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Season 16 (NBC)(1977-78)
Episode Guide compiled by The Classic TV Archive
with contributions by: Rina Fox, Tom Alger [Uploaded May 2020]
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##### Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson #####
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NBC Monday to Friday 11:15pm to 1am
16.01
[3860] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
03Oct1977
Guest host John Denver
Guests
comedians George Burns
and Richard Pryor
actress Teri Garr
scientist Dr. John Lilly
and Country singer Kenny Rogers.
16.02 [3861] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
04Oct1977
Guest host George Carlin
Guests
comedian Norm Crosby
actress Suzanne Somers
author Alan Milberg
singer-songwriter Paul Williams
and singer Linda Hopkins.
16.03 [3862] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
05Oct1977
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian Gabriel Kaplan
singer-actress Ann-Margret
horticulturalist Thalassa Cruso
and singer-actress Florence Henderson.
16.04 [3863] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
06Oct1977
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian Orson Bean
actress Jane Fonda
actor Skip Stephenson
sportscaster Bob Uecker
and Dr. Michael Fox.
16.05 [3864] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
07Oct1977
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
journalist Dorothy Fuldheim
92-year-old Dodgers' fan Anna Marvin
violinist Eugene Fodor
and singer Phyllis Newman.
16.06 [3865] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
10Oct1977
Guest Host Steve Allen
Guests
actresses Jayne Meadows
and Pam Grier
TV personality Dick Clark
and musicologist Ken Fiske.
16.07 [3866] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
11Oct1977
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian Steve Landesberg
actress Merie Earle
vaudeville performer Irv Benson
singer-actor Pat Boone
and his daughter Debby Boone
singer Engelbert Humperdinck
and musician Pete Fountain.
16.08 [3867] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
12Oct1977
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedienne Joan Rivers
playwright Neil Simon
actress Phyllis George
former convict Ray Johnson
and Los Indios Tabajaras.
16.09 [3868] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
13Oct1977
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian Buddy Hackett
actress Melinda Naud
comedy writer Jack Douglas
animal expert Jim Fowler
and singer Della Reese.
16.10 [3869] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
14Oct1977
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor Robert Blake
actresses Lesley Ann Warren
and Susan Sarandon
author Barbara Howar
and entertainer Monti Rock III.
16.11 [3870] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
17Oct1977
Guest Host Steve Martin
Guests
comedian George Gobel
actor Will Geer
mentalist Kreskin
singer-songwriter Paul Williams
and violinist John McEuen.
16.12 [3871] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
18Oct1977
Guest Host Steve Martin
Guests
comedian Andy Kaufman
singer-actress Bernadette Peters
actor Scatman Crothers
and singer John Sebastian.
16.13 [3872] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
19Oct1977
Guest Host Della Reese
Guests
comedians Charles Nelson Reilly
and Arte Johnson
actors Larry Wilcox
and Erik Estrada of "CHiPs"
actress Nanette Fabray
and the Captain and Tennille.
16.14 [3873] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
20Oct1977
Guest Host Gabriel Kaplan
Guests
comedians Don Rickles
and Jay Leno
actress Cindy Williams
16.15 [3874] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
21Oct1977
Guest Host Gabriel Kaplan
Guests
actress Angie Dickinson
comedian Richard Lewis
sportscaster Don Meredith
16.16 [3875] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
24Oct1977
Guest Host Helen Reddy
Guests
actor Sylvester Stallone
comedian George Miller
playwright Neil Simon
TV critic Cleveland Amory
and singer Joe Williams.
16.17 [3876] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
25Oct1977
Guest Host Bert Convy
Guests
comedienne Totie Fields
comedians Bob Newhart
and Norm Crosby.
16.18 [3877] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
26Oct1977
Guest Host David Steinberg
Guests
entertainer Bob Hope
news anchor Edwin Newman
actress Elizabeth Ashley
and singer Della Reese.
16.19 [3878] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
27Oct1977
Guest Host Burt Reynolds
Guests
comedian Dom DeLuise
basketball star Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
actor Norman Fell
singer-actress Connie Stevens
and Country singer Don Williams.
16.20 [3879] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
28Oct1977
Guest Host Tom Smothers
Guests
TV personality Steve Allen
actress Cybill Shepherd
comedian Jackie Mason
inventor Stan Kann
and singer Al Jarreau.
16.21 [3880] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
31Oct1977
Guest Host Bob Newhart
Guests
comedians Harvey Korman
and Kelly Monteith
Dr. Joyce Brothers
and musician Pete Fountain.
16.22 [3881] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
01Nov1977
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian Rodney Dangerfield
actor James Stewart
Dr. Robert Jastrow
and singer Anthony Newley.
16.23 [3882] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
02Nov1977
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian Alan Bursky
actor Fernando Lamas
Costa Rican businessman Sam Blotner
and singer-actress Diahann Carroll.
16.24 [3883] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
03Nov1977
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor Henry Winkler
actress Susan Sullivan
journalist Fred Graham
and singer Donna Theodore.
16.25 [3884] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
04Nov1977
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
writer Buck Henry
author Susan Ford
consumer advocate David Horowitz
and singer Steve Lawrence.
16.26 [3885] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
07Nov1977
Guest Host Bob Newhart
Guests
actor James Hampton
CBS news correspondent Barbara Howar
singer-dancer Lola Falana
and Opera singer Luciano Pavarotti
16.27 [3886] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
08Nov1977
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian Shecky Greene
football star Joe Namath
Joyce Robita-Burditt author of "The Cracker Factory".
bee expert Bill Vick
and singer Jane Olivor.
16.28 [3887] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
09Nov1977
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor McLean Stevenson
actress Jean Marsh
singer Linda Hopkins
and the Pilobolus Dance Theatre.
16.29 [3888] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
10Nov1977
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
TV hostess-singer Dinah Shore
comedian Charles Nelson Reilly
actress Teri Garr
and horticulturalist Thalassa Cruso.
16.30 [3889] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
11Nov1977
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
impressionist John Byner
mountain climber George Willig (aka the Human Fly)
Margaret Braswell
and singer Gloria Loring.
16.31 [3890] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
14Nov1977
Guest Host Frank Sinatra
Guests
comic actor George Burns
actor Carroll O'Connor
actress Angie Dickinson
comedians John Barbour
and Don Rickles.
