Product Details

• Actors: Johnny Carson, Ed McMahon, Bob Hope, Joan Rivers, David Letterman
• Directors: Bobby Quinn, Dick Carson, Frederick De Cordova
• Writers: Allyn Warner, Andrew Nicholls, Bob Keane, Bob Smith, Ed. Weinberger
• Format: Closed-captioned, Color, HiFi Sound, NTSC
• Language: English
• Rating: NR (Not Rated)
• Number of tapes: 1
• Studio: Walt Disney Video
• VHS Release Date: May 24, 1994
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• ASIN: 6303066763
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #5,953 in Video (See Bestsellers in Video)

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Customer Reviews

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16 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Late Night TV at it's finest, July 22, 2001

By	SOH "SOH" (Bowie, MD USA) - See all my reviews

Jay Leno has NOTHING on Carson, who was the class act of late night TV. This video is richly filled with brief clips that will make you laugh and cry - but mostly laugh. The single best scene - I hate to say it - is Sam Kinison doing "Are You Lonesome Tonight", one of the funniest things I've ever heard on TV, and which made me laugh for weeks - it still cracks me up. Other classics include Albert Brooks and his sidekick spelling toy, and the Julio Iglesias appearance where Johnny does Willie Nelson - and rather well - in the duet of "To All The Girls I've Loved Before". The 4 year old precocious spelling champion who charms the audience while Carson spontaneously performs magic tricks - it's all Carson at just a few of his many excellent moments. The unfortunate appearance of Jane Fonda is completely unnecessary and her raunchy joke drags the only significant raunch. Other than her appearance, the video is awesome.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Caution: Two different versions of this tape, August 20, 2005

By	Larry E. Mcphillips "girl-jam" (Rockville, MD, United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

There's a bit of confusion about this tape because it was re-released in 2001, and the new version omits some of the clips in the 1996 version. (Who knows why?)

For example, I bought this tape from an Amazon seller, and it was missing the Sam Kinison "Are You Lonesome Tonight" clip, and also missing the Julio Iglesias clip with Johnny playing Willie Nelson. Turns out I had bought the re-released version. So then I bought it again from another seller who had the original version, and all the clips are there.

If you want to make sure to get the complete (original) release of this tape, ask the seller to confirm that the front cover has Johnny wearing a light blue jacket, and not a tan jacket (which the re-released edited version has).

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Funny,and I mean funny, February 28, 2005

By	Willie Montgomery "colorado" (Denmark,South Carolina) - See all my reviews

I watched three of the collection tapes of Johnny Carson's best comedy moments and I laughed so hard I nearly suffered a headache.The comedy skits he performed are the best and there will be no other person who can match Carson's routines.He is not only the king of late night comedy,he is the founder and architect.Although he is gone,his work still lives on on video.Many up and coming comedians should learn not only how to craft their skills by learning from Carson,but the legends who appeared on his show.