Rich Little Dissects His Johnny Impersonation | Carson Tonight Show

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  • Original Airdate: June 05, 1974
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  • @Mrvictorfernandes
    @Mrvictorfernandes Před 3 měsíci +134

    In case anyone is reading: Rich Little is alive and well at 85 years old and counting...

    • @gabrielionut8218
      @gabrielionut8218 Před 3 měsíci +7

      Hello from 🇪🇺🇷🇴!Thanks for the information!

    • @dankoval4818
      @dankoval4818 Před 3 měsíci +2

      I was, thank you

    • @pianoman5961
      @pianoman5961 Před 3 měsíci +3

      Rich makes regular appearances on the Huckabee show

    • @tdunph4250
      @tdunph4250 Před 3 měsíci +4

      A great Canadian! ❤️💯

    • @Bigbadwhitecracker
      @Bigbadwhitecracker Před 3 měsíci +3

      And he has much darker hair today than he did 50 years ago.

  • @CapitanFantasma1776
    @CapitanFantasma1776 Před 3 měsíci +30

    We love you Johnny! "Those damned cigarettes!"

  • @gchomuk
    @gchomuk Před 3 měsíci +65

    Johnny Carson is still the best night show host in my lifetime, and I'm now an old fart of 65.

    • @pronemanoldbutyoung5548
      @pronemanoldbutyoung5548 Před 3 měsíci +8

      I'm 50 and yes, Johnny is the King of late night. I had no idea basically about Johnny when I was a kid. And kids have no interest in late night talk shows. I started watching Letterman in mid 1990s.
      But in later years I've been watching everything Johnny Carson that I found on CZcams and he is above everything and everybody. I think I started watching Johnny Carson for real in around 2015-2016. If my memory serves me well.

    • @aqhasassy
      @aqhasassy Před 3 měsíci +7

      72. He was the best & had great guests.
      Back when we had real entertainment.

    • @jodeeps2287
      @jodeeps2287 Před 3 měsíci +1

      I am an old fart with you, I am 65 too.

    • @jillkjv3816
      @jillkjv3816 Před 3 měsíci +2

      65 here too. 😊

    • @jeanwaite6842
      @jeanwaite6842 Před 3 měsíci +2

      66 here and the best late night host ever. Then and now.

  • @karolynfrench8098
    @karolynfrench8098 Před 3 měsíci +12

    I can't think of a better impressionist.

  • @hunter999888
    @hunter999888 Před 3 měsíci +43

    His level of impressions and how accurate they are is next level. The dudes still a legend.

  • @erichjaps7150
    @erichjaps7150 Před 2 měsíci +8

    THE BEST LATE NIGHT TALK SHOW.NO ONE COMES CLOSE TO CARSON.

  • @chirelle.alanalooney8609
    @chirelle.alanalooney8609 Před 29 dny +3

    Oh Gawd when Rich does Truman Capote and Liberace it totally kills me, and I darn near die laughing to death, watching and hearing him. Oh and I can't forget Richard Nixon! Just too hilarious !!!!!

  • @charliejamz.
    @charliejamz. Před 3 měsíci +12

    His impression of Johnny Carson will always be my top favorite of all impressions.

    • @shawnmiller4781
      @shawnmiller4781 Před 3 měsíci

      Second to Tommy Struthers

    • @bobs1728
      @bobs1728 Před 3 měsíci +1

      @@shawnmiller4781 Tommy Smothers. Agreed.

    • @shawnmiller4781
      @shawnmiller4781 Před 3 měsíci

      For those who didn’t see Tommy’s impression
      czcams.com/video/oghxf-HS6go/video.htmlsi=tz1VB7jQnXMjWytz

  • @chirelle.alanalooney8609
    @chirelle.alanalooney8609 Před 29 dny +3

    Oh, and Johnny Carson too! Funny as all heck!

  • @ajn465
    @ajn465 Před 2 měsíci +5

    It’s great to look at this example of Rich, Little and his absolute prime just completely killing it. I was a Carson addict by age 10 which was 1975. I’ve stayed up too late ever since I think I’m a musician. Anyway, it helps me remember how formative Rich Little was To my sense of humor to this day. When he was on, there was nobody better at what he did. Not even close.

  • @ronaldwellspeak1652
    @ronaldwellspeak1652 Před 18 hodinami

    He was Brilliant and amazing to watch and Listen to

  • @markbirchette8740
    @markbirchette8740 Před 3 měsíci +8

    I got to see Rich Little in Orem, Utah at an outdoor amphitheater almost 3 decades ago. He was brilliant!

