Pretty incredible stuff, booze, cigarettes, comedian super stars, hot chicks, and Johnny Carson holding on for dear life.
I saw that at the time and it was hilarious.
I saw that when it was first aired.
bttt
Who is the young woman on the show?
Thought of Johnny Carson today when I realized the freeway exit to my new office is the actual Slauson Cutoff...
Ping to me for later viewing
You believe that? Ever watched the credits at the end of these shows? Notice the names of "writers". What do you think these writers do, write the credits titles?
I do think the world is a tuxedo and I’m just a pair of brown shoes.One of the funniest lines besides the japanese never getting past tulsa.George was one of the funniest.What a treasure they all are.
I really don’t like Dean Martin, especially when he acts like a drunk. Having grown up with an alcoholic parent, I don’ find it funny.
TV back when celebs could drink and smoke. Check out the dress on Judy Carne. The 60s were the descent of man but they sure had some great entertainers.
Back when people had a sense of humor and everyone wasn’t so eager to be offended.
Honestly, watched it from start to finish, and didn’t even crack a smile.
Totally unfunny. ol’ Deano acting like a drunk, Johnny egging him on, audience reacting on cue to the “Laugh” and “Applause” signs.
Absolute crap.
Thanks for the post. Love the old Johnny Carson show. Great stuff. Used to watch it in the 70’s and 80’s as a kid. And I grew up with an alcoholic parent and find Old Deano funny. I know we’re all different, with different thresholds, but I don’t apply my own circumstance to everyone else.
Flash forward 45 years to Russell Brand grabbing his junk and advocating gay rights on Late Noight...
so sad.
1969 was the year of Woodstock yet Johnny Carson definitely played to an older crowd in his late-night TV show.
When I was growing up in the 1960s and 1970s, the whole Dean Martin/Frank Sinatra/Sammy Davis Jr. scene was most uncool. Yet today as I continue to age, I am starting to appreciate a lot of the culture that my father was exposed to back in the 1950s and 1960s - when he was a young man. Consequently, I find it hard to listen to Led Zeppelin - that music now gives me a headache.
"Mad Men" is some sort of TV show and mostly geared towards women, but I like watching it with my wife because you have guys basically coming to work smoking cigarettes, drinking shots of bourbon after scoring a major advertising deal, and having secretaries to do a lot of their work for them (as well as screen their calls). That is something that does not happen these days - even if you are a VP at a major corporation.