Tonight Show episodes 1980-85
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1/4/80 - with Robert Blake, Martin Mull, Dorothy Mays and Tom Wolfe
1/10/80 - with Phyllis George, Mike Farrell, Sean Morey (juggling comedian!) and Jerzy Kosinski - CARNAC appears!
1/31/80 - with Michael Landon, Dr. Paul Ehrlich and Jim Fowler - Johnny and the Vulture!
2/1/80 - with Bob Hope, Ray Charles and Teri Garr
2/12/80 - with Patrick Duffy, Red Buttons, Ann Reinking and William F. Buckley - Red Buttons gets bleeped on a joke!
2/21/80 - with Loni Anderson and Steve Landesberg - Edited from the four decades collection
2/27/80 with David Steinberg, Herb Brooks and Jim Stafford
3/28/80 - with William Holden, Steve Lawrence and Carl Reiner
4/3/80 - with Joan Rivers, Dick Van Patten, Stephanie Faracy and Byron Allen
4/30/80 - with Charlton Heston, Dorothy Stratten, Bobby Kelton and Wally Mohrman
5/20/80 - with Charles Nelson Reilly, Tom Brokaw and Victor Buono
5/28/80 - with Dick Enberg, Joan Embery, Red Buttons and Richard Benjamin
6/25/80 - with Kenny Rogers, Kim Carne, Lee Marvin and Buck Henry
7/23/80 - with Dyan Cannon, Rodney Dangerfield, Arnaud de Borchgrave and Jim Fowler - Funny bit with the alligator and the crocodile
9/5/80 - with Bob Hope, Richard Pryor, David Bowie and Randi Oakes
9/12/80 - with Erma Bombeck, George Wallace (comedian), Jeff Greenfield and Robert Blake - Final 90 minute show with Floyd R. Turbo getting bleeped!
9/16/80 - 1st hour long show with Bette Midler and David Brenner
9/26/80 - with Steve Martin and Carl Sagan
9/29/80 - 18th anniversary special
10/16/80 - with Buddy Hackett and Morris Goldberg
10/30/80 - with George Carlin and Joe Garagiola
10/31/80 - with Bob Hope, Gore Vidal and Steve Landesberg
11/11/80 - with David Letterman and Michael Pritchard - Edited from the 4 decades collection
11/13/80 - with Tim Conway and Mare Winningham
11/19/80 - with Jeana Tomasino, Ricky Schroder and Sean Morey
11/21/80 - with Carl Reiner and Raquel Welch
12/11/80 - with James Stewart and Hodding Carter
12/19/80 - with Bob Newhart, Mac Davis, Frank Sinatra and St. Matthews School Choir
1/8/81 - with McLean Stevenson, James Woods and Bum Phillips - G. Walter Schneer appears as a rep for the Insurance Industry
1/16/81 - with Bob Hope, Argus Hamilton and the Seven Lovelies from B.J. and the Bear
2/24/81 - with Carl Reiner and Catherine Deneuve - CARNAC appears!
2/25/81 - with Barbara Eden, Bobby Kelton and Arnold Roth
2/27/81 - with David Letterman, Sydne Rome and Mighty Carson Art Players
3/4/81 - with Christie Brinkley and David Brenner - Johnny as Walter Cronkite giving his final newscast!
3/18/81 - with Richard Benjamin, Garry Shandling (debut) and Jan Stephenson
3/25/81 - with Peter Strauss and Gore Vidal - The black hat and red hat desk bit.
3/27/81 - with Charles Nelson Reilly, Cathy Moriarty and Richard Lewis
4/7/81 - with Suzanne Pleshette and Dick Cavett
4/9/81 - with Albert Brooks and Susan Sarandon - CARNAC appears!
4/10/81 - with Robert Blake and Calvin Trillin - G. Walter Schneer appears as an IRS agent!
