful memories.
Don Rickles was a hoot. He was hilarious on those Dean Martin Roasts, which I always watched when new. It makes me feel old now to hear Johnny say he is 48, while I am 60, but when Johnny and Don were 48, when this episode was new, I was age 12, and started 7th grade. This show is an American icon.
Carson was the greatest of all time! There cannot be any other like him - unparalleled hosting!
Johnny carson was cutting edge and fun fact he was great with a large audience but lousy with 10 people he was a quiet and very private person
Unlike the idiots of today's late night hosts, he was smart enough not to piss off half the viewing audience.
And you didn't know who he supported politically. What a concept===it was about entertainment not partisan politics
The art of conversation. Something that is being lost. This is outstanding.
wb6162 yes indeed people had focus other than their devices..but i am enjoying this through one . i am thankful to see one joy after another in my latter years. Thanks to google and facebook and many more i am not aware of yet thanks.
I see the script form here
It was better. Music and movies too.
Agreed
Jose Colon Rickles never used a script. All off the top. A true legend
god the 70's were really a different time. johhny carson smoking on tv and all kinds of ethnic jokes with no hurt feelings. I was born in the wrong era.
Well, the Cigarettes did kill him.
I was 20 years when this episode aired. We were poorer than now and we could not even dream of such things as instant communication worldwide at virtually no cost but we had reached a point of robust expression and virtually no political correctness. Where did the world go wrong ?
I love the 70s as much as the next guy but ethnic jokes with no hard feelings? I think you are mistaken. America is in a slightly better place now but i promise the feelings were indeed quite hard.
No hurt feelings cause fortunately you were white 😂
Coked out, drunk guy rambling on an took a break to get coffee an then asked to leave yup... good times
Johnny Carson had a laugh that was so recognizable. Don Rickles and Johnny Carson were both so hilarious together. I am privileged to have lived and watched them in such a great time in life when everything was simple and fun. It was a whole different world back then. Thanks to RUclips I can enjoy it again.
It sure was , I was eleven in 73' and this would totally wipe out my elders and formative in my humor in life..
Only Rodney was better with Johnny
Don Rickles is funny, Johnny Carson is not.
I miss him so much! We need Don Rickles in our lives in this day and age… seriously!
Damn. Everyone you see here is gone. We first lost Buddy, then it was Johnny, then it was Ed, then Don, now Burt. It’s a shame that they’re all gone.
And Carol Wayne is gone too.
Man, what I would give to be able to experience these three guys live. I wish I had the privilege to be alive when Johnny was ruling late night. It’s a treat to watch.
Not bragging, but I saw them both in the 80s with my young bride. 👰 I sometimes reminisce. Great memories! I posted this on a previous comment, but couldn't resist a repeat after reading your comment. 😊
At 48 yrs old, was blessed to watch Johnny Carson late night show. I was blessed to see Don. Wow can't believe they are no longer with us. Friendship was so important to them. May God bless them both.
Not bragging, but I saw them both in the 80s with my young bride. 👰 I sometimes reminisce. Great memories!
Mr. Warmth is perfect for him adversely, he railed on everyone and before the night was through, he praised them all and was so gracious!
There will never be any from this era, we will ever see in my lifetime or any in the future.
What a golden time!
Can you believe this was 45 years ago??? insane. This was like another era totally
50 years now
The good times
Can you believe you posted your comment 6 years ago?
Watching on 11.01.24. Who won the election?
Rickles just absolutely loved Carson. As funny as he is the one thing that always stands way out about Rickles is that he never misses or ducks any opportunity to tell you how grateful he is to you for giving him an opportunity or being good to him. The height of class. Should be something that we all do but don't do enough.
He's funnier 💯 than the late Robin Williams
I didn't care for his comedy my husband did
Johnny Carson will ALWAYS be the king of late night TV. now and forever
Burt's laughing already and all Don has done is walk on stage. That's a talent.
These two gentlemen worked so well together it was awesome listening to them especially on how they made each other laugh i loved it
I could watch these guys all night long. No political correctness, no b.s., just a lot of fun and people not worried about saying the wrong thing.
