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 28
Episode 17: James Woods, Bill Maher, Busted Bowlers
Air Date: November 3rd, 1989
Summary: The audience writes a romance story. James Woods (Immediate Family (1989); Bill Maher performs stand-up. Also: Johnny interviews members of a women's bowling league who were raided by the LAPD vice squad for betting on their games.
Episode 39: James Stewart/Larry Miller/Gladys Farek
Air Date: December 27th, 1989
Summary: Johnny looks at low-selling videotapes. James Stewart talks about Christmas gifts, It's a Wonderful Life (1946), and the advantages of the old studio system; Larry Miller performs stand-up; Texas baker Gladys Farek discusses fruitcakes.
Episode 61: Kenneth Branagh/Cathy Guisewite/Stephanie Yu
Air Date: February 1st, 1990
Summary: Johnny spies on the audience to listen to their comments. Kenneth Branagh (Henry V (1989); cartoonist Cathy Guisewite ("Cathy", book "My Granddaughter Has Fleas!!"); 13-year-old PBS journalist Stephanie Yu (3-2-1 Contact Extra - The Rotten Truth (1990)).
Episode 108: Robert Klein/Kevin Spacey/Mary Peyton Meyer
Air Date: April 27th, 1990
Summary: Johnny looks at rejected TV pilots. Robert Klein (Tales from the Darkside: The Movie (1990)); Kevin Spacey (Fall from Grace (1990)); 84-year-old Mary Peyton Meyer discusses writing a column in her small-town newspaper for 69 years.
Episode 115: Jack Palance/Wendy Liebman/Linda Hopkins/Bob Evans
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Summary: Jack Palance (City Slickers (1991) talks about the animals on his ranch; Wendy Liebman performs stand-up; sunken treasure hunter Bob Evans. Also: Linda Hopkins performs
Episode 169: James Stewart/Jim Fowler
Air Date: September 7th, 1989
Summary: Johnny informs audience members of their unclaimed property. James Stewart talks about his African vacation, and recites a selection from his book "Jimmy Stewart and His Poems"; Jim Fowler presents two turtles and a 20-foot python
Episode 173: Charles Grodin, B.B. King, Amy Yasbeck
Air Date: September 5th, 1990
Summary: Johnny does Carnac the Magnificent; Actor Charles Grodin plugs his new film "Taking Care of Business"; musician BB King plays and sings "Let the Good Times Roll", "Peace to the World" and then chats with Johnny about recording his new album "Live at San Quentin"; actor Amy Yasbeck plugs her new film "Problem Child".
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