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Season 12 (NBC)(1973-74)
Episode Guide compiled by The Classic TV Archive
with contributions by: Rina Fox, Tom Alger [Updates May 2020]
references:
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##### Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson #####
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NBC Monday to Friday 11:15pm to 1am
12.01 [2826] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
01Oct1973 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor Red Buttons
Flamenco dancer Jose Molina
Country singer Loretta Lynn
and pianists Sandler & Young.
12.02 [2827] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson: 11TH ANNIVERSARY SHOW
02Oct1973 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor Burt Reynolds
comedians Don Rickles
and Buddy Hackett
and actress Carol Wayne.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0Xx8m7c3xA
*Note: The 11th anniversary of Johnny's show is celebrated,
with a surprise appearance by Dean Martin.
12.03 [2828] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
03Oct1973 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor James McEachin
actresses Gina Lollobrigida
and Cheryl Ladd (as Cheryl Stoppelmoor)
sportscaster Bob Uecker
and singer John O'Banion.
12.04 [2829] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
04Oct1973 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actors Dennis Weaver
and McLean Stevenson
Erich von Daniken author of "The Gold of the Gods"
and entertainer Liberace.
12.05 [2830] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
05Oct1973 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor Peter Falk
actress Victoria Principal of "The Naked Ape"
comedian Robert Klein
singer Gerri Granger
and Linda Monteleone winner of a pancake flipping race.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hn-9dkQPk6A
[--] Sunday Tonight Show
07Oct1973 [repeat from 29Sep72]
Joan Rivers, Earl Holliman, Mitzi Gaynor, John Kidner, Carazini.
12.06 [2831] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
08Oct1973 NBC
Guest Host Joey Bishop
Guests
actors George Kennedy
and Fernando Lamas
magazine editor Helen Gurley Brown
comedian Irwin C. Watson
singers John Davidson
and Gerri Granger.
12.07 [2832] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
09Oct1973 NBC
Guest Host Joey Bishop
Guests
actor Jack Klugman
Dr. Joyce Brothers
humorist Allan Drake
and singer Mel Tillis.
12.08 [2833] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
10Oct1973 NBC
Guest Host Joey Bishop
Guests
TV personality Stephanie Edwards
impressionist David Fry
singer-songwriter Gilbert O'Sullivan
and singer Della Reese.
12.09 [2834] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
11Oct1973 NBC
Guest Host Joey Bishop
Guests
comedians Dom DeLuise
and Stanley Myron Handelman
TV critic Cleveland Amory
and singer Charo.
12.10 [2835] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
12Oct1973 NBC
Guest Host Joey Bishop
Guests
actress Lesley Ann Warren
comedian Jan Murray
comic Rip Taylor
Merlin Olsen, lineman for the LA Rams
and singer Talya Ferro.
[--] Sunday Tonight Show
14Oct1973 [repeat]
pre-empted by Burt Reynolds at Leavenworth Special.
12.11 [2836] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
15Oct1973 NBC
Guest Host Joey Bishop
Guests
actors Jack Lemmon
and Roger Moore
actress Karen Black
film director George Stevens
and TV game show host Peter Marshall.
12.12 [2837] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
16Oct1973 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor Beau Bridges
comedian George Burns
tennis star Billie Jean King
composer-writer-actor Ronnie Graham
and entertainer Carol Channing.
12.13 [2838] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
17Oct1973 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor William Demarest
actress Jacqueline Bisset
comedian Dick Shawn
and Gladys Knight & The Pips.
12.14 [2839] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
18Oct1973 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actors Charlton Heston
and Robert Morley
child actor Rodney Allen Rippy
comedy writer Carl Reiner
and singer Barbara McNair.
12.15 [2840] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
19Oct1973 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor Paul Hampton
J.B. West, White House Usher
singer Lola Falana
and the Ace Trucking Company.
[--] Sunday Tonight Show
21Oct1973 [repeat from 31Oct72]
Elsa Lanchester, Trini Lopez, Sharon Johansen, Frederick Forsyth.
12.16 [2841] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
22Oct1973 NBC
Guest Host Barbara Walters
Guests
actress Joanne Woodward
actor Walter Matthau
child actor Ricky Segall
and singer Linda Hopkins.
12.17 [2842] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
23Oct1973 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actress Suzanne Pleshette
comic actor Joe Flynn
singer Vikki Carr
and the Ace Trucking Company.
12.18 [2843] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
24Oct1973 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor Kirk Douglas
comedienne Joan Rivers
singers Johnny Hart
and Larry Kert.
12.19 [2844] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
25Oct1973 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor Richard Benjamin
comedian Albert Brooks
playwright Garson Kanin
and singer Gerri Granger.
12.20 [2845] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
26Oct1973 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedy writer Carl Reiner
comedian George Carlin
author Bob Rosefsky
and singer Tommy Leonetti.
[--] Sunday Tonight Show
28Oct1973 [repeat from 01Nov72]
Victor Buono, Patti Deutsch, Mark Stone, Vikki Carr.
12.21 [2846] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
29Oct1973 NBC
Guest Host John Davidson
Guests
actress Sally Field
comedian Dom DeLuise
comedienne Lily Tomlin
and singer Charo.
12.22 [2847] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
30Oct1973 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor Richard Harris talks about the spoken album "Jonathan Livingston Seagull"
impressionist Rich Little
and comedian Ronnie Graham.
12.23 [2848] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
31Oct1973 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor Tony Randall
actress Sandy Duncan
comedian George Gobel
Radu Florescu author of "In Search of Dracula".
12.24 [2849] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
01Nov1973 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actress Elke Sommer
comedian Gabriel Kaplan
journalist Pete Hamill
and singer Pat Boone.
12.25 [2850] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
02Nov1973 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actors Victor Buono
and McLean Stevenson
and Country singer Roger Miller.
[--] Sunday Tonight Show
04Nov1973 [repeat]
pre-empted for NBC Special Report on the Middle East crisis.
12.26 [2851] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
05Nov1973 NBC
Guest Host Joey Bishop
Guests
humorist Allan Drake
comedian Redd Foxx
singers Sonny King
and Gerri Granger.
*Note: Some listings have Redd Foxx as guest host and Joey Bishop as the guest
comedian.
12.27 [2852] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
06Nov1973 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor Robert Blake
comedian Jerry Van Dyke
author Martin Poriss
and The Carpenters perform "Superstar (Long Ago)", "Rainy Days and Mondays",
"Goodbye to Love".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7eaxxUBLSI
12.28 [2853] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
07Nov1973 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor Robert Blake
comedian Orson Bean
TV personality Stephanie Edwards
and entertainer Wayne Newton.
12.29 [2854] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
08Nov1973 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor Fernando Lamas
Erich von Daniken author of "Gods From Outer Space"
David and Goliath perform "One Man Band"
and singer-songwriter Paul Williams.
12.30 [2855] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
09Nov1973 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
football player Alex Karras
author Barbara Howar
Vivian Abell crafts from discards
and singer Joan Baez.
[--] Sunday Tonight Show
11Nov1973 [repeat]
pre-empted by Football game.
12.31 [2856] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
12Nov1973 NBC
Guest Host Karen Valentine
Guests
entertainer Bob Hope
comedienne Jo Ann Worley
and singer John Davidson.
12.32 [2857] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
13Nov1973 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian Jonathan Winters
film director Bud Greenspan
singer-actress Carol Lawrence
and Jazz singer Cleo Laine.
12.33 [2858] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
14Nov1973 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian Don Rickles
baseball manager Leo Durocher
Olympic gold medalist Olga Connolly
and entertainer Monti Rock III.
12.34 [2859] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
15Nov1973 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian Charlie Callas
ecologist Dr. Paul Ehrlich
singer Diana Trask
and Country singer Roy Clark.