Caruso
"Putin's Puppet Trump"
SAYS THE DUMBASS WHO CANT EVEN THINK FOR HIMSELF. GO TO HELL.
Absolutely. Will google who this don rickles is but this show was great and this guy rickles sure was funny here
John Smith you’re a libtard who voted for hillary and believe everything cnn says. Am i right moron?
So true!
The joke related by Buddy about one of Rickles shows is definitely the one that takes the cake. Even my dentures couldn't stop rattling from my guffaws.
What a lineup on that stage. Comedy gold. Burt Reynolds’ laugh kills me every time.
Damn! I watched Johnny Carson for so many years that it is difficult to accept that he is dead. He gave me thousands of laughs.
Damn this was long time ago! My parents were infants! Such class and intelligence. I do sense that the quality and pace of TV nowadays has deteriorated.
A true gentleman. I worked with him on the Bernie Mac Show. He overhead me talking to my mom on her birthday and and took over the phone. Best birthday gift ever.
What a great memory for you!
Yeah okay
@@dannyryan9246 it was.
@@BAKER22-l4u the show was strung together with celebrity gust appearances. Carl Reiner lived in the same building as my grandmother. I asked him if he remembered. He said he hadn't heard the name for 60 years and her father borrowed his father's violin. He said he was terrible.
I worked with far bigger actors and musicians. Working in Hollywood is factory work with famous people. It's not glamorous to spend 16 hours a day on your feet, 5 days at a time. 6 hours off between wrap and call time. Getting home from Friday at 10 am because you start later every day.
My mom would've beeb thrilled, she cracked up watching rickles
After Johnny left, I never watched The Tonight Show ever again.
Roughly two months before I was born...wow. Does it get any better than Rickles and Carson together? Classic stuff.
Amazing era. People could laugh at themselves and no one got offended by humor. We have sadly done a 180 now.
This is now 51 years ago, incredibly so!
I was three when this was taped. I LOVED Don Rickles when I was a kid. Thanks for the laugh Sharky!
It's sad that the entire group on the set have all passed on. All were great talents in their own way.
Doc is still alive.
Mostly combat veterans as well, Ed- USMC Pilot, Hacket- Army grunt, Rickles- USN seaman 1st, 20 mm gunner on seaplane tender, Reynolds- too young for WWII……. The price for citizenship: military service. A totally different mindset than now.
"Tomorrow and tomorrow and tomorrow.."
@@Zephyrmecthank god
Don Rickles, simply the best!
I have always loved Burt Reynolds' laugh.
The world is a little sadder today RIP Don Rickles.
Back when The Tonight Show was 90 minutes. This was when TV was great!
Yesss! It Truly WAS a Much NICER time Indeed! I MISS them Dearly! Fondest of Memories! God Bless 😅
Geez... Johnny really was The KING of late night! When he retired in 1992, it was the passing of an era in television's history! I really, really, miss this guy. Wherever you are, Mr. Carson, Rest In Peace! The Tonight Show has NEVER been the same without you!
nicely put , cheers
I agree ..and damn I am 2yrs older than Johnny in this video ....1973 he was 48 ..(he has a late bday in October ) so he said 47 ...haha
Yup, started watching him in Feb. or Mar. 63 when it would come on right after the 11;15 till 1 am. Got hooked. He was born for the gig. A lot have tried but never reached the summit.
They both look old for their ages by today's standard. Must have been the drinking and bad eating.
Bill Anthony google
I’ve come across these funny men only a few years ago. What funny times.why are we gone so pc? Happy days, love from Ireland
Thx for including Carol Wayne! She was exactly a very intelligent woman. Great at playing the ditz.
I used to beg my mother to stay up late to watch The Tonight show with Johnny Carson I will get up on time the next morning to go to School most times I did not go when I was when I was a kid Johnny Carson was show on TV he had the greatest of guests but all those entertainers are gone me sad that they're gone and it makes me realize next to go
Those were the days! Hopefully, real class, talent, and hard work will come back in style
Our country was such a better place back then
Not really.