  • @willieron
    @willieron Před 2 měsíci +4

    I played for him once in KC. Funny guy and a really nice guy.

  • @pronemanoldbutyoung5548
    @pronemanoldbutyoung5548 Před 3 měsíci +14

    Wow, his Truman Capote is uncanny

  • @karenfyhr2363
    @karenfyhr2363 Před 3 měsíci +13

    I always loved seeing Rich Little do impressions, because he's so talented and funny

  • @chirelle.alanalooney8609

    Does anyone remember seeing the Episode of that cute tiny little animal, that finally got on top of his head, and PEED? OH MAN WAS THAT HILARIOUS!!
    Johnny's reaction was
    PRICELESS, and the look on his face killed me!!!❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

  • @glennstevens4259
    @glennstevens4259 Před 2 měsíci +3

    No contest. Johnny is still the all-time best late night host and always will be.

  • @chesterproudfoot9864
    @chesterproudfoot9864 Před 3 měsíci +6

    50 years ago and it's still great!

    • @freeguy77
      @freeguy77 Před 3 měsíci +1

      RIch was 35 then. I remember seeing him as a supporting actor on the 1966 one-season run of "Love On a Rooftop" (1966-67) with the late Peter Deuel (later Duel) and the wonderful, late Judy Carne. [*] Just a year before her big break on Laugh-In. A marvelous tv season, that the previous mid-season (Jan. 12, '66) started with the "Batman" craze that lasted a whole 2 years (Mar. 14, '68).
      [*] czcams.com/video/sDLvbkYR1VY/video.html

  • @dustin3883
    @dustin3883 Před 3 měsíci +6

    During one of Johnny’s monologues in the 70’s, he was bombing so bad that, as a joke, Ed pulled Johnny off stage with a big metal hook! It was hysterical! Can yall PLEASE post that?!? I can’t find it anywhere.

    • @chirelle.alanalooney8609
      @chirelle.alanalooney8609 Před 2 měsíci +2

      Oh my gawd, I do remember that incident, and it was funny as all heck. I oved seeing that. 😅

    • @chirelle.alanalooney8609
      @chirelle.alanalooney8609 Před měsícem +1

      I LOVED SEEING THAT ONE, BECAUSE IT WAS SO FUNNY. AND I. DO REMEMBER IT WELL !

  • @crossfire1453
    @crossfire1453 Před měsícem +3

    He really was an amazing performer. Little nailed every voice so well. His Reagan was so good,

  • @ravipeiris4388
    @ravipeiris4388 Před 2 měsíci +3

    Absolute legends ❤

  • @chasscollard4254
    @chasscollard4254 Před 2 měsíci +2

    Without a doubt his John Diefenbaker is the best most accurate imitation he still does today. Scary, so real.

  • @poofypoopy8838
    @poofypoopy8838 Před 3 měsíci +2

    My son and I saw him in Vegas last year and it was great!! We shook his hand and I'm pissed I didn't get an autograph!

  • @cactusland88
    @cactusland88 Před 3 měsíci +5

    Rich Little is a class act!

  • @pmafterdark
    @pmafterdark Před 3 měsíci +6

    Always loved whenever Rich was on.

    • @KayBarsotti
      @KayBarsotti Před měsícem

      I agree, he was best late. Night host ever🙂

  • @Ky29999
    @Ky29999 Před 3 měsíci +2

    Most humble man in show business

  • @jodeeps2287
    @jodeeps2287 Před 3 měsíci +5

    I could watch Rich for hours, he is brilliant.

  • @anthonykeller2760
    @anthonykeller2760 Před měsícem

    Rich little inspired me to do impressions as a kid, I was able to imitate all of my uncle,s and had our family laughing most of the time. Rich is a master.

  • @philcolbert7864
    @philcolbert7864 Před 2 měsíci +2

    You can tell Carson liked Little, recognized his talent, , they're both somewhat alike,

  • @user-ir4pp6qe6n
    @user-ir4pp6qe6n Před 3 měsíci +4

    Johnny Carson is the most tolerate in finding some fun in Rich Little's constant impressions of him. 😁 Johnny is the best!!

    • @percboy555
      @percboy555 Před 3 měsíci +1

      Banned by Johnny..Tolerate? OK

    • @chirelle.alanalooney8609
      @chirelle.alanalooney8609 Před 2 měsíci +1

      Yeah I heard about that later. Johnny didn't like it. No need to get in a snit about him doing an impression of you Johnny, just go with the flow and laugh along, cuz there's no need to get uptight about it.

