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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21x01 Bill Cosby (guest host), Richard Simmons, Robert Urich
18 October, 1982 8:00 am
21x02 Bill Cosby (guest host), Phyllis Diller, Jerry Lewis, Dana Hill
19 October, 1982 8:00 am
21x03 Bill Cosby (guest host), Marilu Henner, Kelly Monteith
20 October, 1982 8:00 am
21x04 Bill Cosby (guest host), Bob Newhart, Gary Coleman, Cathie Shirriff
21 October, 1982 8:00 am
21x05 Bill Cosby (guest host), Juliet Prowse, Randall "Tex" Cobb
22 October, 1982 8:00 am
21x06 Bill Cosby
26 October, 1982 7:00 am
21x07 William Shatner, Rich Hall
27 October, 1982 7:00 am
21x08 Pete Barbutti, Jason Pipoly
28 October, 1982 7:00 am
21x09 Steve Allen (guest host), Darrell Porter
29 October, 1982 7:00 am
21x10 Maureen Murphy
03 November, 1982 8:00 am
21x11 Kim Novak, Charles Nelson Reilly
04 November, 1982 8:00 am
21x12 Richard Dawson, George Burns, Melanie Chartoff
05 November, 1982 8:00 am
21x13 Suzanne Pleshette, Bill Maher
08 November, 1982 8:00 am
21x14 Ricky Schroeder, David Sayh, Tony Trabert
09 November, 1982 8:00 am
With Actor Ricky Schroeder, Comedian David Sayh, and Author Tony Trabert
21x15 Alan King, Blake Clark
10 November, 1982 8:00 am
Actor Alan King; actor Charles Nelson Reilly.
21x16 Martin Mull, Margot Kidder
11 November, 1982 8:00 am
21x17 Steven Callahan
12 November, 1982 8:00 am
21x18 Richard Benjamin
16 November, 1982 8:00 am
21x19 Brian Taylor
17 November, 1982 8:00 am
21x20 Shelley Winters
18 November, 1982 8:00 am
21x21 Julie Andrews, Bob Uecker
19 November, 1982 8:00 am
21x22 Steven Wright, Karen Austin
23 November, 1982 8:00 am
21x23 Paul Sorvino
24 November, 1982 8:00 am
21x24 Robert Blake, George Kirby
25 November, 1982 8:00 am
21x25 Dana Hill, Jimmy Aleck
26 November, 1982 8:00 am
21x26 Joan Rivers (guest host), Pete Barbutti, Teri Garr
29 November, 1982 8:00 am
21x27 Joan Rivers (guest host), Kirk Douglas, Vincent Price
30 November, 1982 8:00 am
21x28 Joan Rivers (guest host), Valerie Bertinelli, David Brenner
01 December, 1982 8:00 am
21x29 Joan Rivers (guest host), Betty White
02 December, 1982 8:00 am
21x30 Joan Rivers (guest host), Orson Welles, Brooke Shields, Joan Collins
03 December, 1982 8:00 am
21x31 James Stewart, Garry Shandling
07 December, 1982 8:00 am
21x32 Franklyn Ajaye, Erin Gray
08 December, 1982 8:00 am
21x33 Mary Tyler Moore
09 December, 1982 8:00 am
21x34 Robert Mitchum
10 December, 1982 8:00 am
21x35 Pete Barbutti
14 December, 1982 8:00 am
21x36 Burt Reynolds, Bert Convy
15 December, 1982 8:00 am
21x37 Dudley Moore
16 December, 1982 8:00 am
21x38 Sally Field, Thalassa Cruso
17 December, 1982 8:00 am
21x39 Charles Nelson Reilly
28 December, 1982 8:00 am
21x40 Jim Fowler, Steve Landesberg
29 December, 1982 8:00 am
21x41 Kaleena Kiff, Suzanne Somers
30 December, 1982 8:00 am
21x42 Bill Maher, Tina Turner
31 December, 1982 8:00 am
