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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24x01 Liza Minnelli, Bobby Kelton, Roy Blount, Jr.
22 October, 1985 8:00 am
24x02 Bert Convy
23 October, 1985 8:00 am
24x03 Suzanne Pleshette, Joe Piscopo
24 October, 1985 8:00 am
24x04 Dyan Cannon
25 October, 1985 8:00 am
24x05 Joan Rivers (guest host), Howie Mandel, John Larroquette
28 October, 1985 8:00 am
24x06 Joan Rivers (guest host), Rex Harrison, Kate Jackson, Susan Sullivan, Griffin Dunne
29 October, 1985 8:00 am
24x07 Joan Rivers (guest host), Martin Mull, Priscilla Presley, Julia Child
30 October, 1985 8:00 am
24x08 Joan Rivers (guest host), David Lee Roth, Pee Wee Herman, Phyllis Diller, Elvira
31 October, 1985 8:00 am
24x09 Joan Rivers (guest host), Lucille Ball, Steven Wright, Dr. Ruth Westheimer
01 November, 1985 8:00 am
24x10 Peter Strauss, Teddy Bergeron, Bret Saberhagen
05 November, 1985 8:00 am
Actor Peter Strauss; comedian Teddy Bergeron; pitcher Bret Saberhagen.
24x11 Roseanne Barr
06 November, 1985 8:00 am
24x12 Thalassa Cruso
07 November, 1985 8:00 am
24x13 Larry Miller
08 November, 1985 8:00 am
24x14 Garry Shandling (guest host), Teresa Ganzel
12 November, 1985 8:00 am
24x15 Carl Reiner
13 November, 1985 8:00 am
24x16 Robert Blake, David Horowitz, Eura Irwin
14 November, 1985 8:00 am
24x17 Dick Shawn, Edward Pembroke
15 November, 1985 8:00 am
24x18 Grace Jones, Pete Barbutti, (host)
19 November, 1985 8:00 am
24x19 David Brenner
20 November, 1985 8:00 am
24x20 Ryan O'Neal, Bob Uecker
21 November, 1985 8:00 am
24x21 Jim Fowler, Marty Pollio, Ruben Blades
22 November, 1985 8:00 am
24x22 Jack Gallagher, Gore Vidal
26 November, 1985 8:00 am
24x23 Yakov Smirnoff, Lyle Alzado
27 November, 1985 8:00 am
24x24 Ethel Brunnick, Victoria Jackson
28 November, 1985 8:00 am
24x25 Barry Manilow, Chevy Chase, Dan Aykroyd, David Letterman
29 November, 1985 8:00 am
24x26 Joan Rivers (guest host), Christopher Reeve, Charles Nelson Reilly
02 December, 1985 8:00 am
24x27 Joan Rivers (guest host), Rue McClanahan, Telma Hopkins, Tom Falk
03 December, 1985 8:00 am
24x28 The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson - 11x028 - 24th Anniversary Special
25 September, 1986 8:00 am
24th Anniversary Special
24x29 Joan Rivers (guest host), Telly Savalas, George Hamilton, Pamela Bellwood, Rich Hall
05 December, 1985 8:00 am
24x30 Joan Rivers (guest host), Jon Voight, Michele Lee, Bryant Gumbel
06 December, 1985 8:00 am
24x31 Alan King, Vlasta Krsek
10 December, 1985 8:00 am
Comic Alan King; Vlasta Krsek, the self-styled International Queen of Polka.
24x32 William F. Buckley, Jr., John Larroquette
11 December, 1985 8:00 am
24x33 Robert Klein
12 December, 1985 8:00 am
24x34 Bob Hope
13 December, 1985 8:00 am
24x35 Bette Midler
17 December, 1985 8:00 am
Ed shows a picture of his new baby girl, Catherine Mary.