12.35 [2860] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
16Nov1973 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
singer Dinah Shore
comedienne Joan Rivers
anthropologist Dr. Ashley Montagu
and model-actress Angie Bowie.
[--] Sunday Tonight Show
18Nov1973 [repeat from 10Nov72]
Diana Ross, Karen Valentine, Shecky Greene, Robert Shaw.
12.36 [2861] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
19Nov1973 NBC
Guest Host Steve Allen
Guests
actor Richard Dawson
actress Jayne Meadows
comedian Louis Nye
vibraphonist Terry Gibbs
and singer Charo.
12.37 [2862] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
20Nov1973 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor Henry Fonda
comedian Myron Cohen
Albie Baker author of "Stolen Sweets"
and pianist Erroll Garner.
12.38 [2863] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
21Nov1973 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actress Tina Louise
comedian Rodney Dangerfield
Gore Vidal author of "Burr: A Novel"
and singer Robert Goulet.
12.39 [2864] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
22Nov1973 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedians Buddy Hackett
and Steve Martin
Ken Moss
Joan Embery of the San Diego Zoo
and singer-songwriter Harry Chapin.
12.40 [2865] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
23Nov1973 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor Jack Palance
actress Victoria Principal
comedian Mike Preminger
Stephen Birmingham author of "The Right Places (for the Right People)".
[--] Sunday Tonight Show
25Nov1973 [repeat]
pre-empted by "Country Music Special" hosted by Mac Davis.
12.41 [2866] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
26Nov1973 NBC [Sacramento Bee]
Guest Host McLean Stevenson
Guests
actress Doris Day
naturalist Euell Gibbons
Laurie Blankenship
and singer Nancy Wilson.
12.42 [2867] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
27Nov1973 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedy writer Carl Reiner
author Truman Capote
comedian Jerry Van Dyke
singer Jose Feliciano
and the Lennon Sisters.
12.43 [2868] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
28Nov1973 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor James Coco
actress Stockard Channing
Jane Howard author of "A Different Woman"
Opera singer Marilyn Horne
and singer John Davidson.
12.44 [2869] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
29Nov1973 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor Lorne Greene
comedian David Brenner
author Erich von Daniken
and singer Lana Cantrell.
12.45 [2870] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
30Nov1973 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
dog trainer Matthew Margolis
impressionist Rich Little
astronomer Dr. Carl Sagan discusses comet Kohoutek
and singer Helen Reddy who sings "Leave Me Alone (Ruby Red Dress)" and "Long
Hard Climb".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okwCKITn0fA
[--] Sunday Tonight Show
02Dec1973 [repeat from 12Dec72]
Charlton Heston, George Carlin, Kenny Rankin, Joseph Sorrentino.
12.46 [2871] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
03Dec1973 NBC
Guest Host David Steinberg
Guests
actress Ruth Gordon
TV personality Steve Allen
comedian Redd Foxx
and singer-songwriter Peter Yarrow.
12.47 [2872] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
04Dec1973 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor Tony Randall
actress Stockard Channing
comedian Ronnie Graham
and singer Larry Kert.
12.48 [2873] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
05Dec1973 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor Bruce Dern
comedian Dick Shawn
baseball pitcher Jim Wolff
and singer-dancer Lola Falana.
Also a mannequin display.
12.49 [2874] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
06Dec1973 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
entertainer Sammy Davis Jr.
actress Diane Keaton talks about the film "Sleeper" and sings "You Made Me Love
You"
comedian Freddie Prinze
author Erma Bombeck
drummer Louie Bellson performs "Space and Home"
and Sammy Davis, Jr. who performs "In the Still of the Night", "I've Gotta Be
Me",
"Tie a Yellow Ribbon 'Round the Ole Oak Tree" and "Candy Man".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=64&v=PfIAJkDWzig&feature=emb_logo
12.50 [2875] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
07Dec1973 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actors Vince Edwards
McLean Stevenson
and Vincent Gardenia
Larry Merchant author of "The National Football Lottery"
Opera singer Beverly Sills
and The Lockers.
[--] Sunday Tonight Show
09Dec1973 [repeat from]
12.51 [2876] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
10Dec1973 NBC
Guest Host Wayne Newton
Guests
comedians Dom DeLuise
and Jack Benny
singer Paul Anka
and musician Dave Berry.
12.52 [2877] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
11Dec1973 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor Richard Harris
writer Barbara Howar
and stuntman Dar Robinson.
12.53 [2878] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
12Dec1973 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor Robert Blake
mentalist Kreskin
and Country singer Roy Clark.
12.54 [2879] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
13Dec1973 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedians Shecky Greene
and Kelly Monteith
plant expert Thalassa Cruso
and singer Larry Kert.
12.55 [2880] Tonight Show starring Johnny
Carson
14Dec1973 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actress Cloris Leachman
actor Fernando Lamas
Ike & Tina Turner
and entertainer Monti Rock III.
[--] Sunday Tonight Show
16Dec1973 [repeat from 15Dec72]
Mickey Rooney, Sandy Duncan, Martin Poriss, Melanie.
12.56 [2881] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
17Dec1973 NBC
Guest Host Steve Allen
Guests
TV personality Art Linkletter
comedian Dom DeLuise
actress Kathleen Freeman
Skiles and Henderson
singers Charo
and John Davidson.
12.57 [2882] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
18Dec1973 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actors Clint Eastwood
and James Whitmore
film director Bud Greenspan
and Opera singer Marilyn Horne.
12.58 [2883] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
19Dec1973 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor McLean Stevenson
martial artist Hugh MacDonald
etiquette expert Tish Baldrige
and musician Al Hirt.
12.59 [2884] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
20Dec1973 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedienne Joan Rivers
actress Adrienne Barbeau
comedian Gabriel Kaplan
and writer George Plimpton.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovMaioRPn0M
12.60 [2885] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
21Dec1973 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian Orson Bean
actress Carol Wayne
film director Bud Greenspan
and singer Lou Rawls.
[--] Sunday Tonight Show
23Dec1973 [repeat from 27Dec72]
Buddy Rich, Steve Martin, F. Lee Bailey, The Mills Brothers.
[--] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
24Dec1973 NBC
pre-empted for Christmas Eve programming.
12.61 [2886] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
25Dec1973 NBC
Guest Host Jerry Lewis
Guests
actor John Cassavettes
Dr. Joyce Brothers
child actor Ricky Segall
and singer Enzo Stuarti.
12.62 [2887] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
26Dec1973 NBC
Guest Host Jerry Lewis
Guests
actress Sharon Farrell
actors Bernie Casey
and Eddie Ryder
singers Freda Payne
and Mel Tormé.
12.63 [2888] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
27Dec1973 NBC
Guest Host Jerry Lewis
Guests
actor Ernest Borgnine
comedian Steve Martin
actress Suzanne Pleshette
and TV personality Stephanie Edwards.
12.64 [2889] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
28Dec1973 NBC
Guest Host Jerry Lewis
Guests
comedians George Burns
and Norm Crosby
TV personality Steve Allen
comedienne Phyllis Diller
and impressionist Rich Little.
[--] Sunday Tonight Show
30Dec1973 [repeat from 29Dec72]
Desi Arnaz Jr., Jaye P. Morgan, David Clayton Thomas an Dr. Irwin Maxwell
Stillman.
[--] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
31Dec1973 NBC
pre-empted for New Year's Eve programming.
12.65 [2890] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
01Jan1974 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
singer-actor John Davidson
comedian Ronnie Graham
Rebecca Ann King, Miss America 1974
and singer-dancer Lola Falana.
12.66 [2891] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
02Jan1974 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor Tony Randall
comedian Jerry Van Dyke
animal trainer Pat Derby
and singer-songwriter Harry Chapin who performs "W.O.L.D.".
12.67 [2892] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
03Jan1974 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedy writer Carl Reiner
comedian Johnny Brown
Dr. Carlfred Broderick
and singer Burl Ives.