Franks Sinatra performs "Maybe This Time" and "Why Don't You See the Show
Again?"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FKghe6Ot9o4
16.32 [3891] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
15Nov1977 [rerun 03Apr79]
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actress Cloris Leachman
comedian-actor Ronny Graham
Chris & Charlotte McBride authors of "The White Lions of Timbavati"
bodybuilder Arnold Schwarzenegger
and Opera singer Judith Blegen.
16.33 [3892] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
16Nov1977
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian Billy Crystal
actor Tony Randall
comedy writer Jack Douglas and wife Reiko
and singer Charo.
16.34 [3893] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
17Nov1977
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedians Orson Bean and Robert Klein
Examiner columnist Erma Bombeck.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LpFZOp9bdCY&list=PLN27Dkvp_PlXFhrgEfyYBj4U__b1Q2BwH&index=19
16.35 [3894] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
18Nov1977
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedienne Lucille Ball
actor James Caan
drummer John Keane
and singer Phoebe Snow.
16.36 [3895] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
21Nov1977
Guest Host Bob Newhart
Guests
comedienne Lily Tomlin
actor Victor Buono
sportscaster Bob Uecker
and Country singer Glen Campbell.
16.37 [3896] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
22Nov1977
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedy writer-director Carl Reiner
comedian Bill Cosby
actor Sterling Hayden
and Country singer Kenny Rogers.
16.38 [3897] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
23Nov1977
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor Burt Reynolds
actress Jane Seymour
film producer Fred Brisson
and singer Johnny Mathis.
16.39 [3898] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
24Nov1977
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian Buddy Hackett
actor Dick Van Patten
pediatrician Dr. Lendon Smith
and singer Kelly Garrett who performs "It's Too Late", "Maybe This Time".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mThHBZvnMaY
16.40 [3899] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
25Nov1977
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian David Steinberg
actor Karl Malden
former convict Ray Johnson
and Opera singer Marilyn Horne.
16.41 [3900] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
28Nov1977
Guest Host George Carlin
Guests
impressionist Rich Little
comedienne Kaye Ballard
Dr. Joyce Brothers
and musician Sergio Mendes.
16.42 [3901] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
29Nov1977
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian Charles Nelson Reilly
actor Mark Hamill
Dr. William Nolen
and violinist Eugene Fodor.
16.43 [3902] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
30Nov1977
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
TV game show host Bert Convy
Professor James Grier
comedian Tom Dreesen
musician Chuck Mangione
and singer Eydie Gormé.
16.44 [3903] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
01Dec1977
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actress Betty White
actor Jack Albertson
child actor Gabriel Melgar
singer Donna Theodore
and Jazz pianist Eubie Blake.
16.45 [3904] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
02Dec1977
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actress Elizabeth Ashley
conservationist Betty Leslie-Melville author of "Raising Daisy Rothschild"
Opera singer Beverly Sills of the TV production of "The Merry Widow"
and comedy team Bob & Ray.
*Note: Betty Leslie-Melville was known as "The Giraffe Lady".
16.46 [3905] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
05Dec1977
Guest Host David Brenner
Guests
actor John Travolta
actress Suzanne Somers
"Cosmopolitan" editor Helen Gurley Brown
and singer Frankie Valli.
16.47 [3906] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
06Dec1977
Guest Host David Brenner
Guests
comedian Norm Crosby
actor Omar Sharif
author Michael Medved
plant expert Jerry Baker
and singer-songwriter Mac Davis.
16.48 [3907] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
07Dec1977
Guest Host David Brenner
Guests
actress Teri Garr
singer-actor Frankie Avalon
animal expert Dr. Michael Fox
and composer Marvin Hamlisch.
16.49 [3908] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
08Dec1977
Guest Host Gabriel Kaplan
Guests
comedian Tim Tomerson
actor Robert Conrad
actress Sharon Farrell
singer-actress Diahann Carroll
and singer John Davidson.
16.50 [3909] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
09Dec1977
Guest Host Gabriel Kaplan
Guests
TV personality Steve Allen
football player turned actor Alex Karras
comedian Mike Preminger
TV critic Cleveland Amory
and singer Anne Murray.
16.51 [3910] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
12Dec1977
Guest Host Bill Cosby
Guests
comedian Pat Paulsen
actress Angie Dickinson
singer-actress Florence Henderson
singer Jeree Palmer
and the Robot Brothers comedy mime act.
16.52 [3911] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
13Dec1977
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian Kelly Monteith
magician Doug Henning
Joan Embery of the San Diego Zoo
and singer Tony Bennett.
16.53 [3912] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
14Dec1977
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedienne Joan Rivers
bandleader Lawrence Welk
former convict Ray Johnson
Country singer Dolly Parton
and musician Dizzy Gillespie.
16.54 [3913] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
15Dec1977
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian Rodney Dangerfield
actor George Peppard
actress Susan Sullivan
and Country singer Hoyt Axton.
16.55 [3914] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
16Dec1977
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
entertainer Bob Hope
actor Robert Blake
author Joseph Wambaugh
and Country singer Mel Tillis.
16.56 [3915] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
19Dec1977
Guest Host John Davidson
Guests
actress Debbie Reynolds
comedian Pete Barbutti
figureskater Dorothy Hamill
and Country singer Kenny Rogers.
16.57 [3916] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
20Dec1977 [Press Democrat]
Guest Host John Davidson
Guests
actresses Sandy Duncan
and Marilyn Sokol
table tennis champ Marty Reisman
and singer-songwriter Harry Chapin who performs
"Mismatch" and "Flowers Are Red".
16.58 [3917] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
21Dec1977
Guest Host John Davidson
Guests
entertainer Carol Channing
Olympic medalist Bruce Jenner
mentalist Kreskin
and singer Aretha Franklin.
16.59 [3918] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
22Dec1977
Guest Host John Davidson
Guests
actress Shelley Winters
actor John Schuck
comedian Kip Addotta
and singer-actress Bernadette Peters.
16.60 [3919] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
23Dec1977
Guest Host John Davidson
Guests
actor Victor Buono
TV personality Stephanie Edwards
and singer Pat Boone.
16.61 [3920] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
26Dec1977
Guest Host Rich Little
Guests
comedian Tom Dreesen
Kathryn Grant Crosby
author Shana Alexander
and singer Mel Tormé.
16.62 [3921] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
27Dec1977
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian Alan Bursky
actor Richard Benjamin
Dr. Lendon Smith
and singer Helen Reddy.
16.63 [3922] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
28Dec1977
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor Vincent Price
TV game show host Bert Convy
Harriett Iden
and singer Renn Woods.
