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Season 28 (NBC)(1989-90)
Episode Guide compiled by The Classic TV Archive
with contributions by: Rina Fox, Tom Alger [Updated Dec 2020]
references:
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NYT and Brooklyn Daily Eagle
##### Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson #####
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NBC Monday to Friday 10:30-11:30pm
[--] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
25Sep1989 Mon NBC [repeat from 13Oct88]
"The Best of Carson"
with Tommy Lasorda, Jimmy Buffett.
28.01 [6171] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
26Sep1989 NBC
Guest Host Jay Leno
Guests
actresses Cloris Leachman
and Jamie Lee Curtis
and comedienne Tracey Ullman.
28.02 [6172] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
27Sep1989 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor Jason Bateman
comedian Larry Miller
and 97-year-old hospital volunteer Florence Hodges
28.03 [6173] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
28Sep1989 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor Michael Douglas
consumer expert David Horowitz
and singer-songwriter Art Garfunkel.
28.04 [6174] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
29Sep1989 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian David Steinberg
actor Jere Burns
and Country group The Judds.
[--] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
02Oct1989 NBC Mon [repeat from 16Nov88]
"The Best of Carson"
with Harry Anderson, Calvin Trillin, Argust Hamilton.
28.05 [6175] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
03Oct1989 NBC
Guest Host Jay Leno
Guests
comedian Flip Wilson
actress Patti d'Arbanville
Country singer Dwight Yoakam
and comedy group Mental Cruelty.
28.06 [6176] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
04Oct1989 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actress Kirstie Alley
comedian Richard Jeni
and pop group Simply Red.
28.07 [6177] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
05Oct1989 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedy writer-director Carl Reiner
actress Helen Shaw
and comedian Jann Karam.
28.08 [6178] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
06Oct1989 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor Mark Schiff
actress Park Overall of "Empty Nest"
and cycling champion Greg LeMond.
[--] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
09Oct1989 NBC Mon [repeat from 18Nov88]
"The Best of Carson"
with Oprah Winfrey, Sheena Easton.
28.09 [6179] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
10Oct1989 NBC
Guest Host Jay Leno
Guests
actresses Patti D'Arbanville
and Stepfanie Kramer
comedian Dom Irrera
and singer Lorna Luft.
28.10 [6180] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
11Oct1989 NBC [News Press]
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actress Candice Bergen
hat inventor Walt Nefschert
and singer-musician Lyle Lovett.
28.11 [6181] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
12Oct1989 NBC [Times Leader]
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor Robert Loggia
comedian David Brenner
and exasperated travelers Kay and Jennie Payne.
28.12 [6182] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
13Oct1989 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian-actor Bill Cosby
and violinist Midori.
[--] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
16Oct1989 NBC Mon [repeat from 11Nov88]
"The Best of Carson"
with Paul Reiser, Kitty Carlisle Hart, Oak Ridge Boys.
[--] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
17Oct1989 NBC [repeat from 24Nov88]
"The Best of Carson"
with Willie Nelson, Lucy Webb.
[--] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
18Oct1989 NBC [repeat from 25Nov88]
"The Best of Carson"
with Teri Garr, Marsha Warfield, Johnny Clegg & Savuka.
[--] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
19Oct1989 NBC [repeat from 08Dec88]
"The Best of Carson"
with Jonathan Winters, Kenny Loggins.
[--] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
20Oct1989 NBC [repeat from 16Dec88]
"The Best of Carson"
with Bette Midler, Arnold Schwarzenegger.
28.13 [6183] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
23Oct1989 NBC Mon
Guest Host Jay Leno
Guests
actress Rue McClanahan
writer Roy Blount, Jr.
and Country singer Clint Black.
28.14 [6184] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
24Oct1989 NBC
Guest Host Jay Leno
Guests
actor Dennis Weaver
comedienne Ellen DeGeneres
sportscaster Fred Roggin
and The Funny Boys.
28.15 [6185] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
25Oct1989 NBC
Guest Host Jay Leno
Guests
actress Valerie Bertinelli
comedian Jeff Cesario
cartoonist Cathy Guisewite
and actor Don Yesso.
28.16 [6186] Tonight Show 27th ANNIVERSARY SPECIAL
26Oct1989 NBC
Thu 9:30-11pm
Host Johnny Carson
with Ed McMahon and Doc Severinson
Plus live bits from Jay Leno, Bob Newhart and Darryl Sivad.
Featuring, Steve Martin, Sam Kinison, David Letterman, Buddy Hackett,
Martin Short, Michael Landon, James Stewart, and many more.
28.17 [6187] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
27Oct1989 NBC
Guest Host Jay Leno
Guests
actors Beau Bridges
and Kadeem Hardison
comedian John Mendoza
and singer Olivia Newton-John.
[--] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
30Oct1989 NBC Mon [repeat from 29Dec88]
"The Best of Carson"
with winners of the Los Angeles Music Center youth competition.
28.18 [6188] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
31Oct1989 NBC [Berkshire Eagle]
Guest Host Jay Leno
Guests
actor Harry Hamlin
actress Edie McClurg
comedian Wil Shriner
and Country singer Conway Twitty.
28.19 [6189] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
01Nov1989 NBC [Boston Globe]
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor Jack Lemmon
comedian Steven Wright
and actress Miriam Margolyes.
28.20 [6190] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
02Nov1989 NBC [Boston Globe]
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor Roddy McDowall
comedian-actor Bob Saget
and 100-year-old pen pal Nellie McNeal.
28.21 [6191] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
03Nov1989 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor James Woods
comedian Bill Maher
and Busted Bowlers.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uLvpSrt66ZU&list=PLN27Dkvp_PlUd2K2FQgzTz1LWRDAQOBLU&index=80
[--] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
06Nov1989 NBC Mon [repeat from 24Nov88]
"The Best of Carson"
with Willie Nelson, Lucy Webb, Molly Peterson, Dallas Neil.
28.22 [6192] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
07Nov1989 NBC
Guest Host Jay Leno
Guests
actor Jim Belushi
actress Lisa Eilbacher
and comic actress Andrea Martin.
28.23 [6193] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
08Nov1989 NBC [Times Leader]
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
TV hostess Oprah Winfrey
actor Stephen Baldwin
comedian Darryl Sivad
and Jazz singer Diane Schuur.
