The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson (1962)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson is a talk show hosted by Johnny Carson under The Tonight Show franchise from 1962 to 1992. It originally aired during late-night. For its first ten years, Carson's Tonight Show was based in New York City with occasional trips to Burbank, California; in May 1972, the show moved permanently to Burbank, California. In 2002, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson was ranked #12 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time.
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20x01 Lance Burton, Reba McEntire, Dick Cavett
28 October, 1981 8:00 am
20x02 Angie Dickinson, Garry Shandling
29 October, 1981 8:00 am
20x03 Michael Landon, Sheena Easton
30 October, 1981 8:00 am
Desk- "Odds and Ends"; Commercial Blackouts: 'Polaroid Camera', 'Roach Hotel', 'Michelob Beer', and 'Yodell Hills'.
20x04 Shelley Winters, Pete Barbutti
03 November, 1981 8:00 am
20x05 Gabriel Kaplan, Teri Garr
04 November, 1981 8:00 am
20x06 Smothers Brothers, Frank Nelson
05 November, 1981 8:00 am
20x07 Robert Klein, Calvin Trillin
06 November, 1981 8:00 am
Actor Robert Klein; actor Calvin Trillin; The Mighty Carson Art Players.
20x08 David Niven
10 November, 1981 8:00 am
20x09 Buddy Rich, Dionne Warwick
11 November, 1981 8:00 am
20x10 Dom DeLuise, Jerry Seinfeld, Betty White
12 November, 1981 8:00 am
Sketch- "Video Untouchables"
20x11 George Burns, Lorna Patterson
13 November, 1981 8:00 am
20x12 Joan Rivers, David Horowitz
17 November, 1981 8:00 am
20x13 Cassie Yates
18 November, 1981 8:00 am
20x15 Ricky Schroder, Susan Sarandon, Bob Hope
20 November, 1981 8:00 am
20x16 David Brenner, Wally Lattimer
24 November, 1981 8:00 am
20x18 Buddy Hackett, Bud Greenspan
26 November, 1981 8:00 am
20x19 James Garner, Regis Philbin
27 November, 1981 8:00 am
20x20 David Letterman (guest host), Mariette Hartley, Bubba Smith, Jim Stafford
30 November, 1981 8:00 am
20x21 David Letterman (guest host), Rona Barrett, Dave Thomas
01 December, 1981 8:00 am
20x22 David Letterman (guest host), Dick Enberg, Jane Pauley
02 December, 1981 8:00 am
20x23 George Carlin (guest host), Victor Buono
03 December, 1981 8:00 am
20x24 George Carlin (guest host), Sandy Duncan
04 December, 1981 8:00 am
20x25 Buddy Hackett, Rocky Graziano
08 December, 1981 8:00 am
20x26 Elizabeth Ashley, Charlie Callas
09 December, 1981 8:00 am
Desk- Johnny talks about drunk driving, warning not to drive intoxicated, then reads an article sent in from a viewer regarding the penalties in foreign countries for drunk driving (ex. Execution for First Offenses).; Desk- "Foreign Commercials"
20x27 Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau
10 December, 1981 8:00 am
20x28 Chevy Chase, Diana Ross
11 December, 1981 8:00 am
20x29 Jim Fowler, Gore Vidal
15 December, 1981 8:00 am
20x30 Stewart Granger
16 December, 1981 8:00 am
20x31 Robert Blake, Donna Dixon
17 December, 1981 8:00 am
20x32 Bob Hope, Jane Fonda, Frank Nelson
18 December, 1981 8:00 am
20x33 James Stewart, Steve Martin
29 December, 1981 8:00 am
20x34 Martin Mull, Bryant Gumbel
30 December, 1981 8:00 am
20x35 Lance Burton
31 December, 1981 8:00 am
20x36 Eddie Murphy, McLean Stevenson
01 January, 1982 8:00 am
With Comic Eddie Murphy; actor McLean Stevenson. Desk- "Predictions"
20x37 David Steinberg, Nell Carter, Rich Hall