16.64 [3923] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
29Dec1977
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian George Miller
actress Quinn Cummings
former convict Ray Johnson
and singer Al Jarreau.
16.65 [3924] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
30Dec1977
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actresses Suzanne Pleshette
and Merie Earle
actor Beau Bridges
and singer Peggy Lee.
16.66 [3925] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
02Jan1978
Guest Host Kenny Rogers
Guests
comedian Norm Crosby
actor Dub Taylor
singers Kris Kristofferson
and Rita Coolidge.
16.67 [3926] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
03Jan1978
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian Charles Nelson Reilly
writer Buck Henry
and musician Pete Fountain.
16.68 [3927] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
04Jan1978
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian Orson Bean
and singer John Davidson.
16.69 [3928] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
05Jan1978
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian David Brenner
sculptor-painter Antonio Salemme
violinist Itzhak Perlman
and singer Joe Williams.
16.70 [3929] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
06Jan1978
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian Alan King
actress Madlyn Rhue
consumer advocate David Horowitz
and singer Helen Reddy.
16.71 [3930] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
09Jan1978
Guest Host George Carlin
Guests
comedians Dick Shawn
and Kelly Monteith
actor Hal Linden
and singer Carol Lawrence.
16.72 [3931] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
10Jan1978
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
impressionist John Byner
actress Suzanne Somers
actor Bo Svenson
and R.D. "Steamboat" Fulton.
16.73 [3932] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
11Jan1978
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor Tony Randall
actress Marsha Mason
Dr. Paul Ehrlich
and singer Donna Theodore.
16.74 [3933] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
12Jan1978
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actress Susan Sarandon
actor Red Buttons
journalist Anne Hoffman
and singer Anthony Newley.
16.75 [3934] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
13Jan1978
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian Buddy Hackett
actors Peter O'Toole
William Demarest
and Victor Buono.
16.76 [3935] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
16Jan1978
Guest Host McLean Stevenson
Guests
comedian George Gobel
Dr. Joyce Brothers
and singer Robert Goulet.
16.77 [3936] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
17Jan1978
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian David Steinberg
actor George Peppard
animal expert Jim Fowler
and singer Linda Hopkins.
16.78 [3937] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
18Jan1978
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian Robert Klein
actor Peter Strauss
actress Caren Kaye
and Opera singer William Walker.
16.79 [3938] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
19Jan1978
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian Shecky Greene
actor William Devane
singer-songwriter Paul Williams
and Cyra McFadden author of "The Serial: A Year in the Life of Marin
County".
16.80 [3939] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
20Jan1978
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian Charlie Callas
singer-actress Diahann Carroll
stuntman Don "Red" Barry
and Opera singer Judith Blegen.
16.81 [3940] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
23Jan1978 [Post-Star NY]
Guest Host David Brenner
Guests
comedian Pete Barbutti
actor Jack Palance
journalist Pete Hamill
and singer Lou Rawls.
16.82 [3941] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
24Jan1978
Guest Host David Brenner
Guests
comedian Jimmie Walker
sportscaster Bob Uecker
comic Rip Taylor
and singer-songwriter Neil Sedaka.
16.83 [3942] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
25Jan1978
Guest Host David Brenner
Guests
TV personality Steve Allen
TV critic Cleveland Amory
actress-comedian Beverly Sanders
16.84 [3943] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
26Jan1978
Guest Host David Brenner
Guests
journalist Richard Reeves
bodybuilder Arnold Schwarzenegger
Susan Perkins (Miss America)
and singer Charo.
16.85 [3944] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
27Jan1978
Guest Host David Brenner
Guests
comedian Tom Smothers
"Cosmopolitan" editor Helen Gurley Brown
pianist Liberace
and singer Bobby Vinton.
16.86 [3945] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
30Jan1978
Guest Host Bob Newhart
Guests
comedian Skip Stephenson
pediatrician Dr. Lendon Smith
and mimes Shields and Yarnell.
16.87 [3946] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
31Jan1978
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian Rodney Dangerfield
actor Henry Winkler
actress Gretchen Corbett
and Los Indios Tabajaras.
16.88 [3947] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
01Feb1978
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian Gabriel Kaplan
actress Cloris Leachman
mime Marcel Marceau
and entertainer Ronny Graham.
16.89 [3948] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
02Feb1978
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedy writer-director Carl Reiner
actor Jack Klugman
powerlifting Jan Todd
and singer Kasey Cisyk.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t1QG49Csc7w
16.90 [3949] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
03Feb1978
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedienne Joan Rivers
TV host David Susskind
actress Merie Earle
and singer Vic Damone.
16.91 [3950] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
06Feb1978
Guest Host Bill Cosby
Guests
comedian Bill Saluga
model Cheryl Tiegs
mentalist Kreskin
and Country singer Loretta Lynn.
16.92 [3951] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
07Feb1978 [rerun 31Jul79][Marion Star]
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
writer Garson Kanin
actress Britt Ekland
Ed Lieberthal (Chisanbop expert) and Randi Wolf discoverers of a new system
of counting
and Country singer Mel Tillis
16.93 [3952] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
08Feb1978
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedians Jay Leno
and Charles Nelson Reilly
actor Norman Fell
and singer Tony Bennett.
16.94 [3953] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
09Feb1978
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian Pete Barbutti
actress Jill Ireland
Dr. Robert Jastrow
and singer Johnny Mathis.
16.95 [3954] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
10Feb1978
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
entertainer Bob Hope of his upcoming "Bob Hope Comedy Special From Palm
Springs"
Dr. William Nolen
Operatic soprano Carol Neblett
and singer-dancer Lola Falana.
16.96 [3955] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
13Feb1978
Guest Host Roy Clark
Guests
comedian Foster Brooks
actress Sandy Duncan
"Candid Camera" host Allen Funt
and Country singer Glen Campbell.
16.97 [3956] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
14Feb1978
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian Steve Landesberg
actor Earl Holliman
screenwriter-playwright Bridget Boland
and singer Bobby Goldsboro.
16.98 [3957] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
15Feb1978 [Marion Star]
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian Myron Cohen
actor Charlton Heston
Dr. Jay Sweeney (whale doctor).
16.99 [3958] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
16Feb1978
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian Orson Bean
actor Robert Blake
comedienne Mary Livingstone (Jack Benny's wife)
violinist Eugene Fodor
and entertainer Monti Rock III.