12.68 [2893]
Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
04Jan1974 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian Marty Brill
film critic Rex Reed
Murray Andrews
Country singer Roger Miller
and a crab demonstration.
[--] Sunday Tonight Show
06Jan1974 [repeat from 05Jan73]
Mike Connors, Marcel Marceau, Ronnie Graham, Mr. Blackwell.
12.69 [2894] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
07Jan1974 NBC
Guest Host Lorne Greene
Guests
impressionist Rich Little
actress Elke Sommer
author Robert Allen
12.70 [2895] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
08Jan1974 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor James Caan
comedian David Steinberg
writer Garson Kanin
and singer Helen Forrest.
12.71 [2896] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
09Jan1974 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedians Dom DeLuise
and David Brenner
actress-comedienne Beverly Sanders
and Dr. Carl Sagan.
12.72 [2897] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
10Jan1974 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actors Robert Blake
and Darrow Igus
author Bob Rosefsky
and singer Phyllis Newman.
12.73 [2898] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
11Jan1974 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actors George Segal
and James Whitmore
actress Jennifer O'Neill
and Country singer-songwriter John Denver.
[--] Sunday Tonight Show
13Jan1974 [repeat from 09Jan73]
George Segal, Don Rickles, Susan Saint James, Peter Nero.
12.74 [2899] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
14Jan1974 NBC
Guest Host John Davidson
Guests
comedy team Skiles and Henderson
singers Della Reese
and Charo.
12.75 [2900] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
15Jan1974 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
entertainer Bob Hope
comedian Marty Brill
Rufus Youngblood (former Secret Service agent used his body to shield
Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson during the assassination of President Kennedy)
drummer Buddy Rich
and singer Lana Cantrell.
12.76 [2901] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
16Jan1974 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian George Gobel
actress Carol Wayne
Dr. Carlfred Broderick
and the Lennon Sisters.
12.77 [2902] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
17Jan1974 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Doc Severinsen filling in for Ed McMahon
Guests
actor Fernando Lamas
comedian Richard Pryor
model-actress Robyn Hilton
and author William Peter Blatty.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UuUqZPIoVqg
12.78 [2903] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
18Jan1974 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian Orson Bean
actress Carol Wayne
pilots Bob Davidson
and Andrew Erbeck
and singer Johnny Mathis.
[--] Sunday Tonight Show
20Jan1974 [repeat from 12Jan73]
Redd Foxx, Karen Valentine, George Gobel.
12.79 [2904] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
21Jan1974 NBC [Sacramento Bee]
Guest Host McLean Stevenson
Guests
comedian Ronnie Graham
actress Pamela Mason
and juggler Richard Munizich.
12.80 [2905] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
22Jan1974 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
entertainer Bob Hope
comedian Dick Shawn
singer John O'Banion
and humorist-pianist Victor Borge.
12.81 [2906] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
23Jan1974 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
entertainer Jack Benny
cartoon voice actor Mel Blanc
puppeteer Jim Henson with Kermit the frog
Dr. Irwin Maxwell Stillman
and singer Maria Muldaur who performs "Midnight at the Oasis" and "The Work
Song".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BTKkjxfouyU
12.82 [2907] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
24Jan1974 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedienne Joan Rivers
actress Adrienne Barbeau
writer Buck Henry
and singer-songwriter Paul Williams.
12.83 [2908] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
25Jan1974 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actress Karen Valentine
actor Scotty Plummer
entertainer Liberace
and the Ace Trucking Company.
[--] Sunday Tonight Show
27Jan1974 [repeat from 16Jan73]
Tony Randall, Alex Karras, Suzanne Pleshette, Roy Clark.
12.84 [2909] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
28Jan1974 NBC
Guest Host Joey Bishop
Guests
Margaret Truman
comedienne Minnie Pearl
comedian Leonard Barr
singers Abbe Lane
and Mel Tormé.
12.85 [2910] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
29Jan1974 NBC
Guest Host Joey Bishop
Guests
actor Jack Klugman
comedian-actor Glenn Ash
naturalist Euell Gibbons
and pianists Sandler & Young.
12.86 [2911] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
30Jan1974 NBC
Guest Host Joey Bishop
Guests
actor Danny Thomas
comedian Georgie Kaye
TV personality Stephanie Edwards
inventor Stan Kann
singers Tina Sinatra
and Tony Bennett.
12.87 [2912] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
31Jan1974 NBC
Guest Host Joey Bishop
Guests
actress Nancy Dussault
comedian Corbett Monica
naturalist Euell Gibbons
and psychologist Dr. Joyce Brothers.
12.88 [2913] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
01Feb1974 NBC
Guest Host Joey Bishop
Guests
comedian Georgie Kaye
singer Charo
and The Golddiggers: (Maria Lauren – Riccio and Linda Eichberg (Alberici
Sisters), Patti Pivarnik – Gribow,
Deborah Pratt, Susan Buckner, Lee Nolting, Colleen Kincaid – Jackson, Robin
Hoctor – Horneff.)
[--] Sunday Tonight Show
03Feb1974 [repeat from 12Feb73]
Truman Capote, Dave Toma, McLean Stevenson, Mel Torme.
12.89 [2914] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
04Feb1974 NBC
Guest Host Joey Bishop
Guests
singer-actor Roy Rogers
Cosmopolitan editor Helen Gurley Brown
comedian Jackie Gayle
singer Sonny King
and musician Vido Musso.
12.90 [2915] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
05Feb1974 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor Jack Palance
actress Susan Sarandon
comedian Albert Brooks
and Dr. Robert Akeret author of "Photo Analysis".
12.91 [2916] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
06Feb1974 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actors Lee Marvin
and Tony Randall
comedian Freddie Prinze
actress Tisha Sterling
and singer Talya Ferro.
12.92 [2917] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
07Feb1974 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedians Jonathan Winters
and Franklyn Ajaye
reformed forger James Jennings
and singer Bobby Goldsboro.
12.93 [2918] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
08Feb1974 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actress Suzanne Pleshette
comedian Jerry Van Dyke
mime Marcel Marceau
and card playing manipulator Tracy Newman.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JNpPwubZVok
[--] Sunday Tonight Show
10Feb1974 [repeat from 21Feb73]
Fernando Lamas, Brian Bressler
12.94 [2919] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
11Feb1974 NBC
Guest Host Steve Allen
Guests
actresses Jayne Meadows
and Sandy Duncan
actor Richard Dawson
and Schnickle Gruber (One-man band).
12.95 [2920] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
12Feb1974 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
gymnast Cathy Rigby
singer-actress Connie Stevens
comedian Steve Simon*
and entertainer Wayne Newton.
*Note: This was 25-year-old comedian Steve Simon's TV debut.
12.96 [2921] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
13Feb1974 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor Jack Albertson
naturalist Euell Gibbons
singers Carol Lawrence
and Robert Goulet.
12.97 [2922] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
14Feb1974 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guest
actor Fernando Lamas
and Gladys Knight & The Pips.
12.98 [2923] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
15Feb1974 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor McLean Stevenson
comedian Steve Landesberg
Dr. William Nolen
and singer Helen Reddy.
[--] Sunday Tonight Show
17Feb1974 [repeat from 03Nov72]
Connie Stevens, Joe Flynn, Graham Kerr, Dana Valery.
12.99 [2924] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
18Feb1974 NBC [Marion Star]
Guest Host Wayne Newton
Guests
actress Farrah Fawcett
comedians Harvey Korman
and Jackie Kahane
singer Pearl Bailey
and Country singer-musician Buck Owens.
*Note: The "Tonight Show" received over 20,000 letters after
Buck Owens announced he was looking for a third wife.
