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 Season 15 (NBC)(1976-77)
Episode Guide compiled by The Classic TV Archive
with contributions by: Rina Fox, Tom Alger [Updated July 2020]
references:
TV Guide / Library of Congress (telnet://locis.loc.gov)
Internet Movie Database (https://us.imdb.com)
UCLA Film and Television Archive / Writers Guild of America (wga)

NYT and Brooklyn Daily Eagle
 

 
    ##### Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson #####
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NBC Monday to Friday 11:15pm to 1am

 

15.01 [3597] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
27Sep1976
Guest Host Shecky Greene
Guests
TV personality Steve Allen
comedian Norm Crosby
Dr. Wayne Dyer author of "Your Erroneous Zones"
and singer Abbe Lane.

15.02 [3598] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
28Sep1976
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor Danny Thomas
actor Lee Majors of the NBC movie
. "Francis Gary Powers: The True Story of the U-2 Spy Incident"
mimes Shields & Yarnell

15.03 [3599] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
29Sep1976
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actresses Barbara Parkins
and Carol Wayne
singer Eydie Gormé
and humorist-pianist Victor Borge.

15.04 [3600] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
30Sep1976
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian Shecky Greene
ex-patriate Sam Blotner
and Opera singer Marilyn Horne.

15.05 [3601] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson: 14th ANNIVERSARY SHOW
01Oct1976 NBC Fri
Host Johnny Carson
Johnny Carson celebrates 14 years of "The Tonight Show"
with a medley of scenes from memorable shows.
Among the guests being spotlighted:
Ed Ames, Robert Blake, Steve Lawrence, Burt Reynolds,
Don Rickles, Jack Webb and Bob Hope.

15.06 [3602] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
04Oct1976
Guest Host Lola Falana
Guests
comedians Bill Cosby
and Orson Bean
animal trainer Pat Derby
and entertainer Wayne Newton.

15.07 [3603] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
05Oct1976
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedienne Joan Rivers
actor James Garner
Dr. Joyce Brothers
and singer Julie Budd who performs "I'm a Song" and "Weekend in New England".

15.08 [3604] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
06Oct1976 [St. Louis Dispatch]
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor Jack Lemmon
sportscaster Bob Uecker
Dr. William Nolen
singer Abbe Lane
and singer Ethel Merman performs "What I Did For Love" and "Sweet Georgia Brown"..

15.09 [3605] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
07Oct1976
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor Rod Steiger
comedian Tom Dreesen
actress June Gable
and author Barbara Howar.

15.10 [3606] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
08Oct1976
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actresses Raquel Welch
and Suzanne Pleshette
columnist Erma Bombeck
and comedy duo Bob & Ray.

15.11 [3607] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
11Oct1976
Guest Host Rich Little
Guests
comedienne Betty White
comedian Pat Paulsen
actor Scatman Crothers
and bandleader Lawrence Welk.

15.12 [3608] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
12Oct1976
Guest Host Rich Little
Guests
TV personality Steve Allen
actress Debbie Reynolds
actor Will Geer
"Cosmopolitan" editor Helen Gurley Brown

15.13 [3609] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
13Oct1976
Guest Host Don Rickles
Guests
actors Carroll O'Connor
and Ricardo Montalban
actress Suzanne Somers
sportscaster Don Meredith
flamenco dancer Jose Molina
and singer Pat Boone.

15.14 [3610] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
14Oct1976
Guest Host David Brenner
Guests
actress Shelley Winters
actor Jack Cassidy
Albert Rosenfeld author of "Prolongevity"
singer Lou Rawls
and Gladys Knight & The Pips.

15.15 [3611] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
15Oct1976
Guest Host David Brenner
Guests
actresses Adrienne Barbeau
and Connie Stevens
comedian Charles Nelson Reilly
TV critic Cleveland Amory
and Country singer Mel Tillis.

15.16 [3612] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
18Oct1976
Guest Host McLean Stevenson
Guests
comedian Pat Paulsen
actress Susan Sarandon
tennis star Chris Evert
Prof. Julius Sumner Miller
and Country singer Freddy Fender.

15.17 [3613] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
19Oct1976
Guest Host McLean Stevenson
Guests
comedian Bill Cosby
actress Cloris Leachman
journalist Burton Wolf
singer-songwriter Paul Williams
singer Tony Orlando
and Opera singer Martina Arroyo.

15.18 [3614] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
20Oct1976
Guest Host David Brenner
Guests
actress Susan Clark
TV radio host Michael Medved
TV commentator David Wallinchinsky
and singer Lou Rawls.

15.19 [3615] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
21Oct1976
Guest Host David Brenner
Guests
comedienne Ruth Buzzi
actress Anne Baxter
actors John Travolta
and Dennis Weaver
and Country singer Hoyt Axton.

15.20 [3616] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
22Oct1976
Guest Host David Brenner
Guests
comedian Jimmie Walker
actor Earl Holliman
actress Rita Moreno
TV personality Stephanie Edwards
inventor Stan Kann
and singer-songwriter Johnny Tillotson.

15.21 [3617] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
25Oct1976
Guest Host Charles Nelson Reilly
Guests
actor Robert Conrad
comic Rip Taylor
author Nora Ephron
and Diane Johnson author of "The Shadow Knows".

15.22 [3618] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
26Oct1976
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian Charlie Callas
actor William Holden
singer Ed Ames
and singer-dancer Lola Falana.

15.23 [3619] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
27Oct1976
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor Orson Welles
actor Robert Blake and wife Sondra
Dr. Wayne Dyer author of "Your Erroneous Zones"
and singer Kelly Garrett.

15.24 [3620] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
28Oct1976
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
entertainer Bob Hope
actress Angie Dickinson
comedian Steve Martin
columnist Jack Anderson
and consumer advocate David Horowitz.

15.25 [3621] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
29Oct1976
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actress Shelley Winters
baseball player Johnny Bench
wildlife expert Jim Fowler
and Gladys Knight and The Pips.

15.26 [3622] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
01Nov1976
Guest Host Joan Rivers
Guests
comedian Shecky Greene
comedienne Nancy Walker
humorist Sam Levenson
and The Graduates.

[--] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
02Nov1976
pre-empted for NBC Election Night News coverage.


15.27 [3623] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
03Nov1976
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedians Alan King
and Harvey Korman
actress Marilyn Sokol
Joseph Wambaugh author of "The Choirboys"
and Country singer Roy Clark.

15.28 [3624] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
04Nov1976
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian Orson Bean
actor Lee Marvin
scientist Herbert A. Wagner
singer Larry Kert
and dog relay races.

