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Season 21 (NBC)(1982-83)
Episode Guide compiled by The Classic TV Archive
with contributions by: Rina Fox, Tom Alger [Updated 26 July 2020]
references:
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NYT and Brooklyn Daily Eagle
##### Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson #####
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NBC Monday to Friday 10:30pm to 11:30am (60 min) All Episodes Re-Numbered
21.01 [4912] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
27Sep1982
Guest Host Joan Rivers
Guests
actress Victoria Principal
comedienne Lily Tomlin
and dancer Debbie Allen.
21.02 [4913] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
28Sep1982
Guest Host Joan Rivers
Guests
actress Lana Turner
columnist Erma Bombeck
and TV hostess Sarah Purcell of "Real People".
21.03 [4914] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
29Sep1982
Guest Host Joan Rivers
Guests
actress Shelley Long
actor-singer Ben Vereen
and comedy duo Skiles and Henderson.
21.04 [4915] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
30Sep1982 [The Courier]
Guest Host Roy Clark
Guests
entertainer Bob Hope
comedian George Carlin
Joan Embery of the San Diego Zoo
and singer Leslie Uggams.
21.05 [4916] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
01Oct1982
Guest Host David Steinberg
Guests
actress Teri Garr
and singer Anthony Newley.
21.06 [4917] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson: 20th ANNIVERSARY SHOW
03Oct1982 Sun 8pm
Live 2hr Special 20th Anniversary Show
Host Johnny Carson
Appearances by
Woody Allen, Flip Wilson and Richard Pryor.
[--] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
04Oct1982 [repeat from 21May80]
"The Best of Carson"
with Barbara Mandrell, Cloris Leachman, Argus Hamilton, Gay Talese.
21.07 [4918] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
05Oct1982
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
entertainer Sammy Davis, Jr.
and The Smothers Brothers.
21.08 [4919] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
06Oct1982 [Journal Courier]
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian Wil Shriner
Miss America Debra Sue Maffett
and singer Tom Jones.
21.09 [4920] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
07Oct1982 [Des Moines Register]
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actress Angie Dickinson
Andrea McNichol who analyzes doodles
and tenor Placido Domingo.
21.10 [4921] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
08Oct1982 [Fort Worth Star]
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian David Steinberg
martial arts expert Al Thomas
and singer Tom Jones.
[--] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
11Oct1982 [repeat from 22May80]
"The Best of Carson"
with Dinah Shore, Hoyt Axton.
21.11 [4922] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
12Oct1982
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian Buddy Hackett
and singer Jim Stafford.
21.12 [4923] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
13Oct1982 [Des Moines Register]
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian Tim Conway
Ray Hanson of Wisconsin who bottles skunk scent
and dance group Pilobolus.
21.13 [4924] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
14Oct1982
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor Richard Belzer
British dog trainer Barbara Woodhouse
and singer Joe Williams.
21.14 [4925] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
15Oct1982
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedienne Joan Rivers
and writer Tetsuko Kuroyanagi.
21.15 [4926] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
18Oct1982 [Courier Journal]
Guest Host Bill Cosby
Guests
actress Lynda Carter
actor Robert Urich
and fitness guru Richard Simmons.
21.16 [4927] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
19Oct1982
Guest Host Bill Cosby
Guests
entertainer Jerry Lewis
comedienne Phyllis Diller
and actress Dana Hill.
21.17 [4928] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
20Oct1982
Guest Host Bill Cosby
Guests
actress Marilu Henner
comedian Kelly Monteith
and singer Mel Tormé.
21.18 [4929] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
21Oct1982
Guest Host Bill Cosby
Guests
comedian Bob Newhart
actor Gary Coleman
and actress Cathie Shirriff.
21.19 [4930] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
22Oct1982
Guest Host Bill Cosby
Guests
actress Juliet Prowse
boxer Randall "Tex" Cobb
and Jazz trumpeter Freddie Hubbard.
[--] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
25Oct1982 [repeat from 23May80]
"The Best of Carson"
with Natalie Cole, Jim Stafford, Calvin Trillin,
21.20 [4931] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
26Oct1982 [Des Moines Register]
Host Johnny Carson
Doc Severinsen filling in for Ed McMahon
Guests
comedian Bill Cosby
actor Ricky Schroeder
singing language teacher Uwe Kind
and Jazz singer Janis Siegel.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrWUaoUY0Ng
21.21 [4932] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
27Oct1982 [Des Moines Register]
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor William Shatner
comedian Rich Hall
and musician Al Hirt.
21.22 [4933] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
28Oct1982
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian Pete Barbutti
11-year-old swimmer Jason Pipoly
and singer Leata Galloway.
21.23 [4934] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
29Oct1982
Guest Host Steve Allen
Guests
baseball player Darrell Porter (St. Louis Cardinals catcher)
and singer Steve Lawrence.
[--] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
01Nov1982 [repeat from 28May80]
"The Best of Carson"
with Richard Benjamin, Red Buttons, Dick Enberg.
[--] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
02Nov1982
pre-empted by NBC Election coverage.
21.24 [4935] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
03Nov1982
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedienne Maureen Murphy
and singer Roberta Flack.
21.25 [4936] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
04Nov1982
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actress Kim Novak
and comedian Charles Nelson Reilly.
21.26 [4937] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
05Nov1982
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian George Burns
actor Richard Dawson
and actress-singer Melanie Chartoff.