24x36 Dick Shawn, Tim Reid
18 December, 1985 8:00 am
24x37 Kevin Nealon
19 December, 1985 8:00 am
24x38 Jack Lemmon, Jack Velasco
20 December, 1985 8:00 am
24x39 Bill Maher, Marty Pollio
31 December, 1985 8:00 am
24x40 Angie Dickinson, Gene Rader
02 January, 1986 8:00 am
24x41 Tim Conway, Hal Linden
03 January, 1986 8:00 am
24x42 George Segal, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Wil Shriner
07 January, 1986 8:00 am
24x43 Madeline Kahn, A. Whitney Brown
08 January, 1986 8:00 am
24x44 Liberace, George Miller, Rosanna Arquette
09 January, 1986 8:00 am
24x45 George Carl, Brian Dennehy
10 January, 1986 8:00 am
24x46 James Garner, Barry Diamond, Anita Morris
14 January, 1986 8:00 am
24x47 Don Rickles
15 January, 1986 8:00 am
24x48 Michael Douglas, Joanna Kerns
16 January, 1986 8:00 am
24x49 Dabney Coleman, Dr. Carl Sagan, Hung Dinh Vu
17 January, 1986 8:00 am
24x50 Shelley Winters, Brad Garrett
21 January, 1986 8:00 am
24x51 Joe Namath, Teri Garr
22 January, 1986 8:00 am
24x52 Jeff Daniels, Vijay Amritraj, Rufus Hussey
23 January, 1986 8:00 am
With Actor Jeff Daniels, Tennis Player Vijay Amritraj, and Sling Shot Expert Marksman Rufus Hussey
24x53 Harvey Korman, Michael Ammar
24 January, 1986 8:00 am
24x54 Joan Rivers (guest host), Emmanuel Lewis, Oprah Winfrey, Mayor Ed Koch, Betty White
27 January, 1986 8:00 am
24x55 Joan Rivers (guest host), Tony Danza, Louie Anderson, Dr. Ruth Westheimer
28 January, 1986 8:00 am
24x56 Joan Rivers (guest host), David Steinberg, James Farentino, Mark Harmon, Estelle Getty
29 January, 1986 8:00 am
24x57 Joan Rivers (guest host), Joan Collins, William Devane, William Perry
30 January, 1986 8:00 am
24x58 Joan Rivers (guest host), Ursula Andress, Kate Capshaw, Roger Ebert, Gene Siskel
31 January, 1986 8:00 am
24x59 Buddy Hackett, Jim McMahon
04 February, 1986 8:00 am
24x60 Louie Anderson, Steven Callahan
05 February, 1986 8:00 am
24x61 Danny Cooksey, Robin Williams
06 February, 1986 8:00 am
24x62 Spud Webb, Jamie Rose
07 February, 1986 8:00 am
24x64 Billy Martin, Maureen Murphy
12 February, 1986 8:00 am
24x65 Terri Jones
13 February, 1986 8:00 am
24x66 James Stewart, Fritz Coleman
14 February, 1986 8:00 am
24x67 Betty White, Jon Cryer
18 February, 1986 8:00 am
24x68 Roseanne Barr, Stephen Baccus
19 February, 1986 8:00 am
24x69 Jim Fowler, Brenda Venus
20 February, 1986 8:00 am
24x70 Oprah Winfrey, Jerry Seinfeld, Shirley Muldowney
21 February, 1986 8:00 am
With Talk Show Host Oprah Winfrey, Comedian Jerry Seinfeld, and Drag Racer Shirley "Cha Cha" Muldowney
24x71 Bud Greenspan
25 February, 1986 8:00 am
24x72 Tab Thacker, Jack Gallagher, Victoria Jackson
26 February, 1986 8:00 am
24x73 Garry Shandling, Joe Newman
27 February, 1986 8:00 am
Audience members get a chance to tell a joke; Pam Santina and Ginger Miller demonstrate mud chess; Inventor Joe Newman explains his "Energy machine"; Garry Handling does stand up routine.
24x74 Father Guido Sarducci, Siskel & Ebert, Robin Barnett
28 February, 1986 8:00 am
Father Guido Sarducci; film critics Siskel & Ebert; Robin Barnett.
