MyEpisodeCalendar.com - The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson Episode Summaries

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First Aired: October 1st, 1962

Status: Ended

Genre: Talk

Network: NBC

Summary: The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson is a talk show hosted by Johnny Carson under The Tonight Show franchise from 1962 to 1992. It originally aired during late-night. For its first ten years, Carson's Tonight Show was based in New York City with occasional trips to Burbank, California; in May 1972, the show moved permanently to Burbank, California. In 2002, The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson was ranked #12 on TV Guide's 50 Greatest TV Shows of All Time.

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Season 16

Episode 1: Episode 1

Air Date: January 3rd, 1977

Episode 2: Episode 2

Air Date: January 2nd, 1977

Episode 3: Episode 3

Air Date: January 5th, 1977

Episode 4: Episode 4

Air Date: January 6th, 1977

Episode 5: Episode 5

Air Date: January 7th, 1977

Episode 6: Episode 6

Air Date: January 10th, 1977

Episode 7: Episode 7

Air Date: January 11st, 1977

Episode 8: 780623

Air Date: June 23rd, 1978

Episode 9: 780315

Air Date: March 15th, 1978

Episode 10: Episode 10

Air Date: January 14th, 1977

Episode 11: 780724

Air Date: July 24th, 1978

Episode 12: 780206

Air Date: February 6th, 1978

Episode 13: 780403

Air Date: April 3rd, 1978

Episode 14: 780217

Air Date: February 17th, 1978

Episode 15: 780809

Air Date: August 9th, 1978

Episode 16: Episode 16

Air Date: January 24th, 1977

Episode 17: 780209

Air Date: February 9th, 1978

Episode 18: Episode 18

Air Date: January 26th, 1977

Episode 19: 771014

Air Date: October 14th, 1977

Episode 20: Dinah Shore/Charles Nelson Reilly/Teri Garr/Thalassa Cruso

Air Date: November 10th, 1977

Summary: Johnny looks at terrible song titles. Dinah Shore (Dinah! (1974); Charles Nelson Reilly complains about the amenities for the show's guests; Teri Garr (Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977); gardening expert Thalassa Cruso discusses house plants.

Episode 21: 780511

Air Date: May 11st, 1978

Episode 22: Episode 22

Air Date: February 1st, 1977

Episode 23: 780220

Air Date: February 20th, 1978

Episode 24: 780814

Air Date: August 14th, 1978

Episode 25: Episode 25

Air Date: February 4th, 1977

Episode 26: 780213

Air Date: February 13rd, 1978

Episode 27: 771121

Air Date: November 21st, 1977

Episode 28: 780412

Air Date: April 12nd, 1978

Episode 29: Episode 29

Air Date: February 10th, 1977

Episode 30: 780119

Air Date: January 19th, 1978

Episode 31: 780316

Air Date: March 16th, 1978

Episode 32: Episode dated 11 August 1978

Air Date: August 11st, 1978

Episode 33: Episode 33

Air Date: February 16th, 1977

Episode 37: Episode 37

Air Date: February 22nd, 1977

Episode 40: Episode 40

Air Date: February 25th, 1977

Episode 43: Episode 43

Air Date: March 2nd, 1977

Episode 49: Episode 49

Air Date: March 10th, 1977

Episode 59: Episode 59

Air Date: March 24th, 1977

Episode 60: Episode 60

Air Date: March 25th, 1977

Episode 61: Episode 61

Air Date: March 28th, 1977

Episode 64: Episode 64

Air Date: March 31st, 1977

Episode 66: Episode 66

Air Date: April 4th, 1977

Episode 69: Episode 69

Air Date: April 7th, 1977

Episode 73: Episode 73

Air Date: April 13rd, 1977

Episode 74: Episode 74

Air Date: April 14th, 1977

Episode 75: Episode 75

Air Date: April 15th, 1977

Episode 78: Episode 78

Air Date: April 20th, 1977

Episode 79: Gabriel Kaplan/Cloris Leachman/Marcel Marceau

Air Date: February 1st, 1978

Summary: Gabe Kaplan (Welcome Back, Kotter (1975), What's a Museum For, Anyway? (1978); Cloris Leachman (High Anxiety (1977); mime Marcel Marceau is interviewed and performs

Episode 80: Carl Reiner, Jack Klugman, Jan Todd

Air Date: February 2nd, 1978

Summary: With Actor Jack Klugman; actor Carl Reiner; powerlifter Jan Todd.