[--] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
08Nov1982 [repeat from 29May80]
"The Best of Carson"
with Beverly Sills, David Brinkley, Buddy Rich.
21.27 [4938] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
09Nov1982
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor Ricky Schroder
comedian David Sayh
and tennis champion Tony Trabert.
21.28 [4939] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
10Nov1982 [Courier Journal]
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian Alan King
actress Stefanie Powers of "Hart to Hart"
and actor Blake Clark.
21.29 [4940] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
11Nov1982
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian Martin Mull
actress Margot Kidder
and musician Michael Iceberg.
21.30 [4941] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
12Nov1982 [Courier Journal]
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
Steven Callahan tells about being adrift for 76 days in a lifeboat
and Country singer Glen Campbell.
[--] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
15Nov1982 [repeat from 08May80]
"The Best of Carson"
with Peter Strauss, David Steinberg.
21.31 [4942] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
16Nov1982 [Courier Journal]
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor Richard Benjamin
animal trainer Hubert Wells
and the Oak Ridge Boys.
21.32 [4943] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
17Nov1982
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
Brian Taylor, game inventor
and singer Dionne Warwick.
21.33 [4944] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
18Nov1982
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actress Shelley Winters
and singer-musician Jerry Lee Lewis.
21.34 [4945] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
19Nov1982
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
singer-actress Julie Andrews
and sports announcer Bob Uecker.
[--] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
22Nov1982 [repeat from 29May80]
"The Best of Carson"
with Beverly Sills, David Brinkley, Buddy Rich.
21.35 [4946] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
23Nov1982
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian Steven Wright
actress Karen Austin
and singer Lena Horne.
21.36 [4947] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
24Nov1982 [The Herald]
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor Paul Sorvino
Ila Loetscher and her turtles
and Free Flight.
21.37 [4948] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
25Nov1982
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor Robert Blake
and comedian George Kirby.
21.38 [4949] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
26Nov1982
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actress Dana Hill
and comedian Jimmy Aleck.
21.39 [4950] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
29Nov1982
Guest Host Joan Rivers
Guests
comedian Pete Barbutti
actress Teri Garr
and singer Mac Davis.
21.40 [4951] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
30Nov1982
Guest Host Joan Rivers
Guests
actors Kirk Douglas
and Vincent Price
and actress Nancy Dussault.
21.41 [4952] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
01Dec1982
Guest Host Joan Rivers
Guests
actress Valerie Bertinelli
comedian David Brenner
and singer Andy Williams.
21.42 [4953] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
02Dec1982 [Courier Journal]
Guest Host Joan Rivers
Guests
actress Betty White
actor Roddy McDowall
and singer Tony Orlando.
21.43 [4954] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
03Dec1982
Guest Host Joan Rivers
Guests
actor-director Orson Welles
actresses Joan Collins
and Brooke Shields.
[--] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
06Dec1982 [repeat from 30May80]
"The Best of Carson"
with Luciano Pavarotti, Sarah Vaughan, Dr. Carl Sagan.
21.44 [4955] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
07Dec1982 [Courier Journal]
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor James Stewart
comedian Garry Shandling
and singer Stephanie Reich.
21.45 [4956] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
08Dec1982
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actress Erin Gray
comedian Franklyn Ajaye
and baseball player Phil Garner.
21.46 [4957] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
09Dec1982 [Courier Journal]
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actress Mary Tyler Moore
singer Linda Hopkins
and Ethel Lesher, a 97-year-old musician.
21.47 [4958] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
10Dec1982
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor Robert Mitchum
and singer Barry Manilow who performed "I Wanna Do It With You,"
"Memory" and "I Made It Through The Rain".
[--] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
13Dec1982 [repeat from 19Jun80]
"The Best of Carson"
with Suzanne Pleshette, Mare Winningham, David Steinberg, Stephane Grappelli.
21.48 [4959] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
14Dec1982 [Daily News NY]
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian Richard Pryor
musician Pete Barbutti
and Phil Garner with crazy inventions.
21.49 [4960] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
15Dec1982
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor Burt Reynolds
and game show host Bert Convy.
21.50 [4961] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
16Dec1982
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor Dudley Moore
21.51 [4962] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
17Dec1982
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actress Sally Field
and gardening expert Thalassa Cruso.
[--] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
20Dec1982 [repeat from 20Jun80]
"The Best of Carson"
with Buddy Hackett, Martin Mull.
[--] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
21Dec1982 [repeat from 25Jun80] [Fort Worth Star]
"The Best of Carson"
with Lee Marvin, Buck Henry, Edge of Wetness.
[--] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
22Dec1982 [repeat from 26Jun80]
"The Best of Carson"
with Elizabeth Ashley, Pat Boone, Neil Simon, Bob Uecker.
[--] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
23Dec1982 [repeat from 27Jun80]
"The Best of Carson"
with Diahann Carroll, Robert Klein, Teri Garr, Capt. Robert Truax.
[--] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
24Dec1982
pre-empted for Christmas Eve programming.
[--] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
27Dec1982 [repeat from 24Jul80]
"The Best of Carson"
with Charlton Heston, Charlie Callas, Rosemary Clooney.
21.52 [4963] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
28Dec1982 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian Charles Nelson Reilly
104-year-old Tillie Abrahamson
and Johnny's son musician Cory Carson.
21.53 [4964] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
29Dec1982
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
animal expert Jim Fowler
comedian Steve Landesberg
and singer Joe Williams.
