@@mrknotthallif you knew Jack Webb at the time you’d have laughed your balls off. This is like, hmmm, Bog Saget in Half Baked. Just so out of character and out of nowhere.
NO ONE on tv will ever do again a skit as good as this one with these two tv legends. Gosh, how I miss those days of REAL talent even more now 54 years later.
Carson later told that he and Jack Webb could never get through this dialogue cleanly during rehearsals; they kept flubbing it. But the night they performed the skit on TV, it went without a hitch.
In other words, Carson couldn't complete the clean copper clapper comedy caper without cracking and cackling consistently and continually? That's concerning.
I thought it was almost a contest to see who would (or who wouldn't) crack up first. When Webb got through one part, the audience gave him an ovation and Johnny gave a little smirked (at the 2:14 mark)
Jack Webb actually had some good comedic timing. Note also that Carson waits a couple of times to give the audience time to applaud Webb. Carson was clearly a class act.
I certainly have a notion to second that emotion ! Johnny always said Jack Benny was his favorite comedian. A large part of Jack's success was his timing. Johnny certainly learned well from the master !! 🙂
Carson was king of late night for 30 years and no one will ever surpass this. In this clip you can see that Johnny is trying not to break out laughing.
Can we concur that the Case of The Copped Copper Clappers has been competently cracked as matter of course and calmly consign the file on said case to the "Closed" cabinet with collective confidence?
@* AnimalHeadSpirit * - "a dishonest, childish narcissist" the only person that described is Obama. And explain to me how conservative people "abandoned" conservatism exactly? Nothing you said makes any sense. Things went down the crapper because leftists have been shoving a deviant, progressive agenda down our throats for 30 years. And you're blaming the good people for that? I think you forgot to take your meds.
Alliteration is one of the oldest gags in the book. The only things that make this clip amusing are the smog gag and Carson/Webb's delivery of the lines. But it wasn't exactly groundbreaking or laugh-out-loud funny.
Jack Webb was the nicest man! He lived near my native California husband, when my husband was growing up. Mr. Webb helped get my husband a guard job at Universal Studios, and later helped my husband get his SAG card, and small roles on Emergency and Adam 12!
Absolutely brilliant! Carson really had trouble keeping it together, and that's not a criticism. Webb was fabulous, and it was good to see him poking fun at his own image and production style. Truly a Carson Classic! Bless them both!
@Fred Wucher In about 2003, I was taking a train from San Diego to LA. As we approached the station, the conductor came up on the PA and announced, "We are now arriving at our final station, all passengers must detrain. When you do, if you find yourself short of breath and your eyes burning, don't worry, it's not a chemical attack, it's just Los Angeles."
The clip of kleptomanic Clevelander Claude Cooper who copped Carson's clean copper clappers from the closet, discovered by Clara Clifford the cleaner, is a classic!
@CBS67 I saw this routine when it first aired and I laughed just has hard today as I did then. Johnny Carson is still the best. But who could have ever guessed that Jack Webb could be this funny.🤣
Talk show hosts come and go but Carson was and is the gold standard. Nobody will ever have the audience he had. from the mid 60's until Jay Leno took his place, he kicked everyone's butt, including Arsenio Hall and David Letterman.
@@DavidEckard Jack Webb had a great sense of humor. When Stan Freberg told Webb he was going to record a spoof of Dragnet, he let him use the same orchestra that did the music on his then radio show.
So, cleaning woman Clara Clifford discovered some clean copper clappers or clangers were comped from a closet by Cleveland's Claude Cooper the kleptomaniac. I'd clobber him, too.
@@jefftanner3803 The idiots are those that transcribe the clip in the comment section. As stated, we saw the clip, so what's the point? You know who else is an idiot.......Jeffy?
Only one thing to say about the Clean Copper Clapper Caper ... What's that? It's a classic. Thanx so so much for sharing this little gem! RIP, gentlemen, and thanx for the magic and memories.