15.29 [3625] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
05Nov1976
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian Dom DeLuise
singer-actress Susan Anton
anthropologist Dr. Ashley Montagu
and Country singer Glen Campbell.

15.30 [3626] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
08Nov1976
Guest Host John Davidson
Guests

15.31 [3627] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
09Nov1976
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor Sean Connery
singer Johnny Mathis
Opera singer Judith Blegen
and her sister pianist Barbara Blegen.

15.32 [3628] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
10Nov1976
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor Tony Randall
model Ann Turkel
Dr. Michael Meyers
and Country singer Hoyt Axton.

15.33 [3629] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
11Nov1976
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor Charlton Heston
TV game show host Bert Convy
John Barracato author of "Arson!"
and singer Helen Reddy.

15.34 [3630] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
12Nov1976
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian Don Rickles
singer-actor Frank Sinatra
actor David Janssen
former convict Ray Johnson
and singer Olivia Newton-John.
Highlights:
Frank Sinatra performed "I Sing the Songs" and "Where or When".
Olivia Newton-John performed "Every Face Tells a Story" and "Sam".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q5_V9RT8aR8


15.35 [3631] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
15Nov1976
Guest Host Freddie Prinze
Guests
boxer George Foreman
actress Debralee Scott
mentalist Kreskin
singer Richie Havens
and singer-songwriter Paul Williams.

15.36 [3632] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
16Nov1976
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actress Bette Davis
actor Mike Connors
comedian George Miller
actress Marilyn Sokol
and Dr. Geoffrey Bourne.

15.37 [3633] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
17Nov1976
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor Fernando Lamas
actress Jeanne Moreau
Jack Wheeler author of "The Adventurer's Guide"
and singer Pat Boone.

15.38 [3634] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
18Nov1976
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor Tony Curtis
actress Ruth Gordon
Sheriff Katherine Crumbley
and mimes Shields & Yarnell.

15.39 [3635] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
19Nov1976
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actors Charlton Heston
and Elliott Gould
photographer Francesco Scavullo
singer Donna Theodore
and violinist Eugene Fodor.
*Note: Johnny talks about NBC's 50th Anniversary Show and Shows Film of Clips from the show.

15.40 [3636] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
22Nov1976
Guest Host David Brenner
Guests
actor Peter Strauss
manualist John Twomey
and singer-dancer Chita Rivera.

15.41 [3637] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
23Nov1976
Guest Host Jack Klugman
Guests
actress Brett Sommers
journalist Sander Vanocur
and magician Carazini.

15.42 [3638] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
24Nov1976
Guest Host Don Rickles
Guests
actor Ricardo Montalban
baseball manager Leo Duroucher
Dr. Joyce Brothers
and entertainer Liberace.

15.43 [3639] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
25Nov1976
Guest Host Joan Rivers
Guests
actors Vincent Price
and Roddy McDowall
model-actress Twiggy
Michael Medved and David Wallechinsky authors of "What Really Happened to the Class of '65"
and singer Robert Goulet.

15.44 [3640] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
26Nov1976
Guest Host Joan Rivers
Guests
actress Betty White
comic Rip Taylor
singer Anthony Newley
Dr. Lendon Smith
and singer-songwriter Mac Davis.

15.45 [3641] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
29Nov1976
Guest Host David Brenner
Guests
actors McLean Stevenson
and Ted Knight
"Cosmopolitan" editor Helen Gurley Brown

15.46 [3642] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
30Nov1976
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedians George Burns
and Rodney Dangerfield
actor Michael Constantine
and Shana Alexander author of "Talking Woman".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sb55NA0GrP0


15.47 [3643] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
01Dec1976
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor William Holden
impressionist John Byner
columnist Jack Anderson
and singer Donna Theodore.

15.48 [3644] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
02Dec1976
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor Orson Welles
actress Susan Flannery
actor Mickey Rooney
comedian Pat Henry
and singer Tom Sullivan.

15.49 [3645] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
03Dec1976
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor Robert Wagner
actress Natalie Wood
comedian Kelly Monteith
columnist Erma Bombeck
and jockey Willie Shoemaker.

15.50 [3646] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
06Dec1976
Guest Host Bob Newhart
Guests
comedians Dick Martin
and Norm Crosby
journalist William F. Buckley Jr.
and The Lennon Sisters.

15.51 [3647] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
07Dec1976
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedians Orson Bean
and Charles Nelson Reilly
Dixie Lee Ray, Governor-elect of Washington
and singer Julie Budd.

15.52 [3648] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
08Dec1976
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian Charlie Callas
tennis pro Jimmy Connors
dancer-actress Cyd Charisse
radio and TV host Nancy Dickerson
and singer Tony Martin.

15.53 [3649] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
09Dec1976
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actors Rod Steiger
and Elliott Gould
comedian George Gobel
actress Jessica Lange
model-actress Sharon Johansen

15.54 [3650] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
10Dec1976
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
entertainer Bob Hope
actor Charlton Heston
consumer advocate David Horowitz
and singer Renn Woods.

15.55 [3651] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
13Dec1976
Guest Host Bob Newhart
Guests
comedian Don Rickles
sportscaster Bob Uecker
author Joseph Wambaugh
and singer Anthony Newley.

15.56 [3652] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
14Dec1976
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian Richard Pryor
actress Darleen Carr
Dr. Michael Fox
and singer John Davidson.
*Note: Don Rickles cigarette box incident: Johnny found out his cigarette box has been broken by
Don Rickles who is taping "CPO Sharkey" next door. Johnny takes the camera and goes
unexpected into the "CPO Sharkey" studio during the taping.

15.57 [3653] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
15Dec1976
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor Michael Landon
comedian Tom Dreesen
TV director Bud Greenspan ("The Olympiad")
and Opera singer Robert Merrill.

15.58 [3654] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
16Dec1976
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor Sylvester Stallone
comedian Steve Landesberg
Dr. Joyce Brothers
and singer Marilyn Maye who performs "By Myself" and "Being Alive".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z5ERUk7MfPQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rru5cJYKH80


15.59 [3655] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
17Dec1976
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian George Carlin
boxer Muhammad Ali
actresses Marilyn Sokol
and Merie Earle
and Joan Embery of the San Diego Zoo with Howard the talking mynah bird.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DbIxzigxfQw


15.60 [3656] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
20Dec1976 [Philadelphia Inquirer]
Guest Host John Davidson
Guests
comedian David Steinberg
magician Doug Henning
and pianist Jim Levine.

15.61 [3657] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
21Dec1976
Guest Host John Davidson
Guests
actress Nanette Fabray
actor Will Geer
and Dr. Wayne Dyer author of "Your Erroneous Zones".