12.100 [2925] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
19Feb1974 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedians Dom DeLuise
and Orson Bean
Dr. Carlfred Broderick
and Opera singer Marilyn Horne
12.101 [2926] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
20Feb1974 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actress Sarah Miles
comedian David Brenner
mentalist Kreskin
and Joan Embery of the San Diego Zoo.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXWGXzWUVlU
12.102 [2927] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
21Feb1974 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor Michael Landon
actress Suzanne Somers
film critic Rex Reed
and singer Bill Withers.
12.103 [2928] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
22Feb1974 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor Dennis Weaver
comedian George Gobel
author Barbara Howar
and singer-dancer Lola Falana.
[--] Sunday Tonight Show
24Feb1974 [repeat]
pre-empted for Johnny Cash's Country Music
12.104 [2929] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
25Feb1974 NBC
Guest Host John Denver
Guests
actress Susan Saint James
singer Pat Boone
and singing duo Seals & Crofts.
12.105 [2930] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
26Feb1974 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actress Joanna Cassidy
astronomer Dr. Carl Sagan
comedian Ronnie Graham
12.106 [2931] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
27Feb1974 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor Jason Miller
singer-songwriter Paul Williams
anthropologist Dr. Ashley Montagu
and singer Phyllis Newman.
12.107 [2932] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
28Feb1974 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor Donald Sutherland
TV game show host Bert Convy
actresses Barbi Benton
and Carol Wayne
plant expert Peter Tomkins
and singer Johnny Mathis who performs "Life is a Song Worth Singing",
"I'm Stone in Love with You" and "I Won't Last a Day Without You".
12.108 [2934] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
01Mar1974 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor Jack Palance who performs Edgar Allan Poe's "Annabel Lee" and sings "Once
Long Ago"
actress Susan Sarandon
Sidney Sheldon author of "The Other Side of Midnight"
and singer-musician Tom Sullivan who performs "Who Can Say" and "I Who Have
Nothing".
[--] Best of Tonight
03Mar1974
pre-empted by the "Burt Reynolds In Nashville Show".
Guests include Glen Campbell, Bobby Goldsboro, Roger Mille, Jim Nabors and
Charlie Rich.
12.109 [2934] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
04Mar1974 NBC
Guest Host Shecky Greene
Guests
actresses Marlo Thomas
and Pamela Mason
singer Vic Damone
and Country singer Loretta Lynn.
12.110 [2935] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
05Mar1974 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actress Raquel Welch
film director Mervyn LeRoy
comedienne Joan Rivers
and Country singer Glen Campbell.
12.111 [2936] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
06Mar1974 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actress Suzanne Somers
comedian Charlie Callas
singers Jimmy Osmond
and Jack Jones.
12.112 [2937] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
07Mar1974 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian Freddie Prinze
writer Buck Henry
filmmaker Craig Pease
and singer Lola Falana who performs "Lean On Me" and "You've Got a Friend".
12.113 [2938] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
08Mar1974 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actors Bruce Dern
and Gig Young
author Gerard Nierenberg
and singer Ricky Nelson.
[--] Best of Tonight
10Mar1974
pre-empted by the "Burt Reynolds In Nashville Show".
12.114 [2939] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
11Mar1974 NBC
Guest Host Don Rickles
Guests
actor Carroll O'Connor
comedian Foster Brooks
TV host-singer Mike Douglas
and singing duo Gaylord and Holiday.
12.115 [2940] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
12Mar1974 NBC
Guest Host Don Rickles
Guests
comedian Corbett Monica
singer-actor Jack Cassidy
singer Ray Charles
and Country singer Roy Clark.
12.116 [2941] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
13Mar1974 NBC
Guest Host Don Rickles
Guests
actor Jack Klugman
comedian Myron Cohen
singer Charo
and entertainer Johnny Mann.
12.117 [2942] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
14Mar1974 NBC
Guest Host Don Rickles
Guests
actors James Brolin
and Jack Albertson
and TV host-singer Mike Douglas.
12.118 [2943] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
15Mar1974 NBC
Guest Host Don Rickles
Guests
comedian Bob Newhart
actor Ernest Borgnine
football player Manny Fernandez
and singer Peter Lemongello.
[--] Best of Tonight
17Mar1974 [repeat from]
12.119 [2944] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
18Mar1974 NBC
Guest Host Don Rickles
Guests
comedian Gabriel Kaplan
William Peter Blatty author of "The Exorcist"
singers Jerry Butler
and Dee Dee Sharp.
12.120 [2945] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
19Mar1974 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor Robert Blake
comedienne Joan Rivers
TV host Bert Convy
singer Cleo Laine
and musician John Dankworth
12.121 [2946] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
20Mar1974 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian Rodney Dangerfield
Dr. David Reuben
singers Ethel Merman
and John Davidson.
12.122 [2947] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
21Mar1974 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor McLean Stevenson
actor Gene Hackman of "The Conversation"
comedian George Carlin
and actress Gloria DeHaven.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9ISgnX9mHlo
12.123 [2948] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
22Mar1974 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedienne Lucille Ball
comedy writer-director Carl Reiner
comedian Dom DeLuise
actor Charlton Heston
and the Ace Trucking Company.
Desi Arnaz, Jr. makes a surprise appearance during Lucille Ball's segment.
[--] Best of Tonight
24Mar1974 [repeat from]
12.124 [2949] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
25Mar1974 NBC
Guest Host Anthony Newley
Guests
comedians Bob Newhart
and Dick Martin
actress Greer Garson
comedienne Joan Rivers
and singer-actress Florence Henderson.
12.125 [2950] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
26Mar1974 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor James Garner
actress Suzanne Pleshette
comedian Robert Klein
and producer Jack Haley, Jr.
12.126 [2951] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
27Mar1974 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor George Peppard
comedian Richard Lewis
Dr. Lendon Smith
and singer Leslie Uggams
*Note: The "Tonight Show" was visited by a male streaker as Johnny Carson was
beginning
his opening monologue, but since the program is recorded on videotape, the
offender was
edited out electronically before the broadcast. This resulted in a blank area on
the screen for
about 10 seconds, the time it took for the streaker to pass through.
12.127 [2952] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
28Mar1974 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor Michael Landon
comedy writer-director Carl Reiner
actress Joanna Cassidy
and singer Gloria Loring.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spXZfPgC7q8
12.128 [2953] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
29Mar1974 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor Roger Moore
comedians Orson Bean
and Charles Nelson Reilly
actor Darrow Igus
and The Bee Gees.
[--] Best of Tonight
31Mar1974 [repeat from 30Mar73]
Buddy Hackett, McLean Stevenson, Mama Cass Elliot.
12.129 [2954] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
01Apr1974 NBC
Guest Host Roy Clark
Guests
entertainer Bob Hope
impressionist Rich Little
actor Andy Griffith
and Tommy Overstreet.
[--] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
02Apr1974 NBC
pre-empted by the 46th Academy Awards.
12.130 [2955] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
03Apr1974 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian Steve Martin
actress Adrienne Barbeau
author Bob Rosefsky
drummer Buddy Rich
and singer Charles Aznavour.
12.131 [2956] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
04Apr1974 NBC [rerun 30Mar75]
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor Jack Lemmon
actress Marsha Mason
astronomer Dr. Carl Sagan
singer Dinah Shore
and drummer Buddy Rich.
12.132 [2957] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
05Apr1974 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actress Debbie Reynolds
actor William Holden
comedian Freddie Prinze
and Professor Richard Armour author of "Going Like Sixty: a Light-hearted Look
at the Later Years".
[--] Best of Tonight
07Apr1974 [repeat from]
12.133 [2958] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
08Apr1974 NBC
Guest Host McLean Stevenson
Guests
actor John Amos
actress Sandy Duncan
fitness expert Terry Robinson
and singer Jack Jones.