    • @chirelle.alanalooney8609
      @chirelle.alanalooney8609 Před dnem

      Oh NO !! I really wouldn't say that Johnny is particularly Tolerant about someone or anyone doing impressions of him !!!!
      Especially since he had "Everyone's beloved Rich
      Little, BANNED FROM THE SHOW!"
      Johnny would be better off, to just appreciate the compliment and laugh along, because it truly is a compliment, when they think enough of you to notice and recognize you to want to copy you!!
      At least have enough tolerance to enjoy it, and laugh along with everybody, and be a good sport about it !!!
      Don't take yourself so seriously, and be that anally uptight about it !!!
      ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

  • @publicmail2
    @publicmail2 Před 3 měsíci +14

    After a few years Rich was banned from the show, he was never given an explanation, but he thinks Johnny was annoyed at his imitation of him. Little is still performing today at 85.

    • @Gambit22003
      @Gambit22003 Před 3 měsíci +5

      A lot of ppl found themselves on Carson's banned list, wasn't hard to do, as it's obvious he was quite the delicate Snowflake.

    • @ATOK_
      @ATOK_ Před 3 měsíci

      ​@@jazzfan67is that on youtube?

    • @ChrisJones-ij3xp
      @ChrisJones-ij3xp Před 2 měsíci +6

      ​@Gambit22003 At 14:28 you can just see the beginning of the end of Rich's involvement with the show and the moment Johnny's good humor cracks.

  • @kathimills4247
    @kathimills4247 Před 2 měsíci +1

    Thanks for letting me know! Love that guy !

  • @modeler308
    @modeler308 Před 3 měsíci +4

    It's very sad that so many that were imitated by Rich Little are gone now.🤔😒🤥😪

  • @user-tx1kj3sq2r
    @user-tx1kj3sq2r Před 3 měsíci +1

    That's nice to know. I wish him all the best😊

  • @speedyboris
    @speedyboris Před 3 měsíci +1

    For those of you who have visited Boston, one of the hop-on hop-off trolley tours has pre-recorded celebrity impressions from Rich Little telling passengers to keep their arms and legs inside the trolley at all times. One of my favorites was his Arnold Schwarzenegger.

  • @philo240
    @philo240 Před 25 dny +1

    Comedy Gold still. Late nite 'comedy' ended somewhere in the early 2000's. Little one of the quickest wits of his era.

  • @Doug41160
    @Doug41160 Před 2 měsíci +1

    8:44 The best Nixon Impersonator of all time!

  • @edsteward7717
    @edsteward7717 Před 3 měsíci +1

    That was awesome!

  • @joellenmorris6460
    @joellenmorris6460 Před měsícem

    Yes, he was recently on Governor Huckabee’s show on TBN Trinity Broadcasting Network!

  • @LouT1501
    @LouT1501 Před 3 měsíci +1

    100 % wonderful television.

  • @Vickychels
    @Vickychels Před 2 měsíci +1

    Johnny 3:14 : "I don't do that, do i"
    proceeds to do that* :D

  • @chrisshort9097
    @chrisshort9097 Před 3 měsíci +5

    One of the greatest

  • @davidcarson1959
    @davidcarson1959 Před 2 měsíci +1

    Doc!!!

  • @atexinc.5472
    @atexinc.5472 Před 25 dny +1

    Pretty cool

  • @LARathbone
    @LARathbone Před měsícem +2

    Wow, even though Johnny is forcing himself to laugh and play along, you can tell he does NOT like to be made fun of!

  • @lescoe
    @lescoe Před 3 měsíci +1

    Surprised there wasn't a commercial. Also, Rich reminds me of Dana Carvey for some reason.

  • @Scott-pw2qu
    @Scott-pw2qu Před 3 měsíci

    14.10 finally it shows Johnny Carson getting pissed off with rich impersonating him. I have watched this clip lots and you can tell Johnny is pissed and finding it annoying. Shame because I love Rich little and the old shows are so great. even today Rich makes me laugh. But I think that clip finally shows why Johnny didn’t want him on the show afterwards. I think you can see it on Johnnys face in other shows here and there he just hated Rich doing his voice. I agree Rich little’s best impression is Johnny Carson. I love the golf impression he did on one show and this show the tennis impression was hilarious.

  • @Bigbadwhitecracker
    @Bigbadwhitecracker Před 3 měsíci +1

    Please upload the Truman Capote section, if you can.