Back in the days when your presidents could read write and speak english. And everybody thought that was normal
The tonite show lifted me out of my depression not the SSRI's. Thank you Johnny Carson and the rest of the ensemble.
When Johnny Carson retired that was the end of entertainment
Yes Sir
Everything today is absolute garbage. Plain Garbage 🗑
@@rustyruss2962 qqwqqqs. ,d
Carson, Rickels, Burt, Ed, There All Gone Now they Were Giants an We will NEVER SEE the Likes Of these Guys Again...Any1 Agree.??
5 yrs after you and I am laughing so hard! These men were and are still legends
I watched these shows as a teenager. So much went over my head, but I love these shows.
Well, yes, you have to be an older generation to get the jokes, inuendo, references, but you get points for trying to identify. Robert at 69.
@@bobmalack481hi, Bob
When Stars where Stars! Rickles was a genius. I remember seeing this when i was 13 years old.
Burt Reynold's face cracks the funniest lines, especially when he doesn't say anything.
This is something else. Never watched a talk show like this. I've always heard of Carson but never watched any of his show. I'm astonished.
Went twice while in California in the 80s. it was even more entertaining and hilarious being in the audience.
I can imagine- and I'm very glad you got to experience it.
It's amazing to think the power Carson had over careers. This wasn't the first interview I've seen him thanked personally by guests for helping launch their careers all for just giving them a chance. No late night talk show host wields that power anymore. To think of that prestige and honour it must have been for anyone to have Johnny give them an opportunity.
Johnny was so great. Thought he and the show would go on forever. Funny to see him sneak a cigarette on TV. They finally got him.
THANK YOU Archy Moz for this~
Sometimes (not very often but occasionally) I wonder "Is it me" when I feel out of touch with what is being passed off as such great entertainment in 2018.
I stayed up late as a teen in the '70's to watch Johnny Carson. It probably contributed to my dropping out of high school. I often stayed up after and saw The Late Show on one of the only other 5 channels on before cable TV.
I wouldn't change a thing. I THANK GOD this was a part of my youth.
Love this.....The Carson Tonight Show reminds me how things should be....😁😁
No wokeism or virtue signalling...brilliant!!
Rickles is a star.....same Burt!
Don was so right. Johnny Carson was special. One of a kind and no one has really taken his place.
Not even close.
Don Rickles, thanks for all the laughs!Born: May 8, 1926 (age 90 years), RIP
RIP Don and Johnny. Legends. And when Rickles says he's being very honest and sincere he really is he was a genuinely nice man and love everyone he just liked to make fun of everyone and everything because life is ridiculous
Smoking, joking, talking, chilling.
Funniest thing I ever saw on Johnny Carson was the night that Little Richard got the best of Don Rickles......Rickles was looking for the door but knew he wouldn't get paid if he left.
He couldn't land a joke on Little Richard and I swear Rickles was about to go into tears when Little Richard sat in his lap. Been looking for that classic Johnny Carson for a long time. If someone has it, please put it up on RUclips.
@@charlesbireland1780 I NEED TO SEE THIS
Don Rickles was so funny! What a legend!
Classic...most comedians these days can't even compare to their humor and class.
I was age 12 when this ep was made. Burt laughed funny. I have seen this ep many a time. Rickles was hilarious.Classic show.
On a regular basis, I re-watch the Carson segments where Rickles is the guest, especially, when I need a short reprieve from today's news and uber divisive politics.
I wish I was old enough to have seen Rickles perform live. For my money, he and George Carlin and 1 and 1A for funniest people who ever lived!
RIP DON RICKLES, what laughter you brought!
Thunderbirds theme
Yay, Don! A living legend!
Don Rickles always dresses beautifully. It makes his insults funnier.
Sara N I
Burt's outfit and laugh is legend.
Duneedon Eddie Murphy
Eddie Murphy
Dixie Biggs
Sam Elliott belongs on the list.
Burt worships at his own alter to himself, his laugh and clothes suck.
All gone, legends all.
I was born in '87, so I can't say these guys were a major part of my life, but watching this stuff makes me long for a return to a time where political correctness hadn't killed off real comedy. Watching Foster Brooks on the Dean Martin show and on all the roasts leaves my cheeks hurting and my ribs sore every time!