24x75 Joan Rivers (guest host), Carrie Fisher, Ronnie Shakes, Hal Holbrook
03 March, 1986 8:00 am
24x76 Joan Rivers (guest host), Barbara Walters, Susan Sullivan
04 March, 1986 8:00 am
24x77 Joan Rivers (guest host), Lynn Redgrave, C. Thomas Howell, Dr. Joyce Brothers
05 March, 1986 8:00 am
24x78 Joan Rivers (guest host), Valerie Harper, Arsenio Hall, Ron Howard
06 March, 1986 8:00 am
24x79 Joan Rivers (guest host), Nell Carter, Katherine Helmond, Gene Siskel, Roger Ebert
07 March, 1986 8:00 am
24x80 Keith Carradine, Wendy Schaal
11 March, 1986 8:00 am
24x81 Steve Landesberg, David Horowitz, Barry O'Halloran
12 March, 1986 8:00 am
With Steve Landesberg, David Horowitz, Barry O'Halloran
24x82 Jane Curtin, Jason Bateman
13 March, 1986 8:00 am
24x83 David Steinberg, Woody Harrelson
14 March, 1986 8:00 am
24x84 Barbara Hershey
18 March, 1986 8:00 am
24x85 Jon Voight
19 March, 1986 8:00 am
24x86 Shelley Long
20 March, 1986 8:00 am
24x87 Michael Keaton, Teresa Ganzel
21 March, 1986 8:00 am
24x88 Richard Benjamin
25 March, 1986 8:00 am
24x89 Doug Henning, Jackie Mason
26 March, 1986 8:00 am
24x90 Billy Crystal, Lucille Johnson
27 March, 1986 8:00 am
110th anniversary of the invention of the telephone. Johnny got a transcript of the entire conversation between them and recreates it for the audience.
24x91 Dom Irrera, Bess Armstrong
28 March, 1986 8:00 am
24x92 Teri Garr, Richard Chamberlain
01 April, 1986 9:00 am
24x93 Don King, John Williams
02 April, 1986 9:00 am
24x94 Frank Zappa, Dorothy Davis
03 April, 1986 9:00 am
24x95 Charles Grodin, Yakov Smirnoff
04 April, 1986 9:00 am
24x96 Judge Reinhold, Don Richardson, Jane Snyder
15 April, 1986 9:00 am
24x97 Larry Miller, Mark Lindsay Chapman
16 April, 1986 9:00 am
24x98 Sammy Davis, Jr., Bill Maher
17 April, 1986 9:00 am
24x100 Tom Hulce
22 April, 1986 9:00 am
24x101 Patrick Duffy, Harry Anderson
23 April, 1986 9:00 am
24x102 Ted Turner
24 April, 1986 9:00 am
24x103 Joan Embery, Joan Rivers, Philip Michael Thomas
25 April, 1986 9:00 am
Wildlife expert Joan Embery; actor Phillip Michael Thomas; Comic Joan Rivers;
24x104 Joan Rivers (guest host), Anthony Quinn
28 April, 1986 8:00 am
24x105 Joan Rivers (guest host), Hulk Hogan, Mr. Rogers, Calvin Trillin
29 April, 1986 8:00 am
24x106 Joan Rivers (guest host), Danny DeVito, Bobcat Goldthwait
30 April, 1986 8:00 am
24x108 Joan Rivers (guest host), Mark Harmon, Rick Overton, Vanna White, Roger Vadim
02 May, 1986 8:00 am
24x109 Harvey Korman
06 May, 1986 8:00 am
24x110 Buddy Hackett, Ally Sheedy, Ed Kennedy
07 May, 1986 8:00 am
With Comedian Buddy Hackett, Actress Ally Sheedy, and Music Teacher Ed Kennedy
24x111 Joe Piscopo
08 May, 1986 8:00 am
24x112 Bob Uecker; Kathleen Wilhoite; Zippy the Chimp
09 May, 1986 8:00 am
Bob Uecker; actress Kathleen Wilhoite; Zippy the Chimp
24x113 Marvelous Marvin Hagler
13 May, 1986 8:00 am
24x114 Patrick Swayze, Linda Ellerbee
14 May, 1986 8:00 am
24x115 Anthony Quinn, JoBeth Williams
15 May, 1986 8:00 am
