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8.27 [1824] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
05Nov1969 NBC
From Los Angeles
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
entertainer Bob Hope
comedian Bill Cosby
comedienne Rose Marie
and singer Bobby Darin.
*Note: Start of three weeks from Burbank.
8.28 [1825] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
06Nov1969 NBC
From Los Angeles
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actors William Holden
George Raft
and Robert Strauss
and actress Carol Wayne.
8.29 [1826] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
07Nov1969 NBC
From Los Angeles
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor James Stewart
actresses Eva Gabor
and Carol Wayne
ventriloquist Edgar Bergen with Charlie McCarthy
and singer Mama Cass Elliott.
[--] Saturday Tonight Show
08Nov1969 NBC Sat [repeat]
8.30 [1827] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
10Nov1969 NBC
From Los Angeles
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian David Steinberg
comic actor Bill Dana
actress Jill St. John
stripper Gypsy Rose Lee
singer Tennessee Ernie Ford
and singer-actress Diahann Carroll.
8.31 [1828] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
11Nov1969 NBC
From Los Angeles
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor Eddie Albert
comedian Jonathan Winters
singers Mama Cass Elliott
and Jaye P. Morgan
and Diana Ross & the Supremes.
8.32 [1829] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
12Nov1969 NBC [St Louis Dispatch]
From Los Angeles
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian Bob Newhart
actor Billy DeWolfe
singers Mama Cass Elliott
and Lou Rawls.
8.33 [1830] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
13Nov1969 NBC
From Los Angeles
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedienne Kaye Ballard
comedy writer Carl Reiner
actor Peter Lawford
and musician Sergio Mendes.
8.34 [1831] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
14Nov1969 NBC
From Los Angeles
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
entertainer Bob Hope
actor George Lindsey
singers Roger Miller
and Lynn Kellogg.
[--] Saturday Tonight Show
15Nov1969 NBC Sat [repeat]
8.35 [1832] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
17Nov1969 NBC
From Los Angeles
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian Jack Benny
TV host Steve Allen
actresses Barbara Eden
Jayne Meadows
and Ann Blyth
and singer Vic Damone.
8.36 [1833] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
18Nov1969 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedienne Lucille Ball
actor Red Buttons
comedian Louis Nye
Ozzie and Harriet Nelson
singers Della Reese
and Trini Lopez.
8.37 [1834] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
19Nov1969 NBC [The Record]
From Los Angeles
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
dancer-actress Suzanne Charny
singer Leslie Uggams
and singing group The Carnival.
*Also: Live reports on the Apollo 12 moon mission will be presented during the
program.
8.38 [1835] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
20Nov1969 NBC
From Los Angeles
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actors Charlton Heston
and Fernando Lamas
actresses Goldie Hawn
and Jane Powell
and dancer George Chakiris.
8.39 [1836] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
21Nov1969 NBC
From Los Angeles
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor Mickey Rooney
producer Jack Haley Jr.
actresses Agnes Moorehead
and Anne Howard
singers Carol Lawrence
and Wayne Cochran.
[--] Saturday Tonight Show
22Nov1969 NBC Sat [repeat from 29Apr69]
Don Rickles, Victor Borge, Alice Faye, Prof. Irwin Corey, Edward Maisel, Just Us
rock group.
8.40 [1837] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
24Nov1969 NBC [rerun 18Oct70]
From Los Angeles
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor Kirk Douglas
actresses Debbie Reynolds
and Karen Jensen of "Bracken's World"
entertainer Dean Martin
comedian Don Adams
and singer Hal Frazier.
8.41 [1838] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
25Nov1969 NBC [rerun 25Oct70]
From Los Angeles
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian George Burns
Governor Ronald Reagan and Nancy Reagan
comedian George Gobel
actress Anjanette Comer
and singer-actress Diahann Carroll.
8.42 [1839] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
26Nov1969 NBC
Guest Host Joe Gargiola
Guests
baseball player Ron Swoboda
comedian Pat Henry
comedienne Selma Diamond
vocalist-composer Gary McFarland
and Dr. Lawrence Peter.
8.43 [1840] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
27Nov1969 NBC
Guest Host Joe Namath
Guests
sports announcer Howard Cosell
comedian Jackie Vernon
actress Louisa Moritz
and football players Don Maynard, Matt Snell, Jim Turner and Bake Turner.
8.44 [1841] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
28Nov1969 NBC
From Los Angeles
Guest Host Peter Lawford
Guests
journalist-author Pierre Salinger
singer Mama Cass Elliott
and Ike and Tina Turner.
[--] Saturday Tonight Show
29Nov1969 NBC Sat [repeat from 17Apr69]
Beatrice Lillie, Shecky Greene, Leslie Uggams, Bob and Ray.
8.45 [1842] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
01Dec1969 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
impressionist David Frye
8.45 [1843] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
02Dec1969 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actress Shelley Winters
TV producer-host David Susskind
8.55 [1844] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
03Dec1969 NBC [Daily News]
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian Marty Brill
basketball player Willis Reed
singer Barbara Tai-Sing
and entertainer Monti Rock III.
8.56 [1845] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
04Dec1969 NBC [Fairbanks Daily News Miner 27Dec69]
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actress Jane Fonda
comedian David Steinberg
photographer David Douglas Duncan
and singer James Brown.
8.57 [1846] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
05Dec1969 NBC [NYT]
Guest Host Corbett Monica
Guests
*Note: Dick Cavett pulled out when he signed ABC contract to replace Joey
Bishop.
[--] Saturday Tonight Show
06Dec1969 NBC Sat [repeat from ]
8.58 [1847] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
08Dec1969 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
impressionist George Kirby
singer-actress Julie London
and entertainer Tiny Tim
with his fiancee Victoria Budinger aka Miss Vickie.
8.54 [1848] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
09Dec1969 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actors Tony Randall
and Yves Montand
singers Peggy Lee
Linda Bennett
and Irene Papas.
8.55 [1849] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
10Dec1969 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian Robert Klein
comedienne Phyllis Diller
Ellen Peck author of "How To Get a Teenage Boy, and What to Do With Him When You
Get Him"
singer Buddy Greco
and The Muppets.
8.56 [1850] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
11Dec1969 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
film director Alfred Hitchcock
comedian Rodney Dangerfield
and composer-singer Biff Rose.
8.57 [1851] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
12Dec1969 NBC [Press Telegram]
Guest Host Peter Lawford
Guests
columnist Earl Wilson, Jr.
TV writer Buck Henry
comedian Milt Kamen
and Sha-Na-Na.
[--] Saturday Tonight Show
13Dec1969 NBC Sat [repeat from 07Jan69][Arizona Republic]
Glen Campbell, Rod McKuen, Marion Mercer, Mrs. Elizabeth Post, Prof. Irwin
Corey.