05 January, 1982 8:00 am
20x38 Alan King, Charles Nelson Reilly
06 January, 1982 8:00 am
With Alan King and Charles Nelson Reilly
20x39 George Carlin, Colleen Camp
07 January, 1982 8:00 am
20x40 Mimi Kennedy, Pete Barbutti
08 January, 1982 8:00 am
20x41 Sally Field
12 January, 1982 8:00 am
20x42 Charles Grodin, Itzhak Perlman
13 January, 1982 8:00 am
20x43 Bert Convy
14 January, 1982 8:00 am
20x44 David Letterman
15 January, 1982 8:00 am
20x45 Joan Rivers (guest host), Angie Dickinson, Rich Little
25 January, 1982 8:00 am
20x46 Joan Rivers (guest host), Jean Marsh, Rip Taylor
26 January, 1982 8:00 am
20x47 Joan Rivers (guest host), John Ritter
27 January, 1982 8:00 am
20x48 David Brenner (guest host), Joan Embery, Susan Saint James, Gallagher
28 January, 1982 8:00 am
20x49 David Brenner (guest host), Sugar Ray Leonard, Kate Jackson
29 January, 1982 8:00 am
20x50 Dom DeLuise, Brooke Shields
02 February, 1982 8:00 am
20x51 Peter Cook, Gregory Hines
03 February, 1982 8:00 am
20x52 Tom Hanks, Lynn Redgrave, Franklin Ajaye
04 February, 1982 8:00 am
With Actor Tom Hanks, Actress Lynn Redgrave, and Comedian Franklin Ajaye
20x53 Dick Cavett, John Byner, Thalassa Cruso
05 February, 1982 8:00 am
With Television Personality Dick Cavett, Actor John Byner, Author Thalassa Cruso
20x54 Peter Ustinov, Nell Carter
09 February, 1982 8:00 am
20x55 Wayne Rogers, Eddie Murphy
10 February, 1982 8:00 am
20x56 Burt Reynolds, Richard Lewis
11 February, 1982 8:00 am
With Actor Burt Reynolds, Comedian Richard Lewis
20x57 Michael Landon, Gore Vidal
12 February, 1982 8:00 am
20x58 Tony Randall, Smothers Brothers
16 February, 1982 8:00 am
20x59 Gallagher
17 February, 1982 8:00 am
20x60 Rodney Dangerfield, Mimi Kennedy
18 February, 1982 8:00 am
20x61 Suzanne Somers, Calvin Trillin
19 February, 1982 8:00 am
20x62 David Brenner
23 February, 1982 8:00 am
20x63 Steve Landesberg, Diahann Carroll
24 February, 1982 8:00 am
20x64 Rich Little, Irena Ferris
25 February, 1982 8:00 am
20x65 Bob Hope
26 February, 1982 8:00 am
20x66 Garry Shandling
02 March, 1982 8:00 am
20x67 Harvey Korman, Jane Pauley, Ronn Lucas
03 March, 1982 8:00 am
With comic actor Harvey Korman; journalist Jane Pauley; ventriloquist Ronn Lucas.
20x68 Michael Caine, Dana Hill
04 March, 1982 8:00 am
20x69 Dyan Cannon, Walter Cronkite
05 March, 1982 8:00 am
With actress Dyan Cannon; anchorman Walter Cronkite, The Mighty Carson Art Players.
20x70 Bill Cosby (guest host), Dick Van Patten, Teri Garr
08 March, 1982 8:00 am
20x71 Bill Cosby (guest host), Morgan Fairchild, Pete Barbutti
09 March, 1982 8:00 am
20x72 Bill Cosby (guest host), Dr. Joyce Brothers
10 March, 1982 8:00 am
20x73 George Carlin (guest host), Paul Williams, Regis Philbin, Jose Molina
11 March, 1982 8:00 am
20x74 George Carlin (guest host), Richard Belzer, Jean Marsh, James Garner
12 March, 1982 8:00 am
20x75 Richard Pryor, Jack Arak and wife Lillian
16 March, 1982 8:00 am
20x76 Carl Reiner, Bob Uecker
17 March, 1982 8:00 am
20x77 Jack Lemmon, Maureen Murphy
18 March, 1982 8:00 am
With Actor Jack Lemmon, Actress Maureen Murphy.
20x78 David Steinberg, Linda Hopkins
19 March, 1982 8:00 am
20x79 Ricky Schroder, Walter Matthau
23 March, 1982 8:00 am
Ricky Schroder talks about his new TV show "Silver Spoons" and Johnny invites Ricky's teacher to chat with them. Actor Walter Matthau plugs his new film "I Ought to be in Pictures".