This was not only a brilliant piece of comedy writing, with all of the hard Cs, but the delivery perfectly mimicked Webb's writing style. Short, staccato exchanges with his best partner IMO, the late great Harry Morgan, on TV. But you can go back on YT and hear the original Dragnets, that were on radio only from the early 50s. The same exact writing styles and deliveries that we just enjoyed here with Johnny, who delivered a flawless performance. Webb was a genius.
i agree i like to watch dragnet on you tube,better than alot of stuff on netflick hulu and amazon all together.i like you tube its free and has alot of good music videos of yesteryear and movies and stuff.
If you look at his facial expressions again, it look like he was about to lose it. I bet he let he let it all out and laughing hysterically after it was all over.
@03 11 Yeah, but no one was crying about it all the time. People didn't wake up to cry about every perceived minor transgressions or make up new ones. They realized that life or the world is not perfectly fair. And got on with life. Not like these silly snowflakes today that can't live without angst in their lives.
Word based comedy like this truly does take a lot of talent the opening picture sets the stage brilliantly but after that no visual aid whatsoever just dialogue and delivery further proof that much of the best comedy is played straight
Two legends having a blast with this hilarious skit---Jack Webb, the ultimate, no-nonsense cop, and Johnny Carson, the all-time king of late-night TV. You'll never see anything this good on the "idiot box" today, such a shame!!
Just a quick reminder, NBC in its "beautiful" wisdom, allowed the first ten years of the Tonight Show to be erased. The fact that this awesome sketch, which you can tell is from the first decade by Johnny's hair, still exists is a gift from the heavens!
@@goosewhisperer6275 coincidentally my comment was merely to add cohesion and credence to the original commenters comment. I can't seem to control my constant use of these confounded c words. My chaotic thoughts seem to be cooking in a cauldron of cloudiness and confusion. Some call me colorfully creative, my counselor calls me crazy.
At the end, you see a slight smile on Jack Webb's face, which is as close as he got to breaking up. Earlier in the sketch, it's Carson who has to take a moment to keep in character. An epic comedy duel.
I can get by with one F word, but when they say it in every sentence and use it as an adjective for everything, it gets boring. I was a George Carlin fan with his earlier materials during his Little David years, then he just got vullgar.
Another crazy caper...The callous case of the Cleveland kleptomaniac Claude Cooper who copped the clean copper clappers from the closet with collaboration from the cleaning woman Clara Clifford...
Over 50 years later and that is still impossible to listen to without laughing.
AMEN!!
I'm smiling but I'm not laughing.
@@mrknotthallYeah you beat me to it…. I’m only smiling too‼️….so far
@@mrknotthallif you knew Jack Webb at the time you’d have laughed your balls off. This is like, hmmm, Bog Saget in Half Baked. Just so out of character and out of nowhere.
Wow Jack Webb cracked a smile....now that’s an achievement.
Just barely.
And he cracked Carson up.
I loved his deadpan style
The fact is the the first time he smiled is when Julie London said I do.
Indubitably ☺️
NO ONE on tv will ever do again a skit as good as this one with these two tv legends. Gosh, how I miss those days of REAL talent even more now 54 years later.
Don't give up hope. Your heroes might all be dead, but REAL talent is born every day.
@@wheedler Don't hold your breathe on that one
Back when comedians, actors and others kept the politics to themselves and just did what the audiences paid them to do.
@@danidavis7912 I could not agree with you more and thank you for sharing your words of wisdom!
@@DougCeleste Great minds think alike! Have a great weekend.
You know it’s classic when straight laced Jack Webb actually broke a slight smile!
It was OK for him to break at that point, at just about the end.
True comedy never goes out of style.
Never gets old
Our country does not know what comedy is. Comedy to them is making fun of Trump and Republicans.
Great parody of one of the most beloved police dramas of all time! RIP, Johnny and Jack.
There was more talent in that one sketch than all of late night TV in 2020.
2020-2024!
The clueless clowns that clicked thumbs down should be clobbered.
With a clean copper clapper from a closet in Cleveland.
Ya'Mean"Cl 🤣ds',D 😊 n't Ya',Fr 👍🏾 end!
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@@HansDelbruck53: Found by cleaning woman Clara Clifford. . .
@@mortensen1961 👍👍👍👍👍 😁😁😁😁😁
This is what you call timeless comedy.
Johnny was the master of comedy. Plus he had those boyish good looks. I don't know how,they did this skit,without cracking up.
