The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson (1962)
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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26x02 John Larroquette, Kenny G

08 October, 1987 8:00 am

26x04 The Tonight Show 17th Anniversary Special

13 October, 1987 8:00 am
Actor Patrick Swayze plugs his new film "Dirty Dancing" and chats with Johnny about taking dance classes as a kid, Comedian A. Whitney Brown does stand up and then chats with Johnny too. Actress Alexandra Paul talks about her desire to never get married or have her own children (she eventually did marry 13 years later but remains childless by choice.) She was there to plug her new film "The Passage" which was eventually released in September of 1988 as "After the Rain" starring Ned Beatty and Brian Keith.

26x06 Tim Conway, Kevin Rooney, Jester Hairston, Donald O. Cram

15 October, 1987 8:00 am
Comic Tim Conway; Kevin Rooney; Jester Hairston; Donald O. Cram.

26x07 James Galway, Myrtle Young

16 October, 1987 8:00 am
With Musician James Galway and Myrtle Young Included: ""The Potato Chip Lady,"" Myrtle Young of Fort Wayne, Indiana, visits with Johnny and shows her collection of chips resembling famous people. Johnny can't resist the chance to pull a prank, and bites into a chip from an off-camera bowl -- causing Myrtle to nearly collapse in horror.

26x10 Connie Lew, Robert Klein

22 October, 1987 8:00 am

26x17 George C. Scott, JoAnne Astrow, Amazing Randi

03 November, 1987 8:00 am
Actor George C. Scott; producer JoAnne Astrow; magician James Randi.

26x19 Chuck Berry

05 November, 1987 8:00 am

26x31 Louie Anderson, Jack Jones

26 November, 1987 8:00 am

26x39 Merv Griffin, Linda Ronstadt

09 December, 1987 8:00 am

26x40 David Brenner, Ray Charles

10 December, 1987 8:00 am

26x43 Bob Uecker, Colm Wilkinson

16 December, 1987 8:00 am

26x44 Jack Paar

17 December, 1987 8:00 am
Former host Jack Paar is the only guest on this show during which he discusses his time at the helm of "The Tonight Show" and his upcoming NBC special among other things. Even 25 years after giving up the show, you can see Paar still has the same manic energy as always. This is another Christmastime show so we also have more new products and letters to Santa.

26x51 Bette Davis, Martin Short

07 January, 1988 8:00 am

26x55 Milton Berle, Carol Siskind, Don Yesso

14 January, 1988 8:00 am
Comic Milton Berle; actress Carol Siskind; actor Don Yesso.

26x59 Jack Lemmon, K.T. Oslin

21 January, 1988 8:00 am

26x60 Jim Fowler, Teresa Ganzel, Bob Nelson

22 January, 1988 8:00 am
Jim Fowler; Bob Nelson; Teresa Ganzel; The Mighty Carson Art Players.

26x61 Paul Reiser, James Taylor

02 February, 1988 8:00 am

26x68 Tim Conway, Jonathan Butler

16 February, 1988 8:00 am

26x70 Minnie Black, Dudley Moore

18 February, 1988 8:00 am

26x73 Ritch Shydner, Rita Rudner, Fred Roggin, Darryl Sivad

24 February, 1988 8:00 am
Comic Ritch Shydner; comedian Rita Rudner; sports anchor Fred Roggin; actor/comedian Darryl Sivad.

26x74 Eddy Edwards, Burt Reynolds, Teresa Ganzel

25 February, 1988 8:00 am
Actor Burt Reynolds; actress Teresa Ganzel; skier Eddie Edwards; The Mighty Carson Art Players.

26x77 Joe Piscopo

11 May, 1988 8:00 am

26x78 Dana Carvey, Joe Garagiola

12 May, 1988 8:00 am
Actor Dana Carvey; actor Joe Garagiola; actor David Teitelbaum; Jack Saltzberg.

26x79 Bob Hope, k.d. lang

13 May, 1988 8:00 am

26x81 Jonathan Winters, Kristin Banerjee

19 May, 1988 8:00 am
Comedian Jonathan Winters; Kristin Banerjee.

26x82 Sylvester Stallone

20 May, 1988 8:00 am

26x84 Chevy Chase, Thalassa Cruso, John Suter

26 May, 1988 8:00 am
Starring Chevy Chase and Thalassa Cruso

26x93 Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jerry Seinfeld, Andre Agassi

09 June, 1988 8:00 am
Arnold Schwarzenegger; comedian Jerry Seinfeld; tennis player Andre Agassi.

26x94 Don Yesso, Basia

10 June, 1988 8:00 am

26x100 Jay Leno, Raquel Welch, Ray Anderson

22 June, 1988 8:00 am
Starring Jay Leno, Raquel Welch, and Ray Anderson

26x119 Richard Pryor, Pete Fountain

05 August, 1988 8:00 am
Photos of celebrities showing tiny notes on their person supposedly enlarged by 'high resolution cameras'.

26x126 George Carlin, Mark Harmon

24 August, 1988 8:00 am
Actor George Carlin; actor Mark Harmon.

26x127 Jonathan Winters, Karen and Sarah Josephson

25 August, 1988 8:00 am
Comedian Jonathan Winters; Karen and Sarah Josephson.

26x130 Dana Delany, Buddy Hackett

01 September, 1988 8:00 am

26x131 Jennifer Tilly, Randy Travis

02 September, 1988 8:00 am

26x135 Shabana Kazi, Harry Belafonte

09 September, 1988 8:00 am

26x137 Jim Fowler

14 September, 1988 8:00 am

26x139 26th Anniversary Show

06 October, 1988 8:00 am

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