20x80 Shelley Winters, Bill Cosby
24 March, 1982 8:00 am
20x81 Christopher Reeve, Albert Hague
25 March, 1982 8:00 am
20x82 Cheryl Ladd
26 March, 1982 8:00 am
20x83 Roger Moore, Maureen Stapleton
30 March, 1982 9:00 am
20x84 Joan Rivers
31 March, 1982 9:00 am
20x85 Kelly Monteith
01 April, 1982 9:00 am
20x86 Robert Blake
02 April, 1982 9:00 am
20x87 Charles Grodin, Jerry Seinfeld, Victoria Principal
06 April, 1982 9:00 am
Actor Jerry Seinfeld; actress Victoria Principal; actor Charles Grodin.
20x88 Robert Klein, Joe Garagiola
07 April, 1982 9:00 am
20x89 Jim Fowler, Tom Hanks
08 April, 1982 9:00 am
20x90 Paul Reiser, Lynn Redgrave, David Horowitz
09 April, 1982 9:00 am
With Comedian Paul Reiser, Actress Lynn Redgrave, and Consumer Advocate David Horowitz
20x91 Bill Cosby (guest host), Mariette Hartley
19 April, 1982 9:00 am
20x92 Bill Cosby (guest host), Marie Osmond, Steve Allen
20 April, 1982 9:00 am
20x93 Bill Cosby (guest host)
21 April, 1982 9:00 am
20x94 Joan Rivers (guest host), Robert Mitchum, Gallagher
22 April, 1982 9:00 am
20x95 Joan Rivers (guest host), Bernadette Peters, David Brenner, Betty White
23 April, 1982 9:00 am
20x96 Paul Sorvino
27 April, 1982 8:00 am
20x97 Mimi Kennedy
28 April, 1982 8:00 am
20x98 Bruce Weitz
29 April, 1982 8:00 am
20x99 Bob Hope, Sammy Davis, Jr.
30 April, 1982 8:00 am
20x100 John and Donna Thompson
04 May, 1982 8:00 am
20x101 Arnold Schwarzenegger, Franklyn Ajaye
05 May, 1982 8:00 am
20x102 Tony Randall
06 May, 1982 8:00 am
20x103 Smothers Brothers
07 May, 1982 8:00 am
20x104 Steve Landesberg
11 May, 1982 8:00 am
20x105 Alex Karras, Wil Shriner
12 May, 1982 8:00 am
20x106 Dick Cavett
13 May, 1982 8:00 am
20x107 McLean Stevenson, Bobby Kelton, Christie Brinkley
14 May, 1982 8:00 am
Actor McLean Stevenson; comedian Bobby Kelton; model Christie Brinkley; The Mighty Carson Art Players.
20x108 Tim Conway
18 May, 1982 8:00 am
20x109 Alan King, Richard Harris
19 May, 1982 8:00 am
20x110 Carl Reiner, Bill Cosby
20 May, 1982 8:00 am
20x111 Steve Martin, Sylvester Stallone
21 May, 1982 8:00 am
After the monologue, there's a desk segment where Johnny makes fun of the announced new fall TV shows (including the as-yet-unseen 'Knight Rider' and 'Silver Spoons'). Sylvester Stallone is the first guest and discusses his experiences making his new film, 'Rocky III'. Following Stallone, Steve Martin makes a brilliant appearance as usual and promotes his hilarious new film 'Dead Men Don't Wear Plaid'. A very funny show!
20x112 Suzanne Pleshette, Argus Hamilton, Frank Thomas, Ollie Johnston
25 May, 1982 8:00 am
Actress Suzanne Pleshette; comedian Argus Hamilton; Frank Thomas; animator Ollie Johnston.