@@moemcgovern7345 You have to wonder, how many takes did it take?
There will NEVER be another Jack Webb or Johnny Carson! This from a Hollywood that NO longer EXISTS. RIP, you both gave so much to AMERICAN CULTURE..
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Sad... no real entertainment anymore
@@carlsapartments8931 and the real entertainment (when it shows up) is ruined by commercials one after the other)!
Amen .. so much the truth
I remember when commercial/station breaks lasted only for 30-90 seconds
“This is the City” will never not make me laugh 😂😂
Carson later told that he and Jack Webb could never get through this dialogue cleanly during rehearsals; they kept flubbing it. But the night they performed the skit on TV, it went without a hitch.
On the day, they delivered flawlessly professionals of the old school.
Clearly
a trick: you can watch series at flixzone. Me and my gf have been using it for watching a lot of movies during the lockdown.
@Orlando Idris definitely, I have been watching on flixzone for since december myself :)
In other words, Carson couldn't complete the clean copper clapper comedy caper without cracking and cackling consistently and continually?
That's concerning.
When you break up Jack Webb, the perennial stone face and perfect dead-pan, you KNOW there is something funny there.
I thought it was almost a contest to see who would (or who wouldn't) crack up first. When Webb got through one part, the audience gave him an ovation and Johnny gave a little smirked (at the 2:14 mark)
@@dttruman i'm feeling the same way! if one broke down laughing, they would have cut it sooner (i'm glad they didn't, though)
Jack Webb actually had some good comedic timing. Note also that Carson waits a couple of times to give the audience time to applaud Webb. Carson was clearly a class act.
That he was.
Agreed.
I certainly have a notion to second that emotion ! Johnny always said Jack Benny was his favorite comedian. A large part of Jack's success was his timing. Johnny certainly learned well from the master !! 🙂
@@jubalcalif9100 - Timing is crucial in comedy. That’s why so many comedians are also musicians.
@@jerometaperman7102 And Jack Webb was also a musician. We was a jazz cornet player and released several albums.
Carson was king of late night for 30 years and no one will ever surpass this. In this clip you can see that Johnny is trying not to break out laughing.
Oh, and one more thing about Claude Cooper from Cleveland's clean copper clapper caper ... it's a Classic.
R.I.P. Johnny Carson, Jack Webb
Harry Morgan too😔❤️🙏🕯️🛡️🏛️⚖️☕🌹🌻🌼🌺💮🏵️🥀🌻🌸🏵️💮🌻🌺💐
Can we concur that the Case of The Copped Copper Clappers has been competently cracked as matter of course and calmly consign the file on said case to the "Closed" cabinet with collective confidence?
No swearing just honest humor, where did it go.🇺🇸
Fortunately we have Colbert to take up the slack.
@* AnimalHeadSpirit * - "a dishonest, childish narcissist" the only person that described is Obama.
And explain to me how conservative people "abandoned" conservatism exactly? Nothing you said makes any sense. Things went down the crapper because leftists have been shoving a deviant, progressive agenda down our throats for 30 years. And you're blaming the good people for that? I think you forgot to take your meds.
Rhett Butler had said, "Damn". That had opened the door for profanity. No hate. Just sayin'...✌
Alliteration is one of the oldest gags in the book. The only things that make this clip amusing are the smog gag and Carson/Webb's delivery of the lines. But it wasn't exactly groundbreaking or laugh-out-loud funny.
@@Ace1King1I just can't see Colbert completing the copper clapper caper.......
Best routine since "Who's on First.
Big shame we don't have people like Johnny Carson anymore.
Or Jack Webb.......
The Woke people might get offended 🤣
I'd put it up there with a scene in the series "Moonlighting" in which Bruce Willis is looking for a Chinese man with a mole on his nose.
Even Jack Webb couldn't keep a straight face at the end.
This was a time when comedy was written by very funny writers.
Yes! How I miss those days!
According to Harry Morgan that was no small feat.
Jack Webb was the nicest man! He lived near my native California husband, when my husband was growing up. Mr. Webb helped get my husband a guard job at Universal Studios, and later helped my husband get his SAG card, and small roles on Emergency and Adam 12!