21.54 [4965] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
30Dec1982
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actress Suzanne Somers who sings "Take Back Your Mink" and "Breaking Up Is Hard
To Do"
and child actress Kaleena Kiff.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32ZnLmgO1uQ
21.55 [4966] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
31Dec1982
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
talk show host Bill Maher
magician Jonathan Neal Brown
and singer Tina Turner who performs "Rock 'N Roll Widow" and "Steel Claw".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E7vx8vImyNU
[--] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
03Jan1983 [repeat from 01Aug80]
"The Best of Carson"
with Shelley Winters, Michelle Pfeiffer, Sammy Davis Jr.
21.56 [4967] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
04Jan1983
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedy writer-director Carl Reiner
Olympic diver Greg Louganis
and Ron O'Brien.
21.57 [4968] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
05Jan1983
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
Tom Noddy with Bubble Magic
actress Teri Garr
and musician B.B. King.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRe9M1lF4Hs
21.58 [4969] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
06Jan1983
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor Richard Benjamin
comedian Kelly Monteith
and musician Pete Fountain.
21.59 [4970] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
07Jan1983
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor Jack Lemmon
and Country singer Tanya Tucker.
[--] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
10Jan1983 [repeat from 23Jul80]
"The Best of Carson"
with Dyan Cannon, Rodney Dangerfield, Arnaud de Borchgrave, Jim Fowler.
21.60 [4971] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
11Jan1983 [rerun 10Feb83][Fort Worth Star]
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor Michael Landon
singer Maureen McGovern
and Patti and Leah Barton, mother-daughter jockey's from Kentucky.
21.61 [4972] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
12Jan1983 [Philadelphia Inquirer]
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actress Bette Davis
comedian George Carlin
actor George Segal
and Jazz trumpeter Snooky Young.
21.62 [4973] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
13Jan1983
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian David Brenner
and singer Johnny Mathis who performs "But She Loves Me".
21.63 [4974] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
14Jan1983
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian Harvey Korman
puppeteer Bruce Schwartz
and boxer Randall "Tex" Cobb
[--] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
17Jan1983 [repeat from 06Aug80]
"The Best of Carson"
with Tony Randall, Victoria Principal, Barbara Mandrell.
[--] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
18Jan1983 [repeat from 07Aug80]
"The Best of Carson"
with Roy Clark, Margot Kidder, Dick Cavett.
[--] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
19Jan1983 [repeat from 08Aug80]
"The Best of Carson"
with Ann-Margret, Pete Fountain, David Horowitz.
[--] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
20Jan1983 [repeat from 27Aug80]
"The Best of Carson"
with George Segal, Conrad Janis, Elizabeth Ashley,
Johnny Mathis, Paulette McWilliams, Katherine Crumbley.
[--] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
21Jan1983 [repeat from 28Aug80]
"The Best of Carson"
with David Steinberg, Jim Stafford, Sydney Goldsmith, Sy Kramer.
21.64 [4975] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
24Jan1983 [Times and Democrat]
Guest Host Joan Rivers
Guests
actor Henry Winkler
fitness guru Richard Simmons
and singer Cher.
21.65 [4976] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
25Jan1983
Guest Host Joan Rivers
Guests
actress Angie Dickinson
comedian Garry Shandling
and actor Gregory Harrison.
21.66 [4977] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
26Jan1983
Guest Host Joan Rivers
Guests
entertainer Sammy Davis Jr.
comedian Bill Cosby
actress Margot Kidder
and model-actress Lauren Hutton.
21.67 [4978] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
27Jan1983 [Courier-Post]
Guest Host Joan Rivers
Guests
actor James Coco
actress Valerie Perrine
and singer-actor Jim Nabors.
21.68 [4979] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
28Jan1983 [Anniston Star]
Guest Host Joan Rivers
Guests
actresses Victoria Principal
and Drew Barrymore
and singer Jennifer Holliday who sings "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going".
[--] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
31Jan1983 [repeat from 04Sep80]
"The Best of Carson"
with Andy Williams, Buddy Rich, Fred Rogers, Gabriel Kaplan.
21.69 [4980] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
01Feb1983
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor Christopher Reeve
actress Anita Gillette
and singer Tom Jones.
21.70 [4981] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
02Feb1983
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian Alan King
and 73-year-old Private Eye Florence Sperbeck
21.71 [4982] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
03Feb1983
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian Buddy Hackett
actor William Shatner
and Opera singer Martina Arroyo.
21.72 [4983] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
04Feb1983
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian Steve Martin
actress Ali MacGraw
and Jazz pianist Dave Frishberg.
21.73 [4984] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
07Feb1983 [Fort Worth Star]
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actress Lynn Redgrave
Hiccup king Charlie Osborne
and Country singer Lee Greenwood.
21.74 [4985] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
08Feb1983
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor Charles Grodin
child actress Bridgette Andersen
football quarterback Joe Theismann
and guitarist Liona Boyd.
21.75 [4986] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
09Feb1983
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actress Bette Davis
and comedian-actor Richard Pryor.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BoDDqr4B2Js
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7MbksSQg4E
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1H2w0qmkNvM
21.76 [4987] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
10Feb1983 [rerun 26Mar84] [Palm Beach Post]
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian David Steinberg
Roberta Berger who watches TV 10 to 13 hours daily
and singer Maureen McGovern who peforms "I'm All Smiles" and "Right As The
Rain".