15.62 [3658] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
22Dec1976
Guest Host John Davidson
Guests
comedian David Steinberg
actresses Sandy Duncan
and Ruth Gordon
and adventurer Dr. Jack Wheeler.

15.63 [3659] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
23Dec1976
Guest Host John Davidson
Guests
actress Cindy Williams
comedians Norm Crosby
and Kip Addotta
TV critic Cleveland Amory
and Country singer Kenny Rogers.

[--] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
24Dec1976
pre-empted for Christmas Eve programming.


15.64 [3660] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
27Dec1976
Guest Host Steve Allen
Guests
comedian Shecky Greene
flamenco dancer Jose Molina
Country singer Mel Tillis
and the USC cheerleaders.

15.65 [3661] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
28Dec1976
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actress Suzanne Pleshette
comedian Gabriel Kaplan
ex-convict Ray Johnson
and singer Donna Theodore.

15.66 [3662] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
29Dec1976
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor James Stewart
comedian Jim Turner
Dr. Lendon Smith
and singer Linda Hopkins.

15.67 [3663] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
30Dec1976
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor Orson Welles
comedian Norman Fell
journalist Kelly Lange
and singer Engelbert Humperdinck.

15.68 [3664] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
31Dec1976
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actors Robert Blake
and James Hampton
comic Frank Raines (Mr. Echo)
and singer-dancer Lola Falana.

15.69 [3665] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
03Jan1977
Guest Host David Brenner
Guests
comedian Kelly Monteith
columnist Jimmy Breslin
and singing duo Marilyn McCoo
and Billy Davis.

15.70 [3666] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
04Jan1977
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
entertainer Bob Hope
impressionist Rich Little
actor-comedian Irving Benson
author Clement Freud
and Opera singer Richard Fredricks.

15.71 [3667] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
05Jan1977
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor Fernando Lamas
impressionist John Byner
actress Joan Van Ark
and singer Abbe Lane.

15.72 [3668] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
06Jan1977
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian Orson Bean
actor Richard Benjamin
football player Joe Namath
Dick Schaap author of "An Illustrated History of the Olympics"
and singer Dee Dee Bridgewater.

15.73 [3669] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
07Jan1977
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor Peter Strauss
actress Darleen Carr
mimes Shields & Yarnell
and singer Steve Lawrence.

15.74 [3670] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
10Jan1977
Guest Host Steve Lawrence
Guests
actor Danny Thomas
singer-actress Connie Stevens
and composer Marvin Hamlisch.

15.75 [3671] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
11Jan1977
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian David Steinberg
actor William Demarest
and Opera singer Judith Blegen.

15.76 [3672] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
12Jan1977
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor Ricardo Montalban
actress Penny Marshall
magician Mark Wilson
drummer Buddy Rich
and entertainer Ronny Graham.

15.77 [3673] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
13Jan1977
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian David Steinberg
actor Peter Finch star of NBC-TV's "Raid on Entebbe"
actress Ruth Gordon
and singer Joanie Sommers.

15.78 [3674] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
14Jan1977
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
entertainer Bob Hope
actress Angie Dickinson
writer Garson Kanin
and singer Renn Woods.

15.79 [3675] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
17Jan1977
Guest Host Joan Rivers
Guests
actress Nancy Walker
Michael Korda author of "Power!"
singer Dionne Warwick
singer-songwriter Paul Williams
and The Keane Brothers.

15.80 [3676] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
18Jan1977
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor Earl Holliman
comedian-actor Billy Crystal
actress Merie Earle
and comedian Charles Nelson Reilly.

15.81 [3677] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
19Jan1977
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian Pat Henry
Costa Rican businessman Sam Blotner
and Country singer Dolly Parton.

15.82 [3678] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
20Jan1977
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actress Shelley Winters
actors Victor Buono
and Mel Stewart
Gordon Margulis, Howard Hughes personal aide
and James Phelan authors of "Howard Hughes: The Hidden Years"
and singer Joe Williams.

15.83 [3679] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
21Jan1977
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian Andy Kaufman
actor Peter Isacksen
columnist Shana Alexander
Dr. William Nolen
and singer-actress Florence Henderson.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9kpBzUQHYtM


15.84 [3680] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
24Jan1977
Guest Host David Brenner
Guests
actor Vincent Price
actress Sharon Farrell
columnist Jimmy Breslin
and The Jacksons.

15.85 [3681] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
25Jan1977
Guest Host David Brenner
Guests
actor Rod Steiger
"Cosmopolitan" editor Helen Gurley Brown.

15.86 [3682] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
26Jan1977
Guest Host David Brenner
Guests
actress Cindy Williams
actor-singer-dancer Ben Vereen
Dr. Michael Meyers
and singer Jack Jones.

15.87 [3683] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
27Jan1977
Guest Host Steve Martin
Guests
comedian Tom Smothers
magician Ricky Jay
Country singer John Denver
The Carpenters
and Nitty Gritty Dirt Band.

15.88 [3684] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
28Jan1977
Guest Host McLean Stevenson
Guests
comedian Alan King
actress Lee Grant
mentalist Kreskin
violinist Eugene Fodor
and singer-songwriter Bob Dylan.

15.89 [3685] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
31Jan1977 [Decatur Daily Review]
Guest Host Don Rickles
Guests
actor Jack Klugman
comedian Billy Fellows
TV commentator Dwight Stones
and singer Bobby Goldsboro.

15.90 [3686] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
01Feb1977
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian Buddy Hackett
actress Cindy Williams
journalist Sander Vanocur
and singer June Valli.

15.91 [3687] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
02Feb1977
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor Tony Randall
actress Paula Prentiss
author Alex Haley
and Country singer Mel Tillis.

15.92 [3688] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
03Feb1977
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor Orson Welles
TV hostess-singer Dinah Shore
comedian George Miller
and columnist Erma Bombeck.

15.93 [3689] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
04Feb1977 [Detroit Free Press]
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian Charlie Callas
actor Richard Thomas
singer Della Reese
and Opera star Luciano Pavarotti.

15.94 [3690] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
07Feb1977
Guest Host Roy Clark
Guests
actress Elke Sommer
comedian Norm Crosby
comic Rip Taylor
and Country singer Freddy Fender.

15.95 [3691] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
08Feb1977
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedienne Lily Tomlin
comedian Rodney Dangerfield
author Joseph Wambaugh
and tenor Jan Peerce.

15.96 [3692] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
09Feb1977 [Daily American]
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian Orson Bean
actress Marilyn Sokol
singer Pat Boone
and bugman Jim Dannaldson who provides reptiles,
spiders, scorpions and insects for horror films.