@@debrahubbard763 Awesome! Thanks for sharing that. :)
Writers today aren’t comedy writers. They’re liberal activists.
Absolutely brilliant! Carson really had trouble keeping it together, and that's not a criticism. Webb was fabulous, and it was good to see him poking fun at his own image and production style. Truly a Carson Classic! Bless them both!
Webb was apparently enjoying it. He kept biting both lips to keep from grinning and finally just let it out.
@@dontaylor7315 They were both trying hard to keep it together.
@@astrodb4487 You're right, that famous Webb deadpan was just about to slip and you could see him strain to hold it.
You could consistently count on Carson keeping it classy.
Classy Carson constantly kept crowds clapping clamorously.
Using deadpan Jack Webb made this the legendary sketch that it is.
Jack Webb, able to keep a straight face right up until the end.
"This is the city" (smog)... perfect!
We don't need no stinkin' EPA.
In the beautiful city of.... (gasping intake of breath).... Emphysema!
@Fred Wucher In about 2003, I was taking a train from San Diego to LA. As we approached the station, the conductor came up on the PA and announced, "We are now arriving at our final station, all passengers must detrain. When you do, if you find yourself short of breath and your eyes burning, don't worry, it's not a chemical attack, it's just Los Angeles."
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@@erikbaran7197 Yes we damn well do!
I can't remember what I had for dinner yesterday but remember watching that Carson episode the day it first ran all those decades ago.
You left off Jack Webb's best line at the end - "Klutzy comedy"
This is perfect. Can anyone today understand this humor?
Can anyone today understand any humor?
When I was a kid " popcorns ready kids" Dragnets on
@@ulu3240 LOL!
It is called ALLITERATION.
You need to watch the original, "Dragnet" TV series starring Jack Webb that ran from 1951 to 1959 and again from 1967 to 1970.
This is up there with who's on first!! That figures!! 😂😂😂😂
just seeing jack webb smile was golden
the writer who created this skit should had gotten an Emmy
He did.
@@kevinmcdonald6106 Are you sure? I think it was his brother.
Yes., that creative comedian who cracked us up completely should be complimented.
An Emmy? Nah, it's not quite _that_ funny. It only works because of Carson and Webb and the only real joke was the smog gag at the beginning.
@@icemachine79 I bet you're a hoot at parties
The clip of kleptomanic Clevelander Claude Cooper who copped Carson's clean copper clappers from the closet, discovered by Clara Clifford the cleaner, is a classic!
😂😂😂
I concur, it's quite clearly a clever clip!
Clearly a classic
Indubitably ! I would have loved to see him clobber Claude Cooper !!
A collection of clearly clever conclusions creating classic comedy.
Correct.
Excellent!
Well done!
Nice
Well played sir!
Never saw this clip before! How Jack Webb was able to keep that dead-pan face for that long is beyond me! 😂
Back when late night TV was funny
you got that right
@CBS67 I saw this routine when it first aired and I laughed just has hard today as I did then. Johnny Carson is still the best. But who could have ever guessed that Jack Webb could be this funny.🤣
YESSSSS👍🏾👍🏾👍🏾RREEEEE B😊B😃😃😃😃
Class👍🏾c,Fr 👍🏾 day 😊😊😊😊
Talk show hosts come and go but Carson was and is the gold standard. Nobody will ever have the audience he had. from the mid 60's until Jay Leno took his place, he kicked everyone's butt, including Arsenio Hall and David Letterman.
I haven't laughed this hard in a long time. I don't know what is funnier, the skit, or Jack Webb keeping a straight face?
Pretty sure I saw Jack biting his tongue a few times, but yeah he held it together well.
You knew Carson could never keep it together.for long.
Jack Webb was instantly praised for his ability to keep a straight face for this. It would be extremely difficult for any actor today.
@@DavidEckard Jack Webb had a great sense of humor. When Stan Freberg told Webb he was going to record a spoof of Dragnet, he let him use the same orchestra that did the music on his then radio show.
Jack Webb 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
0:47 Carson’s intro and delivery are impeccable! Leslie Neilson couldn’t have done it any better!