12.134 [2959] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
09Apr1974 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor Andy Griffith
comedian Jerry Van Dyke
singer Josephine Baker
and The Jackson Five who perform "Let It Be"/"Never Can Say Goodbye"/"Dancing
Machine".
12.135 [2960] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
10Apr1974 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actors Danny Thomas
and Ron Leibman
comedian George Gobel
and gymnast Norbert Dill.
12.136 [2961] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
11Apr1974 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedians Steve Landesberg
and Ronnie Graham
writer Buck Henry
singer-actress Diahann Carroll
and Joan Embery of the San Diego Zoo.
12.137 [2962] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
12Apr1974 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor Ricardo Montalban
actress Susan George
Peter Benchley author of "Jaws"
and composer Marvin Hamlisch.
[--] Best of Tonight
14Apr1974 [repeat from]
12.138 [2963] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
15Apr1974 NBC
Guest Host Barbara Walters
Guests
actor Fernando Lamas
actress Rosalind Russell
White House reporters Helen Thomas
and Sarah McLendon
and singer John McNally.
12.139 [2964] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
16Apr1974 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor Robert Blake
comedian Mike Preminger
comedienne Elaine Joyce
and singer-dancer-actor Ben Vereen.
12.140 [2965] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
17Apr1974 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
entertainer Bob Hope
comedian Sid Caesar
actor George Segal
and zoo owner John Aspinall.
12.141 [2966] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
18Apr1974 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comic actor Don Knotts
actresses Victoria Principal
and Cindy Williams
and TV host Bert Convy.
12.142 [2967] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
19Apr1974 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
entertainer Sammy Davis, Jr.
comedian David Brenner
actress Carol Wayne
and singer-dancer-actor Joel Grey.
[--] Best of Tonight
21Apr1974 [repeat from 03Apr73]
Clint Eastwood, Telly Savalas, Buddy Hackett, Robert Klein, Lillian Williams.
12.143 [2968] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
22Apr1974 NBC [Courier-Journal]
Guest Host Michael Landon
Guests
actors Lorne Greene
and Vincent Price
Dr. Lendon Smith
and singer Vikki Carr.
12.144 [2969] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
23Apr1974 NBC
Guest Host John Davidson
Guests
actress Lynn Redgrave
TV personality Steve Allen
comedian Norm Crosby
and The Pointer Sisters.
12.145 [2970] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
24Apr1974 NBC
Guest Host Dom DeLuise
Guests
comedienne Joan Rivers
comedian Pat Cooper
and Country singer Roy Clark.
*Note: Some newspapers list Jerry Lewis as Guest Host.
*Note: [Daily Reporter]
Entertainer Mama Cass Elliot was resting today in a Burbank, Calif. hospital
after collapsing Monday on the set of Johnny Carson's Tonight Show.
She was to have appeared as a guest on this episode.
A spokesman for the show said Cass was suffering from exhaustion.
12.146 [2971] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
25Apr1974 NBC
Guest Host George Segal
Guests
actress Jean Stapleton
comedienne Joan Rivers
dog trainer Matthew Marguiles
and singer Mel Torme.
12.147 [2972] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
26Apr1974 NBC
Guest Host John Davidson
Guests
actor James Whitmore
comedian Norm Crosby
TV personality Stephanie Edwards
and The Mills Brothers.
[--] Best of Tonight
28Apr1974 [repeat from 05Apr73]
Eva Gabor, Foster Brooks, Susan George, Thelma Houston, George Higgins.
12.148 [2973] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
29Apr1974 NBC
Guest Host Jim Nabors
Guests
actress Carol Burnett
comedienne Phyllis Diller
singer Kay Starr
and Opera singer Marilyn Horne.
12.149 [2974] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
30Apr1974 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor Tony Randall
singer-actress Florence Henderson
singer-songwriter Paul Williams
and naturalist Euell Gibbons .
12.150 [2975] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
01May1974 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Doc Severinsen fills in for Ed McMahon
Guests
comedian Gabriel Kaplan
actress Cindy Williams
mentalist Kreskin
entertainer Wayne Newton
musician Donald Ashworth
and drummer Buddy Rich.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jQ6PwTKj3Cg
12.151 [2976] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
02May1974 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor James Coco
comedian Myron Cohen
actress Carol Wayne
musicians Don Ashworth
and Tommy Newsom
and singer-dancer-actor Ben Vereen.
12.152 [2977] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
03May1974 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actresses Goldie Hawn
and Cloris Leachman
actor John Amos
and singer-dancer Lola Falana.
[--] Best of Tonight
05May1974 [repeat from 10Apr73]
Roy Clark, Phyllis Newman, Charles Grodin.
12.153 [2978] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
06May1974 NBC
Guest Host Rich Little
Guests
actor Richard Crenna
comedian Dick Shawn
impressionist Marilyn Michaels
and singer Della Reese.
12.154 [2979] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
07May1974 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian Buddy Hackett
artist Dong Kingman
fire eater Jan Munroe
and singer Mama Cass Elliot.
12.155 [2980] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
08May1974 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor Jack Albertson
football player Alex Karras
magician Michael Skinner
Dr. Carlfred Broderick
author Charles Flink
and singer Phyllis Newman.
12.156 [2981] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
09May1974 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian Jonathan Winters
actor McLean Stevenson
actress Susan Sarandon of "The Front Page"
investigative columnist Jack Anderson
and composer Marvin Hamlisch.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N5lxidGYIII
12.157 [2982] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
10May1974 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor Jack Palance
comedian Orson Bean
actress Joanna Cassidy of "Bank Shot"
entertainer Ronnie Graham
comedy writer Pat McCormick
and flamenco dancer Jose Molina.
[--] Best of Tonight
12May1974 [repeat from 12Apr73]
Jon Voight, Joan Rivers, Bob Uecker, Joe Williams.
12.158 [2983] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
13May1974 NBC
Guest Host Florence Henderson
Guests
comedians Bob Newhart
and Charles Nelson Reilly
actor George Segal
comic Rip Taylor
and Dr. David Reuben.
12.159 [2984] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
14May1974 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian David Steinberg
dancer-actor Fred Astaire
singer-actress Liza Minnelli
producer Jack Haley Jr.
actor Rob Reiner
one man band Jack Spoons
and entertainer Ronnie Graham
12.160 [2985] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
15May1974 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actors Robert Blake
and Fernando Lamas
comedian Charles Fleischer
actress Victoria Principal of "Earthquake"
and manualist John Twomey.
12.161 [2986] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
16May1974 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor McLean Stevenson
comic actor Joe Flynn
actress Christine Surma
Dr. Lendon Smith
and singers The Dapper Dans.
12.162 [2987] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
17May1974 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor Vincent Price talks about the album "A Graveyard of Ghost Tales"
comedienne Joan Rivers discusses her book "Having a Baby Can Be a Scream"
TV host Bert Convy
and vaudeville performer Chaz Chase.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWeC3TTgy6c
[--] Best of Tonight
19May1974 [repeat from 13Apr73]
Ricardo Montalban, Della Reese, Buddy Rich.
12.163 [2988] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
20May1974 NBC
Guest Host Telly Savalas
Guests
actress Shelley Winters
football player O.J. Simpson
comedian Arte Johnson
TV hostess Pamela Mason
The Arbors
and The Committee.
12.164 [2989] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
21May1974 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
entertainer Bob Hope
actor Michael Landon
comedians Don Rickles
and Freddie Prinze
and actress Carol Wayne.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Smepkzy6pW0
*Note: Johnny talks about the ongoing musician strike.
12.165 [2990] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
22May1974 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor Charlton Heston
comedian David Brenner
author Norman Mailer
and singer Ian Whitcomb who performs "Hungry Women".
12.166 [2991] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
23May1974 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actress Eva Gabor
bandleader Artie Shaw
Madeline Peisakoff
Joan Embery of the San Diego Zoo
and The Persuasions.