You could watch Johnny at night and then wake up and go to your job with a 25 year pension and earn enough to pay for your home and living expenses so your wife could spend her time caring for the family. Basically, how humans were supposed to live before we allowed ourselves to be worked to death. I'd give anything if I could have lived during my grandfather's time. They really lived during a great era
I hated having my mom be at work when l got home from school.
It was an easy clean life. People were safe. There were no drugs. It was a human being society. There were plenty of employment opportunities. Children went to school without fear. It was a pleasure to live life.
@@bzb500 I caught the tail end as a child I am 46, My uncle's and father worked for GM and we had a very good life. We didn't have too much but could have say a VCR which was great. Now, the vcr does your job and you are video recorded everywhere. When I was a child they said "be good because God is tape recording you " well, now everybody does and it isn't fair to us that don't require it
It's out of whack and control. Our country was sold out right under our eyes. There's no discipline or law and order. We have to watch our backs at all times. It's one big political game all about the buck.
@@bzb500 Yes, Ross Perot warned us about NAFTA and the Pacific Free agreement, those really sold us out to the communist. Our leaders and our election system was bought off by the hedge fund managers and the super wealthy that could have given a damn. They will pay for it eventually because the communist Chinese will take it all away from them. We had a very vauable way of life. We got too fat and happy and it was stolen, absolutely.
Nobody better! Dude done did it - like falling off a log, constantly on, constantly doing improv a mile a minute!
Pretty sad that now we have Fallon, colbert, and Myers...
colbert is actually the smartest of all..
Yep. ALL pawns of the DNC.
Come one. Fallon is very talented on may levels. However, I don't watch him because I just don't feel the The Tonight Show should be the flavor her brings. I actually don't watch any of those shows. I mean, the kids like it but I really liked Letterman and I also liked Ferguson. After them, the humor is so low brow and immature, I am just not interested. At least Carson, Leno, and Letterman was geared towards adults. The shows these days are for millenials and those teens that stay up late. Sad.
The 3 'atrizine lib beta-males.
Nun Ya 3 unfunny people
"I'll be off in a minute burt then you can show everybody you're dad's home in Florida"
Loved this. I miss this era so much.
its cool seeing the stars as adults being adults from the movies-of /hollywood from when i was a kid,,, never understanding adult stuff ,,,now as an adult ,,, understanding,,,those adult jokes .... so cool !!!!!!!!!!!!
When the Show Host helped make the Star. And then gratitude.
Priceless
WOW Buddy❤,Burt and Don! And Carol too, so 70’s 😊
The Tonight Show seemed to feel so important and epic during these times, it was must see TV. Today, the Tonight Show just feels like any other show.
We'll miss you Rickles, Make Johnny Carson laugh in heaven
Make him laugh? Johnny probably asking God if he could send Don back to earth..........
why would he be in heaven? isn't heaven where jesus is? from what i read carson was an atheist, therefore logic would dictate carson is not where jesus is.
take a guess where he be?
Ken Desjarlais
Maybe God doesn't endorse a certain religion. If He can know how you're feeling, He can overlook certain things. He may not exclude an atheist if he/she lived a moral life, or for any other reason.
Heaven isn't real u fools, adults who believe in fairytales is real sad.
Ken Desjarlais , DOPE!
...and you never knew Carson's politics...he did not need a crutch. He was the essence of funny...
He was basically a VERY liberal republican.
He was the epitome of class in public and on tv.
Immortal!!! ♥️❤️🌏🌎🌍
a comedy genius! a legend!
R.I.P. Mr. Rickles. You were truly one of a kind.
amen
Keith Finkel How True One of Kind
back in the day you could smoke a cigarette and tell a joke without people getting up in arms
The biggest difference is the guests on Johnny and especially Cavett weren't on the show to promote a project.
They honestly respected the folks at home. These days..
I love the green shag carpet . Rickles ruled!
So glad to say I watched Johnny many nights!
Kimmel and Colbert needs a Carson education. Something tells me they would flunk with flying colors.