Comedy at it's Best, that's why Johnny was the King of late night
Even Johnny's worst nights are better than today's best nights.
So, cleaning woman Clara Clifford discovered some clean copper clappers or clangers were comped from a closet by Cleveland's Claude Cooper the kleptomaniac. I'd clobber him, too.
Uh, yeah, we know, we just watched the clip.
@@erikbaran7197 Don't be an IDIOT!!
@@jefftanner3803 The idiots are those that transcribe the clip in the comment section. As stated, we saw the clip, so what's the point? You know who else is an idiot.......Jeffy?
Hilarious
Jeffrey Tanner What’s the matter? You hate competition?
This is legendary!
That delivery definitely earned the applause.
One of the greatest comedic sketches…ever!!! Carson is a total class act!!!
Life is not as much fun with Johnny gone! LOL
Johnny almost breaks but Jack holds it until the end......amazing, classic, timeless and awesome!!
Claude Cooper's copper clappers. A Carson classic!
A classic bit by Johnny. Just as funny now as it was then.
Only one thing to say about the Clean Copper Clapper Caper ...
What's that?
It's a classic.
Thanx so so much for sharing this little gem!
RIP, gentlemen, and thanx for the magic and memories.
Clever.
@@andrewvelonis5940 😊👍
If it would have been Fallon he’d be giggling throughout like if he was saying “see how cute I am! I am so cute!”.
This was not only a brilliant piece of comedy writing, with all of the hard Cs, but the delivery perfectly mimicked Webb's writing style. Short, staccato exchanges with his best partner IMO, the late great Harry Morgan, on TV. But you can go back on YT and hear the original Dragnets, that were on radio only from the early 50s. The same exact writing styles and deliveries that we just enjoyed here with Johnny, who delivered a flawless performance.
Webb was a genius.
garylobo3 one of the best no swearing, no sexual innuendos. Just clean comedy
@@tonyhodgin1158 Just like the original Dragnets my friend.
The clean copper clapper caper is, what else, a classic.
That is funny and intelligent unlike the crap on today.
i agree i like to watch dragnet on you tube,better than alot of stuff on netflick hulu and amazon all together.i like you tube its free and has alot of good music videos of yesteryear and movies and stuff.
One of the great sketches ever on the Tonight Show. Impressive tongue twisting performances by both gentlemen.
This man of color LOVES to watch classic comedy this is SURELY a CLASSIC
JACK WEBB & JOHNNY CARSON.
you can see the strain Jack and Johnny are under to keep a strait face.Funny bit.
I laughed my ass off when I first saw this live.
I clapped for this classic
An absolutely brilliant piece of comedic history. It never gets old.
clearly classical comedy, claims Charlie
@@lbcharlie05 Charlie should be Clark.
How in the world was Jack Webb able to keep a straight face???? 😂🤣🤣
If you look at his facial expressions again, it look like he was about to lose it. I bet he let he let it all out and laughing hysterically after it was all over.
I broke down right near the beginning!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That's what I was thinking🤣🤣😂😂
When Johnny gives Jack yet another set of tongue twisters, I love how Jack glances down and then says resignedly, “That figures.”
One of the best comedy skits, ever!
I'm old enough to have seen this routine on the night it was originally show on TV.
Me 2 and they chopped off the last great punchline. Webb saying "this is Klutzy Comedy"
Since the first time I ever heard this skit , I remembered it well and have made a lot of people smile and laugh telling it to them.
Classic....i never get tired of this.
John Fuentes so true
Man I miss Johnny!!
Classic Carson.clapper clip.
good clean comedy no racism no drugs no sex no four-letter words and it's funny as hell. you should take a lesson Gilbert Gottfried
Roger Jackson I agree with you
Gilbert Gottfried rules
Roger Jackson there was sex on the show
. . . and no politics!
@03 11 Yeah, but no one was crying about it all the time. People didn't wake up to cry about every perceived minor transgressions or make up new ones.
They realized that life or the world is not perfectly fair. And got on with life. Not like these silly snowflakes today that can't live without angst in their lives.