15.97 [3693] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
10Feb1977 [Detroit Free Press]
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor Richard Harris
and his wife model Ann Turkel
comedian George Gobel
writer Buck Henry
consumer advocate David Horowitz
and singer Mary MacGregor.

15.98 [3694] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
11Feb1977
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
TV game show host Bert Convy
writer-columnist Shana Alexander
actress Marie-France Pisier
and singer-dancer Lola Falana.

15.99 [3695] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
14Feb1977
Guest Host Orson Welles
Guests
comedienne Carol Burnett
actress Marlo Thomas
comedian Foster Brooks
and newscaster Edwin Newman.

15.100 [3696] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
15Feb1977
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian George Carlin
actor McLean Stevenson
tennis player Martina Navratilova
and Rita Reutter elected as homecoming queen after graduating at 58 years old.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3QZRYksk3Ys


15.101 [3697] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
16Feb1977
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
horticulturalist Thalassa Cruso
dancer-singer Joey Heatherton
and singer Tony Bennett.

15.102 [3698] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
17Feb1977
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian Charlie Callas
former convict Ray Johnson
flamenco dancer Jose Molina
and Country singer Dolly Parton.

15.103 [3699] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
18Feb1977
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian Robert Klein
Maggie Kuhn of the Gray Panthers
bandleader Lawrence Welk
woodwind musician Henry Cuesta (member of the Lawrence Welk Show)
and singer Mary Welch.

15.104 [3700] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
21Feb1977
Guest Host Helen Reddy
Guests
comedian George Burns
comedienne Totie Fields
and singer Olivia Newton-John.

15.105 [3701] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
22Feb1977
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor Charlton Heston
comedian George Gobel
anthropologist Dr. Ashley Montagu
and singer Kelly Garrett.

15.106 [3702] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
23Feb1977
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian David Steinberg
comedy writer Jack Douglas
violinist Itzhak Perlman
and Joan Embery of the San Diego Zoo.

15.107 [3703] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
24Feb1977
Guest Host Shecky Greene
Guests
comedian Dick Gautier
actress Jean Marsh
and singer-songwriter Paul Williams.

15.108 [3704] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
25Feb1977
Guest Host Della Reese
Guests
comedian Gabriel Kaplan
"Cosmopolitan" editor Helen Gurley Brown
singer Jack Jones
and Opera singer William Walker.

15.109 [3705] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
28Feb1977 [Waukesha Daily]
Guest Host George Carlin
Guests
comedian Kelly Monteith
actress Debbie Reynolds
actor Burt Young
Dr. Joyce Brothers
and Country singer Hoyt Axton.

15.110 [3706] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
01Mar1977 [Post-Standard]
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian Charles Nelson Reilly
actor LeVar Burton
pianist Eubie Blake
singers Phyllis Newman
and Tommy Leonetti.

15.111 [3707] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
02Mar1977
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor Burt Reynolds
comedian Jay Leno
comedy writer Jack Douglas author of "Going Nuts in Brazil"
and singer Diana Ross who sings "The Lady is a Tramp".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Q1HxyfRnJU

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HawcXONkVMs


15.112 [3708] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
03Mar1977
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actress Dyan Cannon
comedian Andy Kaufman
author Gore Vidal
singers Steve Lawrence
and Eydie Gormé.

15.113 [3709] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
04Mar1977
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor Peter Strauss
singers Steve Lawrence
and Eydie Gormé
conductor Calvin E. Simmons
and Mummenschanz.

15.114 [3710] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
07Mar1977
Guest Host Steve Allen
Guests
comedian Arte Johnson
and his wife Gisela Johnson
actor Victor Buono
singers Linda Hopkins
and Bobby Goldsboro.

15.115 [3711] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
08Mar1977
Guest Host Steve Allen
Guests
comedians Charles Nelson Reilly
and Norm Crosby
actress Jayne Meadows
and Dr. Lendon Smith.

15.116 [3712] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
09Mar1977
Guest Host Joan Rivers
Guests
comedians David Steinberg
and Jimmie Walker
and actor Ned Beatty.

15.117 [3713] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
10Mar1977
Guest Host Alan King
Guests
comedian Buddy Hacket
actor Vincent Price
and singer Della Reese.

15.118 [3714] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
11Mar1977
Guest Host Gabriel Kaplan
Guests
actors Robert Conrad
and Norman Fell
actress Penny Marshall
and The Pointer Sisters.

15.119 [3715] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
14Mar1977
Guest Host Bob Newhart
Guests
actor Will Geer
sportscaster Bob Uecker
mentalist Kreskin
and singer Anthony Newley.

15.120 [3716] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
15Mar1977
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor James Stewart
comedian Steve Martin
consumer advocate David Horowitz
and singer Dee Dee Bridgewater.

15.121 [3717] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
16Mar1977
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actors William Holden
and Dan Haggerty
comedian Kelly Monteith
and Country singer Mel Tillis.

15.122 [3718] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
17Mar1977
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor Robert Blake
football player Alex Karras
actress Madlyn Rhue
and singer Marilyn Maye.

15.123 [3719] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
18Mar1977
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actress Angie Dickinson
comedian Norm Crosby
illusionist Susie Cottrell
and singer Kelly Garrett.


15.124 [3720] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
21Mar1977
Guest Host David Brenner
Guests
comedian Morey Amsterdam
actress Shelley Winters
TV critic Cleveland Amory
and singer Janis Ian.

15.125 [3721] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
22Mar1977
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor Raymond Burr
comedian Billy Crystal
actresses Mariette Hartley
and Merie Earle
and singer Gerri Granger.

15.126 [3722] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
23Mar1977
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actors James Hampton
and Richard Reeves
dancer-singer-actor Joel Grey
and singer Lee Horwin.

15.127 [3723] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
24Mar1977
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
entertainer Bob Hope
actor Michael Landon
actress Marilyn Sokol
and Country singer Kenny Rogers.

15.128 [3724] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
25Mar1977
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian Orson Bean
actress Mitzi Gaynor talks about her TV special "Mitzi .... Zings Into Spring"
astronomer Dr. Carl Sagan.
nd singer Mary MacGregor.

15.129 [3725] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
28Mar1977
Guest Host David Brenner
Guests
comedian Pete Barbutti
actress Suzanne Somers
inventor Stan Kann
singer-songwriter Neil Sedaka
and Mummenschanz.