16.100 [3959] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
17Feb1978
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor-director Jack Webb
actress Elizabeth Ashley
drummer Buddy Rich
and Opera singer Marilyn Horne.
16.101 [3960] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
20Feb1978
Guest Host Steve Martin
Guests
comedian Andy Kaufman
TV personality Steve Allen
actress Elke Sommer
and Country singer Kenny Rogers.
16.102 [3961] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
21Feb1978
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian Johnny Yune
actors Robert Blake
and Red Buttons
and Gladys Knight & The Pips.
16.103 [3962] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
22Feb1978
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian Dennis Dugan
actress Goldie Hawn
writer Buck Henry
Scheduled musical guest Stan Getz was unavailable due to bad weather
cancelling his flight.
16.104 [3963] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
23Feb1978
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedy writer-director Mel Brooks
actor Richard Benjamin
comedian David Steinberg
and Opera singer Marilyn Maye.
16.105 [3964] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
24Feb1978
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actors Peter Falk
and Fernando Lamas
journalist Dorothy Fuldheim
singer Ethel Merman
and musician Chuck Mangione.
16.106 [3965] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
27Feb1978
Guest Host Tom Smothers
Guests
comedian Pat Paulsen
actresses Shelley Winters
and Deborah Raffin
"Cosmopolitan" editor Helen Gurley Brown
and singer-dancer-actor Ben Vereen.
16.107 [3966] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
28Feb1978
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian Kelly Monteith
actor Bruce Dern
actress Susan Clark
author Barbara Howar
and Joan Embery of the San Diego Zoo.
16.108 [3967] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
01Mar1978 [rerun 29Aug79]
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian Don Rickles
actor Fernando Lamas
actress Cheryl Ladd
singer Jane Olivor
and sci-fi author Ray Bradbury discusses the stage adaptation of "The
Martian Chronicles".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sJrpUg3CQBA
16.109 [3968] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
02Mar1978
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian Robert Klein
actor Bruce Dern
actress Susan Sullivan
and astronomer Dr. Carl Sagan.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g-Q8aZoWqF0
16.110 [3969] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
03Mar1978
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actress Shirley MacLaine
model Cheryl Tiegs
entertainer Ronny Graham
and musician Stan Getz.
16.111 [3970] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
06Mar1978
Guest Host Bill Cosby
Guests
comedians Jimmie Walker
and Bill Saluga
actress Sally Kellerman
and mime act Mumenschanz.
16.112 [3971] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
07Mar1978
Guest Host Bill Cosby
Guests
actresses Debbie Reynolds
and Teri Garr
flamenco dancer Jose Molina
and singer Bill Henderson.
16.113 [3972] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
08Mar1978 [Press and Sun Bulletin]
Guest Host Bill Cosby
Guests
comedian Pete Barbutti
actress Quinn Cummings
Dr. Joyce Brothers
and Country singer Freddy Fender.
16.114 [3973] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
09Mar1978
Guest Host George Carlin
Guests
actor Ken Barry
actress Adrienne Barbeau
inventor Stan Kann
and singer Sarah Vaughan.
16.115 [3974] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
10Mar1978
Guest Host George Carlin
Guests
comedienne Joan Rivers
comedian Dick Shawn
journalist George Plimpton
and singer Vikki Carr.
16.116 [3975] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
13Mar1978
Guest Host Rich Little
Guests
comedian George Gobel
actress Sandy Duncan
singers Linda Hopkins
and Robert Goulet.
16.117 [3976] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
14Mar1978
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor Charlton Heston
comedian Charles Nelson Reilly
plant expert Thalassa Cruso
and singer Helen Schneider.
16.118 [3977] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
15Mar1978
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian Johnny Yune
actress Jodie Foster talks about her film "Candleshoe" and her role in "Taxi
Driver"
Costa Rican businessman Sam Blotner
and singer John Davidson who sings "I Can't Smile Without You" and "You
Light Up My Life"
16.119 [3978] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
16Mar1978
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
producer-director Mel Brooks
soccer player George Best
singer-actress Diahann Carroll
and singer Carol Lawrence.
16.120 [3979] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
17Mar1978
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
news anchor David Brinkley
TV personality Arlene Francis
TV game show host Bert Convy
and consumer advocate David Horowitz.
16.121 [3980] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
20Mar1978
Guest Host David Brenner
Guests
comedian Tom Smothers
comedienne Joan Rivers
Charlene Woodward, a yoyo expert
pianist Victor Borge
and singer Maureen McGovern.
[--] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
21Mar1978 [repeat from 05Mar76]
"The Best of Carson"
featured Bing Crosby, Ray Bolger, Marvin Hamlisch and Burt Mustin.
*Note: [Daily Herald]
"The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson" will be presented
on an intermittent basis Tuesdays, starting this week in "The Tonight Show"
time period. There will be 19 telecasts of "The Best of Carson" this year,
all
with Johnny Carson as host.
The initial "The Best of Carson", is a repeat of March 5, 1976 and features
guests Bing Crosby, Ray Bolger, Marvin Hamlisch and Burt Mustin.
Carson's "visitor from the East" Carnac, will also make an appearance.
16.122 [3981] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
22Mar1978
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian Rodney Dangerfield
actor McLean Stevenson
actress Jane Seymour
consumer advocate David Horowitz
and Country singer Kenny Rogers.
16.123 [3982] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
23Mar1978
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor Walter Matthau
actress Phyllis Newman
sportscaster Bob Uecker
animal expert Dr. Michael Fox
and singer Dee Dee Bridgewater.
16.124 [3983] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
24Mar1978
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian Milton Berle
author Donna Pyle
pediatrician Dr. Lendon Smith
and Opera singer Marilyn Horne.
16.125 [3984] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
27Mar1978
Guest Host Bob Newhart
Guests
comedian Kelly Monteith
actress Helen Hayes
and singer Anthony Newley.
[--] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
28Mar1978 [repeat from 08Oct76]
"The Best of Carson"
with Suzanne Pleshette, Raquel Welch, Erma Bombeck and Bob & Ray.
16.126 [3985] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
29Mar1978
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian Buddy Hackett
actress Claudia Jennings
Dr. William Nolen
and singer Pat Boone.
16.127 [3986] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
30Mar1978
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian Orson Bean
actress Joanna Cassidy
actor Robert Easton
musician Beverly Dahlke
and singer Joe Williams.