5/4/81 - with Joan Rivers and William Caulfield - Floyd R. Turbo appears
5/19/81 - with Alan Alda and David Brenner
5/20/81 - with George Carlin and Richard Pryor
5/26/81 - with Dr. Paul Erlich
6/18/81 - with David Steinberg and Jim Fowler - CARNAC appears! Johnny vs. the Chimp who punches him in the mouth!
6/25/81 - with McLean Stevenson and Bob Uecker
7/21/81 - with Suzanne Pleshette and Nino the Singing Parrot
7/24/81 - with Michael Landon and Bo Derek - Johnny plays the role of a fruit fly!
7/31/81 - with Angie Dickinson, Dom DeLuise and Tommy Lasorda - G. Walter Schneer appears to defend hospital care!
8/5/81 - with Alan King and Sheena Easton - CARNAC appears with the infamous "sis boom bah" - original airing
8/6/81 - with John Travolta and Erma Bombeck
8/14/81 - with Betty White, Peter Strauss and Victor Buono - Tarzan sketch with Johnny and Betty White
9/2/81 - with Joan Rivers, George Segal and Conrad Janis
Oct. 1981 - 19th anniversary special
10/8/81 - with Martin Mull, Peter Billingsley and James Woods
10/14/81 - with Robin Williams (1st appearance on Tonight Show) and Jean Marsh - Johnny as General Patton!
10/29/81 - with Angie Dickinson, Garry Shandling and Pilobolus Dance Theatre
11/6/81 - with Robert Klein and Calvin Trillin
11/12/81 - with Betty White, Jerry Seinfeld and Dom DeLuise
11/20/81 - with Susan Sarandon, Bob Hope and Ricky Schroder
11/30/81 - David Letterman hosts with Mariette Hartley
12/2/81 - David Letterman hosts with Natalie Cole, Jane Pauley and Dick Enberg
12/8/81 - with Buddy Hackett and Rocky Graziano
12/10/81 - with Jack Lemmon and Walter Matthau
12/15/81 - with Jim Fowler and Gore Vidal
1/1/82 - with McLean Stevenson and Eddie Murphy
1/6/82 - with Alan King and Charles Nelson Reilly
2/4/82 - with Tom Hanks, Lynn Redgrave and Franklin Ajaye
2/5/82 - with Dick Cavett, John Byner and Thalassa Cruso
2/10/82 - with Wayne Rogers, Eddie Murphy and Albert Hague
2/11/82 - with Burt Reynolds and Richard Lewis - "This is your life" sketch with Burt Reynolds
3/3/82 - with Harvey Korman, Jane Pauley and Ronn Lucas - CARNAC appears!
3/5/82 - with Dyan Cannon and Walter Cronkite - Johnny appears as Fernando Valenzuela
3/18/82 - with Jack Lemmon, Janet Hills and Maureen Murphy - Great sketch with Johnny as IRS agent G. Walter Schneer!
3/23/82 - with Walter Matthau and Ricky Schroder
3/25/82 - with Christopher Reeve and Albert Hague
3/30/82 - with Roger Moore and Maureen Stapleton
4/6/82 - with Jerry Seinfeld, Charles Grodin and Victoria Principal
4/8/82 - with Tom Hanks, Jim Fowler and Greg Burge - CARNAC
4/9/82 - with Lynn Redgrave, Paul Reiser and David Horowitz - Mighty Carson Art Players
5/4/82 - with John and Donna Thompson plus John Denver
5/14/82 - with McLean Stevenson, Bobby Kelton and Christie Brinkley
5/21/82 - with Steve Martin and Sylvester Stallone
5/25/82 - with Suzanne Pleshette, Argus Hamilton, Frank Thomas and Ollie Johnston
6/11/82 - with Dyan Cannon and Dr. Ruth Westheimer - Great sketch with G. Walter Schneer as the bank owner!
6/15/82 - with Brooke Shields, George Miller and Hulk Hogan
7/14/82 - Joan Rivers hosts with James Coco and Garry Shandling
7/15/82 - with David Steinberg and Martin Mull
7/22/82 - with Robin Williams
7/23/82 - with Bjorn Borg, Jean Marsh and Paul Tavilla (Grape catcher)
7/30/82 - with Eddie Murphy and Randall Cobb
8/4/82 - with Jimmy Aleck and Raymond Smullyan - Johnny as Ronald Reagan!