15.130 [3726] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
29Mar1977
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor James Stewart
TV game show host Bert Convy
actor Richard Benjamin
actress Elizabeth Ashley
comedian George Miller

15.131 [3727] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
30Mar1977
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actors Bruce Dern
and Fernando Lamas
comedian Mike Preminger
Dr. Samuel Dunkell
and Opera singer Judith Blegen.

15.132 [3728] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
31Mar1977
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actress Brenda Vaccaro
comedian George Gobel
Dr. Edgar Berman
and singer Renn Woods.

15.133 [3729] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
01Apr1977
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor McLean Stevenson
comedian Tom Dreesen
former convict Ray Johnson
and singer Ethel Merman who sings "Ridin' High" and "Younger Than Springtime".

15.134 [3730] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
04Apr1977
Guest Host Steve Martin
Guests
actresses Cindy Williams
and Betty White
and Liberty.

15.135 [3731] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
05Apr1977
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedians Shecky Greene
and Robert Klein
writer Garson Kanin
and Country singer Kenny Rogers.

15.136 [3732] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
06Apr1977 [Decatur Daily Review]
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian Jay Leno
writer Buck Henry
and singer Johnny Mathis.

15.137 [3733] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
07Apr1977 [Detroit Free Press]
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian Charles Nelson Reilly
writer Buck Henry
and singer-dancer Lola Falana who performs "This Magic Moment".

15.138 [3734] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
08Apr1977
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian Pat Henry
actress Carol Wayne
singers Billy Davis, Jr. and Marilyn McCoo
Joan Embery of the San Diego Zoo.

15.139 [3735] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
11Apr1977
Guest Host Bob Newhart
Guests
comedians Don Rickles
and Harvey Korman
football player turned actor Alex Karras
Dr. Wayne Dyer
and singer Pat Boone.

15.140 [3736] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
12Apr1977
Guest Host Bob Newhart
Guests
actor Henry Fonda
comic actor Jerry Van Dyke
Kaminsky Kazoos (five musicians)
and Country singer Freddy Fender who sings "Rain, Rain, Rain".

15.141 [3737] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
13Apr1977
Guest Host Burt Reynolds
Guests
actors Orson Welles
and Norman Fell
and The Keane Brothers.

15.142 [3738] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
14Apr1977
Guest Host David Brenner
Guests
entertainer Bob Hope
comedienne Ruth Buzzi
comedian Norm Crosby
and England Dan & John Ford Coley who perform "The Dowdy Ferry Road".

15.143 [3739] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
15Apr1977
Guest Host Burt Reynolds
Guests
singer-actress Cher
comedian David Steinberg
entertainer Wayne Newton
actor Dub Taylor
and singer Dee Dee Bridgewater.

15.144 [3740] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
18Apr1977 [Detroit Free Press]
Guest Host John Davidson
Guests
comedian Harvey Korman
actress Sandy Duncan
actor John Schuck
and singer Aretha Franklin.

15.145 [3741] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
19Apr1977
Guest Host John Davidson
Guests
TV personality Steve Allen
actress Sandy Duncan
comedian Kelly Monteith
and singer-songwriter Paul Anka.

15.146 [3742] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
20Apr1977
Guest Host John Davidson
Guests
comedian Pat Paulsen
singer-songwriter Harry Chapin
who performs "Cat's in the Cradle" and "Dance Band on the Titanic".


15.147 [3743] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
21Apr1977
Guest Host John Davidson
Guests
sportscaster Bob Uecker
Skiles and Henderson
and singer Vikki Carr.

15.148 [3744] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
22Apr1977
Guest Host John Davidson
Guests
actor Earl Holliman
comic Rip Taylor
undersea explorer Jacques Cousteau
and singer Lou Rawls who performs "All The Way" and "See You When I Get There".

15.149 [3745] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
25Apr1977
Guest Host Orson Welles
Guests
actor Jack Lemmon
comedian George Gobel
and musician Chuck Mangione.

15.150 [3746] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
26Apr1977
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian Charlie Callas
actors George Peppard
and Dan Haggerty
author Brooke Hayward
and entertainer Sammy Davis, Jr.

15.151 [3747] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
27Apr1977 [rerun 08Aug78]
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actress Jill Ireland
singer Helen Reddy
comedian David Sayh (his TV debut)
and biologist Dr. Paul Ehrlich.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X8MhbfZDPLM&feature=youtu.be

NOT Steve Lawrence.

15.152 [3748] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
28Apr1977
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedienne Lucille Ball
comedian Jay Leno
columnist Erma Bombeck
and singer-dancer Joey Heatherton.

15.153 [3749] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
29Apr1977
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor Hal Linden
actresses Cloris Leachman
and Brooke Hayward
and Country singer Hoyt Axton.

15.154 [3750] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
02May1977 [Star Telegram Tx]
Guest Host Rich Little
Guests
actress Ginger Rogers
comedian Pete Barbutti
magician Roger-Pierre
and Country singer Glen Campbell.

15.155 [3751] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
03May1977
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor Michael Landon
comedian George Carlin
Costa Rican businessman Sam Blotner
and Opera singer Martina Arroyo.

15.156 [3752] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
04May1977
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedians Chevy Chase
and Richard Pryor
actress Marilyn Sokol
and actor James Hampton.

15.157 [3753] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
05May1977
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor McLean Stevenson
comedian Rodney Dangerfield
Sports agent Bob Woolf
and singer Renn Woods.

15.158 [3754] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
06May1977
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actors Tony Curtis
and John Ritter
Frieda Levatter talks about receiving her high school diploma at 93 years old
and singer Charles Aznavour.

15.159 [3755] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
09May1977
Guest Host George Carlin
Guests
comedians Milton Berle
and Flip Wilson
humorist Sam Levenson
and singer-actress Bernadette Peters.

15.160 [3756] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
10May1977 [Detroit Free Press]
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian David Steinberg
author Erica Jong
singer-dancer Lola Falana
and mime trio Mummenschanz.

15.161 [3757] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
11May1977 [Capital Journal]
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian Shecky Greene
impressionist John Byner
animal expert Jim Fowler
with Laurie Marker and three of her Wildlife Safari animal
friends from Winston, Oregon with her is Munchkin,
a six-month old white handed gibbon
consumer reporter David Horowitz
and singer Lana Cantrell.

15.162 [3758] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
12May1977
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor James Coburn
singer-actress Diahann Carroll
narrator Ed Herlihy
Ray Valine (advertises on his head)
singers Bobby Wick
and Kelly Garrett.

15.163 [3759] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
13May1977 [Waukesha Daily]
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actors Rob Reiner
and Dan Haggerty
Dr. Lendon Smith
and singer Vic Damone.