28.24 [6194] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
09Nov1989 NBC [Berkshire Eagle]
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actors Tony Danza
and Charles Grodin
comedian J.J. Wall
and humorist Calvin Trillin
28.25 [6195] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
10Nov1989 NBC [News Press]
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor-comedian George Burns
actress Miriam Margolyes
and comic Billiam Coronel.
[--] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
13Nov1989 NBC Mon [repeat from 05Jan89]
"The Best of Carson"
with David Steinberg, Susie Essman, Jake Johannsen.
28.26 [6196] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
14Nov1989 NBC
Guest Host Jay Leno
Guests
actress Mary Stuart Masterson
actor Thom Sharp
and singer Michael Bolton who performs
"How Am I Supposed to Live Without You" and "Sittin' On the Dock of the
Bay".
28.27 [6197] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
15Nov1989 NBC [News Journal]
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
TV journalist Jane Pauley
sports announcer Bob Uecker
comedienne Rita Rudner
and singer Joe Williams.
28.28 [6198] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
16Nov1989 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian Milton Berle
singer Etta James & The Roots Band.
28.29 [6199] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
17Nov1989 NBC [rerun 28Dec90]
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian-actor Richard Pryor
TV personality Super Dave Osborne (Bob Einstein)
Soviet reporter Svetlana Starodomskaya
and Poco who perform "Call It Love".
[--] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
20Nov1989 NBC Mon [repeat from 17Nov88]
"The Best of Carson"
with Bob Newhart, David Horowitz, Julia LeBeau.
28.30 [6200] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
21Nov1989 NBC [Intelligencer Journal]
Guest Host Jay Leno
Guests
actors Jeff Daniels
and Randy Quaid
comedian Jake Johannsen
actress Nancy Giles
and singer Andy Williams.
28.31 [6201] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
22Nov1989 NBC [Boston Globe]
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor John Larroquette of "Night Court"
comedienne Carol Siskind
alphabetizing genius Scot Fagerland
and Country singer Dolly Parton.
28.32 [6202] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
23Nov1989 NBC [San Bernardino County Sun]
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
nonagenarian restauranteur Lea Johnson
comic Thomas F. Wilson (as Tom Wilson)
and singer Melissa Manchester.
28.33 [6203] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
24Nov1989 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
former First Lady Nancy Reagan
comedian-actor Chevy Chase
and singer Belinda Carlisle.
[--] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
27Nov1989 NBC Mon [repeat from 04Jan89]
"The Best of Carson"
with James Stewart, Bob Saget, Preston Smith.
[--] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
28Nov1989 NBC [repeat from 06Jan89]
"The Best of Carson"
with Paul Reiser, Jason Bateman, Mabel Hines Buck.
[--] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
29Nov1989 NBC [repeat from 11Jan89]
"The Best of Carson"
with Chuck Berry, Victoria Jackson.
[--] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
30Nov1989 NBC [repeat from 12Jan89]
"The Best of Carson"
with Don Rickles, Tiffany, Rolf Benirschke.
[--] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
01Dec1989 NBC [repeat from 13Jan89]
"The Best of Carson"
with Robert Klein, Blair Brown, Teddy Andrews.
[--] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
04Dec1989 NBC Mon [repeat from 18Jan89]
"The Best of Carson"
with Dudley Moore, Jerry Seinfeld, K.T. Oslin.
28.34 [6204] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
05Dec1989 NBC [Los Angeles Times]
Guest Host Jay Leno
Guests
actor Ed Begley, Jr.
comedian George Wallace
and folksinger Judy Collins.
28.35 [6205] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
06Dec1989 NBC [Times Leader]
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
journalist Jane Pauley
actor Joe Piscopo
and the King's Sisters who perform "The Gift" and "Deck The Halls".
28.36 [6206] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
07Dec1989 NBC [Arizona Republic]
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor Paul Reiser
comedian Argus Hamilton
actress Maggie Jakobson
and library-infractor Karen Lindsay (woman jailed for overdue library
books).
28.37 [6207] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
08Dec1989 NBC [Santa Cruz Sentinel]
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor Danny DeVito of "The War of the Roses"
comic Billiam Coronel
and singer Al Green.
[--] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
11Dec1989 NBC Mon [repeat from 19Jan89]
"The Best of Carson"
with Suzanne Pleshette, Louis Bellson, Baxter Black, Carlos Ashley.
28.38 [6208] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
12Dec1989 NBC [Times Leader]
Guest Host Jay Leno
Guests
actors John Goodman
and Fred Savage
comedian Kevin Pollak
and singer Regina Belle.
28.39 [6209] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
13Dec1989 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian Buddy Hackett
and Country singer K.T. Oslin.
28.40 [6210] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
14Dec1989 NBC [Intelligencer Journal]
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor Michael Palin
artist Jon "Grandpa Moses" Serl
singer Gary Morris
and Restless Heart who perform "Fast Movin' Train".
28.41 [6211] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
15Dec1989 NBC [News Press]
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
entertainer Bob Hope
actress Liv Ullmann
and comedian Kevin Meaney.
[--] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
18Dec1989 NBC Mon [repeat from 01Feb89]
"The Best of Carson"
with Martin Short, Isabella Rossellini, Gene Fleming and his goose Andy.
[--] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
19Dec1989 NBC [repeat from 02Feb89]
"The Best of Carson"
with Fred Savage, Brian Gillis.
[--] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
20Dec1989 NBC [repeat from 07Dec88]
"The Best of Carson"
with Carl Reiner, big band fan Zota Croughan.
[--] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
21Dec1989 NBC [repeat from 09Dec88]
"The Best of Carson"
with Richard Benjamin, Danny DeVito.
[--] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
22Dec1989 NBC [repeat from 14Dec88]
"The Best of Carson"
with Steve Martin, Helen Shaver, Richard Nixon admirer Steve Jenne.
[--] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
25Dec1989 NBC Mon [repeat from 28Dec88]
"The Best of Carson"
with Catherine Hicks, Franklyn Ajaye, senior citizen bowler John Jennrello.
28.42 [6212] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
26Dec1989 NBC
Guest Host Jay Leno
Guests
comedian Phil Hartman
actor Joe Penny
and singer Lou Rawls.