Word based comedy like this truly does take a lot of talent the opening picture sets the stage brilliantly but after that no visual aid whatsoever just dialogue and delivery further proof that much of the best comedy is played straight
Two legends having a blast with this hilarious skit---Jack Webb, the ultimate, no-nonsense cop, and Johnny Carson, the all-time king of late-night TV. You'll never see anything this good on the "idiot box" today, such a shame!!
Just a quick reminder, NBC in its "beautiful" wisdom, allowed the first ten years of the Tonight Show to be erased. The fact that this awesome sketch, which you can tell is from the first decade by Johnny's hair, still exists is a gift from the heavens!
Never gets old. Watched this on a pretty regular basis for over 40 years now.
This is such a priceless skit.
Where are the real comedians of today? These two were hysterical and only one of them did comedy. Hollywood has fallen, decades ago...
Today's comedians are clearly not cut from the same cloth. Have I made this Crystal Clear? Or would you like me to clarify my comment?
@@martyharless5097 LOL!
@@goosewhisperer6275 coincidentally my comment was merely to add cohesion and credence to the original commenters comment. I can't seem to control my constant use of these confounded c words. My chaotic thoughts seem to be cooking in a cauldron of cloudiness and confusion. Some call me colorfully creative, my counselor calls me crazy.
@@martyharless5097 :D
Webb looked like he was gonna let it slip for a second, but the man is a pro, ain't he.
DAMN talk about a tongue twister for Jack Webb. It's amazing he didn't crack up while saying it till the end.
At the end, you see a slight smile on Jack Webb's face, which is as close as he got to breaking up. Earlier in the sketch, it's Carson who has to take a moment to keep in character. An epic comedy duel.
Jack was the epitome of stoicism.
For Johnny too!!!!!!!
I don't know how he did it🤣😂
Carson was so funny and it was nice to see Jack Webb to Comedy they're great talents that are missed a lot
I used to love Johnny and his dry delivery and partial smile when he knew what he was saying was comedy gold!!! I miss his style.
a classic routine indeed
It’s a classic
This is GREAT!
Outstanding!!! That was hilarious! Genius comedy that kept it clean.
Actually I remember seeing this in 1968!!
Carson was amazing. I miss him.
Love jack Webb rip!
Perhaps the funniest skit ever on the tonight show.
I remember seeing this. Johnny was the reason to stay up late.
Very well done by Jack Webb and Johnny Carson.
Its been a long time since i last saw this skit, but I'll never forget it. Truly the greatest humoristical thing ever.
OMG! I watched that when it aired! Love it!
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Carson was the Best Kate Night Comedian of All Time.
Kate had nothing to do with this SKIT.
back when comedy took talent.
That's the thing, comedy still does take talent. :D
@@Scopper81 Which is why there is so little of it.
This skit and the great Flydini are why Johnny Carson will never be replaced
Flydini was hysterically funny.
Flydini was a Steve Martin bit, not by Carson.
And Karnak the Magnificent.
@@basilmarasco1975 Still miss that one! "I hold in my hand THE LAST envelope"
@@billolsen4360 Those words which were always followed by a spirited round of applause!
I've watched this countless times. NEVER gets old ! THANK YOU for uploading for us to enjoy !! Wonderful to see Sgt Joe Friday crack a smile !!
Me.too! In fact I'm watching it again for like the 50 the time
The good old days, when comedy was funny!
Comedy like this never gets old! Hilarious!! 🤣
This was hilarious! I couldn't stop laughing! 😅
Probably one of the funniest skits ever by 2 Icons. Miss them both!
That’s what comedy is about when you have Johnny & Jack conjuring classic comedy concisely
The sketch isn't copper, it's gold.
A classic. Good clean humor. I get so weary of comedians today say a hundred F- words during their so called funny routine.
I can get by with one F word, but when they say it in every sentence and use it as an adjective for everything, it gets boring. I was a George Carlin fan with his earlier materials during his Little David years, then he just got vullgar.
Another crazy caper...The callous case of the Cleveland kleptomaniac Claude Cooper who copped the clean copper clappers from the closet with collaboration from the cleaning woman Clara Clifford...
I'm watching Dragnet on Hulu and I remembered this skit when it was first aired. I HAD to see it again, lol. I miss the good old days. :)
Kudos to Jack Webb and Jonny Carson. That was hilarious.