16.128 [3987] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
31Mar1978
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor Jack Klugman
soccer player George Best
author Erica Jong
and Country singer Roger Miller.
16.129 [3988] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
03Apr1978 [Philadelphia Inquirer]
Guest Host Bob Newhart
Guests
comedians Dick Shawn
and Chevy Chase
actress Bonnie Franklin
and former convict Ray Johnson.
[--] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
04Apr1978 [repeat from 26Feb76]
"The Best of Carson"
Peter Falk, Charlie Callas, Della Reese, Theodore Wilson.
16.130 [3989] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
05Apr1978
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedienne Joan Rivers
dancer-actor Fred Astaire
comedy writer Jack Douglas
and singer Gloria Loring.
16.131 [3990] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
06Apr1978 [Charlotte News]
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor George Peppard
actress Jill Ireland
writer Frank Abagnale
singer Kellee Peterson
and clarientist Pete Fountain.
16.132 [3991] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
07Apr1978 [Charlotte News]
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actors Robert Mitchum
and Dick Van Patten
comedian George Miller
stuntman Dennis Madalone
and entertainer Monti Rock III.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=043T_TK8qhY
16.133 [3992] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
10Apr1978
Guest Host Rich Little
Guests
comedians Jimmie Walker
and David Steinberg
actress Debbie Reynolds
and actor Fernando Lamas.
[--] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
11Apr1978 [repeat from 28Apr76]
"The Best of Carson"
with Don Rickles, Cloris Leachman, Ella Fitzgerald, Dr. Lendon Smith.
16.134 [3993] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
12Apr1978
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
singer-songwriter Paul Williams
author Gore Vidal
singer Donna Theodore
and Opera singer Nancy Shade.
*Note: Detroit Free Press lists this program as the
4,000th show.
16.135 [3994] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
13Apr1978
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
entertainer Bob Hope
author Joseph Wambaugh
and singer-dancer Lola Falana.
16.136 [3995] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
14Apr1978
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian Johnny Yune
actress Elizabeth Ashley
baseball player Steve Garvey
and singer Engelbert Humperdinck.
16.137 [3996] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
17Apr1978
Guest Host Robert Klein
Guests
TV personality Dick Clark
Dan Kuchinski (pitches horseshoes)
and singer-actress Eartha Kitt.
*Note: It's time for another two-week vacation for Johnny Carson.
16.138 [3997] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
18Apr1978
Guest Host Don Rickles
Guests
actor Robert Blake
Olympic medalist Bruce Jenner
"Cosmopolitan" editor Helen Gurley Brown
and singer Debby Boone.
16.139 [3998] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
19Apr1978 [Philadelphia Inquirer]
Guest Host Don Rickles
Guests
comedian Shecky Greene
actors Tony Curtis
and Peter Isacksen
boxer Carlos Palomino
and singer Peggy Lee.
16.140 [3999] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
20Apr1978 [Daily Times]
Guest Host Don Rickles
Guests
comedienne Phyllis Diller
actor Scatman Crothers
baseball manager Tommy Lasorda
Skiles and Henderson
and singer-actress Connie Stevens.
16.141 [4000] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
21Apr1978
Guest Host George Carlin
Guests
comedian Shecky Greene
animal expert Dr. Michael Fox
Opera singer Anna Moffo
and Country singer Roger Miller.
16.142 [4001] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
24Apr1978 [Charlotte News]
Guest Host George Carlin
Guests
comedians Tom Smothers
and Shelley Berman
mentalist Kreskin
singers Vikki Carr
and Jack Jones.
16.143 [4002] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
25Apr1978 [Post-Star NY]
Guest Host George Carlin
Guests
comedian Kip Addotta
actor Wayne Rogers
actress Bess Armstrong
filmmaker Tony Stone
Joseph Sorrentino author of "Up From Never"
and Country singer Mel Tillis.
16.144 [4003] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
26Apr1978
Guest Host Roy Clark
Guests
comedian Rip Taylor
actor Victor Buono
magician Doug Henning
and singer Natalie Cole.
16.145 [4004] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
27Apr1978 [Press and Sun Bulletin NY]
Guest Host Roy Clark
Guests
comedian Tom Dreesen
impressionist Rich Little
and actor Norman Fell.
16.146 [4005] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
28Apr1978 [Detroit Free Press]
Guest Host Roy Clark
Guests
comedian George Gobel
flamenco dancer Jose Molina
and singer John Davidson.
16.147 [4006] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
01May1978 [Philadelphia Inquirer]
Guest Host David Steinberg
Guests
comedian Flip Wilson
actor Sylvester Stallone
actress Jill St. John
Richard Reeves author of "Convention"
and singer Cleo Laine and her husband
musician John Dankworth.
16.148 [4007] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
02May1978
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
entertainer Sammy Davis, Jr. who performs "Once in a Lifetime" and "Mr.
Bojangles".
actor Charles Frank
Sheriff Katherine Crumbley of Ohio's Belmont County
and singer-actress Char Fontane.
16.149 [4008] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
03May1978
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian Buddy Hackett
actress Susan Sullivan
Dr. Paul Ehrlich
and singer Donna Theodore.
16.150 [4009] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
04May1978
Guest Host Gabriel Kaplan
Guests
comedian Norm Crosby
actor Gavin McLeod
singer-actress Connie Stevens
and Sergio Mendes and Brasil '77.
16.151 [4010] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
05May1978
Guest Host Gabriel Kaplan
Guests
comedian Jeff Altman
actress Barbara Eden
actor Patrick Duffy
writer George Plimpton
and Sergio Mendes and Brasil '77.
16.152 [4011] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
08May1978
Guest Host Gabriel Kaplan
Guests
comedienne Joan Rivers
comedian Richard Lewis
actress Joan Hackett
author Barbara Howar
and Country singer Kenny Rogers.
16.153 [4012] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
09May1978 [Petoskey Review]
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor Tony Randall
lawyer Louis Nizer
model-actress Joanna Cameron
and drummer Buddy Rich.
16.154 [4013] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
10May1978 [rerun 16Oct79]
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
entertainer Ronny Graham
columnist Erma Bombeck
lawyer Louis Nizer
Operatic soprano Carol Neblett
and singer-songwriter Mac Davis.
16.155 [4014] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
11May1978
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
TV comedy writer-director Carl Reiner
singer-actress Florence Henderson
actress Jean Marsh
and entertainer Monti Rock III.