8.58 [1852] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
15Dec1969 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actress Ingrid Bergman
actor Gig Young
and singer Jaye P. Morgan.
8.59 [1853] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
16Dec1969 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian Charlie Callas
singer-dancer Barbara Tai-Sing
and a Christmas hairstyle show.
8.60 [1854] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
17Dec1969 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
Tiny Tim & Miss Vicki are wed!
entertainer Rudy Vallee
comedienne Phyllis Diller
singer-actress Florence Henderson
and guitarist Nick Lucas.
Highlights:
Do's and Don't's for Weddings
Tiny Tim sang "The Wedding Song" and "You Were There" to Miss Vicky.
8.61 [1855] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
18Dec1969 NBC [rerun 20Dec70]
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedy duo Bob & Ray
artist Jan de Ruth
singer Biff Rose
and Hines, Hines and Dad.
8.62 [1856] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
19Dec1969 NBC
Guest Host Peter Lawford
Guests
actor Peter Ustinov will show clips from "Viva Max"
comedian George Carlin
lawyer-writer Ted Sorensen
ventriloquist Shari Lewis
and singer-actress Tammy Grimes.
[--] Saturday Tonight Show
20Dec1969 NBC Sat [repeat from 30Dec68]
Rod Steiger, Harry Belafonte, Alan King, E.J. Peaker, Sandor Vanocur.
8.63 [1857] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
22Dec1969 NBC
Guest Host Hugh Downs
Guests
actor Robert Ryan
comedian Jackie Kahane
and singer-actress Bernadette Peters.
8.64 [1858] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
23Dec1969 NBC
Guest Host Orson Bean
Guests
actor Jonathan Frid of "Dark Shadows"
and columnist Robert Novak.
[--] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
24Dec1969 NBC
pre-empted for Christmas Eve programming.
8.65 [1859] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
25Dec1969 NBC [Independent]
Guest Host Florence Henderson
Guests
actresses Sheila MacRae
and Pamela Tiffin
comedienne Fannie Flagg
musician Skitch Henderson
and The Ritts Puppets.
8.66 [1860] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
26Dec1969 NBC
Guest Host Corbett Monica
Guests
actor Victor Buono
author Ellen Peck
Noel Behn author of "The Shadowboxer"
and singer Ronnie Martin.
[--] Saturday Tonight Show
27Dec1969 NBC Sat [repeat from ]
8.67 [1861] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
29Dec1969 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
New York City Mayor John V. Lindsay
comedian Alan King
8.68 [1862] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
30Dec1969 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian Marty Brill
author John Lahr (son of actor Bert Lahr)
8.69 [1863] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
31Dec1969 NBC
Producer George A. Heinemann
Director Marvin Einhorn
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actors George Raft
and Jim Backus
Hugh Hefner of Playboy magazine
comedians Woody Allen
and Charlie Callas.
*Note: "Tonight Show" offers special coverage from Times Square.
8.70 [1864] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
01Jan1970 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor Jerry Orbach
actress Sharon Farrell
songwriter Jacques Levy
singer June Valli
and the Ace Trucking Company.
8.71 [1865] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
02Jan1970 NBC
Guest Host Corbett Monica
Guests
singer Jerry Vale
comedian Jackie Mason
and singing team Monet and Wells.
[--] Saturday Tonight Show
03Jan1970 NBC Sat [repeat from 28Jan69]
Eydie Gorme, John Davidson, Orson Bean, Elizabeth Post.
8.72 [1866] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
05Jan1970 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
Senator Harold E. Hughes (D-Iowa)
*Note: The former Iowa Governor, a member of Alcoholics Anonymous, is making the
appearance
on behalf of the National Council on Alcoholism to help promote the
organization's Alcoholism Information Month project.
8.73 [1867] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
06Jan1970 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
Bob Dille author of book on Buck Rogers
and singer Tommy Leonetti.
8.74 [1868] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
07Jan1970 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actress Linda Cristal
singer Roslyn Kind
and comedy team Edmunds and Curley.
8.75 [1869] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
08Jan1970 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actress Rita Moreno
TV host David Susskind
comic Charlie Manna
and singer Marilyn Maye.
8.76 [1870] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
09Jan1970 NBC
Guest Host Joan Rivers
Guests
actress Pamela Mason
singer Rita Dimitri
and comedy team Deddy and Bill.
[--] Saturday Tonight Show
10Jan1970 NBC Sat [repeat from ]
8.77 [1871] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
12Jan1970 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor James Stewart
singer Roslyn Kind
and musical group The Carnival.
8.78 [1872] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
13Jan1970 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actress June Allyson
comedian Charlie Callas
and comedy team Bob and Ray.
8.79 [1873] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
14Jan1970 NBC [rerun 27Dec70]
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
entertainer Bob Hope
baseball player Willie Mays
guitarist Luiz Bonfa
and comedy team Edmonds and Curley.
8.80 [1874] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
15Jan1970 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedians Jonathan Winters
and Rodney Dangerfield.
8.81 [1875] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
16Jan1970 NBC
Guest Host Joan Rivers
Guests
comedian Marty Allen
Mr. Kenneth
and musician Al Hirt.
[--] Saturday Tonight Show
17Jan1970 NBC Sat [repeat from 14Apr69]
Buddy Hackett, Ted Williams, Rodney Dangerfield, Jack LaLanne.
8.82 [1876] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
19Jan1970 NBC
Guest Host Alan King
Guests
comedians Milt Kamen
and Norm Crosby
Dr. Joyce Brothers
singers Judy Collins
and Jane Morgan.
8.83 [1877] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
20Jan1970 NBC
Guest Host Alan King
Guests
actor Noel Harrison
tennis players Rod Laver
and Pancho Gonzales
and singer Tony Bennett.
8.84 [1878] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
21Jan1970 NBC
Guest Host Alan King
Guests
entertainer Peter Lind Hayes
author Bob Dille
and singer Roberta Flack.
8.85 [1879] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
22Jan1970 NBC [Pomona Progress Bulletin]
Guest Host Alan King
Guests
actress Mamie Van Doren
Morton Hunt author of "The Affair"
and National Ski Queen Betsy Glenn with a skiing demonstration.
*Note: Some listings have Peter Lawford as Guest Host.
8.86 [1880] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
23Jan1970 NBC [Nashua Telegraph]
Guest Host Peter Lawford
Guests
comedian Marty Allen
dancer-actress Suzanne Charny
cellist Charlotte Moorman
and Rosemary Joyce (Miss New York Summer Festival).
[--] Saturday Tonight Show
24Jan1970 NBC Sat [repeat from 23Jan69]
Maximillian Schell, Bobby Vinton, Phyllis Newman, The Tamba Four.
