Product Details

• Actors: Johnny Carson, Ed McMahon, Bob Hope, Joan Rivers, Jay Leno
• Directors: Frederick De Cordova
• Writers: Johnny Carson, Jay Leno, Allyn Warner, Bob Keane, George Tricker
• Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: Carson Entertainment
• DVD Release Date: November 7, 2006
• Run Time: 80 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B000HXDQME
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #75,206 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)
  • #41 in Movies & TV > DVD > TV Talk Shows
• For more information about "Johnny Carson: Carson Country" visit the Internet Movie Database (IMDb)

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com

This collection of Tonight Show clips opens with a song from the host. When Joan Embery, from the San Diego Zoo, brings a bush dog to the set, Johnny Carson croons a ballad to the little creature. Other surprises await as this set, which spans 1964-1989, defines "country" in the broadest possible terms. That means standup comedians (Blake Clark, a brunette Brett Butler), TV stars (Michael Landon, Jay "Tonto" Silverheels), ventriloquists (Ronn Lucas), poets (Baxter Black), and stuntmen (Hal Needham, Smokey and the Bandit). Even a horseshoe throwing champion, a cowbell collector, two hollerin' contest winners, and a 97-year-old farmer get in on the action. For most viewers, the highlights will be the music and guest spots from silver screen cowboys, like Roy Rogers and John Wayne in a surprise walk-on. Songs include "Streets of Bakersfield" (Dwight Yoakam and Buck Owens), "Grandpa (Tell Me 'Bout the Good Old Days)" (the satin-suited Judds, giving the ladies of Dynasty a run for the money), and "Ring of Fire" (Johnny Cash, from a rare black and white kinescope). They’re fine performances all. As always, half the fun comes from Carson's deadpan reactions and valiant efforts to stifle the laughter when things get out of hand. Even a few non-country celebrities, like Ryan O'Neal, get roped into Carson Country. "I can't stand it!" exclaims Naomi Judd, when she realizes daughter Wynonna is sitting next to the Love Story star. --Kathleen C. Fennessy

Product Description

Studio: Respond2 Entertainment Release Date: 01/08/2007

Customer Reviews

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11 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Johnny's Country, November 8, 2006

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Lemon - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Johnny Carson: Carson Country (DVD)

This is an interesting glimpse back into the huge variety of guests Johnny had on The Tonight Show. This single disc features a wide variety of "Country-Themed" guests that range from country comics and musical stars (there are really interesting early appearances by The Judds, and a terrific really early appearance by Johnny Cash), to cowboy stars (John Wayne does a funny walk on appearance), to real people like the country's oldest farmer. It's good clean fun. If you are a big Johnny fan and want to see more of his classic sketches, I would also recommend The Ultimate Johnny Carson Collection - His Favorite Moments from The Tonight Show (Vols. 1-3) (1962-1992)which is the most complete collection of his work.The Best of The Tonight Show - Stand-Up Comedians (2 Discs) is a really good choice if you want to see all the comics that appreared on The Tonight Show.

11 of 13 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Great rare videos buried in more poorly selected material, November 16, 2006

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Daniel Gordon "Video guru" (CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Johnny Carson: Carson Country (DVD)

I'm a big fan of Johnny Carson but the producers of these highlight dvds are putting out a lot of his less interesting stuff. In this most recent dvd of "Carson Country" we are promised new great musical performances that have never been released before. Unfortunately, this makes up a small fraction of what's actually on the dvd, which was a problem on his prior releases on the Ultimate Collection. Although all of the material is new and never seen since it was aired, a lot of the stuff is quite boring. Unfortunately, on one of the few musical performances that we do see with Dwight Yokam and Buck Owens, the quality looks its from a bootleg almost. The picture is blurry and the sound is tinny sounding. The only good quality peformace is with the Judds.We see a lot of no name guests interviewed on the dvd that are not very interesting at all. Although Johnny does a great job of keeping it funny, celebrites are very much lacking on this dvd with few exceptions such as Michael Langdon and the Judds. Whoever is selecting the material for these releases should be fired. Johnny Carson had a lot more interesting content in his vast archive but each release has been very disappointing. Although this dvd is disappointing I would still recommend this dvd to Carson fans because it's all we have left from him..

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very Funny Carson, January 18, 2007

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Theresa Dunn - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Johnny Carson: Carson Country (DVD)

Well worth the money. We'll be watching this video over and over again!
No one did "late night" like Carson.