16.156 [4015] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
12May1978 [rerun 11Mar80]
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
impressionist Rich Little
actor McLean Stevenson
comedian Charles Nelson Reilly
and Dr. Lendon Smith.
16.157 [4016] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
15May1978
Guest Host Orson Welles
Guests
actor Vincent Price
writer William F. Buckley
and actress Teri Garr.
16.158 [4017] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
16May1978
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actress Bess Armstrong
domino wizard Bob Speca
consumer advocate David Horowitz
and singer Tony Bennett.
16.159 [4018] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
17May1978
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actress Jane Fonda
comedian Charlie Callas
astronomer Dr. Carl Sagan
and singer Ethel Merman who performs "Gee, But It's Good To Be Here".
16.160 [4019] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
18May1978
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor Fernando Lamas
TV game show host Bert Convy
actress Joanna Cameron
and Jazz pianist Eubie Blake.
16.161 [4020] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
19May1978
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor Robert Blake
journalist Dorothy Fuldheim
singer Kellee Patterson
and entertainer Ronny Graham.
16.162 [4021] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
22May1978
Guest Host John Davidson
Guests
comedienne Betty White
boxer Ken Norton
Dr. George Sheehan author of "Running and Being"
and singer Jim Nabors.
16.163 [4022] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
23May1978
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor Burt Reynolds
Monte Vanton author of "Marriage, Grounds for Divorce"
and singer Johnny Mathis.
16.164 [4023] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
24May1978
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian Shecky Greene
actress Shelley Hack
drummer Buddy Rich
singers Barry Manilow
and Donna Theodore.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Tx6AYk5ULc
16.165 [4024] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
25May1978
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedians Orson Bean
and Steve Martin
sportscaster Bob Uecker
Dr. Joyce Brothers
and violinist Eugene Fodor.
16.166 [4025] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
26May1978
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian George Gobel
impressionist Rich Little
writer Frank Abagnale
singer Helen Reddy
and musician Pete Fountain.
16.167 [4026] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
29May1978
Guest Host George Carlin
Guests
comedian Kip Addotta
actor Earl Holliman
Dr. Art Ulene
singer Della Reese
and singer-musician Jose Feliciano.
16.168 [4027] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
30May1978
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor Robert Blake
bird caller Leonard Waxdeck
16.169 [4028] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
31May1978 [Charlotte News]
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor Tony Randall
comedian David Sayh
actress Shelley Winters
and a parade of 128 years of bathing suits.
16.170 [4029] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
01Jun1978 [Arizona Republic]
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedians Bill Cosby
and Johnny Yune
actor Dick Van Patten
Mariel Aragon, 12-year-old USC student
and singer Julie Budd.
16.171 [4030] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
02Jun1978
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian Kelly Monteith
actor James Coco
author Barbara Howar
and Leonard Waxdeck & The Birdcallers.
16.172 [4031] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
05Jun1978
Guest Host Burt Reynolds
Guests
comedienne Carol Burnett
actors James Brolin
and Victor Buono
and Country singer Roger Miller.
16.173 [4032] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
06Jun1978
Guest Host Burt Reynolds
Guests
comedian David Steinberg
actress Sandy Duncan
actor Dub Taylor
and singer Linda Hopkins.
16.174 [4033] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
07Jun1978
Guest Host Burt Reynolds
Guests
comedian Pete Barbutti
Country singer-actor Roy Rogers
actor Norman Fell
and entertainer Wayne Newton.
16.175 [4034] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
08Jun1978 [Arizona Republic]
Guest Host Burt Reynolds
Guests
comedian Pat Paulsen
actor Robby Benson
singer-dancer Lola Falana
and singer Don Williams.
16.176 [4035] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
09Jun1978
Guest Host Burt Reynolds
Guests
comedian Charles Nelson Reilly
actress Madeline Kahn
Dr. William Nolen
and singer Crystal Gayle.
16.177 [4036] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
12Jun1978
Guest Host Bob Newhart
Guests
actor James Hampton
sportscaster Joe Garagiola
singer Vikki Carr
and Country singer Mel Tillis.
[--] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
13Jun1978 [repeat from 30Apr76][Tucson Citizen]
"The Best of Carson"
Paul Lynde, McLean Stevenson, Bob Uecker, Carol Wayne.
16.178 [4037] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
14Jun1978
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actress Suzanne Pleshette
actor Patrick Duffy
former convict Ray Johnson
and singer Donna Summer.
16.179 [4038] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
15Jun1978 [Press and Sun Bulletin]
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actresses Jenny Agutter
and Merie Earle
animal expert Jim Fowler
and singer Phyllis Newman.
16.180 [4039] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
16Jun1978
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian Tom Dreesen
actor Robert Mitchum
singer-actress Ann-Margret
stuntman Gary Morgan
and author Joseph N. Sorrentino.
16.181 [4040] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
19Jun1978
Guest Host Steve Martin
Guests
comedian Richard Pryor
actress Angie Dickinson
actor Robert Logan
singer-actress Bernadette Peters
and Country singer Glen Campbell.
[--] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
20Jun1978 [repeat from 26Apr77]
"The Best of Carson"
Sammy Davis Jr., George Peppard, Charlie Callas
16.182 [4041] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
21Jun1978
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian Steve Landesberg
actor Tony Curtis
actresses Bess Armstrong
and Merie Earle.
16.183 [4042] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
22Jun1978 [Philadelphia Daily News]
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian Rodney Dangerfield
actress Marsha Mason
Tim Severin author of "The Brendan Voyage"
and musician Benny Goodman.
16.184 [4043] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
23Jun1978 [rerun 15Jan80] [Philadelphia
Inquirer]
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian Johnny Yune
actress Elizabeth Ashley
actors Tim Severin
and Rob Reiner
writer Buck Henry
and Dr. Lendon Smith
16.185 [4044] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
26Jun1978
Guest Host John Davidson
Guests
actress Angie Dickinson
mentalist Kreskin
Skiles and Henderson
and singer Linda Hopkins.
16.186 [4045] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
27Jun1978
Guest Host John Davidson
Guests
comedian Kip Addotta
actress Elke Sommer
TV writer Joyce Burditt
drummer Cubby O'Brien
and The Carpenters who perform "Thank You For the Music" and "Sing".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxwARLDFGYs
16.187 [4046] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
28Jun1978
Guest Host John Davidson
Guests
comedian Jerry Van Dyke
singer-actress Florence Henderson
Dan Kuchinski and Sue Gillespie
with a horseshoe demonstration.