8/6/82 - with Kenny Rogers and Steven Wright - CARNAC
8/31/82 - with Neil Simon, Joe Garagiola and Bill Maher
9/3/82 - with Charles Nelson Reilly, Mack & Jamie and Susie Petrucci - G. Walter Schneer appears to defend the airlines!
9/7/82 - with Steve Landesberg, Cindy Morgan and Barbara& Elden Hathaway
9/23/82 - with David Brenner, Bob Uecker, Georgia Frontiere and Chuck Donaldson
10/3/82 - 20th Anniversary Special
10/15/82 - with Joan Rivers and Tetsuko Kuroyanagi
11/9/82 - with Rickey Schroder, David Sayh and Tony Trabert
12/7/82 - with James Stewart and Garry Shandling
12/14/82 - with Slater Barron, Pete Barbutti and Stephanie Reach
12/17/82 - with Sally Field and Thalassa Cruso
12/28/82 - with Tillie Abrahamson, CNR and Cory Carson
12/30/82 - with Suzanne Somers and Kaleena Kiff
1/4/83 - with Carl Reiner and Greg Louganis
1/24/83 - Joan Rivers hosts with Henry Winkler, Cher and Richard Simmons
1/25/83 - Joan Rivers hosts with Angie Dickinson and Garry Shandling
1/26/83 - Joan Rivers hosts with Bill Cosby, Margot Kidder and Helen Gurly Brown
2/9/83 - with Bette Davis and Richard Pryor
2/11/83 with CNR, Bob Uecker and Rodney Dangerfield
3/1/83 - with David Brenner and Lionel Richie - CARNAC appears - original airing
3/3/83 - with Linda Ronstadt and Swoosie Kurtz
3/4/83 - with Tim Conway, Jodie Foster and Maureen Murphy
3/18/83 - with Louis Gossett Jr., Argus Hamilton and Richard Kline
3/25/83 - with Teri Garr, Paul Proverza and Jennifer O'Neill - Great sketch with the "last episode of Gunsmoke" parody
4/5/83 - with Julio Iglesias and Franklyn Ajaye - CARNAC
4/26/83 - with Sammy Davis Jr. and James Sikking
4/28/83 - with Charles Nelson Reilly, Garry Shandling and Audrie J. Neenan
4/29/83 - with Bob and Ray and Jennifer Beals
5/2/83 - with James Stewart and Ron McCroby
5/4/83 - with Harmon Baker and Rich Hall
5/5/83 - with Emmanuel Lewis, David Steinberg and Mary Frann - Great sketch with Johnny as Ronald Reagan!