12.167 [2992] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
24May1974 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actress Suzanne Pleshette
Jim Henson and The Muppets
comedian Bobby Kosser
and Private detective Hal Lipset.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmMrlh7HaYg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIlvWhafJFo
[--] Best of Tonight
26May1974 [repeat from 18Apr73]
Robert Blake, Wayne Newton, Artie Shaw, Ronnie Graham.
12.168 [2993] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
27May1974 NBC
Guest Host Steve Allen
Guests
actress Jayne Meadows
The Smothers Brothers
Dr. Joyce Brothers
and singer Vikki Carr.
12.169 [2994] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
28May1974 NBC
Guest Host Bill Cosby
Guests
comedian Norm Crosby
actor Jerry Van Dyke
*Note: Due to the EMMY award show the Tonight Show had a late start.
12.170 [2995] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
29May1974 NBC
Guest Host Joey Bishop
Guests
actress Cloris Leachman
magazine editor Helen Gurley Brown
British entertainer Ian Whitcomb performs "Hungry Women"
and singer Johnny Mathis.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V6-OssVBXak
12.171 [2996] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
30May1974 NBC
Guest Host Joey Bishop
Guests
comedian George Gobel
actor Gabriel Kaplan
author Richard Armour
and singer John Davidson.
12.172 [2997] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
31May1974 NBC
Guest Host Shecky Greene
Guests
comedian Corbett Monica
musician Eddy Samuels
singer Charo
and singer-songwriter Mac Davis.
[--] Best of Tonight
02Jun1974 [repeat from 08Jun73]
Don Rickles, Richard Crenna, Elke Sommer, Jose Feliciano, Roberta Teitel.
12.173 [2998] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
03Jun1974 NBC
Guest Host Shecky Greene
Guests
comedian George Carlin
actors Jackie Cooper
and Jack Knight
singer John Davidson
and composer Marvin Hamlisch.
12.174 [2999] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
04Jun1974 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedienne Joan Rivers
actor George Peppard of "Banacek"
singers Lena Zavaroni
and Tom Sullivan.
12.175 [3000] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
05Jun1974 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian Rich Little
author Truman Capote
author Donna Myers
arm wrestler Dave Devoto
composer Marvin Hamlisch
and singer Olivia Newton-John who performs "If You Love Me (Let Me Know)" and "I
Honestly Love You".
12.176 [3001] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
06Jun1974 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor Michael Caine
actress Karen Valentine
actor Bert Convy of "The Snoop Sisters"
and singer Ethel Merman who performs "Alexander's Ragtime Band" and "I Get a
Kick Out of You".
12.177 [3002] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
07Jun1974 NBC
Guest Host Joey Bishop
Guests
actor Fernando Lamas
actress Anne Francis
Fritzie
magazine editor Helen Gurley Brown
and singer Buddy Greco.
[--] Best of Tonight
09Jun1974 [repeat from 12Jun73]
Robert Blake, Ian Whitcomb, Larry Kert, Jaye P. Morgan, Jerry Lewis.
12.178 [3003] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
10Jun1974 NBC
Guest Host Joey Bishop
Guests
comedian George Burns
impressionist George Kirby
comedian Pat McCormick
actress Lois Nettleton
Ralph Heiser
and mentalist Kreskin.
12.179 [3004] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
11Jun1974 NBC
Guest Host Joey Bishop
Guests
actor Jack Klugman
comic Rip Taylor
TV personality Stephanie Edwards
Geraldine O'Brian
and singer Dick Roman who performs "Let Me Try Again".
12.180 [3005] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
12Jun1974 NBC
Guest Host Joey Bishop
Guests
actress Suzanne Somers
film critic Rex Reed
comedians Kelly Monteith
and Leonard Barr
musician Wilbur Hall
and singer Anne Murray.
12.181 [3006] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
13Jun1974 NBC
Guest Host Joey Bishop
Guests
actor Demond Wilson
comedians Steve Landesberg
and Pat McCormick
actor Paul "Mousie" Garner
rodeo cowboy Larry Mahan
and singer Abbe Lane.
12.182 [3007] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
14Jun1974 NBC
Guest Host Joey Bishop
Guests
comedian Jan Murray
actor Rodney Allen Rippy
Harris Nelson
Dr. Joyce Brothers
and singer Enzo Stuarti.
[--] Best of Tonight
16Jun1974 [repeat from 13Jun73]
Billy Graham, Joan Rivers, Peter Gordeno, Joseph Sorrentino.
12.183 [3008] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
17Jun1974 NBC
Guest Host McLean Stevenson
Guests
actress Cloris Leachman
football player Alex Karras
Dr. Lendon Smith
and singer Helen Reddy.
12.184 [3009] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
18Jun1974 NBC
Guest Host McLean Stevenson
Guests
actor Robert Duvall
dancer-actress Juliet Prowse
comedian Steve Martin
weather reporter Kelly Lange
and singer Lou Rawls.
12.185 [3010] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
19Jun1974 NBC
Guest Host McLean Stevenson
Guests
comedian Harvey Korman
singer-actress Florence Henderson
golfer Doug Sanders
and singer-songwriter Mac Davis.
12.186 [3011] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
20Jun1974 NBC
Guest Host McLean Stevenson
Guests
actor Edward Asner
game show producer Chuck Barris
distance runners Doug Brown
and Tony Waldrop
and Country singer Glen Campbell.
12.187 [3012] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
21Jun1974 NBC
Guest Host McLean Stevenson
Guests
comedian George Gobel
actor Peter Fonda
documentary producer-writer-director David Saltman
author Sandy Forrest
and singer Denny Doherty.
[--] Best of Tonight
23Jun1974 [repeat from 14Jun73]
Lorne Greene, Charles Grodin, Gabriel Kaplan.
12.188 [3013] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
24Jun1974 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian Jack Benny
actor George Raft
actor Richard Harris
and model-actress Ann Turkel.
12.189 [3014] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
25Jun1974 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian Milton Berle
actress Susan Sarandon
animal trainer Pat Derby
and singer Leslie Uggams.
12.190 [3015] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
26Jun1974 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actress Elke Sommer
comedians Myron Cohen
and Freddie Prinze
author James Dale Davidson
and entertainer Wayne Newton.
12.191 [3016] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
27Jun1974 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
sportscaster Bob Uecker
comedian Robert Klein
astronomer Dr. Carl Sagan
singer-actress Diahann Carroll
singer Phyllis Newman
singers Donny and Marie Osmond.
12.192 [3017] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
28Jun1974 NBC
Guest Host John Davidson
Guests
comedian Cliff Arquette
actresses Sandy Duncan
and Lesley Ann Warren
comic Rip Taylor
and Country singer-musician Hoyt Axton.
[--] Best of Tonight
30Jun1974 [repeat from 15Jun73]
George Gobel, Charlie Callas, Carol Wayne, Eloise Laws, Dr. Irwin Maxwell
Stillman.
12.193 [3018] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
01Jul1974 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor Tony Randall
writer Buck Henry
Richard Lawrence Williams
actress Carol Wayne
and singer Tom Sullivan.
12.194 [3019] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
02Jul1974 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian Bob Newhart
actors Elliott Gould
and George Segal
singer Teresa Brewer
and entertainer Monti Rock III.
12.195 [3020] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
03Jul1974 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actress Mariette Hartley
actor Dom DeLuise
comedians Orson Bean
and Rodney Dangerfield.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ms8nkQ38A7g
12.196 [3021] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
04Jul1974 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor Richard Harris
model Ann Turkel
actor Burt Mustin
and entertainer Ronnie Graham.
12.197 [3022] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
05Jul1974 NBC
Guest Host George Carlin
Guests
columnist Jimmy Breslin
actor David Carradine
and singer Kenny Rankin.