28.43 [6213] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
27Dec1989 NBC [Morning Call]
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor James Stewart
comedian Larry Miller
and fruitcake expert Gladys Farek.
28.44 [6214] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
28Dec1989 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedians Dana Carvey
and Sam Kinison
and Jazz musician Pete Fountain.
28.45 [6215] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
29Dec1989 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian Tim Conway
actress Park Overall
and juggler Daniel Menendez.
[--] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
01Jan1990 NBC Mon [repeat from 03Feb89]
"The Best of Carson"
with Fred Roggin, Martin Short, Lloyd Gerber, Martin Bergin.
28.46 [6216] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
02Jan1990 NBC [Democrat and Chronicle]
Guest Host Jay Leno
Guests
actors Richard Chamberlain
and Craig T. Nelson
comedian Thomas F. Wilson
and singer Richard Marx.
28.47 [6217] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
03Jan1990 NBC [Los Angeles Times]
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor Tony Danza
comedian Jimmy Brogan
and singer Chuck Berry.
28.48 [6218] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
04Jan1990 NBC [San Bernardino County Sun]
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actress Lolita Davidovich
comedienne Rita Rudner
sports figure Art Donovan
and Country singer K.T. Oslin.
28.49 [6219] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
05Jan1990 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comic-actor Bob Saget
comedienne Susan Norfleet
and violinist Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg.
[--] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
08Jan1990 NBC Mon [repeat from 08Feb89]
"The Best of Carson"
with John Larroquette, Jennifer Tilly, Lance Burton.
28.50 [6220] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
09Jan1990 NBC [News Journal]
Guest Host Jay Leno
Guests
actor Denzel Washington
news anchor John Chancellor
actress Faith Ford
and singer Richard Marx.
28.51 [6221] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
10Jan1990 NBC [Los Angeles Times]
Guest Host Jay Leno
Guests
actor Richard Benjamin
comedienne Marsha Warfield
hair collector Bill Black
and Country singer Larry Gatlin and the Gatlin Brothers.
*Note: Bill Black was bumped to the following night.
28.52 [6222] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
11Jan1990 NBC
Guest Host Jay Leno
Guests
actor Tony Randall
comedienne Diane Nichols
hair collector Bill Black
and singer Kenny Rankin.
28.53 [6223] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
12Jan1990 NBC [Los Angeles Times]
Guest Host Jay Leno
Guests
comedy writer-director Carl Reiner
actress Blair Brown
and humorist Roy Blount, Jr.
*Note: Charlton Heston postponed to Jan 23.
[--] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
15Jan1990 NBC Mon [repeat from 09Feb89]
"The Best of Carson"
with Bob Uecker, Cathy Guisewite, Jacob Armen.
28.54 [6224] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
16Jan1990 NBC [Los Angeles Times]
Guest Host Jay Leno
Guests
actress Andie MacDowell
comedienne Marsha Warfield
newswoman Kathleen Sullivan
and filmmaker Michael Moore.
28.55 [6225] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
17Jan1990 NBC [rerun 18Feb91]
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
newspaper editor Norris Alfred
comedian Jeff Cesario
cowboy poet Baxter Black
and The Roches.
28.56 [6226] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
18Jan1990 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor Ron Silver
sports figure Art Donovan
and Joan Embery of the San Diego Zoo.
28.57 [6227] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
19Jan1990 NBC [Boston Globe]
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actors Michael Landon
and Roger Rees
comedian Jimmy Brogan
and singer and Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine.
28.58 [6228] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
22Jan1990 NBC Mon [Intelligencer Journal]
Guest Host Jay Leno
Guests
actress Sandy Duncan
Chef Julia Child
sportscaster Fred Roggin
and pop group Poco.
28.59 [6229] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
23Jan1990 NBC [Daily Press]
Guest Host Jay Leno
Guests
actor Charlton Heston
comedian Steve Kelly
columnist Jeffrey Zaslow
and singer-actress Nell Carter.
28.60 [6230] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
24Jan1990 NBC [Los Angeles Times]
Guest Host Jay Leno
Guests
actress Shelley Winters
actor Michael Gross
TV personality Don 'Mr. Wizard' Herbert
and Country musician Hoyt Axton.
28.61 [6231] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
25Jan1990 NBC
Guest Host Jay Leno
Guests
actor Jack Palance
actress Marina Sirtis
and bandleader Paul Shaffer.
28.62 [6232] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
26Jan1990 NBC
Guest Host Jay Leno
Guests
actress Joanna Kerns
newsman Charles Gibson
and singer Bonnie Raitt.
[--] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
29Jan1990 NBC Mon [repeat from 15Feb89]
"The Best of Carson"
with Patrick Swayze, Rodney, Crowell, child inventors.
28.63 [6233] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
30Jan1990 NBC [Morning Call]
Guest Host Jay Leno
Guests
newswoman Connie Chung
actors Dennis Hopper
and Miko Hughes
movie critic Joe Bob Briggs
and Highway 101.
28.64 [6234] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
31Jan1990 NBC [The Tennessean]
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian-actor Martin Short
actress Bonnie Hunt
and comedienne Cathy Ladman.
*Note: NBC aired a repeat of "The Tonight Show 18th Anniversary Special"
at 8pm.
Johnny Carson and Doc Severinsen discuss divorce,
Bette Midler sings "Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy", accompanied by
Barry Manilow, Don Rickles struggles in a water fight,
a jealous Samurai threatens Johnny.
28.65 [6235] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
01Feb1990 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor Kenneth Branagh
cartoonist Cathy Guisewite
and 15-year-old TV news reporter Stephanie Yu.
28.66 [6236] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
02Feb1990 NBC
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedy writer-director Carl Reiner
actress Jennifer Grey
and singer Kathy Mattea.
[--] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
05Feb1990 NBC Mon [repeat from 16Feb89]
"The Best of Carson"
with George Carlin, Don McLean.
28.65 [6235] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
06Feb1990 NBC [Akron Beacon Journal]
Guest Host Jay Leno
Guests
actress Kelly Lynch
comedian Bill Maher
actor Jason Bateman
and singer Linda Hopkins.