5/13/83 - with Donald Sutherland and Martin Mull
5/17/83 - with Albert Brooks and Brooke Shields
5/18/83 - with Bob Newhart, Anthony Quinn and Julie Lynne Hayek
6/7/83 - with Christopher Reeve, Leonard Waxdeck and Birdcallers
6/9/83 - with Richard Pryor, Ally Sheedy and Rod Hull
6/23/83 - with Lauren Bacall, Pete Fountain and Jim Fowler
6/24/83 - with Eddie Murphy, Jennifer Richards and Reggie Joule
7/22/83 - with Chevy Chase, David Sayh and Karen Salkin
7/28/83 - with Joan Collins and Samantha Smith
7/29/83 - with Carrie Fisher and Garry Shandling
8/12/83 - with Rodney Dangerfield, Mike Reagan and Donna Theodore
8/25/83 - Barbara Mandrell hosts with Patrick Duffy, George Lindsay and Helen Gurly Brown - 35 minutes
8/26/83 - John Denver hosts with Sarah Purcell, Pam Dawber and Tony Danza
9/7/83 - with Betty White, Shirley MacLaine and Grant Colfax
9/13/83 - with Liberace and Teddy Bergeron
9/20/83 - with Dick Cavett and Rebecca Holden - Aunt Flabby appears
10/3/83 - 21st Anniversary Special
10/5/83 - with Sean Connery and Keenen Ivory Wayans
10/7/83 - with Bob Newhart, James Stephens and Ronnie Porter
11/1/83 - with Estelle Parsons and David Brenner
11/8/83 - with Barbara Walters and David Steinberg
11/24/83 - with Robert Blake, Jim Carrey and Bud Greenspan
11/28/83 - with Jerry Seinfeld, Ernest St. George and Lynn Redgrave
12/6/83 - with Red Skeleton, Donna Theodore and Sterling Hayden
12/9/83 - with Charles Grodin, Bob & Ray and Mike Rozier
12/15/83 - with Mel Brooks and Teri Garr
12/16/83 - with Andy Williams
12/29/83 - with Tony Randall, Father Guido Sarducci and Cyndi James Reese
1/3/84 - with Martin Mull, Stephanie Zimbalist and Jane Goodall
1/13/84 - with Susan Sarandon, Brooke Shields and Carol Wayne - Art Fern appears
1/16/84 - with Don Rickles, Rita Moreno and Pierce Brosnan
1/17/84 - with Debbie Reynolds, Gene Hackman and Pee Wee Herman
1/18/84 - with Sheena Easton, James Coco and Joel Higgins
2/15/84 - with Sammy Davis Jr. and Joyce Dewitt
2/17/84 - with Madeline Kahn and Tracey Ullman
2/21/84 - with Mariette Hartley, Bill Johnson and Alice Neel
2/23/84 - with Suzanne Pleshette, Michael Davis and Ed Begley Jr.
3/1/84 - with Robert Klein and Cyndi Lauper
3/2/84 - with John Ritter, Jimmy Aleck and Robyn Douglass
3/13/84 - with Mickey Rooney, Paul Rodriguez and Merie Earle
3/20/84 - with Amy Irving and Fran Dietz
3/21/84 - with Jerry Lewis and Dabney Coleman - CARNAC appears!
4/3/84 - with Robin Williams
4/20/84 - Joan Rivers hosts - with Henry Winkler, Suzanne Somers and Lyle Alzado
4/24/84 - with Martin Mull, Jerry Seinfeld and Scot Morris
5/3/84 - with Robert Blake, Rich Hall and Richard Guindon
5/9/84 - with Cloris Leachman and Abel Kiviat
5/10/84 - with Liberace, Bill Maher and Cleo Goldsmith
5/22/84 - with Don Rickles, Mark McCollum, Kate Capshaw - MISSING MONOLOGUE
5/24/84 - with John Denver, Michael Davis, Cheryl King - CARNAC
6/5/84 - with Joan Collins and Daniel Greenblatt - Johnny competes in a Spelling Bee!
6/8/84 - with Charles Grodin, Brad Garrett and Merie Earle
6/12/84 - with Dick Cavett, Jimmy Brogan and Dave Barry
6/13/84 - with Joan Embery, Mary Gross and Wil Shriner
6/20/84 - with Annie Potts, Shelley Winters and Ronnie Shakes
6/28/84 - Joan Rivers hosts - with Bo Derek, The Beach Boys and Rob Lowe
7/12/84 - with Miss Piggy, Howie Mandel and Dr. John McCosker
7/13/84 - with David Letterman and Scot Morris
8/15/84 - clip of a desk bit and PSAs from the 8/15/84 episode
9/14/84 - Joan Rivers hosts with George Burns, Tyne Daly and Peter Allan
9/24/84 - Joan Rivers hosts with Elvis Costello and David Brenner
9/28/84 - with Kate Capshaw, Bobby Kelton and Ed Begley Jr.