21.77 [4988] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
11Feb1983
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedians Charles Nelson Reilly
and Rodney Dangerfield
and sports announcer Bob Uecker.
[--] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
14Feb1983 [repeat from 30Jul80]
"The Best of Carson"
with Angie Dickinson, Melissa Manchester, Charles Nelson Reilly.
21.78 [4989] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
15Feb1983
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian Dom DeLuise
and Country singer Glen Campbell.
21.79 [4990] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
16Feb1983 [rerun 12Mar84]
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian Bob Newhart
L.H. Frymire, who makes weather and other predictions
and singer Jack Jones who sings "Memories".
21.80 [4991] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
17Feb1983
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actress Teresa Ganzel
comedian Joe Bolster
and singer Mac Davis.
21.81 [4992] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
18Feb1983
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
child actress Bridgette Andersen
saxophonist Ernie Watts
and singer Eydie Gormé.
[--] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
21Feb1983 [repeat from 30Jul80]
"The Best of Carson"
with Angie Dickinson, Melissa Manchester, Charles Nelson Reilly.
21.82 [4993] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
22Feb1983
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian Robert Klein
and singer Julio Iglesias who performs "Gone With the Wind" and "Hey".
21.83 [4994] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
23Feb1983
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actress Sigourney Weaver
comedian John Moschitta, Jr.
and singer Peter Allen.
21.84 [4995] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
24Feb1983
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian-actor Albert Brooks
actress Ellen Barkin
and The Weather Girls.
21.85 [4996] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
25Feb1983 [Dayton Daily News]
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actresses Sharon Gless
and Victoria Jackson
wood sculptor Jon Walter
and singer Rex Smith.
[--] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
28Feb1983 [repeat from 05Sep80]
"The Best of Carson"
with Bob Hope, Richard Pryor, David Bowie, Randi Oakes.
21.86 [4997] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
01Mar1983 [rerun 23Apr84] [Courier Journal]
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actress Jacqueline Bisset
comedian David Brenner
singer Lionel Richie
and musician Ed Shaughnessy.
21.87 [4998] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
02Mar1983 [Tampa Bay Times]
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor James Mason
singers Tony Bennett
and Sheena Easton.
21.88 [4999] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
03Mar1983 [Philadelphia Inquirer]
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actress Swoosie Kurtz
comedienne Maureen Murphy
and singer Linda Ronstadt who sings "Blue Bayou" and "Easy For You to Say".
https://iloveclassicrock.com/relive-linda-ronstadts-the-tonight-show-performance-in-1983/
21.89 [5000] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
04Mar1983 [Courier Journal]
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian Tim Conway
actress Jodie Foster
and Opera singer Martina Arroyo.
[--] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
07Mar1983 [repeat from 12Sep80]
"The Best of Carson"
with Robert Blake, George Wallace, Erma Bombeck, Jeff Greenfield.
[--] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
08Mar1983 [repeat from 11Sep80]
"The Best of Carson"
with Charles Nelson Reilly, Michelle Pfeiffer, Argus Hamilton, Judith Blegen.
[--] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
09Mar1983 [repeat from 11Feb81]
"The Best of Carson"
with Charles Grodin, Loretta Lynn.
[--] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
10Mar1983 [repeat from 06Feb81]
"The Best of Carson"
with Michael Landon, Tanya Roberts, Claude Bolling, Jean-Pierre Rampal.
[--] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
11Mar1983 [repeat from 10Feb81]
"The Best of Carson"
with Bill Cosby, Bob Hope, Jack Klugman.
[--] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
14Mar1983 [repeat from 05Feb81]
"The Best of Carson"
with Tony Bennett, Jon Walter
21.90 [5001] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
15Mar1983
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actress Pamela Bellwood
Charlotte Hybl (grandmother whose phone number was
mistakenly listed in a pornographic magazine for the
International Love Line, strangers were dialing 3-1-2 instead of 2-1-3)
and singer Jim Stafford.
21.91 [5002] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
16Mar1983
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedienne Joan Rivers
playwright Neil Simon
and singer Stephen Bishop.
21.92 [5003] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
17Mar1983 [Courier Journal]
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actress Mariette Hartley
comedienne Sandra Bernhard
and saw virtuoso David Weiss.
21.93 [5004] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
18Mar1983
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actors Louis Gossett, Jr.
and Richard Kline
comedian Argus Hamilton.
[--] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
21Mar1983 [repeat from 23Jul81]
"The Best of Carson"
with George Segal, Lorna Patterson, Beverly Hills Unlisted Jazz Band.
21.94 [5005] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
22Mar1983
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actress Lesley Ann Warren
comedian Charlie Hill
and flautist James Galway.
21.95 [5006] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
23Mar1983
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian Steven Wright
actor Ted Lange
and singer Sheena Easton.
21.96 [5007] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
24Mar1983 [Courier]
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actress Marsha Mason
Sean Miller, a 13-year-old basketball wizard
and Country singer Janie Fricke.
21.97 [5008] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
25Mar1983
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actresses Jennifer O'Neill
and Teri Garr
and comedian Paul Provenza.
[--] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
28Mar1983 [repeat from 13Feb81]
"The Best of Carson"
with Doug Henning, Bob and Ray, Sgt. Jake Hajelka and Toughy.
21.98 [5009] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
29Mar1983
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actress Sharon Gless
tennis champ Jimmy Connors
and tenor Placido Domingo.