8.87 [1881] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
26Jan1970 NBC
Guest Host Joan Rivers
Guests
actor Robert Ryan
actress Phyllis Newman
Jack Valenti president of the Motion Picture Association of America
screenwriter-authors Frank and Eleanor Perry
and singer Thelma Houston.
8.88 [1882] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
27Jan1970 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor Tony Randall
producer Jack Haley, Jr.
actress Mamie Van Doren
Dr. David Reuben
and singer Judy Collins.
8.89 [1883] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
28Jan1970 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
TV host David Susskind
author William F. Buckley, Jr.
and astrologer Jeane Dixon.
8.90 [1884] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
29Jan1970 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor George C. Scott
actress June Allyson
and singer Lana Cantrell.
8.91 [1885] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
30Jan1970 NBC [rerun 20Jun70]
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian Marty Brill
singers Tony Bennett
and Karen Wyman
and Sigmund Freud's grandson Clement Freud.
[--] Saturday Tonight Show
31Jan1970 NBC Sat [repeat from 13Mar69]
Buddy Hackett, Jack E. Leonard, Bess Myerson, Kole and Param.
8.92 [1886] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
02Feb1970 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
folksinger-actor Theodore Bikel
comedian Rodney Dangerfield
and Opera star Grace Bumbry.
8.93 [1887] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
03Feb1970 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actress Maureen Stapleton
actor Dennis Weaver
actor James Coco and Carol Wayne who star in Broadway's "Last of the Red Hot
Lovers".
8.94 [1888] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
04Feb1970 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor George Segal
comedian Norm Crosby
singers Lillian Roth
and Donna Theodore.
8.95 [1889] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
05Feb1970 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor Karl Malden
actress Rita Moreno
boxer Joe Frazier
and author Adela Rogers St. John.
8.96 [1890] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
06Feb1970 NBC
Guest Host Joan Rivers
Guests
actor Forrest Tucker
comedian Alan Sues
dancer Ann Corio
comedian Marty Brill
TV personality Peggy Cass
comedy duo Stiller and Meara
and singer Micky Lynn.
[--] Saturday Tonight Show
07Feb1970 NBC Sat [repeat from 11Feb69]
Jack Benny, Phyllis Newman, Ray Price, Frank Buxton.
8.97 [1891] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
09Feb1970 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian Bob Newhart
actor Robert Lansing
movie producer Jack Haley Jr.
Dr. Paul Ehrlich author of "The Population Bomb"
and singer Leslie Uggams.
8.98 [1892] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
10Feb1970 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actress Marlo Thomas
H. Ross Perot
comedian David Steinberg
and producer Jack Haley Jr.
8.99 [1893] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
11Feb1970 NBC [rerun 03Jan71]
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actors Vincent Price
and James Coco
comedian David Steinberg
Dr. David Reuben
and singer-actress Liza Minnelli.
8.100 [1894] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
12Feb1970 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian Rodney Dangerfield
columnist Jimmy Breslin
actress Phyllis Newman
and Buck Owens and the Buckeroos.
8.101 [1895] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
13Feb1970 NBC
Guest Host Joan Rivers
Guests
John's wife Joanne Carson
astrologer Jeane Dixon
comedian Stanley Myron Handelman
actor Joey Villa
Dr. Lendon Smith
and musician Louis Armstrong.
Highlights:
Louis Armstrong performs "Mack the Knife" and "Hello, Dolly".
[--] Saturday Tonight Show
14Feb1970 NBC Sat [repeat from 11Mar69]
Anthony Newley, Paula Kelly, Bob King, Al Freeman and Bob Thomas.
8.102 [1896] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
16Feb1970 NBC [Oxnard Press Courier]
From Hollywood
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor Jack Lemmon
comedian Don Adams
singer Vikki Carr
and entertainer Tiny Tim.
*Note: Johnny begins a two-week stay in Hollywood.
8.103 [1897] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
17Feb1970 NBC [rerun 17Jan71]
From Hollywood
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian Jack Benny
actor Tony Curtis
comedian Bob Newhart
comedienne Barbara Heller
and singer Ray Charles.
8.104 [1898] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
18Feb1970 NBC [rerun 24Jan71]
From Hollywood
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
Playboy magazine editor Hugh Hefner
comedian Don Rickles
actor George Hamilton
actress Carol Wayne
and mentalist The Amazing Criswell.
.
8.105 [1899] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
19Feb1970 NBC [rerun 14Feb71]
From Hollywood
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actors Robert Blake
and Peter Lawford
actress Connie Stevens
comedians George Burns
Bob Newhart
and Bill Cosby.
8.106 [1900] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
20Feb1970 NBC
From Hollywood
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actress Anne Baxter
comedian George Gobel
ventriloquist Edgar Bergen and Charlie McCarthy.
[--] Saturday Tonight Show
21Feb1970 NBC Sat [repeat from ]
Peter Ustinov, Robert Goulet, Bernadette Peters
8.107 [1901] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
23Feb1970 NBC [rerun 07Feb71]
From Hollywood
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedienne Lucille Ball
comedian Buddy Hackett
actress Jo Ann Pflug
and singer Jaye P. Morgan.
8.108 [1902] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
24Feb1970 NBC
From Hollywood
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian Groucho Marx
actress Jacqueline Bisset
comedienne Rose Marie
and acting couple Ozzie and Harriet Nelson.
8.109 [1903] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
25Feb1970 NBC
From Hollywood
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actors Laurence Harvey
and Mickey Rooney
actress Patty Duke
and singer Della Reese.
8.110 [1904] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
26Feb1970 NBC
From Hollywood
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actors Ernest Borgnine
and George Raft
actress Barbara Eden
and comedienne Rose Marie.
8.111 [1905] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
27Feb1970 NBC
From Hollywood
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
entertainer Bob Hope
actors Dennis Weaver
and Red Buttons
and comic actor Billy DeWolfe.
[--] Saturday Tonight Show
28Feb1970 NBC Sat [repeat from ]
Alan King, Stella Stevens, Bob and Ray
8.112 [1906] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
02Mar1970 NBC [rerun 31Jan71]
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor James Stewart and wife Gloria
boxer Joe Frazier
anthropologist-author Dr. Margaret Mead
and singer Eddy Arnold.
8.113 [1907] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
03Mar1970 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian Alan King
actress Stella Stevens
singer Hal Frazier
comedy duo Bob & Ray.
8.114 [1908] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
04Mar1970 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian Don Rickles
actors Lorne Greene
and Telly Savalas
and singer Karen Wyman.
8.115 [1909] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
05Mar1970 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor James Coco
comedian Corbett Monica
and singer Roberta Flack.
8.116 [1910] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
06Mar1970 NBC [San Rafael Daily]
Guest Host Bill Cosby
Guests
actress Jane Fonda
actors Brock Peters
and Hal Holbrook
and journalist-author Cecil Brown.