28.66 [6236] Tonight Show
07Feb1990 [Morning Call]
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian Don Rickles
actor Stephen Baldwin
and artist Jon Serl.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZZninNuU90c
28.67 [6237] Tonight Show
08Feb1990
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor-magician Harry Anderson
comedian Bobby Slayton
and violinist Eugene Fodor.
28.68 [6238] Tonight Show
09Feb1990
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor Beau Bridges
comedienne Rita Rudner
and singer Melissa Manchester.
[--] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
12Feb1990 NBC Mon [repeat from 17Feb89]
"The Best of Carson"
with James Woods, Gloria DeHaven.
28.69 [6239] Tonight Show
13Feb1990
Guest Host Jay Leno
Guests
actress Carol Kane
actors Stephen Baldwin
and Dom Irrera
and composer-musician Laurie Anderson.
28.70 [6240] Tonight Show
14Feb1990
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor John Larroquette
deep-sea explorer Dr. Robert Ballard
and singer Jack Jones.
28.71 [6241] Tonight Show
15Feb1990
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
TV personality Super Dave Osborne (Bob Einstein)
Soviet TV anchor Svetlana Starodomskaya
singer-actress Stephanie Mills
and musician Rene Hall.
28.72 [6242] Tonight Show
16Feb1990 [News Journal]
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
entertainer Bob Hope
basketball star Magic Johnson
singers Natalie Cole
and Joe Williams.
[--] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
19Feb1990 NBC Mon [repeat from 22Feb89]
"The Best of Carson"
with Alan King, Mark and Carol Hebbard.
28.73 [6243] Tonight Show
20Feb1990 [Indianapolis News]
Guest Host Jay Leno
Guests
actress Bea Arthur
comedienne Paula Poundstone
and singer Al Jarreau.
*Note: Heavyweight champ James 'Buster' Douglas
was bumped to the following evening.
28.74 [6244] Tonight Show
21Feb1990 [San Bernardino Sun]
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian Bob Newhart
heavyweight champ James 'Buster' Douglas
'chatter' champ George Preston
and musician Bo Diddley.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjYdH_NcdWQ
28.75 [6245] Tonight Show
22Feb1990
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor Jester Hairston of "Amen"
comedienne Susan Norfleet
singers Aaron Neville
and Linda Ronstadt who perform "All Of Me"and "When Something Is Wrong With
My Baby".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C8eCvgTczQc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kh3FJdcJMvI
28.76 [6246] Tonight Show
23Feb1990
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actors Dabney Coleman of "Where the Heart Is"
and Kenneth Branagh of "Henry V"
and Restless Heart.
[--] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
26Feb1990 NBC Mon [repeat from 23Feb89]
"The Best of Carson"
with Carl Reiner, Miriam Margolyes, Sandi Patti.
[--] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
27Feb1990 NBC [repeat from 24Feb89]
"The Best of Carson"
with Ray Sharkey, Brooke Adams, George Bush.
[--] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
28Feb1990 NBC [repeat from 08Mar89]
"The Best of Carson"
with Bob Newhart, Kevin Meaney, the King's Singers.
[--] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
01Mar1990 NBC [repeat from 09Mar89]
"The Best of Carson"
with Bill Maher, Diane Schuur, Bert Granjes.
[--] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
02Mar1990 NBC [repeat from 10Mar89]
"The Best of Carson"
with Michael Landon, Thelma Houston, The Winans.
[--] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
05Mar1990 NBC Mon [repeat from 15Mar89]
"The Best of Carson"
with Joe Piscopo, Barney Odum, Perri.
28.77 [6247] Tonight Show
06Mar1990
Guest Host Jay Leno
Guests
comedian Jeff Foxworthy
actor Crispin Glover of "Where the Heart Is"
and singer Natalie Cole.
28.78 [6248] Tonight Show
07Mar1990
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor Burt Reynolds
Renee Murchison plays "Around the World" and "Bells of St. Mary" with coins
and Country singer Ray Price who performs "For The Good Times"..
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sEWOUTGHsBU
28.79 [6249] Tonight Show
08Mar1990 [Los Angeles Times]
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actress-comedienne Victoria Jackson
humorist Calvin Trillin
and The Temptations.
28.80 [6250] Tonight Show
09Mar1990 [San Bernardino Sun]
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
news anchor Jane Pauley
TV hostess Meredith Vieira
comic Billiam Coronel
and music act Ofra Haza.
[--] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
12Mar1990 NBC Mon [repeat from 22Mar89]
"The Best of Carson"
with Shelley Long, Lyle Lovett, Julie Krone.
28.81 [6251] Tonight Show
13Mar1990
Guest Host Jay Leno
Guests
actors Harry Hamlin
and Neil Patrick Harris
comedian Ritch Shydner
and singer Michael Bolton.
28.82 [6252] Tonight Show
14Mar1990 [Los Angeles Times]
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian Jonathan Winters
actor-impressionist Kevin Pollak
and Country singer Randy Travis.
28.83 [6253] Tonight Show
15Mar1990 [Los Angeles Times]
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actress Isabelle Adjani
88-year-old twins Hassie Seivers & Lassie Disney
and singer Smokey Robinson.
28.84 [6254] Tonight Show
16Mar1990 [Santa Cruz Sentinel]
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
golfer Lee Trevino
comedian Jeff Cesario
and The Trinity Irish Dancers.
[--] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
19Mar1990 NBC Mon [repeat from 05Apr89]
"The Best of Carson"
with Jodie Foster, Reba McEntire, Josephine Burke.
28.85 [6255] Tonight Show
20Mar1990 [Los Angeles Times]
Guest Host Jay Leno
Guests
actresses Valerie Harper
and Rain Pryor
comedian Mario Joyner
and movie critic Joe Bob Briggs.
28.86 [6256] Tonight Show
21Mar1990
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian David Steinberg
continuous talker George Preston
and singer-songwriter Don McLean.
28.87 [6257] Tonight Show
22Mar1990 [Los Angeles Times]
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
TV hostess Deborah Norville
comedian Larry Miller
and Country singer Lyle Lovett & his Large Band.
28.88 [6258] Tonight Show
23Mar1990
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
basketball player Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
actress Park Overall
and musical act Sara Hickman.