21.99 [5010] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
30Mar1983
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actress Lynn Redgrave
comedian Bobby Kelton
and the Oak Ridge Boys.
21.100 [5011] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
31Mar1983
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor Jack Lemmon
actress Victoria Jackson
and Jazz pianist Ross Tompkins.
21.101 [5012] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
01Apr1983
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian Steve Landesberg
actress Ana Alicia
and Jazz whistler Ron McCroby.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=baEoyXoDVc4
[--] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
04Apr1983 [repeat from 18Feb81]
"The Best of Carson"
with William Demarest, Pete Fountain, Lee Trevino.
21.102 [5013] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
05Apr1983 [Philadelphia Inquirer]
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian Charles Nelson Reilly
comedian-actor Franklyn Ajaye
and singer Julio Iglesias who performs "Hey".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QbrxlmmirwA
21.103 [5014] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
06Apr1983 [rerun 11Jun84]
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
dancer-actor Gregory Hines
food critic Calvin Trillin
and singer Sharon Robinson.
21.104 [5015] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
07Apr1983
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actress Susan Sarandon
and Country singer Roy Clark.
21.105 [5016] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
08Apr1983
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actress Suzanne Pleshette
and food critic Calvin Trillin.
[--] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
11Apr1983 [repeat from 20Feb81]
"The Best of Carson"
with Tony Randall, Sarah Vaughan, Dr. Lawrence Kuznetz.
[--] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
12Apr1983 [repeat from 03Mar81]
"The Best of Carson"
with Joan Rivers, Barbara Mandrell.
[--] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
13Apr1983 [repeat from 25Feb81]
"The Best of Carson"
with Barbara Eden, Bobby Kelton, Arnold Roth.
[--] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
14Apr1983 [repeat from 26Feb81]
"The Best of Carson"
with Priscilla Barnes, Mickey Rooney
[--] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
15Apr1983 [repeat from 24Feb81]
"The Best of Carson"
with Carl Reiner, Catherine Deneuve.
21.106 [5017] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
18Apr1983
Guest Host Joan Rivers
Guests
comedian-actor Joe Piscopo
actress Donna Mills of "Knots Landing"
and singer-actress Rita Moreno who performs "Get Happy"
21.107 [5018] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
19Apr1983 [Courier Journal]
Guest Host Joan Rivers
Guests
actor Donald Sutherland
comedian David Steinberg
and actress Betty White.
21.108 [5019] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
20Apr1983 [Courier Journal]
Guest Host Joan Rivers
Guests
actress Jessica Walter of "Bare Essence"
comedian David Brenner
and singer-actress Bernadette Peters.
21.109 [5020] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
21Apr1983
Guest Host Joan Rivers
Guests
actors Robert Blake
and John James
and singer Engelbert Humperdinck.
21.110 [5021] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
22Apr1983
Guest Host Joan Rivers
Guests
actor George Peppard
actress Susan Saint James
and Opera singer Beverly Sills.
[--] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
25Apr1983 [repeat from 27Feb81]
"The Best of Carson"
with David Letterman, Sydne Rome.
21.111 [5022] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
26Apr1983
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
entertainer Sammy Davis, Jr.
comedian Charles Nelson Reilly
and actor James Sikking.
21.112 [5023] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
27Apr1983 [Courier Journal]
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actress Nastassja Kinski
and Bob Weirich and David Wardrop authors of a beer-drinker's guide to Reading,
Pa.
21.113 [5024] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
28Apr1983
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedians Garry Shandling
and Charles Nelson Reilly
and actress Audrie J. Neenan.
21.114 [5025] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
29Apr1983
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
child actress Samantha Smith (who died in a plane crash on Aug 25, 1985 age 13)
actress Jennifer Beals
comedy duo Bob & Ray
and musician David Weiss.
21.115 [5026] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
02May1983 [Greenville News]
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor James Stewart
actress Erin Gray
and Jazz whistler Ron McCroby.
21.116 [5027] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
03May1983
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian Buddy Hackett
actress Linda Shayne
and singer Joe Williams.
21.117 [5028] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
04May1983 [Journal News]
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor Lou Gossett Jr.
comedian Rich Hall
and magician Harmon Baker (The Baffling Mr. Baker).
21.118 [5029] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
05May1983
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
child actor Emmanuel Lewis
comedian David Steinberg
and actress Mary Frann.
21.119 [5030] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
06May1983 [Courier Journal]
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian Don Rickles
actress Kathleen Beller
and singer Jennifer Green.
[--] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
09May1983 [repeat from 17Feb81]
"The Best of Carson"
with Robert Blake, Calvin Trillin, Linda Hopkins.
21.120 [5031] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
10May1983
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor Roy Scheider
talk show host Bill Maher
and singer Louise Mandrell.
21.121 [5032] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
11May1983
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian George Burns
actress Jacqueline Bisset
and musician Conte Candoli.
21.122 [5033] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
12May1983
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian David Brenner
and The Barrett Sisters.
21.123 [5034] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
13May1983
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor Donald Sutherland
comedian Martin Mull
and singer Leata Galloway.
[--] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
16May1983 [repeat from 05Mar81]
"The Best of Carson"
with Slim Whitman, Charles Nelson Reilly.
21.124 [5035] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
17May1983
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
talk show host Jack Paar
comedian-actor Albert Brooks
and actress Brooke Shields.