[--] Saturday Tonight Show
07Mar1970 NBC Sat [repeat from 06Mar69]
Don Ho, George Carlin, Biff Rose, Catholic Sister Margaret Mary Bach.
8.117 [1911] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
09Mar1970 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian David Steinberg
dog psychiatrust Dr. Michael W. Fox
singers Jaye P. Morgan
and Sergio Franchi.
8.118 [1912] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
10Mar1970 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian Rich Little
and singing group The People.
8.119 [1913] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
11Mar1970 NBC [rerun 28Feb71]
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor Jack Klugman
musician Al Hirt
and singer Nancy Ames.
8.120 [1914] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
12Mar1970 NBC [rerun 07Mar71]
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actress Helen Hayes
comedian Don Rickles
TV personality Peggy Cass
actor Pat McCormick
and musician Al Hirt.
8.121 [1915] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
13Mar1970 NBC
Guest Host Peter Lawford
Guests
singers Mama Cass Elliot
and Cissy Houston
and entertainer Monti Rock III.
[--] Saturday Tonight Show
14Mar1970 NBC Sat [repeat from 18Feb69]
Richard Harris, Kaye Ballard, Buddy Rogers, Kathryn Grayson, Howard Keel.
8.122 [1916] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
16Mar1970 NBC
Guest Host Alan King
Guests
actress Molly Picon
comedian Arte Johnson
comic Jerry Shane
and singer-dancer Lola Falana.
8.123 [1917] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
17Mar1970 NBC
Guest Host Alan King
Guests
singer-actor Harry Belafonte
comedian Rich Little
actor Robert Strauss
and singer Laura Greene.
8.124 [1918] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
18Mar1970 NBC
Guest Host Alan King
Guests
singer-actress Marian Mercer
and singer Hal Frazier.
8.125 [1919] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
19Mar1970 NBC
Guest Host Art Linkletter
Guests
actress Sheila MacRae
singer-actress Florence Henderson
naturalist Jean-Paul Hallet
journalist Herb Klein
and sportswriter Heywood Hale Broun.
8.126 [1920] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
20Mar1970 NBC
Guest Host Peter Lawford
Guests
comedienne Lily Tomlin
comedian Soupy Sales
fitness expert Jack LaLanne
comic Jerry Shane
and singer Cissy Houston.
[--] Saturday Tonight Show
21Mar1970 NBC Sat [repeat from ]
Carol Burnett, Tiny Tim, Hal Frazier, The Committee.
8.127 [1921] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
23Mar1970 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
with Doc Severinsen filling in for Ed McMahon.
Guests
singers Dana Valery
and Richie Havens.
8.128 [1922] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
24Mar1970 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
with Doc Severinsen filling in for Ed McMahon.
Guests
comedian Orson Bean
comedy duo Bob & Ray
and singer Cissy Houston.
8.129 [1923] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
25Mar1970 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actors Tony Randall
and Cliff Robertson
movie producer Jack Haley, Jr.
and Carolyn Franklin (Aretha's sister).
8.130 [1924] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
26Mar1970 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
TV Chef Graham Kerr of "Galloping Gourmet"
pianists Sandler & Young
comedian Marty Brill
and singer Melba Moore.
8.131 [1925] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
27Mar1970 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian Rodney Dangerfield
actor James Coco
and singer O.C. Smith.
[--] Saturday Tonight Show
28Mar1970 NBC Sat [repeat from ]
Jerry Lewis, Mel Torme, Susannah York.
8.132 [1926] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
30Mar1970 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actress Shelley Winters and the cast of "Minnie's Boys"
producer Jack Haley Jr.
comedian Charlie Manna
and voice actor Bill Fiore.
8.133 [1927] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
31Mar1970 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actress Penny Fuller
actor Phil Foster
Mrs. Patty Roosevelt (wife of FDR's son Elliott)
ESP expert Peter Hurkos
and singing group the Friends of Distinction.
8.134 [1928] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
01Apr1970 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actress E.J. Peaker
comedian Bobby Wick
Dr. Robert Baird (who aids drug addicts)
and singer Gary Puckett.
8.135 [1929] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
02Apr1970 NBC [rerun 14Mar71]
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
entertainer Bob Hope
actress Denise Nicholas
comedy writer Jack Douglas and Reiko
The Geezinslaw Brothers
and the Marine Academy Drill Team.
8.136 [1930] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
03Apr1970 NBC
Guest Host Flip Wilson
Guests
singer-actress Bernadette Peters
comedian Stanley Myron Handelman
and musician Louis Armstrong.
[--] Saturday Tonight Show
04Apr1970 NBC Sat [repeat from ]
8.137 [1931] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
06Apr1970 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actress Shirley Booth
Robert Townsend author of "Up the Organization"
drummer Buddy Rich
and Hines, Hines and Dad.
8.138 [1932] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
07Apr1970 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actress Denise Nicholas
singers Peggy Lee
and Jaye P. Morgan
and Country duo Homer and Jethro.
8.139 [1933] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
08Apr1970 NBC [rerun 21Mar71]
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actress Barbara Anderson
comedian David Steinberg
singers Peggy Lee
and Johnny Brown
and Jazz pianist Erroll Garner.
8.140 [1934] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
09Apr1970 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
sportscaster Bob Uecker
actress Sylvia Miles
tiddley-winks champion Philip Villar
Dr. Paul Ehrlich author of "The Population Bomb"
and the World's Greatest Jazz Band.
8.141 [1935] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
10Apr1970 NBC
Guest Host Flip Wilson
Guests
comedienne Dody Goodman
comedian Georgie Kaye
singer Mama Cass Elliot
and musician George Benson.
[--] Saturday Tonight Show
11Apr1970 NBC Sat [repeat from ]
8.142 [1936] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
13Apr1970 NBC [rerun 28Mar71]
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actresses Lauren Bacall
and Shirley Booth
Philip Villar
and singer Dana Valery.
8.143 [1937] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
14Apr1970 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actress Agnes Moorehead
TV host David Susskind
Patty Roosevelt
singer Melba Moore
and the Ace Trucking Company.
8.144 [1938] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
15Apr1970 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor Jack Klugman
actress Judy Carne
comedian Rodney Dangerfield
Lord Spencer Churchill (nephew of Sir Winston Churchill)
and pianist Peter Nero.
8.145 [1939] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
16Apr1970 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
ecologist Dr. Paul Ehrlich
former TV critic John Crosby author of "Never Let Her Go"
mime Marcel Marceau
and Country singer Glen Campbell.
8.146 [1940] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
17Apr1970 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedienne Joan Rivers
former TV critic John Crosby
and comedy duo Emonds and Curley.
[--] Saturday Tonight Show
18Apr1970 NBC Sat [repeat from ]
Jerry Lewis, Shirley Jones, Linda Cristal
8.147 [1941] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
20Apr1970 NBC
Guest Host Flip Wilson
Guests
comedian Rich Little
actor James Coco
singers Joe Williams
and Nancy Ames.