20x113 Dennis Spinney
26 May, 1982 8:00 am
20x114 Bob Uecker
27 May, 1982 8:00 am
20x115 Danny Thomas
28 May, 1982 8:00 am
20x116 David Brenner (guest host), Richard Simmons, Calvin Trillin
31 May, 1982 8:00 am
20x117 David Brenner (guest host), Dick Shawn, Nell Carter
01 June, 1982 8:00 am
20x118 Joan Rivers (guest host), Joan Embery, William Shatner
02 June, 1982 8:00 am
20x119 Joan Rivers (guest host), Lynn Redgrave, Pete Barbutti, Mimi Kennedy
03 June, 1982 8:00 am
20x120 Joan Rivers (guest host), Lucille Ball, Steve Guttenberg
04 June, 1982 8:00 am
20x121 Peter Strauss
08 June, 1982 8:00 am
20x122 Cassandra Peterson
09 June, 1982 8:00 am
20x123 Dana Hill
10 June, 1982 8:00 am
20x124 Dyan Cannon, Dr. Ruth Westheimer
11 June, 1982 8:00 am
With Actress Dyan Cannon, and Author Dr. Ruth Westheimer
20x125 Hulk Hogan, George Miller, Brooke Shields
15 June, 1982 8:00 am
Professional wrestler Hulk Hogan; actress Brooke Shields; Comedian George Miller.
20x126 Margot Kidder, Dar Robinson
16 June, 1982 8:00 am
20x127 James Stewart
17 June, 1982 8:00 am
20x128 Dr. Robert Lewis
18 June, 1982 8:00 am
20x129 Bill Cosby
22 June, 1982 8:00 am
20x130 George Archibald, Shelley Winters
23 June, 1982 8:00 am
20x131 Kathleen McCartney
24 June, 1982 8:00 am
20x132 Angie Dickinson
25 June, 1982 8:00 am
20x133 David Brenner (guest host), Elizabeth Ashley, Ricardo Montalban
05 July, 1982 8:00 am
20x134 David Brenner (guest host), Paul Sorvino, Jack Klugman
06 July, 1982 8:00 am
20x135 David Brenner (guest host), Robert Easton
07 July, 1982 8:00 am
20x136 Joan Rivers (guest host), Joan Collins, George Plimpton
08 July, 1982 8:00 am
20x137 Joan Rivers (guest host), Andrea Martin, Wayne Rogers, Lorna Luft
09 July, 1982 8:00 am
20x138 Joan Rivers (guest host), Arnold Schwarzenegger, Richard Simmons
12 July, 1982 8:00 am
20x139 Joan Rivers (guest host), Shelley Winters, Morgan Fairchild
13 July, 1982 8:00 am
20x140 Joan Rivers (guest host), James Coco, Garry Shandling, Dr. Lendon Smith
14 July, 1982 8:00 am
20x141 David Steinberg (guest host), Martin Mull, Betty Thomas, Pete Barbutti
15 July, 1982 8:00 am
20x142 David Steinberg (guest host), John Candy, Charles Grodin
16 July, 1982 8:00 am
20x143 James Galway, Steve Lawrence
20 July, 1982 8:00 am
20x144 Steve Allen (guest host), Susan Sarandon, Charles Nelson Reilly
21 July, 1982 8:00 am
20x146 Björn Borg, Jean Marsh, Paul Tavilla
23 July, 1982 8:00 am
Tennis player Bjorn Borg; actress Jean Marsh; grape catcher Paul Tavilla.
20x147 Albert Hague
27 July, 1982 8:00 am
20x148 Drew Barrymore, Larry Gatlin
28 July, 1982 8:00 am
20x149 Blake Clark, Fred Grandy
29 July, 1982 8:00 am
20x150 Eddie Murphy, Angela Bofill
30 July, 1982 8:00 am
20x151 Henry Winkler, Bob Barker
03 August, 1982 8:00 am
20x152 Raymond Smullyan, Jimmy Aleck
04 August, 1982 8:00 am
Comic Jimmy Aleck; mathematician Raymond Smullyan.