21.125 [5036] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
18May1983
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian Bob Newhart
actor Anthony Quinn
and actress Julie Lynne Hayek.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUB3zLtPcgI
21.126 [5037] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
19May1983
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
game show host Bert Convy
comedian Jerry Seinfeld
and the Dave Brubeck Quartet.
21.127 [5038] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
20May1983
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actresses Suzanne Somers
and Kathleen Beller
and comedian Blake Clark.
[--] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
23May1983 [repeat from 18Mar81]
"The Best of Carson"
with Richard Benjamin, Garry Shandling, Jan Stephenson.
21.128 [5039] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
24May1983 [rerun 02Aug84] [Courier Journal]
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor Charles Grodin
actress Mary Denham
and musician B.B. King.
NOT singer Melissa Manchester.
21.129 [5040] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
25May1983 [rerun 22Oct84]
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
Sunny Haws and Jennifer Watson, two girls who founded a
telephone joke service
drummer Buddy Rich
Opera singer Martina Arroyo
and the Mighty Carson Art Players.
21.130 [5041] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
26May1983
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
voice actor Mel Blanc
and singer Steve Lawrence.
21.131 [5042] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
27May1983
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedy writer-director Carl Reiner
and singer Ellen Greene who performs "Somewhere That's Green", "Suddenly
Seymour".
[--] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
30May1983 [repeat from 04Mar81]
"The Best of Carson"
with David Brenner, Christie Brinkley, Mighty Carson Art Players.
[--] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
31May1983 [repeat from 24Mar81]
"The Best of Carson"
with B.B. King, Phyllis Newman.
[--] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
01Jun1983 [repeat from 26Mar81]
"The Best of Carson"
with Patrick Macnee, Pete Barbutti, the Mighty Carson Art Players.
[--] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
02Jun1983 [repeat from 27Mar81]
"The Best of Carson"
with Charles Nelson Reilly, Cathy Moriarty, Richard Lewis.
[--] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
03Jun1983 [repeat from 20Mar81]
"The Best of Carson"
with Suzanne Somers, Dr. Warren Thomas, the Mighty Carson Art Players.
[--] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
06Jun1983 [repeat from 25Mar81]
"The Best of Carson"
with Peter Strauss, Gore Vidal.
21.132 [5043] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
07Jun1983
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor Christopher Reeve
and Leonard Waxdeck & The Birdcallers.
21.133 [5044] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
08Jun1983
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedienne Joan Rivers
sportscaster Joe Garagiola
and musician Sergio Mendes who performs "Never Gonna Let You Go".
21.134 [5045] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
09Jun1983
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian Richard Pryor
actress Ally Sheedy
and entertainer Rod Hull and his Emu.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YuV1tgw-YII
21.135 [5046] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
10Jun1983
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor Roger Moore
actress Teresa Ganzel
and singer Donna Summer.
[--] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
13Jun1983 [repeat from 07Apr81]
"The Best of Carson"
with Dick Cavett, Suzanne Pleshette.
21.136 [5047] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
14Jun1983 [Philadelphia Inquirer]
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian Bill Cosby
actor George Segal
and musician-comedian Pete Barbutti.
21.137 [5048] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
15Jun1983
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
journalist Dorothy Fuldheim
entertainer Tom Noddy
and singer Maureen McGovern who performs "Mr. Paganini" and "The Promise".
21.138 [5049] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
16Jun1983 [rerun 17Sep84]
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian-actor Robin Williams
Jim Brown III
and The Dreamgirls.
21.139 [5050] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
17Jun1983 [rerun 19Nov84][Manhattan Mercury]
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor Michael Landon
comedian Pete Barbutti
and singer Michael Murphy who sings "What's Forever For?".
[--] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
20Jun1983 [repeat from 08Apr81]
"The Best of Carson"
with Angie Dickinson, Joe Williams.
21.140 [5051] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
21Jun1983
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actress Dyan Cannon
and singer Tony Bennett.
21.141 [5052] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
22Jun1983
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian Steve Landesberg
comedienne Sandra Bernhard
and singer José Feliciano.
21.142 [5053] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
23Jun1983
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actress Lauren Bacall
animal expert Jim Fowler
and musician Pete Fountain.
21.143 [5054] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
24Jun1983
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian-actor Eddie Murphy
actress Jennifer Richards
and World Eskimo Indian Olympics competitor Reggie Joule (pictured
below)
The band plays "Take-A-Train".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TiKzasPFxIM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=frgF68SC8vE
[--] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
27Jun1983 [repeat from 10Apr81]
"The Best of Carson"
with Robert Blake, Dolly Parton, Calvin Trillin.
[--] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
28Jun1983 [repeat from 06May81]
"The Best of Carson"
with Ringo Starr, Barbara Bach, Jerry Seinfeld, Oak Ridge Boys.
[--] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
29Jun1983 [repeat from 07May81]
"The Best of Carson"
with Richard Harris, Mariette Hartley.
[--] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
30Jun1983 [repeat from 08May81]
"The Best of Carson"
with David Letterman, Charles Haid
[--] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
01Jul1983 [repeat from 13May81]
"The Best of Carson"
with Martin Mull, Joe Garagiola.
21.144 [5055] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
04Jul1983
Guest Host Joan Rivers
Guests
actor Christopher Atkins
fitness guru Richard Simmons
and singer Charo.