28.89 [6259] Tonight Show
26Mar1990 NBC Mon
Guest Host Jay Leno
Guests
comedienne-actress Marsha Warfield
comedian Jimmy Aleck
writer Roy Blount, Jr.
and singer Regina Belle.
28.90 [6260] Tonight Show
27Mar1990
Guest Host Jay Leno
Guests
actresses Jean Stapleton
and Bonnie Hunt
actors Sean McDermott
and Jimy Lockett
comedian George Miller
and the Starlight Express.
28.91 [6261] Tonight Show
28Mar1990
Guest Host Jay Leno
Guests
comedienne Carol Burnett
actor Martin Mull
and actress Edie McClurg.
28.92 [6262] Tonight Show
29Mar1990 [Sacramento Bee]
Guest Host Jay Leno
Guests
comic actor Dana Carvey
actress Dana Delany
comedian Wayne Cotter
and singer Jody Watley.
28.93 [6263] Tonight Show
30Mar1990 [San Bernardino County Sun]
Guest Host Jay Leno
Guests
actor Roger Moore
newsman Sam Donaldson
and comic Jake Johannsen.
*Note: Robert Hays was rescheduled to April 10th.
[--] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
02Apr1990 NBC Mon [repeat from 17Mar89]
"The Best of Carson"
with Oprah Winfrey, Trinity Irish Dancers.
28.94 [6264] Tonight Show
03Apr1990 [Santa Cruz Sentinel]
Guest Host Jay Leno
Guests
actor Rutger Hauer
actress Diane Lane
TV personality Bob Costas
and music group They Might Be Giants.
28.95 [6265] Tonight Show
04Apr1990
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor Dudley Moore
comedian Kevin Pollak
and musician Shawn Colvin.
28.96 [6266] Tonight Show
05Apr1990
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedienne Lily Tomlin
chainsaw imitator Bryan Williams
and the Bulgarian State Female Vocal Choir.
28.97 [6267] Tonight Show
06Apr1990
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
entertainer Bob Hope
ventriloquist Jeff Dunham
and Blues guitarist B.B. King.
[--] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
09Apr1990 NBC Mon [repeat from 06Apr89]
"The Best of Carson"
with Michael Keaton, Ritch Shydner, Joshua Bell.
28.98 [6268] Tonight Show
10Apr1990 [San Bernardino County Sun]
Guest Host Jay Leno
Guests
actor Robert Hays
actress Marlo Thomas
comedian Mike Binder
and comedienne Carol Siskind.
28.99 [6269] Tonight Show
11Apr1990 [San Bernardino County Sun]
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actress Judith Ivey
comedian Richard Lewis
and singer Ray Charles who performs
"I've Got News For You" and "Oh, What a Beautiful Morning".
28.100 [6270] Tonight Show
12Apr1990 NBC Thu [rerun 10Jun91, 08Jul91]
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedienne Paula Poundstone
sports personality Art Donovan (former football player)
Jazz musician Milt Hilton
and the Mighty Carson Art Players.
28.101 [6271] Tonight Show
13Apr1990 [San Bernardino County Sun]
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor Paul Reiser
columnist Mary Peyton-Meyer
and music group Johnny Clegg & Savuka.
28.102 [6272] Tonight Show
16Apr1990 NBC Mon
Guest Host Jay Leno
Guests
comic actor Billy Crystal
comedian Dave Thomas
and music group Michel'le.
28.103 [6273] Tonight Show
17Apr1990
Guest Host Jay Leno
Guests
comedian Jerry Seinfeld
actress Judith Hoag
Country singer Lorrie Morgan
and musician Dweezil Zappa.
28.104 [6274] Tonight Show
18Apr1990 [Arizona Republic]
Guest Host Jay Leno
Guests
actresses Christine Lahti
and Crystal Bernard
flautist James Galway
and the Huber Marionettes.
28.105 [6275] Tonight Show
19Apr1990 [Democrat and Chronicle]
Guest Host Jay Leno
Guests
sportscaster Fred Roggin
comedian George Wallace
and singer Julia Fordham.
28.106 [6276] Tonight Show
20Apr1990 [Sacramento Bee]
Guest Host Jay Leno
Guests
actor Alan Thicke
actress Valerie Bertinelli
and The Desert Rose Band.
[--] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
23Apr1990 NBC Mon [repeat from 13Apr89]
"The Best of Carson"
with Peter Strauss, Jonathan Winters.
28.107 [6277] Tonight Show
24Apr1990
Guest Host Jay Leno
Guests
actor Chuck Norris
actress Meredith Baxter Birney
comedian Jeff Altman
and Country singer Ricky Van Shelton.
28.108 [6278] Tonight Show
25Apr1990
Guest Johnny Carson
Guests
singer-politician Sonny Bono
and Soviet pianist Alexei Sultanov.
28.109 [6279] Tonight Show
26Apr1990
Guest Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian Tim Conway
actress Judith Ivey
and Country singer Clint Black.
28.110 [6280] Tonight Show
27Apr1990
Guest Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian Robert Klein
actor Kevin Spacey
and columnist Mary Peyton-Meyer.
[--] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
30Apr1990 NBC Mon [repeat from 07Apr89]
"The Best of Carson"
with Leanna Joy, Monica Creel, Jim Fowler, K.T. Oslin.
28.111 [6281] Tonight Show
01May1990
Guest Host Jay Leno
Guests
actor Armand Assante
British talk show host Clive James
and animal expert Jane Goodall.
28.112 [6282] Tonight Show
02May1990
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor Dabney Coleman
comic Yakov Smirnoff
*Note: Lara Flynn Boyle was scheduled
to appear but was bumped to May 9.
28.113 [6283] Tonight Show
03May1990 [Los Angeles Times]
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor Richard Jeni
piano juggler Daniel Menendez
and David Cota and his performing parakeet.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oi_HdBGeTR0
*Note: David Cota did not appear due to his parakeet dying
hours before he was to make his national TV debut.
28.114 [6284] Tonight Show
04May1990
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor Judge Reinhold
comedienne Rita Rudner
and comic Rondell Sheridan.
[--] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
07May1990 NBC Mon [repeat from 12Apr89]
"The Best of Carson"
with Tony Danza, Pete Fountain, Calvin Trillin.
28.115 [6285] Tonight Show
08May1990
Guest Host Jay Leno
Guests
actresses Teri Garr
and Eva Marie Saint
and comedian Keenen Ivory Wayans.