15.164 [3760] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
16May1977 [Post Star NY]
Guest Host Robert Klein
Guests
actresses Brenda Vaccaro
and Penny Marshall
basketball coach Red Auerbach
and singer Jose Feliciano.

15.165 [3761] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
17May1977
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian Kelly Monteith
actresses Angie Dickinson
and Merie Earle
and drummer Buddy Rich.

15.166 [3762] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
18May1977
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedians Orson Bean
and Steve Landesberg
Red Adair (helped cap oil leak in the Atlantic Ocean)
consumer advocate David Horowitz
and singer Julie Budd.

15.167 [3763] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
19May1977
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor Fernando Lamas
actress Bea Arthur
comedian Irving Benson
Dr. Michael Fox
and singer Joanie Sommers.

15.168 [3764] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
20May1977
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
boxer Muhammad Ali
actor Peter Falk
comedian Steve Landesberg
astronomer Dr. Carl Sagan author of "The Dragons of Eden".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G2CBSvZzw2Y


15.169 [3765] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
23May1977 [Detroit Free Press]
Guest Host Steve Martin
Guests
comedians Phil Silvers
and Pat Paulsen
mentalist Kreskin
and singer Helen Reddy.

15.170 [3766] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
24May1977
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
TV host Tom Snyder (Tom's first guest appearance on the "Tonight Show")
comedian Buddy Hackett
Dr. Edgar Berman author of "The Solid Gold Stethoscope"
and Country singer Kenny Rogers.

15.171 [3767] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
25May1977
Guest Host Steve Allen
Guests
actor Jack Klugman
comedian George Gobel
and actress Merie Earle.
*Note: "The Tonight Show's" Johnny Carson is suffering from a pinched nerve in
his neck and will be out of his late-night stint for an indefinite period.
Steve Allen will fill in for Carson starting tonight.

15.172 [3768] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
26May1977 [The Record]
Guest Host Steve Allen
Guests
comedian Charles Nelson Reilly
Stephen Schneider author of "Genesis Strategy"

15.173 [3769] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
27May1977
Guest Host Steve Allen
Guests
comedian David Sayh
writer Garson Kanin
and violinist Eugene Fodor.

15.174 [3770] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
30May1977 [Detroit Free Press]
Guest Host David Brenner
Guests
actress Elke Sommer
Broadway star Andrea McArdle
Noel Behn author of "Brinks"
and Country singer Hoyt Axton.

15.175 [3771] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
31May1977 [Journal News NY]
Guest Host David Brenner
Guests
daredevil Evel Knievel
actor Scatman Crothers
Irving Wallace
and David Wallechinsky authors of "The Book of Lists"
and singer John Davidson.

15.176 [3772] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
01Jun1977
Guest Host David Brenner
Guests
comedian Jackie Mason
journalist Pete Hamill
composer Marvin Hamlisch
and singer Della Reese.

15.177 [3773] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
02Jun1977
Guest Host David Brenner
Guests
comedian Jimmie Walker
actress Susan Saint James
newsman Edwin Newman
singer Robert Goulet
and Sergio Mendes and Brazil '77.

15.178 [3774] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
03Jun1977 [Arizona Republic]
Guest Host David Brenner
Guests
comedians Tom Smothers
and Mike Preminger
singer-actress Florence Henderson
"Cosmopolitan" editor Helen Gurley Brown

15.179 [3775] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
06Jun1977
Guest Host George Carlin
Guests
comedian Pete Barbutti
actor Elliott Gould
TV game show host Monty Hall
and Jazz violinist Jean-Luc Ponty.

15.180 [3776] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
07Jun1977 [rerun 30Aug78]
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actress Suzanne Pleshette
Tom Snyder host of "Tomorrow"
biologist Dr. Paul Ehrlich author of "The Race Bomb".
and singer Kelly Garrett.
*Note: After two weeks and a day of recuperation from a pinched nerve
in his neck, Johnny Carson returns.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4uUVLdpRJw8


15.181 [3777] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
08Jun1977
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor Richard Benjamin
comedian Richard Lewis
Costa Rican businessman Sam Blotner
and singer Gerri Granger.

15.182 [3778] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
09Jun1977
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
Dan Rather co-author of "The Camera Never Blinks"
comedian David Sayh
actor John Schuck
Dr. William Nolen
and singer-actress Diahann Carroll.

15.183 [3779] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
10Jun1977 [rerun 29Aug78]
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
entertainer Sammy Davis, Jr.
and his wife Altovise
actress Jill Ireland
and mimes Shields & Yarnell.

15.184 [3780] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
13Jun1977
Guest Host David Steinberg
Guests
actor Burt Reynolds
actress Sally Field
baseball manager Tommy LaSorda
Dr. Joyce Brothers
and singer Helen Reddy.

15.185 [3781] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
14Jun1977
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian Jay Leno
author Joseph Wambaugh
rock star Alice Cooper
and Leonard Waxdeck & The Birdcallers.

15.186 [3782] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
15Jun1977
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian Charles Nelson Reilly
Peter Benchley author of "The Deep"
pianist-composer Claire Ritter
and singer Johnny Mathis.

15.187 [3783] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
16Jun1977
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actress Angie Dickinson
Dr. Gerard K. O'Neill author of "High Frontier, Human Colonies in Space"
singer-dancer Lola Falana
and singer Ethel Merman who performs "Nothing Can Stop Me Now".

15.188 [3784] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
17Jun1977
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
fashion designer Igor Cassini
Dr. William Nolen
singer-actor Larry Kert
and singer-dancer Lola Falana.

15.189 [3785] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
20Jun1977
Guest Host Bob Newhart
Guests
actor Yul Brynner
TV game show host Bert Convy
Dr. Lendon Smith
and singer-actress Bernadette Peters.

15.190 [3786] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
21Jun1977
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor Tony Randall
comedian Tom Dreesen
actress Merie Earle
and drummer Buddy Rich.

15.191 [3787] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
22Jun1977
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian George Carlin
mime Marcel Marceau
and musician Pete Fountain who performs "Tin Roof Blues".
Apologies to would-be fourth guest Norman Fell as
Doc Severinsen and Pete Fountain play two more pieces.

15.192 [3788] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
23Jun1977
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actress Susan Sarandon
comedian-actor Billy Crystal
Stephen Schneider author of "Gensis Strategy"
and singer Della Reese.

15.193 [3789] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
24Jun1977
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedians Orson Bean
and George Miller
actress Sally Kellerman
consumer advocate David Horowitz.

