Posted on 04/11/2025 6:28:07 AM PDT by ChicagoConservative27
Johnny Carson was America’s ultimate late-night host.
The comedian’s most beloved gig was hosting “The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson” for 30 seasons from 1962 until his retirement in 1992.
His nephew, Jeff Sotzing, worked alongside his uncle, starting off as a receptionist in 1977, before becoming a producer on the show by ’92.
“I think he’d be flattered,” the television producer exclusively told The Post of how the late star would think of the current “Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
“It has so many elements that the ‘Tonight Show’ that I worked on did not have because of the technology. It is this analog, so you can’t roll tape into the show. … It’s this very fast-paced [show]. I think he’d be fine with it. I think he’d be proud of it, actually. It’s a good franchise.”
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It’s mostly impossible to watch. But I will say, the Tonight show is the best of the “non-political” night shows. They do still at least TRY to be funny.
I think his assessment is correct. Johnny would be OK with the current Tonight Show.
He was a producer and is a liberal.
Producers don’t think about content and liberals don’t think.
They emote.
Ping!.................
Who cares what Johnny would think, it’s the audience you should care about, and they hate the new show.
> Too political <
Right. The old-time talk show hosts poked gentle fun at Democrats and Republicans alike. They kept you guessing as to their political beliefs.
That was smart.
Today’s hosts alternate bashing Republicans in general with bashing Trump in particular.
That’s dumb, as it alienates half your audience.
And to make it worse, their jabs are just not funny. But fortunately for me, in my region opposite the Tonight Show are reruns of Perry Mason.
Agree TTS is the best of the late night shows but that’s because the others are completely unwatchable, as are Jimmy Fallon’s monologs. Just Trump and republican bashing for 5 minutes. He needs new writers for starters.
Flunky nephew speaks.
I miss David Frost.
They were pretty good.But they’re a slightly different breed of cat.
I agree, Johnny wouldn’t like any of the late night shows. He did political stuff, but at least it was funny
The difference was Johnny Carson was actually entertaining and did not try to push a political agenda. He’d make jokes at the expense of each side. The current late night “comedians” aren’t funny at all. They’re just political hacks and their audience has shrunk down to a nub as a result.
I gotta admit if I were in Carson’s position, I’d have paid the $600 per day to fly in by helicopter. Saving a few hours per day and not having all that stress from driving would have been worth it.
Carson made Jeff Sotzing a producer the year he ended the show? That's telling. I'm guessing Sotzing is a zero who hates Trump. Nothing more.
The ratings tell the tale.
He was a modest guy.
Even though he drove a Corvette he always called it a Chevy.
There was only one Johnny Carson. I always at least tried to catch the opening monologue every night before bed. My Mom didn’t like him because there was “ too much innuendo “. 😆
During the 70’s one of my best friend’s sister and her husband lived in Beverly Hills. They bought Jack Jenny’s old house. Their best friends were Johnny Carson, Gene Wilder and Gene Hackman.
My girlfriend used to visit them often and she said Johnny Carson was a tennis fanatic. He would show up all the time in his tennis outfit to play tennis with them on their court. He was vey introverted and hardly spoke. He would just sit and listen to everyone else. Totally different from his on screen persona.
Too overtly political, otherwise he shared the political views of the current idiots.
"I miss my wife -
She keeps ducking behind rocks and trees..."
Joan Rivers said after the lights went out for commercial Carson would tap his pencils and say nothing
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