8.148 [1942] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
21Apr1970 NBC
Guest Host Flip Wilson
Guests
boxer Joe Frazier
actress Betty Walker
singers Melba Moore
and Roberta Flack
and entertainer Monti Rock III.
8.149 [1943] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
22Apr1970 NBC
Guest Host Flip Wilson
Guests
singers Nancy Wilson
and Lovelace Watkins
and The Four Tops.
8.150 [1944] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
23Apr1970 NBC
Guest Host Flip Wilson
Guests
comedian Louis Nye
singer Nina Simone
musician-songwriter John Sebastian
and The Three Degrees.
8.151 [1945] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
24Apr1970 NBC
Guest Host Flip Wilson
Guests
actors Tony Curtis
and Cleavon Little
comic Irwin C. Watson
singer Helen Reddy
and Modern Jazz Quartet.
[--] Saturday Tonight Show
25Apr1970 NBC Sat [repeat from ]
Don Adams, and the entire cast of Rowan and Martin's "Laugh-In".
8.152 [1946] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
27Apr1970 NBC
Guest Host Flip Wilson
Guests
racecar driver Mario Andretti
TV personality Virginia Graham
singers Jerry Butler
and Laura Lee
entertainer Tiny Tim
and The Dells.
8.151 [1947] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
28Apr1970 NBC
Guest Host Flip Wilson
Guests
singer Kim Weston
entertainer Tiny Tim
and The O'Jays.
8.152 [1948] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
29Apr1970 NBC
Guest Host Flip Wilson
Guests
dancer-actress Ruby Keeler
comedienne Dody Goodman
musician Woody Herman
Gospel singer Joe Simon
and singer Dionne Warwick.
8.153 [1949] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
30Apr1970 NBC [Daily News]
Guest Host Flip Wilson
Guests
singer-actress Rita Moreno
actor Cliff Gorman
and comedienne Joan Rivers.
8.154 [1950] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
01May1970 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
Mayor John V. Lindsay
Dr. Benjamin Spock
singer Dana Valery
and entertainer Tiny Tim.
[--] Saturday Tonight Show
02May1970 NBC Sat [repeat from 27Feb69]
George Burns, Mickey Rooney, Joanne Vent
8.155 [1951] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
04May1970 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor Tony Randall
comedian Charlie Callas
author Gore Vidal
and pianist Peter Nero.
8.156 [1952] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
05May1970 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actress Tammy Grimes
actor Kenneth Nelson
and former U-2 pilot Francis Gary Powers.
8.157 [1953] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
06May1970 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian Jack Benny
singer Roberta Peters
and Argosy editor Milton Macklin.
8.158 [1954] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
07May1970 NBC [Fresno Bee]
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
Lord Spencer Churchill
actor Bill Fiore
and singer-actress Rita Moreno.
8.159 [1955] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
08May1970 NBC [Star Bulletin]
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
author Gore Vidal
Dr. Robert Menninger
comedian Charlie Callas
pianist Peter Nero
singer Melba Moore
and entertainer Tiny Tim.
[--] Saturday Tonight Show
09May1970 NBC Sat [repeat from 01Oct69]
Carl Reiner, Debbie Reynolds, Rose Marie, John Byner, George Lindsay.
8.160 [1956] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
11May1970 NBC [rerun 11Apr71][Green Bay Press Gazette]
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor Jack Lemmon
playwright Neil Simon
actress Virginia Vestoff
Dr. Alvin Novick
and Hawaiian entertainer Eddie Bush.
8.161 [1957] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
12May1970 NBC [Los Angeles Times]
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actress Barbara Anderson
comedian Orson Bean
motivational researcher Ernest Dichten
and singer Marilyn Maye.
8.162 [1958] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
13May1970 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor Beau Bridges
former critic John Crosby author of "Never Let Her Go"
singers Warren Morley
and Kaye Stevens.
8.163 [1959] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
14May1970 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actress Shelley Winters
actors James Coco
and Cliff Gorman
and singer Donna Theodore.
8.164 [1960] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
15May1970 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor David Hartman
comedienne Joan Rivers
Boston Bruins hockey player Derek Sanderson
and Milton Macklin editor of Argosy.
[--] Saturday Tonight Show
16May1970 NBC Sat [repeat]
8.165 [1961] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
18May1970 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
psychic Peter Hurkos
Sylvia Parker
pianist Earl Grant
singer Vikki Carr
and entertainer Tiny Tim.
8.166 [1962] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
19May1970 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actors Gig Young
and Billy DeWolfe
and singer Don Crawford.
8.167 [1963] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
20May1970 NBC [rerun 18Apr71]
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedians Buddy Hackett
and Alan King
actor Billy DeWolfe
and actress Claudia Jennings.
8.168 [1964] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
21May1970 NBC [The Times]
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
Mayor John V. Lindsay
actor Jack Klugman
singer Lana Cantrell
and The Spiral Staircase.
8.169 [1965] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
22May1970 NBC
Guest Host Vikki Carr
Guests
entertainer Danny Kaye
comedian Sandy Baron
choreographer David Winters
and Vikings' football player Joe Kapp.
[--] Saturday Tonight Show
23May1970 NBC Sat [repeat]
8.170 [1966] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
25May1970 NBC [The Times]
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
New York Mets baseball pitcher Tom Seaver
comedian Shelley Berman
humorist Roger Price
dancers Bud and Cece Robinson
and singer Della Reese.
8.170 [1966] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
26May1970 NBC [rerun 25Apr71]
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor Michael Caine
singer-actress Marian Mercer
Dr. David Reuben
and singer Little Richard.
8.171 [1967] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
27May1970 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actress Virginia Vestoff
comedian Charlie Callas
and Alan King
and journalist Sander Vanocur.
8.172 [1968] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
28May1970 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
David Smith
singers Kim Weston
and Melba Moore
and Shocking Blue.
8.173 [1969] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
29May1970 NBC
Guest Host Della Reese
Guests
comedian Corbett Monica
and singer Eydie Gorme.
[--] Saturday Tonight Show
30May1970 NBC Sat [repeat from ]
Bob Hope, Louis Nye, Marilyn Maye, Suzanne Charny, Don Davis, Ralph Williams.
8.174 [1970] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
01Jun1970 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actors Charlton Heston
and Tony Randall
and actress Tina Chen.
8.175 [1971] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
02Jun1970 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
TV host David Susskind
guitarist B.B. King
singer June Valli
and musician Louis Armstrong.
8.176 [1972] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
03Jun1970 NBC [Los Angeles Times]
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
Apollo 13 astronauts Jim Lovell
Fred Haise Jr. and John Swigert
impressionist David Frye
and Bob Cahlman (who brings along items he bought at the MGM auction).
