I got a totally unexpected gift for Christmas. A boxed set of Johnny Carson VHS tapes, BEST OF the tonight show. I started to watch the 80-90 tape last night, and BOY I MISS JOHNNY!
The most surprising thing about Carson is that he never came back to do anything. He is one of the few people that knew 'you can never go home'. Anything else he would have done would have tarnished his image, IMO.
I laughed so hard on some of those skits. Sam Kinnison singing Are You Lonely Tonight and then screaming at his (ex)Wife left me about ready to PUKE I laughed so hard.
Johnny had a way with the subtlest of sexual innuendos. Almost safe enough for small children to watch since they'd just go over their little heads. But, funny enough to be a little racy at times. (racy as in back in those days. Not like the SNL skit/monologue talking about women's periods.)
Since the 80-90 was the time period that I watched as a kid and on, I can't wait to 'discover' Johnny and his first decades.
My boxed set is similar to this
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/630306678X/qid=/sr=/ref=cm_title3_lm_dp/002-5066496-9982468" target="_blank">http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/630306678X/qid=/sr=/ref=cm_title3_lm_dp/002-5066496-9982468
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but also contains the Animal Hijinks tape, too. I have not even broken the wrapper on the others, yet. But last night makes me want to watch them all this weekend.
The most surprising thing about Carson is that he never came back to do anything. He is one of the few people that knew 'you can never go home'. Anything else he would have done would have tarnished his image, IMO.
I laughed so hard on some of those skits. Sam Kinnison singing Are You Lonely Tonight and then screaming at his (ex)Wife left me about ready to PUKE I laughed so hard.
Johnny had a way with the subtlest of sexual innuendos. Almost safe enough for small children to watch since they'd just go over their little heads. But, funny enough to be a little racy at times. (racy as in back in those days. Not like the SNL skit/monologue talking about women's periods.)
Since the 80-90 was the time period that I watched as a kid and on, I can't wait to 'discover' Johnny and his first decades.
My boxed set is similar to this
<a href="http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/630306678X/qid=/sr=/ref=cm_title3_lm_dp/002-5066496-9982468" target="_blank">http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/630306678X/qid=/sr=/ref=cm_title3_lm_dp/002-5066496-9982468
</a>but also contains the Animal Hijinks tape, too. I have not even broken the wrapper on the others, yet. But last night makes me want to watch them all this weekend.
