The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson Carl Reiner, Jack Klugman, Jan Todd (1962–1992) Online
- Original Title :
- Carl Reiner, Jack Klugman, Jan Todd
- Genre :
- TV Episode / Comedy / Talk Show
- Year :
- 1962–1992
- Cast :
- Johnny Carson,Ed McMahon,Doc Severinsen
- Type :
- TV Episode
- Time :
- 1h 45min
- Rating :
- 6.1/10
The comedy segment was a brief sketch in which a husband surprising his wife, who was trained in karate, was repulsed and fell through a door. Afterwards Johnny related how a similar sketch injured Red Skelton, when Johnny was one of his writers, as the door hadn't been modified to break. This led to Johnny's first national appearance when he filled in on the show. Carl Reiner first talked about an appearance by Peter O'Toole on The Tonight Show where he could not be understood, and did a lengthy impression of O'Toole. He then described how his facility with accents and types of speech came from not being a good student. He then discussed his current movie "The One and Only" and predicted Henry Winkler would become a big star in motion pictures. A clip from the movie was shown. He also discussed wearing a hairpiece. This led to a discussion of an old radio show that discussed people's personal problems. Jack Klugman talked about how he was still nervous before coming on the show. He ...
| Episode credited cast: | |||
 | Johnny Carson | - | Himself - Host / Larry the Husband |
 | Ed McMahon | - | Himself - Announcer |
 | Doc Severinsen | - | Himself - Bandleader |
 | Jack Klugman | - | Himself |
 | Carl Reiner | - | Himself - Guest |
 | Jan Todd | - | Herself |
| Rest of cast listed alphabetically: | |||
 | Donna Garrett | - | Larry's Wife |
 | Robert Ito | - | Sam Fujiyama from QUINCY, M.E. episode CRIB JOB (archive footage) |
 | Karen Philipp | - | Martha Steele from QUINCY, M.E. episode CRIB JOB (archive footage) |
 | Ford Rainey | - | Dr. Bellamy from QUINCY, M.E. episode CRIB JOB (archive footage) |
 | Henry Winkler | - | Andy Schmidt from film THE ONE AND ONLY (archive footage) |
A sketch during this program involved Carson falling through a breakaway door. Following the sketch, Carson explained the dangers of such falls. Many years ago, when Carson was one of Red Skelton's writers, during the last dress rehearsal of a prison skit on the day of the live program,, a breakaway wall through which Skelton's inmate character was supposed to escape, failed to break, causing great injuries to Skelton. Carson was called in shortly before the broadcast, writing his monologue in the car on his way to the studio, and substituted for the wounded Skelton, as guest host.