Episode 94: Goldie Hawn/Buck Henry/Dennis Dugan

Air Date: February 22nd, 1978

Summary: Johnny quizzes the audience on celebrities' real names, and Ed interviews George Washington. Goldie Hawn (The Goldie Hawn Special (1978)discusses raising her toddler son Oliver Hudson; Buck Henry (Heaven Can Wait (1978); Dennis Dugan (Richie Brockelman, Private Eye (1978)

Episode 98: Susan Clark, Kelly Monteith, Barbara Howar, Joan Embery

Air Date: February 28th, 1978

Summary: Joan Embery brings frogs a hornbill bird and baby orangutans to visit; actress Susan Clark talks with Johnny about stage acting; comedian Kelly Monteith does a set and chats with Johnny; Writer & TV personality Barbara Howar talks with Johnny about gossip and freedom of the press.

Episode 99: Don Rickles/Ray Bradbury/Cheryl Ladd

Air Date: March 1st, 1978

Summary: Johnny reads the plots of potential soap operas. Don Rickles (CPO Sharkey (1976); Ray Bradbury discusses Mars exploration and the stage adaptation of "The Martian Chronicles"; Cheryl Ladd (Charlie's Angels (1976), The Sentry Collection Presents Ben Vereen: His Roots (1978)

Episode 100: Bruce Dern/Robert Klein/Susan Sullivan/Dr. Carl Sagan

Air Date: August 18th, 1978

Summary: Ed interviews a lab mouse. Bruce Dern (Coming Home (1978)); Robert Klein (Hooper (1978)); Susan Sullivan (Having Babies (1978)); Dr. Carl Sagan discusses extraterrestrial life

Episode 108: Episode 108

Air Date: June 1st, 1977

Episode 116: Episode 116

Air Date: June 13rd, 1977

Episode 124: Episode 124

Air Date: June 23rd, 1977

Episode 127: Episode 127

Air Date: June 28th, 1977

Episode 135: Episode 135

Air Date: July 8th, 1977

Episode 153: Episode 153

Air Date: August 3rd, 1977

Episode 156: Episode 156

Air Date: August 8th, 1977

Episode 161: Episode 161

Air Date: August 15th, 1977

Episode 166: James Coco/Kelly Monteith/Barbara Howar/Leonard J. Waxdeck & Piedmont Bird Callers

Air Date: June 2nd, 1978

Summary: James Coco (The Cheap Detective (1978); Kelly Monteith performs stand-up and talks about becoming a stepfather; Barbara Howar discusses changing roles for women at work and in society; Leonard J. Waxdeck presents high school birdcallers.

Episode 176: Ann-Margret/Robert Mitchum/Tom Dreesen/Joseph Sorrentino

Air Date: June 16th, 1978

Summary: Ann-Margret (The Cheap Detective (1978); Robert Mitchum (Matilda (1978); Tom Dreesen performs stand-up and is interviewed; Joseph N. Sorrentino (memoir "Up from Never").

Episode 179: Tony Curtis/Steve Landesberg/Bess Armstrong/Merie Earle

Air Date: June 21st, 1978

Summary: Tony Curtis (The Bad News Bears Go to Japan (1978)); Steve Landesberg performs stand-up and is interviewed; Bess Armstrong (On Our Own (1977)); Merie Earle (The Waltons (1972)

Episode 197: Episode 197

Air Date: October 4th, 1977

Episode 204: Episode 204

Air Date: October 13rd, 1977

Episode 206: Episode 206

Air Date: October 17th, 1977

Episode 209: Episode 209

Air Date: October 20th, 1977

Episode 213: Episode 213

Air Date: October 26th, 1977

Episode 214: Episode 214

Air Date: October 27th, 1977

Episode 220: Episode 220

Air Date: November 4th, 1977

Episode 233: Episode 233

Air Date: November 23rd, 1977

Episode 241: Episode 241

Air Date: December 5th, 1977

Episode 247: Episode 247

Air Date: December 13rd, 1977

Episode 250: Episode 250

Air Date: December 16th, 1977

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