16.188 [4047] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
29Jun1978
Guest Host John Davidson
Guests
comedian Billy Fellows
actor Elliott Gould
actress Ronnie Claire Edwards
and singer Yvonne Elliman.
16.189 [4048] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
30Jun1978
Guest Host John Davidson
Guests
actor Rob Reiner
TV personality Stephanie Edwards
Dr. Wayne Dyer
and singer Anthony Newley.
16.190 [4049] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
03Jul1978
Guest Host George Carlin
Guests
comedian George Gobel
comedienne Marilyn Sokol
writer George Plimpton
and singer-actress Eartha Kitt.
16.191 [4050] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
04Jul1978 [Atlanta Constitution]
Guest Host George Carlin
Guests
comedians George Gobel
and Bill KIrchenbauer
actress Bonnie Franklin
actor Martin Mull
and flamenco dancer Jose Molina.
16.192 [4051] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
05Jul1978
Guest Host McLean Stevenson
Guests
comedian Pete Barbutti
actor William Shatner
actress Shelley Hack
impressionist Jim Bailey
Dr. Joyce Brothers
and singer Jose Feliciano.
16.193 [4052] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
06Jul1978
Guest Host Bob Newhart
Guests
actor George C. Scott
comedian Gallagher
Dr. Lendon Smith
and singer Jane Olivor.
16.194 [4053] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
07Jul1978
Guest Host Bob Newhart
Guests
actor Henry Fonda
"Cosmopolitan" editor Helen Gurley Brown
and Country singer Kenny Rogers.
16.195 [4054] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
10Jul1978 Minneapolis Star]
Guest Host David Steinberg
Guests
actress Lorraine Gary
swimmer Diana Nyad
writer Richard Reeves
and singer Ken Page.
16.196 [4055] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
11Jul1978
Guest Host Robert Klein
Guests
comedian Orson Bean
actor Jack Gilford
stuntman Buddy Joe Hooker
and musician Sergio Mendes.
16.197 [4056] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
12Jul1978
Guest Host Robert Klein
Guests
actor Vincent Price
actress Susan Sullivan
ex-baseball great and storyteller Leo Durocher
and violinist Itzhak Perlman.
16.198 [4057] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
13Jul1978
Guest Host Rich Little
Guests
entertainer Bob Hope
actors James Stewart
and Victor Buono
and singer Bobby Vinton.
16.199 [4058] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
14Jul1978
Guest Host Rich Little
Guests
comedian Kelly Monteith
actor James Stewart
actress Loretta Swit
and Dr. William Nolen.
16.200 [4059] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
17Jul1978
Guest Host McLean Stevenson
Guests
actor LeVar Burton
actress Nanette Fabray
inventor Stan Kann
and singer Donna Theodore.
[--] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
18Jul1978 [repeat from 03May77]
"The Best of Carson"
with Michael Landon, George Carlin, Martina Arroyo.
16.201 [4060] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
19Jul1978
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
political activist Howard Jarvis author of California's Proposition 13
actress Sandy Duncan
and Operatic soprano Carol Neblett.
16.202 [4061] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
20Jul1978 [Charlotte News]
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actress Marilu Tolo of "The Greek Tycoon"
Ruth Jenner of NBC's "America Alive" (new weekday show)
former convict Ray Johnson
hog trainer Donna Hois
and singer Joe Williams who performs "Young Man on the Way Up".
16.203 [4062] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
21Jul1978
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian Richard Pryor
journalist Dorothy Fuldheim
singer Steve Lawrence
and Dave Brubeck Quartet.
16.204 [4063] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
24Jul1978
Guest Host Kenny Rogers
Guests
comedian Tom Dreesen
actress Lynda Carter
actor David Soul
animal expert Dr. Michael Fox.
[--] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
25Jul1978 [repeat from 06Jan76]
"The Best of Carson"
with Don Rickles, John Byner, Buddy Rich, Cathy Rich, Carnac.
16.205 [4064] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
26Jul1978
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian Charles Nelson Reilly
actress Jean Marsh
golfer Nancy Lopez
Joan Embery of the San Diego Zoo
and singer-actress Andrea McArdle who sings "Hopelessly Devoted to You" and
"Tomorrow".
16.206 [4065] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
27Jul1978
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actress Angie Dickinson
comedian Bobby Kelton
consumer advocate David Horowitz
and Opera singer Marilyn Horne.
16.207 [4066] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
28Jul1978
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
boxer Muhammad Ali
TV game show host Bert Convy
comedian Bill Kirchenbauer
and pediatrician Dr. Lendon Smith.
16.208 [4067] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
31Jul1978
Guest Host Bob Newhart
Guests
comedian Jay Leno
actresses Susan Saint James
and Bernadette Peters
and singer-songwriter Harry Chapin
who performs "Poor Damned Fool" and "Tangled Up
Puppet".
[--] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
01Aug1978 [repeat from 15Jan76]
"The Best of Carson"
with Robert Blake, Marsha Mason, Burt Mustin, Marty Liquori.
16.209 [4068] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
02Aug1978 [rerun 12Mar80]
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actors Burt Reynolds
and Dick Van Patten
actress Susan Sarandon
writer Andrew Tobias
and singer Renn Woods.
16.210 [4069] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
03Aug1978 [Detroit Free Press]
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor Fernando Lamas
comedian Gallagher
cow chip expert Robert Rector
and singer Peggy Lee
16.211 [4070] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
04Aug1978 [The Dispatch]
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian Shecky Greene
actor Charles Frank
and singer-dancer Lola Falana.
16.212 [4071] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
07Aug1978
Guest Host Rob Reiner
Guests
comedian-actor Billy Crystal
actress Cheryl Ladd
and baseball manager Tommy Lasorda.
[--] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
08Aug1978 [repeat from 27Apr77]
"The Best of Carson"
Steve Lawrence, Jill Ireland, David Sayh, Dr. Paul Ehrlich.
16.213 [4072] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
09Aug1978
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian Martin Mull
singer Dean Martin
columnist Erma Bombeck
and singer Johnny Mathis who performs "Copacabana", "Pieces of Dreams".
16.214 [4073] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
10Aug1978
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian David Steinberg
actress Brooke Shields
singer-actress Diahann Carroll
and Country singer Roger Miller.
16.215 [4074] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
11Aug1978
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian Charlie Callas
actress Farrah Fawcett
comedy writer Jack Douglas
drummer Buddy Rich
and singer Donna Summer.