Desk- "Coverage of New York's Time Square"; Mighty Carson Art Players- "Zontar Rather"
21x43 Carl Reiner, Greg Louganis
04 January, 1983 8:00 am
With Actor Carl Reiner and Diver Greg Louganis
21x44 Teri Garr, B.B. King
05 January, 1983 8:00 am
21x45 Richard Benjamin, Kelly Monteith
06 January, 1983 8:00 am
21x46 Jack Lemmon
07 January, 1983 8:00 am
21x47 Michael Landon
11 January, 1983 8:00 am
21x48 George Carlin, George Segal
12 January, 1983 8:00 am
21x49 David Brenner
13 January, 1983 8:00 am
21x50 Harvey Korman, Randall "Tex" Cobb
14 January, 1983 8:00 am
21x51 Joan Rivers (guest host), Henry Winkler, Richard Simmons, Cher
24 January, 1983 8:00 am
21x52 Joan Rivers (guest host), Angie Dickinson, Garry Shandling
25 January, 1983 8:00 am
21x53 Joan Rivers (guest host), Bill Cosby, Margot Kidder
26 January, 1983 8:00 am
21x54 Joan Rivers (guest host), Drew Barrymore, Jim Nabors
27 January, 1983 8:00 am
21x55 Joan Rivers (guest host), Victoria Principal
28 January, 1983 8:00 am
21x56 Anita Gillette
01 February, 1983 8:00 am
21x57 Alan King
02 February, 1983 8:00 am
21x58 Buddy Hackett, William Shatner
03 February, 1983 8:00 am
21x59 Steve Martin, Ali MacGraw
04 February, 1983 8:00 am
21x60 Lynn Redgrave
07 February, 1983 8:00 am
21x61 Joe Theismann, Charles Grodin
08 February, 1983 8:00 am
21x62 Bette Davis, Richard Pryor
09 February, 1983 8:00 am
With Actress Bette Davis, and Comedian Richard Pryor. Desk- "Blue Cards"
21x63 David Steinberg, Roberta Burger
10 February, 1983 8:00 am
21x64 Charles Nelson Reilly, Rodney Dangerfield, Bob Uecker
11 February, 1983 8:00 am
21x65 Dom DeLuise
15 February, 1983 8:00 am
21x66 Bob Newhart
16 February, 1983 8:00 am
21x67 Teresa Ganzel
17 February, 1983 8:00 am
21x68 Bridgette Andersen
18 February, 1983 8:00 am
21x69 Robert Klein
22 February, 1983 8:00 am
21x70 Sigourney Weaver, John Moschitta, Jr.
23 February, 1983 8:00 am
21x71 Albert Brooks
24 February, 1983 8:00 am
21x72 Jon Walter, Victoria Jackson, Rex Smith
25 February, 1983 8:00 am
21x73 David Brenner
01 March, 1983 8:00 am
21x74 James Mason
02 March, 1983 8:00 am
21x75 Swoosie Kurtz
03 March, 1983 8:00 am
21x76 Tim Conway, Jodie Foster, Maureen Murphy
04 March, 1983 8:00 am
With Comedian Tim Conway, Actress Jodie Foster, and Actress Maureen Murphy
21x77 Pamela Bellwood
15 March, 1983 8:00 am
21x78 Joan Rivers, Neil Simon
16 March, 1983 8:00 am
21x79 Mariette Hartley, Sandra Bernhard
17 March, 1983 8:00 am
21x80 Louis Gossett Jr., Argus Hamilton, Richard Kline
18 March, 1983 8:00 am
Starring Actor Louis Gossett Jr., Comedian Argus Hamilton, and Actor Richard Kline
21x81 James Galway
22 March, 1983 8:00 am
21x82 Steven Wright, Ted Lange
23 March, 1983 8:00 am
21x83 Marsha Mason
24 March, 1983 8:00 am
21x84 Teri Garr, Jennifer O'Neill, Paul Provenza
25 March, 1983 8:00 am
Actor Teri Garr; comic Paul Provenza; actor Jennifer O'Neill; The Mighty Carson Art Players.