  • @DerickFeigum
    @DerickFeigum Před 2 měsíci

    Absolutely love johnny carson i was wondering whos the youngest carson fan im 31

  • @kathimills4247
    @kathimills4247 Před 3 měsíci

    We will never know 😢

  • @kennethcurtis1856
    @kennethcurtis1856 Před 2 měsíci +1

    His best impression is doing Reagan.

  • @MTSs2024
    @MTSs2024 Před 3 měsíci +3

    I simply ask for an episode or some monologues with the original intro titles included :(

    • @MTSs2024
      @MTSs2024 Před 3 měsíci

      And they never do it :(

    • @johnnycarson
      @johnnycarson  Před 3 měsíci +1

      czcams.com/video/FAgrL5M6GyQ/video.html

    • @MTSs2024
      @MTSs2024 Před 3 měsíci

      @@johnnycarson I know about this one :) and all the others

  • @billystpaul8907
    @billystpaul8907 Před 3 měsíci

    His Jack Benny and Capote where so very funny. Johnny was and still is the best late night talk show host ever. Letterman, Jack Parr and Conan where good, but not on Johnny's level. Thank Goodness for all of the old clips you can still watch.

  • @timcrnkovic8991
    @timcrnkovic8991 Před 3 měsíci +1

    So was this the appearance which supposedly angered Johnny so much that he never asked Rich to do the show again?

    • @CatherineMagee-jj3ip
      @CatherineMagee-jj3ip Před 3 měsíci +2

      He was never angry with Rich Little

    • @timcrnkovic8991
      @timcrnkovic8991 Před 3 měsíci

      The story was, however, that Johnny banned Rich from the Tonight Show because he took offense at Rich's impersonation of him. One of the comments below also mentions this.

    • @CatherineMagee-jj3ip
      @CatherineMagee-jj3ip Před 3 měsíci

      Not true however he did piss off Wayne Newton@@timcrnkovic8991

  • @jargraroch3000
    @jargraroch3000 Před 3 měsíci

    I appreciate the trumpet, but always think they are a bit irritating [Sorry Doc].

  • @garryferrington811
    @garryferrington811 Před 3 měsíci +1

    Funny show, but it was Carson who turned the talk show into all-Hollywood. Allen and Parr had some great authors and scientists, even Muhammad Ali and Fidel Castro. Carson dropped all that.

    • @shawnmiller4781
      @shawnmiller4781 Před 3 měsíci +3

      Carson still had non-Hollywood types
      The potato chip lady clip is a classic

  • @denisefavara1146
    @denisefavara1146 Před 28 dny

    Rich Little's spot-on impersonation allegedly got under the thin skin of Carson, and he was permanently banned from appearing on the Tonight Show without notice or reason after his August 1982 appearance. Little claims in his biography that he was banned because Carson was offended by his impression.

  • @philcolbert7864
    @philcolbert7864 Před 2 měsíci +1

    At least Carson used to like Little but then Little wasn't invited back. Truth of the matter is Carson was not a nice guy, reminds me of Sinatra, thought he was better than everyone else, treated them like crap.

    • @chirelle.alanalooney8609
      @chirelle.alanalooney8609 Před 2 měsíci +1

      Oh yeah, I've heard about all of those awful incidents that Sinatra has done to others.
      AND DINO IS BETTER THAN HIM ANYWAY!

  • @luckylambdin8269
    @luckylambdin8269 Před měsícem

    I read that this "interview" with Rich Little was actually too much for Johnny to stomach, & that Little was never invited back on the show again(?).

  • @carln9380
    @carln9380 Před měsícem

    'promosm' 😒

  • @Ellatigojusticiero
    @Ellatigojusticiero Před 2 měsíci

    I barely understand what Carson talked!,

  • @jeffrey6618
    @jeffrey6618 Před měsícem

    Trump 2024

  • @DABUAS69
    @DABUAS69 Před 2 měsíci

    I miss Johnny and this type of show so much, it was defiantly a very different time (the bad and the good). I started watching Johnny as a teenager around 1981 or so. My family was in the nightclub business so staying up late was not a problem. Benny Hill and Monty Python's Flying Circus were favorites in my house. I would also watch Tom Hatten (Family Film Festival on KTLA 5), Mr. Rogers, Dusty's treehouse and Villa Alegre. Television was better back then, ABC's Wide world of Sports (the thrill of victory...the agony of defeat!) and Monday Night Football. MAN, I REALLY MISS THOSE DAYS! I'm 54 now and have very fond memories of that time. God Bless Johnny, Ed and gang!