15.194 [3790] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
27Jun1977
Guest Host Gabriel Kaplan
Guests
actor Robert Conrad
singer-actress Bernadette Peters
Barbara Fuca co-author of "Mafia Wife"
and England Dan and John Ford Coley.

15.195 [3791] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
28Jun1977
Guest Host Gabriel Kaplan
Guests
comedian Kelly Monteith
actor LeVar Burton
actress Suzanne Somers
Jim Palmer, Baltimore Orioles pitcher.

15.196 [3792] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
29Jun1977
Guest Host Alan King
Guests
actor Albert Finney
film critic Rex Reed
and singer Pat Boone.

15.197 [3793] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
30Jun1977
Guest Host Alan King
Guests
actress Sandy Duncan
actor Norman Fell
singer-dancer-actor Ben Vereen

15.198 [3794] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
01Jul1977
Guest Host Vincent Price
Guests
actress Debbie Reynolds
Dr. Wayne Dyer
singer Cleo Laine
and musician John Dankworth.

15.199 [3795] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
04Jul1977
Guest Host Richard Benjamin
Guests
comedian Charles Nelson Reilly
actress Marsha Mason
playwright Neil Simon
and author Dr. Michael Myers.

15.200 [3796] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
05Jul1977
Guest Host Rich Little
Guests
comedian Kelly Monteith
actor LeVar Burton
actress Susan Clark
and singer Charo.

15.201 [3797] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
06Jul1977
Guest Host Joan Rivers
Guests
comedian Shecky Greene
singer-dancer-actor Ben Vereen
mentalist Kreskin
and Country singer Glen Campbell.

15.202 [3798] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
07Jul1977
Guest Host Robert Klein
Guests
comedian Jackie Mason
actress Adrienne Barbeau
inventor Stan Kann
singer Dionne Warwick
and Opera singer William Walker.

15.203 [3799] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
08Jul1977
Guest Host Della Reese
Guests
actor Fernando Lamas
actress Rene Harris
Dr. Art Ulene
and singer Mel Tormé.

15.204 [3800] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
11Jul1977
Guest Host Rob Reiner
Guests
actresses Lindsay Wagner
and Penny Marshall
comedian Albert Brooks
actors Billy Crystal
and Harry Shearer.

15.205 [3801] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
12Jul1977
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor James Stewart
tennis pro Tracy Austin
former convict Ray Johnson
and singer Donna Theodore.

15.206 [3802] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
13Jul1977
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian Buddy Hackett
actress Paula Prentiss
special effects Jim Dannaldson
and singer Bobby Goldsboro.

15.207 [3803] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
14Jul1977
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian Rodney Dangerfield
actress Elizabeth Ashley
Don Hebert 'Mr. Wizard'
and singer Anthony Newley.

15.208 [3804] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
15Jul1977
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian-actor Marty Feldman
comedian Pat Henry
Olympic medalist Bruce Jenner
and singer Nancy Wilson.

15.209 [3805] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
18Jul1977 [Minneapolis Star]
Guest Host Roger Moore
Guests
actor Vincent Price
"Cosmopolitan" editor Helen Gurley Brown
singer Eydie Gorme
and mime trio Mummenschanz.

15.210 [3806] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
19Jul1977 [Daily Chronicle]
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor Albert Finney who sings his own composition "When It's Gone" and "Those Other Men"
actress Madeline Kahn
climatologist Stephen Schneider author of "The Genesis Strategy: Climate and Global Survival"
and singer Gloria Loring.

15.211 [3807] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
20Jul1977
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedienne Joan Rivers
comedian Richard Lewis
TV game show host Bert Convy
and Dr. Robin Cook author of "Coma".

15.212 [3808] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
21Jul1977
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian Andy Kaufman
Sheriff Katherine Crumbley
animal expert Dr. Michael Fox
and Country singer Mel Tillis.

15.213 [3809] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
22Jul1977
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actress Mary Kay Place
singer-songwriter Paul Williams
singer Steve Lawrence
and entertainer Ronny Graham.

15.214 [3810] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
25Jul1977
Guest Host David Brenner
Guests
comedian Jimmie Walker
actor Peter Fonda
poet-author Richard Armour
and Country singer Loretta Lynn.

15.215 [3811] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
26Jul1977
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian Steve Martin
actor Fernando Lamas
actress Merie Earle
and Country singer Kenny Rogers.

15.216 [3812] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
27Jul1977
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor Tony Randall
comedian Robert Klein
and entertainer Monti Rock III.

15.217 [3813] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
28Jul1977
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedians Charles Nelson Reilly
and Norm Crosby
actress Evelyn Keyes
and Miss Universe Janelle Commissiong.

15.218 [3814] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
29Jul1977
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actress Shelley Winters
comedian Jay Leno
astronomer Dr. Carl Sagan
and singer Dee Dee Bridgewater.

15.219 [3815] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
01Aug1977
Guest Host Bob Newhart
Guests
comedian Don Rickles
actress Betty White
singer Marilyn Maye
and Skiles and Henderson.

15.220 [3816] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
02Aug1977
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor William Devane
musician Pete Fountain
and entertainer Liberace.
Note: Jim Bouton was to appear but was bumped to the following night.

15.221 [3817] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
03Aug1977
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor Gregory Peck
ventriloquist Edgar Bergen
comedian George Gobel
baseball player Jim Bouton author of "Ball Four".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0byyWPZdNc0


15.222 [3818] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
04Aug1977
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedians Orson Bean
and Andy Kaufman
Joan Embery of the San Diego Zoo
and violinist Eugene Fodor.

15.223 [3819] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
05Aug1977
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
impressionist Rich Little
comedians Richard Pryor
and David Sayh
and consumer advocate David Horowitz.

15.224 [3820] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
08Aug1977
Guest Host David Steinberg
Guests
TV personality Steve Allen
actress Suzanne Somers
actor Dub Taylor
and singer Linda Hopkins.

15.225 [3821] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
09Aug1977
Guest Host Helen Reddy
Guests
actor Hal Linden
bodybuilder Arnold Schwarzenegger
Dr. Joyce Brothers
and singer-songwriter Harry Chapin
who performs "Bluesman" and "I Wonder What Happened to Him".

15.226 [3822] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
10Aug1977
Guest Host Gabriel Kaplan
Guests
comedian Bill Cosby
Olympic medalist Bruce Jenner
Cabaret singer Toni Lamond
and singer-dancer Lola Falana.

15.227 [3823] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
11Aug1977
Guest Host Gabriel Kaplan
Guests
comedian Tom Dreesen
sportscaster Bob Uecker
and The Keane Brothers.