8.177 [1973] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
04Jun1970 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
author Truman Capote
singer-actress Lynn Kellogg
spy Herbert Philbrick ("I Led Three Lives")
and comedy duo Stiller and Meara.
8.178 [1974] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
05Jun1970 NBC
Guest Host Corbett Monica
Guests
comedian Dick Shawn
naturalist Jim Fowler
singer Eydie Gorme
and The Three Degrees.
[--] Saturday Tonight Show
06Jun1970 NBC Sat [repeat]
8.179 [1975] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
08Jun1970 NBC [Boston Globe]
Host Johnny Carson
Doc Severinsen subs for Ed McMahon (on vacation)
Tommy Newsome leads the band.
Guests
comedienne Lily Tomlin
ventriloquist Shari Lewis
authors David Slavitt
and Henry Sutton
singer Gloria Loring
and Hines, Hines, and Dad.
8.180 [1976] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
09Jun1970 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Doc Severinsen subs for Ed McMahon (on vacation)
Tommy Newsome leads the band.
Guests
comedian David Steinberg
Fran Allison and Burr Tillstrom of the Kukla, Fran and Ollie show
singers Dana Valery
and Gary Puckett.
8.181 [1977] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
10Jun1970 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Doc Severinsen subs for Ed McMahon (on vacation)
Tommy Newsome leads the band.
Guests
actor Danny Thomas
author David Slavitt
singer Ray Stevens
and Ace Trucking Company.
8.182 [1978] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
11Jun1970 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Doc Severinsen subs for Ed McMahon (on vacation)
Tommy Newsome leads the band.
Guests
actor James Coco
actress Jo Ann Pflug
comedian Dick Gregory
and dancers Bud and Cece Robinson.
8.183 [1979] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
12Jun1970 NBC
Guest Host David Steinberg
Doc Severinsen subs for Ed McMahon (on vacation)
Tommy Newsome leads the band.
Guests
actors Elliott Gould
and Gene Wilder
belly dancer Little Egypt
and musician Louis Armstrong.
[--] Saturday Tonight Show
13Jun1970 NBC Sat [repeat from ]
8.184 [1980] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
15Jun1970 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor Red Buttons
spy Herbert Philbrick
drummer Buddy Rich
and singer Sarah Vaughan.
8.185 [1981] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
16Jun1970 NBC [rerun 02May71]
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor James Coco
comedienne Phyllis Diller
comic actor Bob Melvin
pick-pocket Vic Perry
and singer Trini Lopez.
8.186 [1982] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
17Jun1970 NBC [rerun 09May71]
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actress Zsa Zsa Gabor
actor Michael Constantine
writer David Slavitt
actors Ed Bolton
and Henry Sutton
and singer-actress Phyllis Newman.
8.187 [1983] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
18Jun1970 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian Rodney Dangerfield
writer-producer Martin Rackin
ventriloquist Shari Lewis
singers Jaye P. Morgan
and Diahn Williams.
8.188 [1984] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
19Jun1970 NBC
Guest Host Peter Lawford
Guests
singer-actress Carol Lawrence
pick pocket Vic Perry
singer Mama Cass Elliot
and pianists Sandler & Young.
[--] Saturday Tonight Show
20Jun1970 NBC Sat [repeat from 30Jan70]
Tony Bennett, Karen Wyman, Marty Brill, Sigmund Freud's grandson Clement Freud.
8.189 [1985] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
22Jun1970 NBC
Guest Host Jerry Lewis
Guests
comedian Louis Nye
comedy team Lou Marsh and Tony Adams
jugglers The Amin Brothers
singers Jane Morgan
and Trini Lopez.
8.190 [1986] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
23Jun1970 NBC
Guest Host Jerry Lewis
Guests
director Dino De Laurentiis
actor Joey Villa
comedians Jan Murray
and Sid Miller
comedy team Lou Marsh and Tony Adams
and dancers Jose Greco and Nana Lorca.
8.191 [1987] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
24Jun1970 NBC [St Louis Post Dispatch]
Guest Host Jerry Lewis
Guests
comedian Henny Youngman
Peter Lind Hayes and Mary Healy
The Ritts Puppets
Dr. Michael De Bakey
and singer Arthur Prysock.
8.192 [1988] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
25Jun1970 NBC
Guest Host Jerry Lewis
Guests
writer Clement Freud
actors Sidney Miller
Steve Franken
and Ossie Davis
comedian Jan Murray
and singer Merry Clayton.
8.193 [1989] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
26Jun1970 NBC
Guest Host Jerry Lewis
Guests
actress Dame Judith Anderson
comedian Charles Nelson Reilly
singer-actress Connie Stevens
and singer Mac Davis.
[--] Saturday Tonight Show
27Jun1970 NBC Sat [repeat from ]
James Stewart, Buddy Rich, Roger Caras, Donna Theodore.
8.194 [1990] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
29Jun1970 NBC
Guest Host Jerry Lewis
Guests
actors Forrest Tucker
and Mickey Rooney
singer Esther Phillips
and The Ritts Puppets.
8.195 [1991] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
30Jun1970 NBC
Guest Host Jerry Lewis
Guests
entertainer Bob Hope
comedian Marty Brill
actress Judith Lowry
author Jacqueline Susann
singer Abbe Lane
and drummer Buddy Rich.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ifa0jXLLMug
8.196 [1992] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
01Jul1970 NBC
Guest Host Jerry Lewis
Guests
writer Clement Freud
actress Claudia Jennings
singers Lesley Gore
and Arthur Prysock
and entertainer Monti Rock III.
8.197 [1993] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
02Jul1970 NBC
Guest Host Jerry Lewis
Guests
sportscaster Joe Garagiola
photographer John Dorn
musician Dick Stabile
and singer Della Reese.
8.198 [1994] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
03Jul1970 NBC
Guest Host Jerry Lewis
Guests
comedian Shelley Berman
Dr. Joyce Brothers
marriage broker Irving Fields
singers Della Reese
and Melba Moore.
[--] Sunday Tonight Show
05Jul1970 NBC
pre-empted for Honor America Day with Bob Hope (Washington Monument).
*Note: Bob Hope talked about this Special on the Tonight Show on June 30, 1970.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ifa0jXLLMug
8.199 [1995] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
06Jul1970 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
entertainer Bob Hope
actress Shelley Winters
comedienne Lily Tomlin
impressionist David Frye
and singer B.J. Thomas.
8.200 [1996] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
07Jul1970 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
Captain Kangaroo Bob Keeshan
actress Zsa Zsa Gabor
comedian Robert Klein
director Otto Preminger
and singer Freda Payne.
8.201 [1997] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
08Jul1970 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actress Shelley Winters
actor James Coco
author Erich Segal
and Ace Trucking Company.
