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Johnny Carson Throws Out Audience Member
Uploaded by: Muellerdon
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This segment was taped in approximately 1985. To put this into context, Johnny had just moved to a house in Malibu after his divorce from Joanna, his third wife.
Of the 100 videos that I've put up, this site has gotten the most comments and the most "hits"! Let me explain why. Johnny was great at doing "put-ons", and doing it well, so that the next morning people would be at work around the water cooler saying, "Did you watch Carson last night? Did you see what he did? Was it real?" Johnny's genius lives on, because people are STILL saying the same things on the Internet! On this clip, Johnny smoothly started out with a premise that sounded real. But as the routine went on, people gradually picked up that it was another clever put-on that was done by actors. There were subtile hints as the routine went on:
1. Johnny usually didn't give away prizes on his show, so that was suspect. And Johnny was a private man, he didn't invite strangers to his house on the spur of the moment.
2. Recognizing an audience member for being a certain number of guest is pointless in itself -- you can expect that there will be some sort of comedy pay-off.
3. The "actors" did their jobs very well -- but, an average audience member is not usally that sharp or articulate on the spot as these "audience members" were, so you knew something was up.
4. When they got into the crazy dialogue about being raised by racoons and such, you knew this was a routine.
5. Johnny would never actually get rude with an audience member on the air and throw them out, that was all shtick.
Jay, Dave and Conan all do put-ons -- but Johnny was very "cool" about it, he'd have you "hung" for a little while, he didn't force the issue into your face like other hosts might do.
Thanks to all of you for viewing this clip!
One more thing -- I welcome comments pro or con, but I will delete any comments with these elements in them:
1. Libel or Slander
2. Profanity
3. Name Calling
4. Spam
5. Comment completely non-relevant
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| Well, sweets, ... ( 2 weeks ago by mikeylorene) |
| Well, sweets, Johnny was a talk and game show HOST, not a stand up comedian. Keeping the show rolling along on a positive note and letting the guests shine was his job- and he was a master at it. He didn't HAVE to convince an audience he was funny because that was NOT his job. It was his personal quirks fans found funny. |
| You could tell it ... ( 2 weeks ago by linchase) |
| You could tell it was a skit at 3:36 <:D |
| your probably the ... ( 2 weeks ago by jamesrichardson63) |
| your probably the only one that has to put thought into that. im sure everybody already knows... |
| lol u can kinda ... ( 1 week ago by god4combat) |
| lol u can kinda easly tell that it's fake lol but still funny =] |
| thats so sexist, i ... ( 1 week ago by stuntsnyc) |
| thats so sexist, i am offended that they would use a woman as a sex object, and that johnny would imply that he was going to be sexual with her (so she could win a prize) clearly constitutes, and promotes sexual harrassment in the workplace. sure, some may think its "funny" but just this kind of attitude led to the virtual slavery and sexual abuse of women in the american workplace for hundreds of years. shame on you NBC! |
| oh please!!! ... ( 1 week ago by m2dad2) |
| oh please!!! stuntsync get a life. You're pathetic. |
| well you need to ... ( 1 week ago by mosafef) |
| well you need to inject context into the picture... remember the eddie murphy "half" sketch, go back and look at it. this is a poke fun of Johnny's love of beautiful women and it's his Achilles heel (the attorney joke). |
| Agreed. And the ... ( 1 week ago by madamerotten) |
| Agreed. And the whole skit wasn't funny except on the most banal level. |
| Do you remember the ... ( 1 week ago by johnnygeszler) |
| Do you remember the episode with the odious man from the Burbank French Travel Bureau and what he said? Or could you upload it? |
| No, I sure don't -- ... ( 1 week ago by Muellerdon) |
| No, I sure don't -- wish I had a better collection of Carson here! But, you can go to Carson's website and look up dates of his old shows, and see when it was aired. |
| haha! XD ( 1 week ago by derangedband) |
| haha! XD |
| Don't be such a ... ( 1 week ago by Ultranothing) |
| Don't be such a puritan prude! |
| that was total poo. ( 1 week ago by cptskellern) |
| that was total poo. |
| shut up. ( 1 week ago by reingardl) |
| shut up. |
| Oh, please, get ... ( 1 week ago by morethansalt) |
| Oh, please, get ahold of yourself, stuntsnyc- he's making fun of the stereotype of himself as a lech ... don't you get it? |
| was that real?? ( 1 week ago by justinwillow) |
| was that real?? |
| damn shes hot lol ( 6 days ago by TrickyMonkey1101) |
| damn shes hot lol |
| smokin hot ( 5 days ago by lonelygnome1) |
| smokin hot |
| lol XD ( 4 days ago by TrickyMonkey1101) |
| lol XD |
| carson was the best ... ( 4 days ago by debauched2002) |
| carson was the best! so funny |
| There has been and ... ( 2 days ago by guitarbandit7498) |
| There has been and will never be no better than Johnny Carson...Fact... |
| LOOKS LIKE OPAH ... ( 2 days ago by Bellyflops2) |
| LOOKS LIKE OPAH LOOMPAS BEHIND THE GUY |
| Of course this is ... ( 2 days ago by Kaimles) |
| Of course this is not real... |
| life was so simple ... ( 19 hours ago by tonygian10003) |
| life was so simple back then |
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