28.116 [6286] Tonight Show
09May1990
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor Tony Randall
actress Lara Flynn Boyle
and Andy Koffman & His Frogs.
28.117 [6287] Tonight Show
10May1990
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor John Larroquette
comedian Mark Schiff
and gymnast Kurt Thomas.
28.118 [6288] Tonight Show
11May1990
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actress Liv Ullmann
actor Joe Piscopo
and the Dirty Dozen Brass Band.
[--] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
14May1990 NBC Mon [repeat from 19Apr89]
"The Best of Carson"
with Patrick Duffy, Barry Sobel, Ricki Lee Jones, Dr. John.
28.119 [6289] Tonight Show
15May1990
Guest Host Jay Leno
Guests
actor Keith Carradine
comedian Blake Clark
actress Diana Bellamy
28.120 [6290] Tonight Show
16May1990
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
boxer George Foreman
composer Andrew Lloyd Webber
and his wife singer Sarah Brightman who performs "Love Changes Everything"
and "Music Of The Night".
28.121 [6291] Tonight Show
17May1990 NBC Thu [rerun 05Aug91]
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actress Barbara Hershey
comedian Jeff Cesario
and Dr. Henry Merritt Stenhouse (100-year-old Congressional candidate)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tndTDDD3Oq4
28.122 [6292] Tonight Show
18May1990
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
entertainer Bob Hope
and singer Al Green.
[--] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
21May1990 NBC Mon [repeat from 14Apr89]
"The Best of Carson"
with Dudley Moore, Jack Mayberry, Etta James and the Roots Band.
[--] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
22May1990 NBC [repeat from 20Apr89]
"The Best of Carson"
with Tim Conway, Mummenschanz, Mighty Carson Art Players.
[--] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
23May1990 NBC [repeat from 21Apr89]
"The Best of Carson"
with Lyle Lovett, Jeff Daniels.
[--] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
24May1990 NBC [repeat from 04May89]
"The Best of Carson"
with Buddy Hackett, Brian Gillis, Cowboy Junkies.
[--] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
25May1990 NBC [repeat from 10May89]
"The Best of Carson"
with Kenny Rogers, Sean Lomax.
[--] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
28May1990 NBC Mon [repeat from 17May89]
"The Best of Carson"
with Patrick Swayze, Garry Shandling, band The Bobs.
28.123 [6293] Tonight Show
29May1990
Guest Host Jay Leno
Guests
comedian George Carlin
actress Fran Drescher
and author Dominick Dunne.
28.124 [6294] Tonight Show
30May1990
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian Jerry Seinfeld
Leonard Waxdeck & The Birdcallers
and musician Dizzy Gillespie.
28.125 [6295] Tonight Show
31May1990 [Sacramento Bee]
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor Arnold Schwarzenegger
comedian David Brenner
musician Louis Bellson
and 1990 National Acrobatic Champions.
28.126 [6296] Tonight Show
01Jun1990 NBC Fri [rerun 08Aug1991]
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian Buddy Hackett
actress Teresa Ganzel
and comic actor Dave Thomas.
[--] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
04Jun1990 NBC Mon [repeat from 11May89]
"The Best of Carson"
with Richard Pryor, Rain Pryor, Jake Johannsen.
28.127 [6297] Tonight Show
05Jun1990 [News Press]
Guest Host Jay Leno
Guests
newsman John Chancellor
comedian Larry Miller
actor Charles S. Dutton
and singer Joe Cocker. (below)
28.128 [6298] Tonight Show
06Jun1990
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian A. Whitney Brown
actress Judith Hoag
and singer Tony Bennett.
28.129 [6299] Tonight Show
07Jun1990 [Charlotte Observer]
Guest Host Jay Leno
Guests
actress Edie McClurg
cartoonist Cathy Guisewite
and singer-musician Stevie Ray Vaughan who performs "Tightrope".
28.130 [6300] Tonight Show
08Jun1990 [Morning Call]
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actress Patrika Darbo
and Norma Buttignol and her talking parakeet.
*Note: Barry Manilow was scheduled to appear but
due to prior engagements was rescheduled to June 14th.
[--] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
11Jun1990 NBC Mon [repeat from 24May89]
"The Best of Carson"
with Sam Kinison, Robert Townsend, The Leningrad Dixieland Band.
28.131 [6301] Tonight Show
12Jun1990 [News Journal]
Guest Host Jay Leno
Guests
comedian Bill Cosby
actress Lauren Tom
and singer Luther Vandross.
28.132 [6302] Tonight Show
13Jun1990
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian Bob Newhart
news anchor Peter Jennings
and singer David Byrne who performs "Mambo".
28.133 [6303] Tonight Show
14Jun1990 [rerun 26Aug91]
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian Garry Shandling
actor Tom Wilson
singer-songwriter Barry Manilow
and off-beat inventions.
28.134 [6304] Tonight Show
15Jun1990
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor Kirk Douglas
TV personality Super Dave Osborne (Bob Einstein)
and etiquette expert Judith Martin aka Miss Manners.
28.135 [6305] Tonight Show
18Jun1990 NBC Mon
Guest Host Jay Leno
Guests
actor Harry Hamlin
actress Sharon Stone
Chef Julia Child
and singer Lenny Kravitz who performs "Does Anybody Out There Even Care?".
28.136 [6306] Tonight Show
19Jun1990 [News Press]
Guest Host Jay Leno
Guests
actresses Molly Ringwald
and Lindsay Wagner
actor Kadeem Hardison
comedian Bill Engvall
and The Cowboy Junkies.
28.137 [6307] Tonight Show
20Jun1990 [Berkshire Eagle]
Guest Host Jay Leno
Guests
actress Julia Louis-Dreyfus
actor Scott Bakula
comedian Phil Hartman
writer Roy Blount, Jr.
and singer Linda Hopkins.
28.138 [6308] Tonight Show
21Jun1990
Guest Host Jay Leno
Guests
TV personality Deborah Norville
actor Peter Weller
and comedian Thom Sharp.
28.139 [6309] Tonight Show
22Jun1990
Guest Host Jay Leno
Guests
actor Bill Murray
actress Stephanie Zimbalist
comedian Alan King
and musician Leon Redbone.