8.202 [1998] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
09Jul1970 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
director Otto Preminger
comedians Myron Cohen
and Dick Shawn
and Ike & Tina Turner.
8.203 [1999] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
10Jul1970 NBC
Guest Host Della Reese
Guests
actor Peter Lawford
comedian Rich Little
singer-actor Noel Harrison
actress Pamela Mason
and singer Sarah Vaughan.
[--] Sunday Tonight Show
12Jul1970 [repeat from ]
*Note: Changes from Saturday repeats to Sunday repeats.
8.204 [2000] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
13Jul1970 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
former football player turned actor Alex Karras
comedian David Steinberg
singers Donna Theodore.
and Mahalia Jackson.
8.205 [2001] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
14Jul1970 NBC
Guest Host Della Reese
Guests
actress Phyllis Newman
comedian Charles Nelson Reilly
Marvin Braverman
TV Chef Graham Kerr of "The Galloping Gourmet"
and singer Mahalia Jackson
8.206 [2002] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
15Jul1970 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actress Marta Curro
comedian Sandy Baron
Atlanta radio personalities Teddy Levison and Mickie Silverstein
and singer Carolyn Daye.
8.207 [2003] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
16Jul1970 NBC [Los Angeles Times]
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
author Truman Capote
dancer-actress Mitzi Gaynor
actor Pat Morita
and singer Sergio Franchi.
8.208 [2004] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
17Jul1970 NBC [Los Angeles Times]
Guest Host Arnold Palmer
Guests
Vice President Spiro Agnew
tennis player Rod Laver
golf commissioner Joe Dey
dancer Suzanne Charny
and singer Vic Damone.
*Note: This was Arnold Palmer's first stint as TV host.
[--] Sunday Tonight Show
19Jul1970 [repeat from 20Aug69]
Lucille Ball, Groucho Marx, Flip Wilson, Friends of Distinction.
8.209 [2005] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
20Jul1970 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor Michael Constantine
comedian Rodney Dangerfield
singer Lana Cantrell
and entertainer Tiny Tim.
8.210 [2006] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
21Jul1970 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedienne Joan Rivers
actor Cliff Gorman
singer-actress Lynn Kellogg
and singer-composers Robert Kole and Ernest Param.
8.211 [2007] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
22Jul1970 NBC [Press Gazette]
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor Anthony Perkins
actress Carol Wayne
comedian Irwin C. Watson
singers Jaye P. Morgan
and Helen Reddy.
8.212 [2008] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
23Jul1970 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
naturalist Jim Fowler
actor Jackie Bright
critic-humorist Marvin Kitman
singer Melba Moore
and entertainer Monti Rock III.
8.213 [2009] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
24Jul1970 NBC [Los Angeles Times]
Guest Host Vikki Carr
Guests
actress Zoe Caldwell
magician Harry Lorayne
singers O.C. Smith
and Arthur Prysock.
[--] Sunday Tonight Show
26Jul1970 [repeat from 02Sep69]
John Byner, Orson Bean, Jaye P. Morgan, Adela Rogers St. John,
8.214 [2010] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
27Jul1970 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor James Coco
actress Judith Lowry
comedian Marty Brill
and singer Helen O'Connell.
8.215 [2011] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
28Jul1970 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
Zsa Zsa Gabor
impressionist Lee Trevino
actress Elaine Stritch
comedian Alan King
and singer Helen Reddy.
8.216 [2012] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
29Jul1970 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
baseball star Willie Mays
sportscaster Joe Garagiola
actresses Lee Meredith
and Carol Wayne
and singer Helen Reddy.
8.217 [2013] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
30Jul1970 NBC [Evening Sun]
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
newsman Paul Harvey
French actress Danielle Darrieux
actor Gene Wilder
comedian Marvin Braverman
and singer Della Reese.
8.218 [2014] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
31Jul1970 NBC
Guest Host Della Reese
Guests
actor Cleavon Little
film critic Rex Reed
fitness expert Jack LaLanne
and singer Richie Havens.
[--] Sunday Tonight Show
02Aug1970 [repeat from 05Sep69 ]
David Frye, Gary Lewis and the Playboys, Linda Bennett, Maria Fletcher.
8.219 [2015] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
03Aug1970 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor Gene Wilder
author Erich Segal
impressionist David Frye
and Hines, Hines and Dad.
8.220 [2016] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
04Aug1970 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
TV personality Steve Allen
actress Jayne Meadows
comedian Rodney Dangerfield
and Dr. David Reuben author of "Everything You Wanted to Know About Sex".
8.221 [2017] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
05Aug1970 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor Peter Boyle
William F. Buckley Jr.
comedian Marvin Braverman
and The Cowsills.
8.222 [2018] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
06Aug1970 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actress Elaine Stritch
model-actress Claudia Jennings
Milton Macklin editor of Argosy magazine
singer Warren Marley
and the Ace Trucking Company.
8.223 [2019] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
07Aug1970 NBC
Guest Host Bob Newhart
Guests
Danny Kuchinski, horseshoe-pitching champion
[--] Sunday Tonight Show
09Aug1970 [repeat from ]
8.224 [2020] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
10Aug1970 NBC [Boston Globe]
Guest Host Corbett Monica
Guests
actress Judy Carne
fitness expert Debbie Drake
singer Billy Eckstine
and pianist Roger Williams.
8.225 [2021] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
11Aug1970 NBC [The Times]
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actresses Carrie Snodgress
and Danielle Darrieux
Sen. Charles Percy
comic Ron Carey
and Sly and the Family Stone.
8.226 [2022] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
12Aug1970 NBC [Decatur Herald]
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
mentalist Kreskin
Erich Segal author of "Love Story"
comedian Marvin Braverman
Lorena Carver trainer of diving horses
and singer Bette Midler.
8.225 [2023] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
13Aug1970 NBC [Chicago Tribune]
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian Buddy Hackett
ecologist Dr. Paul Ehrlich author of "The Population Bomb"
journalist Ben J. Wattenberg author of "The Nonsense Explosion"
with a discussion of over-population and the environment.
8.226 [2024] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
14Aug1970 NBC [Chicago Tribune]
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian Rodney Dangerfield
dancer-actress Lada Edmund, Jr.
singers Aretha Franklin
and Warren Marley.
[--] Sunday Tonight Show
16Aug1970 [repeat from ]
8.227 [2025] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
17Aug1970 NBC [The Times]
Guest Host Joan Rivers
Guests
comedienne Edie Adams
comedian Milt Kamen
comedy duo Stiller and Meara
Dr. Lendon Smith
singers Freda Payne
and Peter Allen.
8.228 [2026] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
18Aug1970 NBC [Philadelphia Inquirer]
Guest Host Joan Rivers
Guests
actress Debbie Reynolds
game show host Peter Marshall
comedienne Minnie Pearl
mentalist Kreskin
and singer Donna Theodore.