That's true
U got that Rite after Jay Leno left stopped watching used watch Letterman rest are bunch IDIOTS LOL 😂
Aaaaá
I miss those days
Is it me or was TV just better before?
No, not just you. When the term "idiot box" was coined, it referred to this era (now). I can't see how it can get worse.
No, it was better before. It was all great, it was all free, it was all in one place.
You are watching the best bits.
MrIlleism kill your television
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Comedy was so much better in the 60's and 70's. I do remember this very well. You had so much more freedom and could say so much more and not get censored. I miss those days. Today this country seems like it is turning into communism.
The 60s and 70s was the best era for TV comedy.You could take the piss out of people then. Bloody lawyer parasites killed it.
It's hard to believe everyone on that stage is gone now
you know when Rickles is on, you can't miss it
They smoked!!? They should do it now on talkshows! It makes it relaxing and casual! Love it
This is a classy, good old banter without a bruised ego on the show. Like a certain character from Seinfeld, Bana, would say, "It's Gold, Jerry! It's Gold! ".
Sad, that Carol didn't make it past 42. She was lovely, and very talented. Great night!
I vaguely remember that. What happened to her??
The word is she drowned in Mexico. Now that is the word. But look it up and draw your own conclusion's.
mysterious death in mexico. she had an argument with her boyfriend, took a walk on the beach, and a fisherman found her dead 3 days later.. ruled accidental death.
and Don just died today. :(
She even says in the vid about eventually being 47 years old "Oh I hope so". Obviously just a passing statement not some premonition but its a quite eerie to hear her say that.
How come we can't have TV like this again ? ? ?
Mark Fosdick because People get butt hurt.
Liberals.
That's why!
Mark Fosdick Blame it on Video games
Because people are too damn sensitive...
This was 3-months before I was born. Legends, Leisure-suits, and that BIG-Green Shag carpeting. My 1st memories as a little kid are of big-thick shag carpeting and the BIGGER neck-ties and collars. God Bless the '70s...
"...in High School." (Rickles starts laughing) Classic Rickles.
LOL !!!
It's sad that Carol Wayne predicted where she would be at 47. She died at 42.
Amazing Don Rickles. Very classy guy. Loves when he thanks Johnny.
Don "Mr Warmth" Rickles. What a piece of work. He probably made a person in the audience laugh the hardest I have ever seen. The guy was dying with laughter. About? It was mid- or late 60s, civil rights protests were all over the news. Don spotted the guy and got him to stand up. Guy was black, already laughing. Rickles went on for a minute, then said, "You know, you and i are BROTHERS! (guy really started to laugh) NEITHER ONE OF US CAN EVER GET INTO A COUNTRY CLUB !!" Don because he was Jewish. Now the guy is bent over double laughing. Then he goes on and asks the guy if he ever attended a protest march in the South. Still laughing, all the black guy can do is shake his head no. more ....
Rickles: "You know, I saw a protest march once, in Atlanta. All the blacks and a few whites were marching peaceably, but refused to disperse when a cop yelled at them to do so. So the cop calls for the water cannons to be used. You know what black leader Rufus Johnson (I don't remember what DR called him) told everyone??" Black guy is having trouble standing up he is laughing so hard. "RUUUNNNN, BABY RUNNNNNNNNNN!" Now the entire audience is laughing very hard. The black guy has to sit down he is laughing so hard. Then Don got serious for a brief moment and said that he was very sympathetic to all civil rights people, that what was going on (mostly in South) was very wrong.
dude was probably tripping.
It s great how Johny always made Don giggle!
Don Rickles was and is the funniest comedian and i have seen alot of em this guy could make people laugh at funerals. He leaves a bar so high i dont believe ill ever see in my time and generations to come anyone comes even close to him and theres alot of funny acts out there but none of them match don and his rare comedian acts. RIP DON MR. WARMTH RICKLES
Amazing how good Carson was...
And wasn't it better when they just told jokes, and no political crap.
The Best !
Indeed the VERY BEST!!!
Carol Wayne never made it to 47. She drowned at the age of 42.