24x116 Paula Poundstone, ZZ Top
16 May, 1986 8:00 am
24x117 Lucy Lee Flippin
20 May, 1986 8:00 am
24x118 Dudley Moore, Richard Pryor, Gwen Norton
21 May, 1986 8:00 am
24x119 Bette Davis
22 May, 1986 8:00 am
24x120 Bob Hope, Christine Lahti
23 May, 1986 8:00 am
24x121 Joanna Kerns, George Carl, The Amazing Randi
27 May, 1986 8:00 am
24x122 Steven Wright, Rosie Greis
28 May, 1986 8:00 am
With Comedian Steven Wright, and Avon Lady Rosie Greis
24x123 Tom Selleck, Pam Matteson
29 May, 1986 8:00 am
24x124 Jackie Mason, Teresa Ganzel
30 May, 1986 8:00 am
24x125 Garry Shandling (guest host), Jon Voight, Rich Hall, Justine Bateman
02 June, 1986 8:00 am
24x126 Garry Shandling (guest host), Betty White, Alan Thicke, Kevin Nealon
03 June, 1986 8:00 am
24x127 Garry Shandling (guest host), Joan Van Ark, Robert Hays, Victoria Jackson
04 June, 1986 8:00 am
24x128 Garry Shandling (guest host), Howie Mandel, Jeff Goldblum
05 June, 1986 8:00 am
24x129 Garry Shandling (guest host), Ed Begley, Jr., Teresa Ganzel, Sugar Ray Leonard
06 June, 1986 8:00 am
24x130 Joe Pennington, George Carlin
10 June, 1986 8:00 am
24x131 Arnold Schwarzenegger, Billy Crystal, Michael Ammar
11 June, 1986 8:00 am
Actor Arnold Schwarzenegger; comic Billy Crystal; magician Michael Ammar
24x132 Cybill Shepherd
12 June, 1986 8:00 am
24x133 Bill Cosby
13 June, 1986 8:00 am
24x134 Carl Reiner, Roy Blount, Jr.
17 June, 1986 8:00 am
24x135 Burt Reynolds, Franklyn Ajaye
18 June, 1986 8:00 am
24x136 Kate Capshaw, Roseanne Barr, Woody Harrelson
19 June, 1986 8:00 am
24x137 David Steinberg, Craig T. Nelson
20 June, 1986 8:00 am
24x138 Anthony Perkins, Joe Garagiola
24 June, 1986 8:00 am
24x139 Steve Landesberg
25 June, 1986 8:00 am
24x140 Danny DeVito, Joan Embery, John Searing
26 June, 1986 8:00 am
Danny DeVito; animal advocate Joan Embery; and fill-in announcer John Searing.
24x141 David Letterman, Joseph Wapner
27 June, 1986 8:00 am
Carson is suing Letterman to remove an old junker pickup truck parked outside his Malibu property. Judge Wapner presides.
24x142 Garry Shandling (guest host), Bronson Pinchot, George Wendt
14 July, 1986 8:00 am
24x143 Garry Shandling (guest host), Judge Reinhold, Lyle Alzado, Jimmy Aleck
15 July, 1986 8:00 am
24x145 Garry Shandling (guest host), Marsha Mason, Anthony Perkins
17 July, 1986 8:00 am
24x146 Garry Shandling (guest host), Marilu Henner, John Larroquette, James Belushi
18 July, 1986 8:00 am
24x147 Walter Matthau, Katrina Leskanich, Dick Rutan & Jeana Yeager
22 July, 1986 8:00 am
With Actor Walter Matthau, Musician Katrina Leskanich, and Pilots Dick Rutan & Jeana Yeager
24x148 Garry Shandling
23 July, 1986 8:00 am
24x149 Jay Leno
24 July, 1986 8:00 am
24x150 Teri Garr, Michael Bohdan
25 July, 1986 8:00 am
24x151 The Amazing Randi, Paul Miller
29 July, 1986 8:00 am
24x152 James Belushi, Joan Embery
30 July, 1986 8:00 am
24x153 Linda Ellerbee
31 July, 1986 8:00 am
24x154 Charles Grodin, Dom Irrera, Tommy Walton
01 August, 1986 8:00 am