8.229 [2027] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
19Aug1970 NBC [The Times]
Guest Host Joan Rivers
Guests
comedian Charles Nelson Reilly
comedienne Jane Withers
actor Ron Carey
author Jacqueline Susann
and entertainer Tiny Tim.
8.230 [2028] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
20Aug1970 NBC [State Journal]
Guest Host Joan Rivers
Guests
actors James Coco
and Joey Villa
author Gore Vidal
TV producer Joan Ganz Cooney
Jane Howard author of "Please Touch"
and Sons of Dawn.
8.231 [2029] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
21Aug1970 NBC
Guest Host Joan Rivers
Guests
actor Peter White of "The Boys in the Band"
comics Marty Brill
and Rip Taylor
actor Michael Dunn
astrologer Jeane Dixon
singer Freda Payne
[--] Sunday Tonight Show
23Aug1970 [repeat from ]
8.232 [2030] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
24Aug1970 NBC [Akron Beacon]
Guest Host David Steinberg
Guests
dress designer and critic Mr. Blackwell
actress Carol Wayne
singers Mama Cass Elliott
and Mac Davis.
8.233 [2031] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
25Aug1970 NBC [St Louis Dispatch]
Guest Host Phyllis Diller
Guests
actor Robert Horton
and puppeteer Gerry Harnett.
8.234 [2032] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
26Aug1970 NBC [Daily News]
Guest Host Della Reese
Guests
comedian Pat Morita
naturalist Jim Fowler
Dr. Haim Ginott
and singer Billy Daniels.
8.235 [2033] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
27Aug1970 NBC
Guest Host David Steinberg
Guests
singer-songwrtier Paul Williams
film critic Rex Reed
singers Mama Cass Elliot
and John Phillips.
8.236 [2034] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
28Aug1970 NBC
Guest Host Della Reese
Guests
comedian Soupy Sales
author Jane Howard
The Ritts Puppets
and singer Melba Moore.
[--] Sunday Tonight Show
30Aug1970 [repeat from ]
8.237 [2035] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
31Aug1970 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actors Stewart Granger
and Red Buttons
gymnast Cathy Rigby
and singer Bette Midler.
8.238 [2036] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
01Sep1970 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actress Elaine Stritch
comedian Jackie Vernon
actor Wes Stern
and singer Jaye P. Morgan.
8.239 [2037] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
02Sep1970 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actress Mamie Van Doren
journalist-author Jimmy Breslin
plant expert Dr. Milstein
and singer Warren Marley.
8.240 [2038] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
03Sep1970 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
writer-futurist Alvin Toffler
actor Wes Stern
singer Dick Jensen
and Pam Eldred, Miss America of 1970 and six 1969 state queens
who joined her on a 22-day visit to bases in South Vietnam.
8.241 [2039] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
04Sep1970 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
Zsa Zsa Gabor
comedian Jerry Lewis
actor-comedian Norman Wisdom
sportscaster Joe Garagiola
and singer Carla Thomas.
[--] Sunday Tonight Show
06Sep1970 [repeat from 01Sep69]
Tony Randall, William Holden, Pat Morita, O.C. Smith.
8.242 [2040] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
07Sep1970 NBC [Los Angeles Times]
Guest Host Jack Jones
Guests
mentalist Kreskin
Vic Perry pickpocket expert
comedy team Skiles and Henderson
and vocal group Morgan-Mason-Downs.
8.243 [2041] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
08Sep1970 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor James Whitmore
comedian Charlie Callas
Pete Carlesimo, Fordham University Athletic Director
and singer Julie Budd.
8.244 [2042] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
09Sep1970 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
performers Bernadette Peters
and Joel Grey of the upcoming "George M!" special
theatre producer David Merrick
comedian Dick Shawn
and singer Ethel Merman.
8.245 [2043] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
10Sep1970 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor Maximilian Schell
impressionist Rich Little
comedian Dick Shawn
and singing group Chairman of the Board.
8.246 [2044] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
11Sep1970 NBC
Guest Host David Steinberg
Guests
comedian Don Rickles
Dr. Lendon Smith
DuVal & Trina
and singer Little Richard.
[--] Sunday Tonight Show
13Sep1970 [repeat from 22May69]
Robert Wagner, Duke Ellington, Harvey Korman, Marian Mercer, Dr. George Bach.
8.247 [2045] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
14Sep1970 NBC [Boston Globe]
Guest Host David Steinberg
Guests
comedian Groucho Marx
fitness expert Debbie Drake
and singer Randy Newman.
8.248 [2046] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
15Sep1970 NBC [Los Angeles Times]
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
impressionist George Kirby
TV producer Cy Howard
Phyllis George, Miss America 1971
comic Bobby Wick
and singer Dana Valery.
8.249 [2047] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
16Sep1970 NBC [Los Angeles Times]
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedienne Totie Fields
impressionist John Byner
Earl of Lichfield
first identical twin Playmate sisters Madeleine Collinson and Mary Collinson
musician Jose Molina
and singer Don Cherry.
8.250 [2048] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
17Sep1970 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
Senator Mike Gravel
actress Phyllis Newman
comedian Pat Morita
etiquette expert Gloria Vanderbilt
singers Ann Dawson
and Richie Havens.
8.251 [2049] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
18Sep1970 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor James Coco
actress Shelley Winters
singers Engelbert Humperdinck
and Donna Theodore
and The Carpenters.
[--] Sunday Tonight Show
20Sep1970 [repeat from 12Sep69]
Jack Benny, Eartha Kitt, Richie Havens, Suzanne Charny.
8.252 [2050] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
21Sep1970 NBC
Guest Host Jerry Lewis
Guests
singer-songwriter Johnnie Ray
football player Lance Rentzel
and singer Marilyn Maye.
8.253 [2051] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
22Sep1970 NBC [Independent]
Guest Host Jerry Lewis
Guests
singer-actor Frankie Avalon
comedian London Lee
author Jacqueline Susann
and puppeteers Paul and Mary Ritts.
8.254 [2052] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
23Sep1970 NBC [Daily Reporter]
Guest Host Jerry Lewis
Guests
sportscaster Joe Gargiola
actor-songwriter Sidney Miller
singers Pat Boone
Lesley Gore
and Little Dion.
8.255 [2053] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
24Sep1970 NBC [Independent]
Guest Host Jerry Lewis
Guests
journalist-author Jimmy Breslin
actors Bob Melvin
and Cleavon Little
ventriloquist Shari Lewis
and singer Eloise Laws.
8.256 [2054] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
25Sep1970 NBC [Los Angeles Times]
Guest Host Jerry Lewis
Guests
film director Otto Preminger
dancer-singer Joey Heatherton
Mr. Blackwell
singers Esther Phillips
and Freda Payne.
[--] Sunday Tonight Show
27Sep1970 [repeat from ]
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