16.216 [4075] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
14Aug1978
Guest Host David Brenner
Guests
comedian Kelly Monteith
actress Elizabeth Ashley
"Cosmopolitan" editor Helen Gurley Brown
and singer-actress Susan Anton.
[--] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
15Aug1978 [repeat from 25Mar77]
"The Best of Carson"
with Mitzi Gaynor, Orson Bean, Dr. Carl Sagan.
16.217 [4076] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
16Aug1978
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actress Betty White
impressionist John Byner
comedian Johnny Yune
and actress Merie Earle.
16.218 [4077] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
17Aug1978
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actress Bess Armstrong
comedian Bobby Kelton
director Elia Kazan
and Ardath Evitt 74-year-old woman who was the oldest woman to jump from a
plane
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGVZ21n9aoI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RUINoDHRl74
16.219 [4078] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
18Aug1978
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
writer Buck Henry
comedy writer Jack Douglas
actress Marilu Tolo
and Country singer Larry Gatlin.
16.220 [4079] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
21Aug1978
Guest Host Bob Newhart
Guests
comedian Don Rickles
psychologist Dr. Joyce Brothers
Opera singer Judith Blegen
and singing duo Marilyn McCoo and Billy Davis Jr.
16.221 [4080] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
22Aug1978
Guest Host Bob Newhart
Guests
comedian Pete Barbutti
actress Suzanne Somers
animal expert Dr. Michael Fox
and singer Jack Jones.
16.222 [4081] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
23Aug1978
Guest Host Bill Cosby
Guests
actresses Mary Louise Weller
and Adrienne Barbeau
singer-songwriter Paul Anka
and musician Pete Fountain.
16.223 [4082] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
24Aug1978
Guest Host Robert Klein
Guests
actress Teri Garr
Dr. Wayne Dyer author of "Your Erroneous Zones"
Opera singer Brenda Boozer (wife of Robert Klein)
and The Hudson Brothers.
16.224 [4083] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
25Aug1978 [Los Angeles Times]
Guest Host Rich Little
Guests
comedian Kip Addotta
actor James Garner
impressionist Fred Travalena
and author-journalist Diana Nyad.
[--] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
28Aug1978 [repeat from 17Feb76]
"The Best of Carson"
with Dick Cavett, John Davidson, Sue Peterson, Jose Perez.
[--] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
29Aug1978 [repeat from 10Jun77]
"The Best of Carson"
Jill Ireland, Shields and Yarnell, Sammy Davis Jr., and Altovise Davis.
[--] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
30Aug1978 [repeat from 07Jun77]
"The Best of Carson"
with Suzanne Pleshette, Tom Snyder, Kelly Garrett, Dr. Paul Ehrlich.
[--] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
31Aug1978 [repeat from 17Feb77]
"The Best of Carson"
with Dolly Parton, Charlie Callas, Ray Johnson, Jose Molina.
[--] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
01Sep1978 [repeat from 14Jun77]
"The Best of Carson"
with Alice Cooper, Jay Leno, Joseph Wambaugh
16.225 [4084] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
04Sep1978
Guest Host George Carlin
Guests
actor Frank Langella
singer-actress Connie Stevens
and singer-songwriter Jim Stafford.
[--] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
05Sep1978 [repeat from 18Mar77]
"The Best of Carson"
with Angie Dickinson, Kelly Garrett, Norm Crosby, Susie Cottrell.
16.226 [4085] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
06Sep1978
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian Charles Nelson Reilly
actor Peter Strauss
actress Britt Ekland
and Los Indios Tabajaras.
16.227 [4086] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
07Sep1978
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
singer-actress Florence Henderson
actor Patrick Duffy
and composer Marvin Hamlisch.
16.228 [4087] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
08Sep1978
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actress Elizabeth Ashley
actor Dan Haggerty
Jazz guitarist Gene Bertoncini
and singer Helen Schneider.
16.229 [4088] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
11Sep1978
Guest Host George Carlin
Guests
comedienne Joan Rivers
singer-dancer-actor Joel Grey
sportscaster Joe Gargiola
and Jazz musicians Travis & Shook.
[--] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
12Sep1978 [repeat from 15Mar77]
"The Best of Carson"
with Steve Martin, James Stewart, David Horowitz.
16.230 [4089] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
13Sep1978
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian Tony Delia
actor Jack Albertson
author William Peter Blatty
and Country singer Dolly Parton.
16.231 [4090] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
14Sep1978
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
TV personality Phyllis George
Country singer Mel Tillis
and singer Donna Theodore.
16.232 [4091] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
15Sep1978
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian Shecky Greene
author Barbara Howar
baseball player Jim Bouton
musician Chuck Mangione
and tenor Placido Domingo.
16.233 [4092] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
18Sep1978
Guest Host Rich Little
Guests
comedian Norm Crosby
TV host Dick Clark
mentalist Kreskin
and singer-actress Rita Moreno.
[--] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
19Sep1978 [repeat from 15Jun77]
"The Best of Carson"
with Johnny Mathis, Charles Nelson Reilly, Peter Benchley, Clare Ritter.
16.234 [4093] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
20Sep1978
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian Tom Dreesen
actor Jack Klugman
writer George Plimpton
and singer Kellee Patterson.
16.235 [4094] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
21Sep1978
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
football player Joe Namath
animal expert Jim Fowler
and Country singers Kenny Rogers & Dottie West who perform "The Gambler",
"Anyone Who Isn't Me Tonight".
16.236 [4095] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
22Sep1978
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian Tim Conway
actress Angie Dickinson
comedian George Miller
and writer Andrew Tobias.
16.237 [4096] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
25Sep1978
Guest Host Steve Martin
Guests
comedian Steve Landesberg
actor Burt Reynolds
actress Cheryl Ladd
and folk musician John McEuen.
16.238 [4097] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
26Sep1978
Guest Host Don Rickles
Guests
comedian Corbett Monica
actress Suzanne Somers
inventor Stan Kann
and singer-dancer-actor Ben Vereen.
16.239 [4098] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
27Sep1978
Guest Host Don Rickles
Guests
actress Sandy Duncan
actor Robert Conrad of "Centennial"
Dr. Wayne Dyer
and Country singer Roger Miller.
16.240 [4099] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
28Sep1978
Guest Host Don Rickles
Guests
actor Mike Connors
baseball pitcher Burt Hooton
actor Dub Taylor
and singer Della Reese.
##### Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson #####
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