[--] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
25Jun1990 NBC Mon [repeat from 17May89]
"The Best of Carson"
with Patrick Swayze, Garry Shandling, The Bobs.
[--] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
26Jun1990 NBC [repeat from 19May89]
"The Best of Carson"
with Margaret Whitton, Tony Bennett, Jeff Cesario.
[--] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
27Jun1990 NBC [repeat from 08Jun89]
"The Best of Carson"
with Cybill Shepherd, Martin Short.
[--] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
28Jun1990 NBC [repeat from 09Jun89]
"The Best of Carson"
with Shirley MacLaine, K.D. Lang & the Reclines.
[--] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
29Jun1990 NBC [repeat from 14Jun89]
"The Best of Carson"
with Smokey Robinson, Helen Shaver, Jeff Altman.
28.140 [6310] Tonight Show
02Jul1990 NBC Mon
Guest Host Jay Leno
Guests
actor Tony Randall
comedian Wil Shriner
actress Faith Ford
and singer Freda Payne.
28.141 [6311] Tonight Show
03Jul1990
Guest Host Jay Leno
Guests
actor Peter Scolari
comedienne Rita Rudner
actress Lauren Tom
and singer-songwriter Basia.
28.142 [6312] Tonight Show
04Jul1990
Guest Host Jay Leno
Guests
actress Blair Brown
sportscaster Fred Roggin
and Joan Embery of the San Diego Zoo.
28.143 [6313] Tonight Show
05Jul1990
Guest Host Jay Leno
Guests
actor Tom Cruise
comedian Phil Hartman
actress Helen Hayes
and singer Barry White.
28.144 [6314] Tonight Show
06Jul1990
Guest Host Jay Leno
Guests
actor Jeff Daniels
TV host Larry King
and comedian Tom Dreesen.
[--] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
09Jul1990 NBC Mon [repeat from 22Jun89]
"The Best of Carson"
with Dana Delany, Barry Manilow, Richard Jeni.
28.145 [6315] Tonight Show
10Jul1990
Guest Host Jay Leno
Guests
child actor Charlie Korsmo
actor Martin Mull
comedian Bill Maher
and Country singer Lyle Lovett.
28.146 [6316] Tonight Show
11Jul1990
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor Dana Carvey
comedian Anthony Griffin
and Country singer Travis Tritt.
28.147 [6317] Tonight Show
12Jul1990 NBC Thu [rerun 03Sep91] [Arizona Republic]
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor George Segal
The King's Sisters
and Norma Buttignol and her talking parakeet.
28.148 [6318] Tonight Show
13Jul1990
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor Bob Saget
comedian Jack Coen
and singer Laura Branigan who performs "Reverse Psychology" and "Never In A
Million Years".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bK3LUVhhTck
[--] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
16Jul1990 NBC Mon [repeat from 21Jun89]
"The Best of Carson"
with Jimmy Buffett, Larry Miller, Aleksei Sultanov.
28.149 [6319] Tonight Show
17Jul1990
Guest Host Jay Leno
Guests
actors Patrick Swayze
and Randy Quaid
comedian Jeff Foxworthy
and Country singer Reba McEntire.
28.150 [6320] Tonight Show
18Jul1990
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
tennis star Monica Seles
comedian Mike Dugan
and singer Dionne Warwick.
28.151 [6321] Tonight Show
19Jul1990
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedienne Cathy Ladman
actor Tom Wilson
and the Pointer Sisters who perform "Friends' Advice (Don't Take It)" and
"After You".
28.152 [6322] Tonight Show
20Jul1990
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedienne Roseanne Barr
comedian Tom Arnold
and cow caller Maggie Gill.
*Note: Patrika Darbo was rescheduled to July 26th.
[--] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
23Jul1990 NBC Mon [repeat from 15Jun89]
"The Best of Carson"
with Bill Murray, Dan Aykroyd, Kevin Meaney.
28.156 [6326] Tonight Show
24Jul1990 [News Journal]
Guest Host Jay Leno
Guests
actor Jack Palance of "Solar Crisis"
actress Lindsay Wagner of "Shattered Dreams"
actor Matt Frewer
and singer Patty Loveless.
28.154 [6324] Tonight Show
25Jul1990
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
child actor Michael Oliver of "Problem Child"
actor John Goodman of "Roseanne"
comedienne Victoria Jackson of "Saturday Night Live"
and singer Joe Williams.
28.155 [6325] Tonight Show
26Jul1990
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actresses Liv Ullmann
and Patrika Darbo
and comic J.J. Wall.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PHVokdKbHME
28.156 [6326] Tonight Show
27Jul1990
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
cartoonist Cathy Guisewite
comedian Brian Haley
consumer expert David Horowitz
and Bill Watters and his frisbee-catching dog Air Major.
[--] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
30Jul1990 NBC Mon [repeat from 12Jul89]
"The Best of Carson"
with Ringo Starr, Kevin Pollak, Sarah Brightman.
28.157 [6327] Tonight Show
31Jul1990 [News Press]
Guest Host Jay Leno
Guests
actor Brian Dennehy
actress Park Overall
double-dutch jump rope team
and musician Lou Gramm.
28.158 [6328] Tonight Show
01Aug1990 [News Journal]
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian Don Rickles
conductor Jeff Marder
and The Allman Brothers Band who perform "Good Clean Fun" and "True
Gravity".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qQHjnU9pKZE
28.159 [6329] Tonight Show
02Aug1990
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
journalist Maria Shriver
the Hansen Quadruplets
and singer-musician Michael McDonald.
28.160 [6330] Tonight Show
03Aug1990
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian David Brenner
sports personality Art Donovan
and singer Al Green.
28.161 [6331] Tonight Show
06Aug1990 NBC Mon [Berkshire Eagle]
Guest Host Jay Leno
Guests
actor Kirk Douglas
comic Joe Bolster
race car driver Willy T. Ribbs
and singer Taylor Dayne who performs "Love Will Lead You Back".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BS5bATr_JEE
28.162 [6332] Tonight Show
07Aug1990 [Boston Globe]
Guest Host Jay Leno
Guests
actor Jon Voight
comedian Kevin Pollak
spider handler Steven R. Kutcher
and singer Howard Hewett.