21.145 [5056] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
05Jul1983
Guest Host Joan Rivers
Guests
actress Elizabeth Ashley
comedian Charles Nelson Reilly
and singer Tom Jones.
21.146 [5057] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
06Jul1983
Guest Host Joan Rivers
Guests
actor Walter Matthau
comedian Dick Shawn
author Jackie Collins
and Country singer Loretta Lynn.
21.147 [5058] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
07Jul1983 [Fort Worth Star]
Guest Host Joan Rivers
Guests
actress Jacqueline Bisset
comedian Jerry Seinfeld
and children's show host Fred (Mister) Rogers.
21.148 [5059] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
08Jul1983
Guest Host Joan Rivers
Guests
actor Sylvester Stallone
comedian Charlie Callas
and actress Morgan Fairchild.
[--] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
11Jul1983 [repeat from 19May81]
"The Best of Carson"
with Alan Alda, David Brenner.
[--] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
12Jul1983 [repeat from 20May1981]
"The Best of Carson"
with George Carlin, Richard Pryor.
[--] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
13Jul1983 [repeat from 26May81]
"The Best of Carson"
with Liza Minnelli, Dr. Paul Ehrlich.
[--] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
14Jul1983 [repeat from 21May81]
"The Best of Carson"
with George Segal, Rich Hall, Kathryn Harrold.
[--] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
15Jul1983 [repeat from 27May81]
"The Best of Carson"
with Shelley Winters, Robert Klein.
[--] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
18Jul1983 [repeat from 14May81]
"The Best of Carson"
with Joan Rivers, William & Amos Caulfield.
21.149 [5060] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
19Jul1983
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor Peter Strauss
and singer Amanda McBroom.
21.150 [5061] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
20Jul1983 [Courier Journal]
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
voice actress Adriana Caselotti (voice of Snow White)
comedian David Brenner
car skinner Dustin Shuler
and Country singer Lee Greenwood.
21.151 [5062] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
21Jul1983 [Philadelphia Inquirer]
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actress Suzanne Pleshette
sign language expert Cindy Cochran
and singer Anthony Newley.
21.152 [5063] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
22Jul1983
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian-actor Chevy Chase
comedian David Sayh
and Karen Salkin host of "Karen's Restaurant Review".
[--] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
25Jul1983 [repeat from 22May81]
"The Best of Carson"
with Larry Gatlin, Carol Wayne
21.153 [5064] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
26Jul1983
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian David Steinberg
actress Linda Evans
and Free Flight.
21.154 [5065] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
27Jul1983
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actress Lynn Redgrave
Bill Ojala and his dog
and musician B.B. King.
21.155 [5066] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
28Jul1983
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actress Joan Collins
and child actress Samantha Smith
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b9DXsHvG-Wk
21.156 [5067] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
29Jul1983
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actress Carrie Fisher (first appearance on the Tonight Show)
comedian Garry Shandling
and David Grisman Quintet.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AI0AoxZfOhg
[--] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
01Aug1983 [repeat from 28May81]
"The Best of Carson"
with Steve Lawrence, Maureen Murphy.
21.157 [5068] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
02Aug1983 [Courier Journal]
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
singer-actor John Davidson
sign language expert Cindy Cochran
and Mary-Jac Witherspoon, a 9-year-old marathon runner.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sVxUQxUj1ug
21.158 [5069] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
03Aug1983
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor Robert Blake
singer Joe Williams
and violinist Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg.
21.159 [5070] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
04Aug1983 [rerun 01Jan85, 04Feb85]
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actress Diane Lane of "Rumblefish"
singer-actress Diana Ross who sings "Let's Go Up"
and Jazz whistler Ron McCroby.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2iHngxn1dg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iw2Y8nZVCCY
21.160 [5071] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
05Aug1983
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian Robert Klein
actress Cynthia Rhodes
and artist Howard Finster.
[--] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
08Aug1983 [repeat from 29May81]
"The Best of Carson"
with Kathryn Harrold, Eydie Gorme, Danny Goodwin.
21.161 [5072] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
09Aug1983
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actress Ana Alicia
tennis champ Martina Navratilova
and violinist Itzhak Perlman.
21.162 [5073] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
10Aug1983
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actress Maureen Stapleton
talk show host Bill Maher
and drummer Buddy Rich.
21.163 [5074] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
11Aug1983
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian Charles Nelson Reilly
actor Ted Wass
and Country singer Tanya Tucker.
21.164 [5075] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
12Aug1983
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
TV personality Michael Reagan
comedian Rodney Dangerfield of "Easy Money"
and singer Donna Theodore who performs "The House I Live In".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LGvnHvba_b0
[--] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
15Aug1983 [repeat from 09Jun1981]
"The Best of Carson"
with Buddy Hackett, Dr. Richard Archer.
[--] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
16Aug1983 [repeat from 10Jun1981]
"The Best of Carson"
with Madeline Kahn, Pete Barbutti.
[--] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
17Aug1983 [repeat from 11Jun81]
"The Best of Carson"
with Peter Cook, Garry Shandling, Chet Atkins.
[--] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
18Aug1983 [repeat from 12Jun81]
"The Best of Carson"
with Shelley Long, Steve Landesberg, Pete Fountain.
[--] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
19Aug1983 [repeat from 16Jun1981]
"The Best of Carson"
with Arnold Schwarzenegger, Dionne Warwick.