[--] Best of Tonight
07Jul1974 [repeat from 03Jul73]
Shecky Greene, Lola Falana, Merle Oberon, Rex Reed
12.198 [3023] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
08Jul1974 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
TV host Bert Convy
comedian David Brenner
actress Adrienne Barbeau
and singer Billy Strange.
12.199 [3024] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
09Jul1974 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor Robert Blake
comedian Charlie Callas
writer Nancy Weber
singers Phyllis Newman
and Tommy Leonetti.
12.200 [3025] Tonight
Show starring Johnny Carson
10Jul1974 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
entertainer Jerry Lewis
actor Jack Palance
comedian Freddie Prinze
and impressionist Rich Little.
12.201 [3026] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
11Jul1974 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actors McLean Stevenson
and Tony Randall
actress Suzanne Pleshette
anthropologist Dr. Ashley Montagu
long distance runner Doug Brown
and blues singer-musician Furry Lewis.
12.202 [3027] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
12Jul1974 NBC
Guest Host Peter Bogdanovich
Guests
actresses Cybill Shepherd
Madeline Kahn
and Eileen Brennan
actor Burt Reynolds all starring in "At Long Last Love"
and the Ace Trucking Company.
[--] Best of Tonight
14Jul1974 [repeat from 10Jul73]
Candice Bergen, Orson Bean, Alan Weeks, Mama Cass Elliot.
12.203 [3028] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
15Jul1974 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor James Stewart
actress Suzanne Somers
baseball player Willie Mays
singer Lena Zavaroni
and singer-songwriter Paul Anka.
12.204 [3029] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
16Jul1974 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
entertainer Bob Hope
comedian Charles Nelson Reilly
comic actor Jerry Van Dyke
Dr. Joyce Brothers
author Sandy Forrest
and singer-actress Diahann Carroll.
12.205 [3030] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
17Jul1974 NBC [Intelligencer Journal]
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor Fernando Lamas
actress Barbi Benton
comedian Jerry Van Dyke
singer-dancer Lola Falana
and singer Roger Miller.
12.206 [3031] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
18Jul1974 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actors George Raft
and Charles Bronson
comedian David Steinberg
writer Gwen Davis
singer Jaye P. Morgan
and guitarist Chet Atkins.
12.207 [3032] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
19Jul1974 NBC
Guest Host John Denver
Guests
actor Dennis Weaver
comedian George Gobel
The Smothers Brothers
and singer John Stewart.
[--] Best of Tonight
21Jul1974 [repeat from 06Jul73]
Shelley Winters, Joan Rivers, Gerri Granger, McLean Stevenson, Volmer Jensen.
12.208 [3033] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
22Jul1974 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor Danny Thomas
TV host Bert Convy
actress Adrienne Barbeau
singer Kelly Garrett
and The Metchkaroff's.
12.209 [3034] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
23Jul1974 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
sports commentator-actor Don Meredith
comedian Pat McCormick
Dr. Lendon Smith
flamenco dancer Jose Molina
singers April Tetro
and Cleo Laine
and musician John Dankworth.
12.210 [3035] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
24Jul1974 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
sportscaster Bob Uecker
actress Adrienne Barbeau
poet-author Richard Armour
Michael Grayson
and singer Helen Reddy.
12.211 [3036] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
25Jul1974 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
naturalist Euell Gibbons
Dr. Joyce Brothers
comedian Georgie Kaye
singer-songwriter Paul Williams
singers Phyllis Newman
and Kaye Stevens.
12.212 [3037] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
26Jul1974 NBC
Guest Host Roy Clark
Guests
actor Ernest Borgnine
child actor Rodney Allen Rippy
mentalist Kreskin
The Committee
singers Diana Trask
and Vikki Carr.
[--] Best of Tonight
28Jul1974 [repeat from 13Jul73]
James Garner, Rodney Dangerfield, Allan Lakein, Roberta Flack.
12.213 [3038] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
29Jul1974 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor Tony Randall
actress Jennifer O'Neill
comedian Orson Bean
Dr. Joyce Brothers
and singer Johnny Mathis who sings "Our Day Will Come".
*Note: Johnny Carson returns to the "Tonight Show" after a two-week absence
caused by a back injury.
12.214 [3039] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
30Jul1974 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actors Tony Randall
and Burt Mustin
actress Diane Keaton
comedian Orson Bean
and a motocross demonstration.
12.215 [3040] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
31Jul1974 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor Ben Gazzara
comedienne Joan Rivers
comedian Orson Bean
drummer Buddy Rich
and singer Gerri Granger.
12.216 [3041] Tonight
Show starring Johnny Carson
01Aug1974 NBC
Guest Host Joey Bishop
Guests
actor Robert Blake
actress Suzanne Somers
comedians Leonard Barr
and Pat McCormick
Stan Kann the gadget man
and novelty act Wally Pikal.
12.217 [3042] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
02Aug1974 NBC
Guest Host Joey Bishop
Guests
actress Shelley Winters
magazine editor Helen Gurley Brown
Opera singer Robert Merrill
and The Osmonds.
[--] Best of Tonight
04Aug1974 [repeat from 08Aug73]
George Gobel, Earl Holliman, Henry Hite, Billy Preston, Bob Rosefsky.
12.218 [3043] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
05Aug1974 NBC
Guest Host Joey Bishop
Guests
actress Jackie Giroux
actor Buddy Lewis
author Bob Rosefsky
cigar smoker Simon Argevich
Opera singer Martina Arroyo
and Country singer Jerry Reed.
12.219 [3044] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
06Aug1974 NBC
Guest Host Joey Bishop
Guests
actors John Forsythe
and Fernando Lamas
comedians Jan Murray
and Gabriel Kaplan
and singer Charo.
12.220 [3045] Tonight
Show starring Johnny Carson
07Aug1974 NBC
Guest Host Joey Bishop
Guests
comedian Norm Crosby
professional wrestler Andre the Giant
William Frazier
and singer Aretha Franklin.
12.221 [3046] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
08Aug1974 NBC
Guest Host Joey Bishop
Guests
TV host Steve Allen
actor Burt Mustin
impressionist Fred Travalena
and author Bob Rosefsky.
12.222 [3047] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
09Aug1974 NBC
Guest Host Joey Bishop
Guests
comic Rod McKuen
actor Dub Taylor
cigar smoker Simon Argevich
and Dr. Lendon Smith.
[--] Best of Tonight
11Aug1974 [repeat from 09Aug73]
Jack Palance, Victoria Principal, Gabriel Kaplan, Bobby Riggs
12.223 [3048] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
12Aug1974 NBC
Guest Host John Davidson
Guests
comedian Charles Nelson Reilly
TV personality Stephanie Edwards
comedy team Burns & Schreiber
singers Olivia Newton-John
and Doug Herro.
12.224 [3049] Tonight
Show starring Johnny Carson
13Aug1974 NBC
Guest Host John Davidson
Guests
actress Sandy Duncan
comic Rip Taylor
singers Larry Kert
and Loretta Lynn.
12.225 [3050] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
14Aug1974 NBC
Guest Host John Davidson
Guests
comedian Cliff Arquette
impressionist Rich Little
TV hostess Pamela Mason
comedy team Burns & Schreiber
pool player Arizona Slim
and singer Della Reese.
12.226 [3051] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
15Aug1974 NBC
Guest Host John Davidson
Guests
actors Art Carney
and Don Adams
sportscaster Bob Uecker
and comedian Kip Addotta.
12.227 [3052] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
16Aug1974 NBC
Guest Host John Davidson
Guests
comedians Pat Paulsen
and Irwin C. Watson
actress Adrienne Barbeau
singer Charo
and musician Hoyt Axton.
[--] Best of Tonight
18Aug1974 [repeat from 15Aug73]
Robert Blake, Trini Lopez, Alex Karras, Sen. William Proxmire.