21x85 Jimmy Connors
29 March, 1983 9:00 am
21x86 Lynn Redgrave, Bobby Kelton
30 March, 1983 9:00 am
21x87 Jack Lemmon, Victoria Jackson
31 March, 1983 9:00 am
21x88 Steve Landesberg
01 April, 1983 9:00 am
21x89 Franklyn Ajaye
05 April, 1983 9:00 am
21x90 Gregory Hines, Calvin Trillin
06 April, 1983 9:00 am
21x91 Susan Sarandon
07 April, 1983 9:00 am
21x92 Joan Rivers (guest host), Joe Piscopo
18 April, 1983 9:00 am
21x93 Joan Rivers (guest host), David Steinberg, Betty White
19 April, 1983 9:00 am
21x94 Joan Rivers (guest host), David Brenner, Bernadette Peters
20 April, 1983 9:00 am
21x95 Joan Rivers (guest host), Robert Blake, John James
21 April, 1983 9:00 am
21x96 Joan Rivers (guest host), George Peppard, Susan Saint James
22 April, 1983 9:00 am
21x97 Sammy Davis, Jr., John Sikking
26 April, 1983 8:00 am
21x98 Nastassja Kinski
27 April, 1983 8:00 am
21x99 Charles Nelson Reilly, Garry Shandling, Audrie J. Neenan
28 April, 1983 8:00 am
Charles Nelson Reilly; Garry Shandling; Audrie J. Neenan.
21x100 Samantha Smith
29 April, 1983 8:00 am
21x101 James Stewart, Ron McCroby
02 May, 1983 8:00 am
21x102 Buddy Hackett, Linda Shayne
03 May, 1983 8:00 am
21x104 David Steinberg, Mary Frann, Emmanuel Lewis
05 May, 1983 8:00 am
Actor Emmanuel Lewis; Comedian David Steinberg; actress Mary Frann.
21x105 Don Rickles
06 May, 1983 8:00 am
21x106 Roy Scheider, Bill Maher
10 May, 1983 8:00 am
21x107 George Burns, Jacqueline Bisset
11 May, 1983 8:00 am
21x108 David Brenner
12 May, 1983 8:00 am
21x109 Martin Mull, Donald Sutherland
13 May, 1983 8:00 am
Actor Donald Sutherland; actor Martin Mull.
21x110 Albert Brooks, Brooke Shields
17 May, 1983 8:00 am
With Actor Albert Brooks, Actress Brooke Shields
Desk- "Classified Ads"; Desk- "Fascinating Facts"; Desk- "List of Kids' Inventions"
21x111 Bob Newhart, Anthony Quinn, Julie Lynne Hayek
18 May, 1983 8:00 am
Actor Bob Newhart; actor Anthony Quinn; actress Julie Lynne Hayek.
21x112 Bert Convy, Jerry Seinfeld
19 May, 1983 8:00 am
21x113 Suzanne Somers, Blake Clark
20 May, 1983 8:00 am
21x114 Charles Grodin
24 May, 1983 8:00 am
21x115 Buddy Rich, Martina Arroyo
25 May, 1983 8:00 am
21x116 Mel Blanc
26 May, 1983 8:00 am
21x117 Carl Reiner
27 May, 1983 8:00 am
21x118 Patrick Macnee, Pete Barbutti
01 June, 1983 8:00 am
21x119 Christopher Reeve, Leonard Waxdeck, Birdcallers
07 June, 1983 8:00 am
Actor Christopher Reeve; Leonard Waxdeck; Birdcallers.
21x120 Joan Rivers, Joe Garagiola
08 June, 1983 8:00 am
21x121 Richard Pryor, Ally Sheedy, Rod Hull
09 June, 1983 8:00 am
Comedian Richard Pryor; actress Ally Sheedy; comedian Rod Hull; The Mighty Carson Art Players.
21x122 Roger Moore, Teresa Ganzel
10 June, 1983 8:00 am
21x123 Bill Cosby, George Segal
14 June, 1983 8:00 am
21x124 Tom Noddy
15 June, 1983 8:00 am
21x125 Robin Williams
16 June, 1983 8:00 am
21x126 Michael Landon, Pete Barbutti
17 June, 1983 8:00 am
21x127 Dyan Cannon
21 June, 1983 8:00 am
21x128 Steve Landesberg, Sandra Bernhard
22 June, 1983 8:00 am
21x129 Lauren Bacall, Pete Fountain, Jim Fowler
23 June, 1983 8:00 am
Actress Lauren Bacall; jazz musician Pete Fountain; zoologist Jim Fowler; The Mighty Carson Art Players.
