JOHNNY CARSON, BEST OF V1

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• Release Year: 1962
• Genre: Comedy, Documentary
• Plot: Relive the memories from 30 years of The Tonight Show in this 3 DVD collection of the most hilarious moments with the biggest stars in television history. All of your old Tonight Show favorites are here - Johnny's monologue, wildlife handler Jim Fowler, the extraordinary talents of ordinary people, Carnac the Magnificent, sports heroes, and stand-up comics. See early performances from some of today's most popular comedians including Drew Carey, Garry Shandling, and the debut performance of Ellen DeGeneres. ; Features the famous lost episode Return to Studio One. The stuff of showbiz legend, this famous 'lost' episode of The Tonight Show (most of the tapes from the first 10 years of The Tonight Show were accidentally erased) defines the essence of live television. It is a kind of magic that can't be rehearsed, recycled, or reproduced, but thanks to this recent discovery, we can now return to Studio One to witness Johnny and his guests working witout a net. Originally recorded on two-inch videotape, the show was later transferred to film for broadcast on the Armed Forces Network. It was this film version that was eventually tracked down and identified among 10,000 Tonight Show tapes 54 stories underground in a working salt mine somewhere in the middle of Kansas. This show has not been seen since its original broadcast on March 6, 1969. ; This classic episode is considered by many as one of the most hilarious in TV history. In March of 1969, Carson took the show on the road from its home in New York to Burbank, California. On this particular night, Johnny and his guests had no idea what was in store for them when Bob Hope and Dean Martin decided to drop in announced, and stole the show. The spontaneous and unrehearsed antics that followed are now a part of show business history.
• Cast: Johnny Carson, Bob Hope, Ed McMahon, Joan Rivers, Jay Leno, David Letterman, Steve Martin, Bill Cosby, Don Rickles, David Brenner, Skitch Henderson, James Coco, Rodney Dangerfield, Jerry Lewis, Della Reese, David Steinberg, George Carlin, Sammy Davis Jr., Tony Randall, Irwin Maxwell Stillman, Buddy Rich, McLean Stevenson, Phyllis Newman, Charles Nelson Reilly, Mac Davis, Kreskin, Fernando Lamas, Robert Blake, Buddy Hackett, Bette Midler, Robert Klein, Joey Bishop, Orson Bean, Jaye P. Morgan, Shelley Winters, Rich Little, Joyce Brothers, Dom DeLuise, Susan Sarandon, Kip Addota, Bob Newhart, Bobby Kelton, Suzanne Pleshette, Albert Brooks, Monti Rock III, Lynn Redgrave, Shecky Greene, Doc Severinsen, Corbett Monica, George Gobel, Lily Tomlin, Joan Embery, Helen Gurley Brown, Burt Reynolds, Alan King, Kaye Ballard, Charo, Helen Reddy, Lola Falana, Johnny Mathis, Larry Kert, John Denver, 'Mama' Cass Elliot, Pat Boone, Steve Allen, Charlie Callas, Karen Valentine, Rex Reed, George Maharis, Jose Molina, Jack Benny, Lana Cantrell, Mickey Rooney, Sandy Baron, Victor Buono, Bobby Goldsboro, Ace Trucking Company, Adrienne Barbeau, Dolly Parton, Vikki Carr, Phyllis Diller, George Burns, Pete Barbutti, Roger Miller, John Davidson, Bob Uecker, Billy De Wolfe, Paul Williams, Johnny Yune, Myron Cohen, Artie Shaw, Florence Henderson, Milt Kamen, John Byner, Ann-Margret, Dana Valery, Jack Lemmon, Joe Williams, Peggy Lee, Norm Crosby, Frederick De Cordova, Hal Goldman
• Director: Frederick De Cordova
• Runtime: 4:00
• Company: Carson Entertainment
• Media Format: Movie