28.163 [6333] Tonight Show
08Aug1990
Guest Host Jay Leno
Guests
actor Mel Gibson
actress Harley Jane Kozak
and comedian-actor David Alan Grier.
28.164 [6334] Tonight Show
09Aug1990 [Daily Press]
Guest Host Jay Leno
Guests
actor Tim Matheson
comic actors Mike Myers
and Phil Hartman of "Saturday Night Live"
and comedian Wayne Cotter.
28.165 [6335] Tonight Show
10Aug1990
Guest Host Jay Leno
Guests
actor Henry Winkler
comedian Kevin Nealon
actress Sarah Jessica Parker
and Asleep at the Wheel.
[--] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
13Aug1990 NBC Mon [repeat from 23Jun89]
"The Best of Carson"
with Sheena Easton, Frances Herb.
28.166 [6336] Tonight Show
14Aug1990
Guest Host Jay Leno
Guests
comedian Steve Martin
actor Jim Belushi
and singer James Ingram.
28.167 [6337] Tonight Show
15Aug1990 NBC Wed [rerun 07Oct91] [Los Angeles Times]
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actors Harry Anderson
and Joel Murray
comedian-cartoonist Steve Kelley
and singer Chuck Berry.
28.168 [6338] Tonight Show
16Aug1990 [Arizona Republic]
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian David Steinberg
men's room crasher Denise Wells
and singer Alannah Myles. (below)
28.169 [6339] Tonight Show
17Aug1990 [Boston Globe]
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor Patrick Swayze
bottle collector Miles Mahan
and singer Oleta Adams.
[--] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
20Aug1990 NBC Mon [repeat from 14Jul89]
"The Best of Carson"
with Bob Saget, Pete Fountain.
28.170 [6340] Tonight Show
21Aug1990 [News Journal]
Guest Host Jay Leno
Guests
actors Charlie Sheen
and Emilio Estevez
actress Shelley Winters
and comedian Phil Hartman.
28.171 [6341] Tonight Show
22Aug1990
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
comedian Richard Lewis
actress Brooke Adams
and The Leningrad Swing Jazz Band.
28.172 [6342] Tonight Show
23Aug1990
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
child inventors
and singer Natalie Cole.
28.173 [6343] Tonight Show
24Aug1990
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor Tony Randall
boxer George Foreman
and comedian Mark Pitta.
[--] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
27Aug1990 NBC Mon [repeat from 20Jul89]
"The Best of Carson"
with Diane Sawyer, Mike Dugan, Gary Morris.
[--] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
28Aug1990 NBC [repeat from 21Jul89]
"The Best of Carson"
with Michael Chang, Park Overall, Steve Mittleman.
[--] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
29Aug1990 NBC [repeat from 26Jul89]
"The Best of Carson"
with Buddy Hackett, Diane Nichols, Joe Williams.
[--] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
30Aug1990 NBC [repeat from 10Aug89]
"The Best of Carson"
with George Segal, Richard Jeni, Rosemary Clooney.
[--] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
31Aug1990 NBC [repeat from 09Aug89]
"The Best of Carson"
with Alan King, Maria McKee, Homer E. Williams.
[--] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
03Sep1990 NBC Mon [repeat from 11Aug89]
"The Best of Carson"
with Paul Reiser, Randy Travis, Olivia d'Abo.
28.174 [6344] Tonight Show
04Sep1990
Guest Host Jay Leno
Guests
actress Shirley MacLaine
director David Lynch
actor Richard Libertini
and singer Paul Young.
28.175 [6345] Tonight Show
05Sep1990
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor Charles Grodin
actress Amy Yasbeck
and singer-musician B.B. King who performs "Let The Good Times Roll" and
"Peace To The World".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4Dk9ScGsLY
28.176 [6346] Tonight Show
06Sep1990
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actors Charles S. Dutton
and Zachary LaVoy
and Country singer K.T. Oslin.
28.177 [6347] Tonight Show
07Sep1990 [San Francisco Examiner]
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
ventriloquist Jeff Dunham
violinist Leila Josefowicz
jugglers The Passing Zone
and Etta James & The Roots Band.
[--] Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
10Sep1990 NBC Mon [repeat from 16Aug89]
"The Best of Carson"
with Julian Lennon, Kevin Pollak, Darlanne Fluegel.
28.178 [6348] Tonight Show
11Sep1990
Guest Host Jay Leno
Guests
actress Candice Bergen of "Murphy Brown"
actor Charlie Schlatter of "Ferris Bueller"
comedian George Miller
and singer Melira Jones.
28.179 [6349] Tonight Show
12Sep1990
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor Patrick Duffy
comedian Kevin Meaney
and Kid Creole & The Coconuts.
28.180 [6350] Tonight Show
13Sep1990
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
actor Martin Mull
actress Anne DeSalvo
and singer Ruth Brown.
28.181 [6351] Tonight Show
14Sep1990 [Berkshire Eagle]
Host Johnny Carson
Guests
entertainer Bob Hope
tennis star Pete Sampras
actress Park Overall
and treasure discoverer Thomas Thompson.
28.182 [6352] Tonight Show
17Sep1990 NBC Mon[Intelligencer Journal]
Guest Host Jay Leno
Guests
actor Burt Reynolds
dialect coach Robert Easton
and father-and-son jazz musicians Ellis and Wynton Marsalis.
28.183 [6353] Tonight Show
18Sep1990 [News Journal]
Guest Host Jay Leno
Guests
actresses Shelley Long
and Darlanne Fluegel
actor Keenen Ivory Wayans
comic John Wing
and The Time.
28.184 [6354] Tonight Show
19Sep1990
Guest Host Jay Leno
Guests
comedienne Carol Burnett
actor Will Smith
and talk show host Regis Philbin.
28.185 [6355] Tonight Show
20Sep1990
Guest Host Jay Leno
Guests
actresses Christine Lahti
and Dinah Manoff
actor Ed Begley Jr.
28.186 [6356] Tonight Show
21Sep1990
Guest Host Jay Leno
Guests
actor Jimmy Smits
musician Phil Collins
and singer Celine Dion who performs "Where Does My Heart Beat Now".
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MzRKoE9OH7w
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b5FredEXE3Y
##### Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson #####
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