21.165 [5076] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
22Aug1983
Guest Host David Brenner
Guests
actress Shelley Long
sportscaster Joe Garagiola
and singer-actress Rita Moreno.
21.166 [5077] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
23Aug1983 [Philadelphia Inquirer]
Guest Host David Brenner
Guests
actor Paul Sorvino
comedian Richard Lewis
and singer-actress Susan Anton.
21.167 [5078] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
24Aug1983 [Philadelphia Inquirer][Fort Worth Star]
Guest Host Garry Shandling
Guests
actress Carrie Fisher
comedian Harry Shearer
and Joan Embery of the San Diego Zoo.
*Note: Albert Brooks was to guest host but was ill and Garry Shandling
was asked by producers last minute to fill in.
21.168 [5079] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
25Aug1983 [Greenville News]
Guest Host Barbara Mandrell
Guests
actor Patrick Duffy
comedian George Lindsey
"Cosmopolitan" editor Helen Gurley Brown
and singer-actress Michele Lee.
21.169 [5080] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
26Aug1983
Guest Host John Denver
Guests
actress Pam Dawber
actor Tony Danza
and Country singer Emmylou Harris.
[--] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
29Aug1983 [repeat from 17Jun1981]
"The Best of Carson"
with citizen's of Cooper, IA and Tom Jones.
21.170 [5081] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
30Aug1983
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actress Angie Dickinson
comedian Rick Ducommun
and Country singer Shelly West.
21.171 [5082] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
31Aug1983
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actress Teri Garr
comedienne Maureen Murphy
musician Charlie Byrd
and The Great Guitars.
21.172 [5083] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
01Sep1983
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actress Mariette Hartley
restaurant critic Karen Salkin
comedy duo Mack & Jaime
and singer Lionel Ritchie.
21.173 [5084] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
02Sep1983
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actress Dyan Cannon
sports announcer Bob Uecker
and singer Linda Hopkins.
[--] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
05Sep1983 [repeat from 18Jun81]
"The Best of Carson"
with David Steinberg, Jim Fowler
21.174 [5085] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
06Sep1983 [Philadelphia Inquirer]
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actresses Shelley Winters
and Teri Copley of "We Got It Made"
and singer Amanda McBroom.
21.175 [5086] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
07Sep1983
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actresses Shirley MacLaine
and Betty White
and Grant Colfax.
21.176 [5087] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
08Sep1983 [Philadelphia Inquirer]
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian Bill Cosby
actress Victoria Jackson
musician Chuck Mangione
and singer Al Jarreau.
21.177 [5088] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
09Sep1983
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor Richard Benjamin
and singer Linda Ronstadt.
[--] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
12Sep1983 [repeat from 19Jun81]
"The Best of Carson"
with Dr. Carl Sagan, Lou Holtz
21.178 [5089] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
13Sep1983 [Orlando Sentinel]
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian Teddy Bergeron
Chris and Lisa Scott talk about their recent boat salvage attempt
and entertainer Liberace.
21.179 [5090] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
14Sep1983
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actress Stephanie Zimbalist
comedian Steven Wright
and singer Lionel Richie who performs "All Night Long" and "Lady".
21.180 [5091] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
15Sep1983 [Orlando Sentinel]
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actress Melinda Culea
and singer Jennifer Holliday who performs "I Am Love" and "Let Me Wait".
21.181 [5092] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
16Sep1983
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian George Burns
actress Victoria Principal
and boxer Randall "Tex" Cobb.
[--] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
19Sep1983 [repeat from 21Jul81]
"The Best of Carson"
with Suzanne Pleshette, Dr. Robert Altman.
21.182 [5093] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
20Sep1983
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
talk show host Dick Cavett
actor Keenan Ivory Wayans of "For Love & Honor"
and actress Rebecca Holden of "Knight Rider".
21.183 [5094] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
21Sep1983
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor Michael Caine
actress Mary Kay Place
and flautist James Galway.
21.184 [5095] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
22Sep1983
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actress Cybill Shepherd
comedian Kelly Monteith
and Manhattan Transfer.
21.185 [5096] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
23Sep1983
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor Yul Brynner
actress Madeline Kahn
and singer Joe Williams.
21.186 [5097] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
26Sep1983 [Philadelphia Inquirer]
Guest Host Joan Rivers
Guests
actress Shelley Winters
actor James Coco
comedienne Lily Tomlin
and actress Linda Gray of "Dallas".
*Note: Joan Rivers was named the permanent guest host by NBC-TV,
when Johnny Carson is vacationing.
Shelley Winters handed her a rose and congratulations, amid backlash
from Joan's comments made during the EMMY award show.
21.187 [5098] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
27Sep1983 [Jackson Sun]
Guest Host Joan Rivers
Guests
actress Kate Jackson of "The Scarecrow and Mrs. King"
actor David Frey of "Mr. Smith"
and Miss America Vanessa Williams.
21.188 [5099] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
28Sep1983
Guest Host Joan Rivers
Guests
actor Larry Hagman
actress Betty White
and comedian Garry Shandling.
21.189 [5100] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
29Sep1983
Guest Host Joan Rivers
Guests
comedian David Brenner
actor Tony Danza
and columnist Erma Bombeck.
21.190 [5101] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
30Sep1983
Guest Host Joan Rivers
Guests
actor Lorenzo Lamas
actress Eileen Brennan
and sex therapist Dr. Ruth Westheimer.
##### Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson #####
############# end of season 21 ###############
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