The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson Bob Hope/Michael Landon/Freddie Prinze/Don Rickles/Carol Wayne (1962–1992) Online

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson Bob Hope/Michael Landon/Freddie Prinze/Don Rickles/Carol Wayne (1962–1992) Online

The audience is filled with representatives from NBC's affiliate stations, attending a conference to see the next season's schedule. There is no live band, due to a work stoppage in its third week. The comedy segment is Carnac the Magnificent. Bob Hope refers to his busy schedule as being like returning to vaudeville; he is flying to New York after the taping to attend an awards banquet, then making a stop at a benefit in St. Louis before returning to L.A. to speak at his son's graduation from Chapman College, then flying to Spokane for the World's Fair opening. He comments on receiving an honorary doctorate in international relations from Salem College in West Virginia, then does several jokes about the new NBC president (Johnny joins in) and a few about Henry Kissinger. He then talks about his upcoming show "The Bluffers" and shows a clip. Don Rickles does his rapid-fire jokes on various topics, including his and Johnny's marriages and Johnny's parents, but when Johnny asks, he ...