20x153 Jason Hardman, Martina Navratilova
05 August, 1982 8:00 am
20x154 Steven Wright
06 August, 1982 8:00 am
20x155 Dr. Ruth Westheimer
10 August, 1982 8:00 am
20x156 Dana Hill, Argus Hamilton
11 August, 1982 8:00 am
20x157 Charles Grodin, Steven Wright
12 August, 1982 8:00 am
20x158 George Burns, Peter Strauss
13 August, 1982 8:00 am
20x159 Joan Rivers (guest host), Daniel J. Travanti, Dick Shawn
16 August, 1982 8:00 am
20x160 Joan Rivers (guest host), Dinah Shore, Charles Nelson Reilly
17 August, 1982 8:00 am
20x161 Joan Rivers (guest host), Rock Hudson, Paul Williams
18 August, 1982 8:00 am
20x162 Joan Rivers (guest host), Suzanne Somers, Betty White, Michele Lee
09 August, 1982 8:00 am
20x163 Joan Rivers (guest host), Carol Channing, Tom Dreesen
20 August, 1982 8:00 am
20x164 George Carlin (guest host), William Shatner, Paul Sorvino, Pete Barbutti
23 August, 1982 8:00 am
20x165 Dick Cavett (guest host), Lynn Redgrave, June Allyson
24 August, 1982 8:00 am
20x166 Dick Cavett (guest host), Rich Little, Helen Gurley Brown
25 August, 1982 8:00 am
20x167 Martin Mull (guest host), Debbie Reynolds, Betty Thomas
26 August, 1982 8:00 am
20x168 Bill Cosby (guest host), Aileen Quinn, Diahann Carroll, Tanya Roberts
27 August, 1982 8:00 am
20x169 Neil Simon, Bill Maher, Joe Garagiola
31 August, 1982 8:00 am
Desk- Johnny talks about 24 bike riders cycling from Anchorage, Alaska to Los Angeles in 80 days to benefit the Mental Health Society. The bicyclists are shown in the audience.
20x170 Robert Klein
01 September, 1982 8:00 am
20x171 Dom DeLuise, Franklyn Ajaye
02 September, 1982 8:00 am
20x172 Charles Nelson Reilly, Mack & Jamie, Susie Petrucci
03 September, 1982 8:00 am
Actor Charles Nelson Reilly; comedy duo Mack & Jamie; Susie Petrucci.
20x173 Steve Landesberg, Cindy Morgan, Barbara and Elden Hathaway
07 September, 1982 8:00 am
Actor Steve Landesberg; actress Cindy Morgan; Barbara and Elden Hathaway.
20x174 Jerry Seinfeld
08 September, 1982 8:00 am
20x175 Maureen Sullivan, George Segal
09 September, 1982 8:00 am
20x176 Bert Convy, Dr. Carl Sagan
10 September, 1982 8:00 am
20x177 Melanie Chartoff, Garry Shandling
14 September, 1982 8:00 am
20x178 Mimi Kennedy
15 September, 1982 8:00 am
20x179 Ron Zanini
16 September, 1982 8:00 am
20x180 Tony Randall, William F. Buckley, Jr.
17 September, 1982 8:00 am
20x181 Richard Harris, Charlie Callas
21 September, 1982 8:00 am
20x182 Richard Benjamin
22 September, 1982 8:00 am
20x183 David Brenner, Georgia Frontiere, Bob Uecker
23 September, 1982 8:00 am
Comedian David Brenner; sports announcer Bob Uecker; L.A. Rams owner Georgia Frontiere; Chuck Donaldson.
20x184 Robert Blake
24 September, 1982 8:00 am
20x185 Joan Rivers (guest host), Victoria Principal, Lily Tomlin
27 September, 1982 8:00 am
20x186 Joan Rivers (guest host), Erma Bombeck, Sarah Purcell
28 September, 1982 8:00 am
20x187 Roy Clark (guest host), Shelley Long
29 September, 1982 8:00 am
20x188 George Carlin (guest host), Joan Embery, Bob Hope
30 September, 1982 8:00 am
20x189 David Steinberg (guest host), Teri Garr
01 October, 1982 8:00 am
20x190 Sammy Davis, Jr, Smothers Brothers
05 October, 1982 8:00 am
20x191 Wil Shriner
06 October, 1982 8:00 am
20x192 Angie Dickinson
07 October, 1982 8:00 am
20x193 David Steinberg
08 October, 1982 8:00 am
20x194 Buddy Hackett
12 October, 1982 8:00 am
20x195 Tim Conway
13 October, 1982 8:00 am
20x196 Richard Belzer
14 October, 1982 8:00 am
20x197 Joan Rivers, Tetsuko Kuroyanagi
15 October, 1982 8:00 am
Joan Rivers stops by and Japanese actress / talk show host / author Tetsuko Kuroyanagi talks about her three shows in Japan including 'Tetsuko’s Room' which was eventually to become the world’s longest-running single-host talk show. (she never missed a taping in over 40 years)
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