21x130 Eddie Murphy, Jennifer Richards, Reggie Joule
24 June, 1983 8:00 am
With Comedian Eddie Murphy, Actress Jennifer Richards, and Politician Reggie Joule
Band Number- "Take-A-Train"
21x131 Joan Rivers (guest host), Christopher Atkins, Richard Simmons
04 July, 1983 8:00 am
21x132 Joan Rivers (guest host), Elizabeth Ashley, Charles Nelson Reilly
05 July, 1983 8:00 am
21x133 Joan Rivers (guest host), Walter Matthau, Dick Shawn
06 July, 1983 8:00 am
21x134 Joan Rivers (guest host), Jerry Seinfeld, Mr. Rogers
07 July, 1983 8:00 am
21x135 Joan Rivers (guest host), Charlie Callas, Sylvester Stallone, Morgan Fairchild
08 July, 1983 8:00 am
21x136 Peter Strauss
19 July, 1983 8:00 am
21x137 David Brenner
20 July, 1983 8:00 am
21x138 Suzanne Pleshette
21 July, 1983 8:00 am
21x139 Chevy Chase, David Sayh, Karen Salkin
22 July, 1983 8:00 am
Actor Chevy Chase; comic David Sayh; actress Karen Salkin.
21x140 David Steinberg
26 July, 1983 8:00 am
21x141 Lynn Redgrave
27 July, 1983 8:00 am
21x142 Joan Collins, Samantha Smith
28 July, 1983 8:00 am
With Actress Joan Collins, Peace activist Samantha Smith
21x143 Carrie Fisher, Garry Shandling
29 July, 1983 8:00 am
Sketch- "Carter/Reagan Presidential Debate"
21x144 John Davidson
02 August, 1983 8:00 am
21x145 Robert Blake
03 August, 1983 8:00 am
21x146 Diane Lane
04 August, 1983 8:00 am
21x147 Robert Klein
05 August, 1983 8:00 am
21x148 Greg Louganis; Carl Reiner
08 August, 1983 8:00 am
Sports figure Greg Louganis; actor Carl Reiner.
21x149 Ana Alicia, Martina Navratilova
09 August, 1983 8:00 am
21x150 Maureen Stapleton, Bill Maher
10 August, 1983 8:00 am
21x151 Charles Nelson Reilly, Ted Wass
11 August, 1983 8:00 am
21x152 Michael Reagan, Rodney Dangerfield
12 August, 1983 8:00 am
21x153 David Brenner (guest host), Shelley Long, Joe Garagiola
22 August, 1983 8:00 am
21x154 David Brenner (guest host), Richard Lewis
23 August, 1983 8:00 am
21x155 Garry Shandling (guest host), Joan Embery, Pete Barbutti
24 August, 1983 8:00 am
21x156 Barbara Mandrell (guest host), Patrick Duffy, Helen Gurley Brown
25 August, 1983 8:00 am
21x157 John Denver (guest host), Pam Dawber, Tony Danza
26 August, 1983 8:00 am
21x158 Angie Dickinson, Rick Ducommun
30 August, 1983 8:00 am
21x159 Teri Garr, Maureen Murphy
31 August, 1983 8:00 am
21x160 Mariette Hartley, Karen Salkin
01 September, 1983 8:00 am
21x161 Dyan Cannon, Bob Uecker
02 September, 1983 8:00 am
21x162 Shelley Winters
06 September, 1983 8:00 am
21x163 Betty White, Shirley MacLaine, Grant Colfax
07 September, 1983 8:00 am
21x164 Bill Cosby, Victoria Jackson
08 September, 1983 8:00 am
21x165 Richard Benjamin
09 September, 1983 8:00 am
21x166 Liberace
13 September, 1983 8:00 am
21x167 Steven Wright, Lionel Richie
14 September, 1983 8:00 am
21x168 Melinda Culea
15 September, 1983 8:00 am
21x169 George Burns, Victoria Principal, Randall
16 September, 1983 8:00 am
21x170 Dick Cavett, Rebecca Holden, Chris & Lisa Scott
20 September, 1983 8:00 am
With Television personality Dick Cavett, Actress Rebecca Holden, and Underwater Salvagers Chris & Lisa Scott
21x171 Michael Caine, Mary Kay Place
21 September, 1983 8:00 am
21x172 Cybill Shepherd, Kelly Monteith
22 September, 1983 8:00 am
21x173 Madeline Kahn
23 September, 1983 8:00 am
21x174 Joan Rivers (guest host), James Coco, David Hasselhoff, Shelley Winters
26 September, 1983 8:00 am
21x175 Joan Rivers (guest host), Kate Jackson