With Actor Charles Grodin, Comedian Dom Irrera, and Ball Park Hot Dog Vendor Tommy Walton
24x155 Father Guido Sarducci, Belinda Carlisle
05 August, 1986 8:00 am
24x156 Robert Klein
06 August, 1986 8:00 am
24x157 Alan Thicke, Perry Mason
07 August, 1986 8:00 am
24x158 Tom Hanks, Ronnie Shakes
08 August, 1986 8:00 am
24x159 Kaleena Kiff, Paul Hogan
26 August, 1986 8:00 am
24x160 Blake Clark, Gene Siskel, Roger Ebert
27 August, 1986 8:00 am
24x161 George Carlin, Helen Slater
28 August, 1986 8:00 am
24x162 Paul Reiser, Helen Slater, Victoria Jackson
29 August, 1986 8:00 am
24x163 Dr. Joe Daugherty
02 September, 1986 8:00 am
24x164 Teresa Ganzel, Lewis Grizzard
03 September, 1986 8:00 am
24x165 Bobby Kelton, Vanna White
04 September, 1986 8:00 am
24x166 Merv Griffin, Paula Poundstone, David Horowitz
05 September, 1986 8:00 am
24x167 Betty White (guest host), Jack Klugman, William Devane, Paul Rodriguez
08 September, 1986 8:00 am
24x168 Jay Leno (guest host), Michele Lee, Deidre Hall
09 September, 1986 8:00 am
24x169 Jay Leno (guest host), Pam Dawber, Paul Sorvino
10 September, 1986 8:00 am
24x170 Billy Crystal (guest host), Howard Cosell, Richard Lewis
11 September, 1986 8:00 am
24x171 Billy Crystal (guest host), Teri Garr, Don King, Paul Shaffer
12 September, 1986 8:00 am
24x172 Steve Landesberg, Jason Bateman
16 September, 1986 8:00 am
24x173 Bob Newhart, Saundra Santiago, Teresa Ganzel
17 September, 1986 8:00 am
Actor Bob Newhart, actress Saundra Santiago; comic Teresa Ganzel.
24x174 George Segal, Loni Anderson, Bill Paxton
18 September, 1986 8:00 am
24x175 David Letterman, Geena Davis
19 September, 1986 8:00 am
24x176 Kenny Rogers (guest host), Tony Danza, Dudley Moore
22 September, 1986 8:00 am
24x177 Bill Cosby (guest host), Bea Arthur, Linda Ellerbee
23 September, 1986 8:00 am
24x178 Bill Cosby (guest host), Andy Griffith, Brad Garrett
24 September, 1986 8:00 am
24x179 Bill Cosby (guest host), Tyne Daly, Ted Danson, Sherman Hemsley
26 September, 1986 8:00 am
24x180 John Larroquette, Joe Garagiola
30 September, 1986 8:00 am
24x181 David Steinberg (guest host), John Davidson, Joanna Kerns, Tom Poston, Ed Begley, Jr.
01 October, 1986 8:00 am
24x182 Gene Siskel, Roger Ebert, Pete Barbutti
02 October, 1986 8:00 am
24x183 Jay Leno (guest host), Joan Van Ark, Susan Cash
03 October, 1986 8:00 am
24x184 Buddy Hackett, Justine Bateman
07 October, 1986 8:00 am
24x185 Patrick Duffy, Bob Uecker
08 October, 1986 8:00 am
24x186 Richard Pryor, Sean Penn
09 October, 1986 8:00 am
Comic Richard Pryor; actor Sean Penn. Johnny's Eulogy for Baby the Rooster
24x187 Tim Conway, Barry Diamond, Jerry Slocum
10 October, 1986 8:00 am
24x188 Smothers Brothers, Elisabeth Shue
14 October, 1986 8:00 am
24x189 James Stewart, Paul Reiser
15 October, 1986 8:00 am
24x190 Ritch Shydner, Woody Harrelson
16 October, 1986 8:00 am
24x191 Fritz Coleman, Larry Anderson
17 October, 1986 8:00 am
24x192 Unknown
01 January, 1970 9:00 am
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