12.228 [3053] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
19Aug1974 NBC
Guest Host Bill Cosby
Guests
actor Jack Klugman
comic actors Marty Feldman
and Monte Landis
actress Barbi Benton
and the Jackson Five who perform "Dancing Machine" and a medley "Killing Me
Softly",
"By the Time I Get to Phoenix", "Danny Boy".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91VLSDAjPWA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EnnvKMPSCr8
12.229 [3054] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
20Aug1974 NBC
Guest Host Bill Cosby
Guests
comedian David Steinberg
actress Farrah Fawcett
football player Alex Karras
Jimmy Cross
Robert Duggan
and The Temptations.
12.230 [3055] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
21Aug1974 NBC
Guest Host Rich Little
Guests
comedians Jack Benny
and Stanley Myron Handelman
composer-pianist Marvin Hamlisch
and singer-dancer Lola Falana.
12.231 [3056] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
22Aug1974 NBC
Guest Host Rich Little
Guests
actors Ben Gazzara
and Ted Knight
Gospel singer Sharalee Lucas
and singer-songwriter Mac Davis.
12.232 [3057] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
23Aug1974 NBC
Guest Host McLean Stevenson
Guests
comedian Gabriel Kaplan
yoga teacher Bikram Choudhury
basketball player Jerry Lucas
singers Jaye P. Morgan
and Joe Williams.
[--] Best of Tonight
25Aug1974 [repeat from 16Aug73]
Rich Little, Tom Weiskopf, Victor Buono, Jo Ann Pflug.
12.233 [3058] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
26Aug1974 NBC
Guest Host Sammy Davis Jr.
Guests
actors Robert Blake
and Michael Landon
impressionist George Kirby
golfer Dave Stockton
and singer Nancy Wilson.
12.234 [3059] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
27Aug1974 NBC
Guest Host Sammy Davis Jr.
Guests
daredevil Evel Knievel
actor Burt Reynolds
comedians Richard Pryor
and Johnny Brown
basketball star Jerry Lucas
and his wife Sharalee
and singer Helen Reddy.
12.235 [3060] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
28Aug1974 NBC
Guest Host Sammy Davis Jr.
Guests
actress Linda Blair
comedians David Brenner
and Arte Johnson
singer Dick Jensen
and Kool & The Gang.
12.236 [3061] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
29Aug1974 NBC
Guest Host Sammy Davis Jr.
Guests
impressionist David Frye
comedians Johnny Brown
and Bobby Kosser
singer Roger Miller
and Love Machine.
12.237 [3062] Tonight
Show starring Johnny Carson
30Aug1974 NBC
Guest Host Sammy Davis Jr.
Guests
director Vincente Minnelli
dancer-actor Gene Kelly
singer-actress Liza Minnelli
producer Jack Haley Jr.
Jet magazine editor Robert DeLeon
and the Nicholas Brothers (Harold and Fayard).
[--] Best of Tonight
01Sep1974 [repeat from 17Aug73]
Orson Bean, Victoria Principal, Dean Scott.
12.238 [3063] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
02Sep1974 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Carol Wayne fills in for Ed McMahon.
Guests
actress Doris Day
comedian Rodney Dangerfield
actor Burt Mustin
and Peter Gent.
Johnny talks about a nerve injury he sustained while working in Las Vegas
which forced him to miss all of August.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xTIjjdz9N38
12.239 [3064] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
03Sep1974 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedienne Joan Rivers
actor George Peppard
Dr. William A. Nolen
and singer Gloria Loring.
12.240 [3065] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
04Sep1974 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actress Angie Dickinson
comedian George Gobel
TV host Bert Convy
and football player Peter Gent.
[--] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
05Sep1974 NBC
pre-empted by a special "Tomorrow" show program with Tom Snyder.
12.241 [3066] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
06Sep1974 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor Jack Albertson
comedian Charles Nelson Reilly
singers Phyllis Newman who performs "He Loves Me"
and Diahann Carroll who performs "Tell Me a Lie", "Help Me Make It Through the
Night"
and "No Love At All".
[--] Best of Tonight
08Sep1974 [repeat from 06Sep73]
Don Rickles, Dom Deluise, Jimmy Breslin, Glen Campbell.
12.242 [3067] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
09Sep1974 NBC
Guest Host Dom DeLuise
Guests
actor James Coco
comedian Kip Addotta
actress Beverly Sanders of "Lotsa Luck"
Dr. Lendon Smith
and singer Pat Boone.
12.243 [3068] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
10Sep1974 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian Shecky Greene
photographer Antony Armstrong-Jones
Graham Kerr of "The Galloping Gourmet"
and singer-dancer Lola Falana.
12.244 [3069] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
11Sep1974 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actors Burt Reynolds
and Robert Blake
comedian Freddie Prinze
backgammon expert John R. Crawford author of "The Backgammon Book"
singer Lou Rawls
and the Bee Gees.
12.245 [3070] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
12Sep1974 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor James Garner
actress Elizabeth Ashley
astronomer Dr. Carl Sagan
and singer John Davidson.
12.246 [3071] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
13Sep1974 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor Peter Falk
bandleader Lawrence Welk
comedian David Brenner
anthropologist Dr. Ashley Montagu
and Joan Embery of the San Diego Zoo.
[--] Best of Tonight
15Sep1974 [repeat from 07Sep73]
Joel Grey, Karen Valentine, Muhammad Ali, Ken Norton, Carol Wayne.
12.247 [3072] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
16Sep1974 NBC
Guest Host Roy Clark
Guests
actor Jack Klugman
comedian Charles Nelson Reilly
TV host Peter Marshall
football player Alex Karras
and singer Della Reese.
*Note: Some newspaper listings have Rowan and Martin listed as guest hosts.
12.248 [3073] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
17Sep1974 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor Tony Randall
singer-actress Florence Henderson
comedian Jerry Van Dyke
and writer Richard Armour.
12.249 [3074] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
18Sep1974 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor Dennis Weaver
comedian Harvey Korman
actress Lucie Arnaz
and singer Tom Sullivan.
12.250 [3075] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
19Sep1974 NBC [rerun 02Aug75]
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor Art Carney
entertainer Sammy Davis, Jr.
comedian Steve Martin
Dr. Carlfred Broderick
and singer-actor Jack Cassidy.
12.251 [3076] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
20Sep1974 NBC [rerun 09Aug75]
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actors George C. Scott
Burt Reynolds
and Telly Savalas
comedian Gabriel Kaplan
writer William F. Buckley Jr.
and singer Linda Hopkins.
[--] Best of Tonight
22Sep1974 [repeat from 05Sep73]
Sandy Duncan, Buddy Rich, Roy Clark, Kreskin.
12.252 [3077] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
23Sep1974 NBC
Guest Host McLean Stevenson
Guests
actor Roger Moore
actress Sarah Miles
bodybuilder Arnold Schwarzenegger (Mr. Universe)
and singer Jose Feliciano.
12.253 [3078] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
24Sep1974 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
entertainers Bob Hope
and Sammy Davis, Jr.
actor Michael Landon
comedienne Joan Rivers
and drummer Buddy Rich.
12.254 [3079] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
25Sep1974 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor Jack Palance
comedian Orson Bean
Dr. Joyce Brothers
drummer Buddy Rich
and singer Tom Sullivan.
12.255 [3080] Tonight
Show starring Johnny Carson
26Sep1974 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actors Burt Reynolds
and Art Carney
comedian Dom DeLuise
and the Ace Trucking Company.
12.256 [3081] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
27Sep1974 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
TV host Dick Cavett
actress Karen Valentine
poet-author Richard Armour
and singer-actress Shirley Jones.
[--] Best of Tonight
29Sep1974 [repeat from 18Sep73]
Tony Randall, Ozzie Nelson, Harriet Nelson, Jerry Van Dyke, William Peter Blatty.
##### Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson #####
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