15.228 [3824] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
12Aug1977
Guest Host Gabriel Kaplan
Guests
comedian Tom Smothers
actress Susan Saint James
Sports agent Bob Woolf
and Country singer Roy Clark.

15.239 [3825] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
15Aug1977
Guest Host John Davidson
Guests
entertainer Bob Hope
and singer Natalie Cole.

15.230 [3826] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
16Aug1977
Guest Host John Davidson
Guests
actress Eva Gabor
actor John Schuck
and singer Natalie Cole.

15.231 [3827] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
17Aug1977
Guest Host John Davidson
Guests
comedian Pete Barbutti
game show host Monty Hall
and singer-actress Marilyn Sokol.

15.232 [3828] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
18Aug1977
Guest Host John Davidson
Guests
singer-actress Connie Stevens
TV personality Dick Clark
and game show host Peter Marshall.

15.233 [3829] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
19Aug1977
Guest Host John Davidson
Guests
actress Bonnie Franklin
actor Will Geer
singer Helen Schneider
and Country singer Freddy Fender.

15.234 [3830] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
22Aug1977
Guest Host Steve Martin
Guests
comedians Chevy Chase
and Jay Leno
inventor Stan Kann
and singer Pat Boone.

15.235 [3831] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
23Aug1977
Guest Host Steve Martin
Guests
comedians Bill Cosby
and Charles Nelson Reilly
singer Cleo Laine
and musician John Dankworth.

15.236 [3832] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
24Aug1977
Guest Host Roy Clark
Guests
comedian Norm Crosby
actor Scatman Crothers
singer-actor Jim Nabors
and singer Charo.

15.237 [3833] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
25Aug1977
Guest Host Roy Clark
Guests
comedian Flip Wilson
actress Rue McClanahan
actor David Huddleston
comedienne Ruth Buzzi
banjo player Buck Trent
and The Oak Ridge Boys.

15.238 [3834] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
26Aug1977
Guest Host Roy Clark
Guests
actor Victor Buono
Richard Corriere and John Hart authors of "Dream Makers"
singer Vikki Carr
and Country singer Kenny Rogers.

15.239 [3835] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
29Aug1977
Guest Host George Carlin
Guests
actors Vincent Price
and John Ritter
singer-actress Bernadette Peters
and singer Jose Feliciano.

15.240 [3836] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
30Aug1977
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actress Suzanne Pleshette
comedian Rodney Dangerfield
actor Norman Fell
and singer Joe Williams.

15.241 [3837] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
31Aug1977
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian David Steinberg
impressionist John Byner
worm chef Lynn Remisovsky
and Country singer Hoyt Axton.

15.242 [3838] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
01Sep1977
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian Don Rickles
actor Eli Wallach
St. Louis Cardinals baseball player Lou Brock
and Colleen McCullough author of "The Thorn Birds".

15.243 [3839] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
02Sep1977
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor Orson Welles
actress Madlyn Rhue
comedian Skip Stephenson
singer Donna Theodore
and singer-songwriter Paul Williams.

15.244 [3840] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
05Sep1977
Guest Host David Brenner
Guests
Maggie Kuhn of the Gray Panthers
and singer-actress Eartha Kitt.

15.245 [3841] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
06Sep1977
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian George Carlin
actor James Hampton
Dr. William Nolen
and drummer Buddy Rich.

15.246 [3842] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
07Sep1977
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian Orson Bean
author Stephen Schneider
and singer Jack Jones.

15.247 [3843] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
08Sep1977
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor Dale Robertson
Andrea McArdle of the Broadway musical "Annie"
Dr. Lendon Smith
and folksinger Joan Baez.

15.248 [3844] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
09Sep1977
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian Sid Caesar
comedienne Imogene Coca
Jazz pianist Eubie Blake
and singer John Davidson who performs "You're Still the One"
and "Don't Let Me Be Lonely Tonight".

15.249 [3845] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
12Sep1977
Guest Host David Brenner
Guests
actor Barry Newman
child actor Gabriel Melgar
singers Sonny Bono
and Robert Goulet.

15.250 [3846] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
13Sep1977
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor Peter Strauss
"The Muppets" creator Jim Henson
actress Carol Wayne
and Dr. Paul Ehrlich.

15.251 [3847] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
14Sep1977
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian Myron Cohen
actors James Garner of "The Rockford Files"
and Jack Klugman of "Quincy".

15.252 [3848] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
15Sep1977
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian Tim Conway
comedienne Elayne Boosler
singer Johnny Mathis
and entertainer Ronny Graham.
Highlights:
Johnny Mathis sings "I Believe in Love" and "All the Things You Are".


15.253 [3849] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
16Sep1977
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian Steve Landesberg
actors Charlton Heston
and McLean Stevenson
consumer advocate David Horowitz

15.254 [3850] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
19Sep1977
Guest Host David Brenner
Guests
comedian Jimmie Walker
actor Andy Griffith
Dr. Wayne Dyer
and singer Charo.

15.255 [3851] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
20Sep1977
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian Kelly Monteith
newsman Mike Wallace
columnist Erma Bombeck
and singer-dancer Lola Falana.

15.256 [3852] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
21Sep1977 [rerun 15Mar79][Spokesman Review]
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian Kelly Monteith
actor Tony Randall
actress Ronnie Claire Edwards
author Richard Reeves
and singer Anthony Newley.

15.257 [3853] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
22Sep1977
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor James Mason
actress Merie Earle
and singer-actress Diahann Carroll.

15.258 [3854] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
23Sep1977
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian Richard Lewis
actor Peter Ustinov
actress Susan Sullivan
comedy writer Jack Douglas
and singer Steve Lawrence.

15.259 [3855] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
26Sep1977
Guest Host Sammy Davis Jr.
Guests
comic Rip Taylor
actor Victor Buono
actress Bonnie Franklin
and pianist Victor Borge.

15.260 [3856] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
27Sep1977
Guest Host Sammy Davis Jr.
Guests
comedian Arte Johnson
actors Lee Majors
and James Stacy
and singer Nancy Wilson.

15.261 [3857] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
28Sep1977
Guest Host Sammy Davis Jr.
Guests
comedian Tom Dreesen
actress Sandy Duncan
actor Dub Taylor
and drummer Buddy Rich.

15.262 [3858] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
29Sep1977
Guest Host John Denver
Guests
comedy writer-director Carl Reiner
actress Valerie Harper
astronomer Dr. Carl Sagan
and singer Helen Schneider.

15.263 [3859] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson: 15th ANNIVERSARY SHOW (2hrs)
30Sep1977
Host Johnny Carson
Special 15th Anniversary show with clips from past shows.


 

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