In one of the funniest moments ever on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, Don Rickles makes a surprise appearance while Carson is in the middle of an interview with Frank Sinatra. What follows is the comedic magic of Rickles. Be sure to revisit us here on LOL next Tuesday for another snapshot of the lighter side of life.
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Jonathan Winters, the master of ad lib, shows off his talents on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson, talking about listening to the squirrels and enlisting in the military, among other topics. Please pay us a visit here on LOL next Tuesday and experience another journey through the lighter side of life. — The Wickel
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Dan Menendez claims to be the world’s fastest piano juggler. After an appearance on The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson, he has enjoyed a long career, touring the world, performing at casinos, comedy clubs and television programs from Hungary to Japan. Visit his website at http://www.pianojuggler.com/ H/T My Disguises
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SALUTE TO AYN RAND
Ayn Rand’s famous TV appearance on the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson surfaced earlier this summer, and now a second vintage Rand interview has been published for the first time on YouTube. In this March 1974 interview with James Day, host of the PBS show Day at Night, Rand discusses:
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One pictures Ayn Rand promoting her principles of Objectivism at intellectual salons. But one of her most stimulating conversations occurred in a truly popular forum — The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson. VHS tapes capturing excerpts of the 1967 appearance resurfaced this week and while the quality is hit-or-miss, the occasion was certainly momentous.
Carson was duly impressed. So much so that he canceled a scheduled appearance by Buster Crabbe that evening, and devoted his entire show to the Russian-born thinker with the thick accent and deep philosophy. TV viewers responded in kind. Rand generated more mail than any other Tonight Show guest, nearly all of it positive, although she touched upon several controversial positions — opposing the Vietnam War and a conscripted army, for instance, and discussing her atheism. H/T The Lonely Conservative
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