27 September, 1983 8:00 am
21x176 Joan Rivers (guest host), Larry Hagman, Betty White, Garry Shandling
28 September, 1983 8:00 am
21x177 Joan Rivers (guest host), David Brenner, Tony Danza, Erma Bombeck
29 September, 1983 8:00 am
21x178 Joan Rivers (guest host), Lorenzo Lamas, Dr. Ruth Westheimer
30 September, 1983 8:00 am
21x179 Peter Ustinov
04 October, 1983 8:00 am
21x180 Sean Connery, Keenen Ivory Wayans
05 October, 1983 8:00 am
Desk- "Mail Bag" - Johnny recounts a viewer's lengthy efforts to be removed from a computerized mailing list by posing as a dog
21x181 Bob Newhart, James Stephens, Ronnie Porter
07 October, 1983 8:00 am
With Actor / Comedian Bob Newhart, Actor James Stephens, and Weleetka, Oklahoma Chief of Police Ronnie Porter. Desk- "Tonight Show Scrapbook": Johnny shows photos depicting moments, supposedly from the show, which didn't make it into the recent anniversary special
21x182 Tom Baker, Dudley Moore
11 October, 1983 8:00 am
21x183 Charles Grodin
12 October, 1983 8:00 am
21x184 Tim Conway, Holly Palance
13 October, 1983 8:00 am
21x185 Bill Cosby, Calvin Trillin
14 October, 1983 8:00 am
21x186 Alan King
18 October, 1983 8:00 am
21x187 Bert Convy
19 October, 1983 8:00 am
21x188 Dom DeLuise, Deborah Shelton
20 October, 1983 8:00 am
21x189 Sammy Davis, Jr., Jeff Goldblum
21 October, 1983 8:00 am
21x190 David Brenner, Estelle Parsons
01 November, 1983 8:00 am
21x191 Steve Landesberg
02 November, 1983 8:00 am
21x192 Mariel Hemingway, Pete Barbutti
03 November, 1983 8:00 am
21x193 Buddy Hackett, Elaine Stritch
04 November, 1983 8:00 am
21x194 Barbara Walters, David Steinberg
08 November, 1983 8:00 am
Journalist Barbara Walters; comic David Steinberg.
21x195 Robert Klein, Nell Carter
09 November, 1983 8:00 am
21x197 Paul T. Kendall, Thalassa Cruso
11 November, 1983 8:00 am
Paul T. Kendall (1983 hollering contest champion), Thalassa Cruso
21x198 Gilda Radner, Walter Cronkite
15 November, 1983 8:00 am
21x199 Bob Uecker, Stepfanie Kramer
16 November, 1983 8:00 am
21x200 Lynn Redgrave, Jerry Seinfeld, Ernest St. George
17 November, 1983 8:00 am
21x201 Argus Hamilton
18 November, 1983 8:00 am
21x202 Dennis Quaid
21 November, 1983 8:00 am
21x203 George Peppard
22 November, 1983 8:00 am
21x204 James Stewart
23 November, 1983 8:00 am
21x205 Robert Blake, Jim Carrey, Bud Greenspan
24 November, 1983 8:00 am
21x206 Mariette Hartley
25 November, 1983 8:00 am
21x207 Joan Rivers (guest host), John Travolta, Olivia Newton-John, Peter Ustinov
28 November, 1983 8:00 am
21x208 Joan Rivers (guest host), Dick Cavett, Margot Kidder, Howie Mandel
29 November, 1983 8:00 am
21x209 Joan Rivers (guest host), Jerry Seinfeld
30 November, 1983 8:00 am
21x210 Joan Rivers (guest host), Vincent Price, Linda Gray
01 December, 1983 8:00 am
21x211 Joan Rivers (guest host), Marilu Henner
02 December, 1983 8:00 am
21x212 Red Skelton, Sterling Hayden
06 December, 1983 8:00 am
21x213 Carl Reiner, Julie Waters
07 December, 1983 8:00 am
21x214 Michael Landon, Bill Maher
08 December, 1983 8:00 am
21x215 Charles Grodin, Bob Elliott and Ray Goulding, Mike Rozier
09 December, 1983 8:00 am
21x216 Jack Lemmon, Wil Shriner
13 December, 1983 8:00 am
21x217 Alan King, John Davidson
14 December, 1983 8:00 am
21x218 Mel Brooks, Teri Garr
15 December, 1983 8:00 am
21x219 Andy Williams
16 December, 1983 8:00 am
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