[Le Chien Rouge]

One of my favorite Johnny Carson moments:

Johnny barging in on the live taping of CPO Sharkey to confront Don Rickles over a broken cigar box.

Classic!

[TStro]

He was much funnier than anyone on TV or in movies now. I also miss him. A true comedic genius. Loved the surprise on Julio Iglesias’ face when Johnny came on stage as Willie Nelson for “All the Girls I Loved Before”. Johnny actually sang that as well as old Willie.

[Nik Naym]

“Johnny barging in on the live taping of CPO Sharkey to confront Don Rickles over a broken cigar box.”

Yes!

That is the only time I ever saw Rickles without a snappy comeback! He just stood there with his mouth open. I bet nobody else ever made that happen!

[jimfree]

I saw that CPO Sharkey invasion either in first run or a best of. Fabulous. One of the few times that Rickles was speechless.

[bcsco]

Heh. It was a cigarette box.

[Robert DeLong]

My favorite was when he was interviewing Arnold Palmer's wife and asked her if she did anything special before a tournament.

She replied, "I kiss his balls".

Carson responded, "I'll bet that makes his putter stand on end".