10/9/84 - with Bob Newhart and Erin Gray
10/12/84 - with Burt Reynolds, Dom DeLuise and Teresa Ganzel
10/23/84 - with Paul McCartney, Mary Gross and Jonathan Brown - Vault series
11/20/84 - with Robert Blake, Louie Anderson and Selma Diamond
11/21/84 - with Don Rickles and Angie Dickinson
11/28/84 - with Mimi Kennedy, Calvin Trillin and Howie Mandel
11/29/84 - with George Carlin and Keshia Knight Pulliam
12/11/84 - with Buddy Hackett and John Lithgow - Johnny and Buddy are bleeped on a joke!
12/12/84 - with Isabel Campbell, Marilyn Horne and Steven Wright
12/20/84 - with John Denver and the new products
12/24/84 - Christmas show with an intro from Johnny - Rest of the show is with Doc and the Band
1/4/85 - with Charles Nelson Reilly and Peter Fonda
2/6/85 - with Ricky Schroder, Lisa Eilbacher and Justin Wilson
2/12/85 - with Bob Uecker, Mark Hudson and David Horowitz
2/19/85 - with Bert Convy and Rod Hull - monologue and desk bit only
3/1/85 - with Robert Blake, Christie Brinkley and a great sketch with Johnny as Dr. Ruth!
3/19/85 - with Charles Grodin, Kevin Nealon and Linda Thorson
3/21/85 - with Candice Bergen, George Carl and Tim Reid
4/16/85 - with Amy Irving, Jay Johnson and Calvin Trillin
4/18/85 - with Mariette Hartley and Michael Palin
4/26/85 - with JoBeth Williams, Elya Baskin and Dr. Jim King
5/7/85 - with John Ritter, George Miller and Grace Jones - CARNAC appears!
5/10/85 - with David Letterman and Victoria Jackson
5/21/85 - with Sylvester Stallone, A. Whitney Brown and Horacio Gutierrez
5/30/85 - with Chevy Chase, Maureen Murphy and Vanity
6/11/85 - with Buddy Hackett and Honi Coles
6/12/85 - with Phil Collins, Louie Anderson and Magic Johnson
6/13/85 - with Catherine Costello, Ana Obregon and Joe Williams
6/14/85 - with Sammy Davis Jr. and Dr. Paul Eckman - G. Walter Schneer appears as an auto mechanic representative.
6/18/85 - with Tom Conit, Franklin Ayjae and Roger Bobo
6/19/85 - with Diane Fossey and Tim Reid - Original airing and Antenna TV airing
6/20/85 - with Burt Reynolds and Laura Branigan
6/25/85 - with Brigitee Nielsen and Luciano Pavarotti - monologue and desk bit - first 16 minutes
6/27/85 - with Shelly Winters and Jerry Seinfeld - Mr. Rambo's neighborhood!
7/8/85 - Joan Rivers hosts with George Peppard, Susan Anton, Helen Slater and Anthony Gatto
7/25/85 - with Michael J. Fox, Weird Al Yankovich and Charles Nelson Reilly
8/2/85 - with Carl Reiner, George Miller and Teresa Ganzel
8/5/85 - with Carl Reiner, George Miller and Teresa Ganzel
8/21/85 - with Chuck Yeager and George Carlin
8/22/85 - with Ginger McLamb, Arnold Schwarzenegger and Ed Begley Jr.
8/23/85 - with Gary Busey, Roseanne Barr (debut), Steve Trotter
9/19/85 - with Ted Danson, Courtney Cox, Judy Schwartz and Rickey Berkowitz - Johnny gets his 4,192nd laugh!
Oct. 1985 - 23rd anniversary show
10/4/85 - with Loni Anderson, Delia & Mark Owens and Tim Thomerson
10/18/85 - with Jackie Gleason and Jim Stafford
10/23/85 - with Julia Migenes Johnson and Bert Convy
10/25/85 - with Dyan Cannon, Laura Brannigan and Scott Cully - full episode
10/31/85 - Joan Rivers hosts with Pee Wee Herman, David L. Roth, Phyllis Diller and Elvira - Missing monlogue
11/1/85 - Joan Rivers hosts with Lucille Ball, Steven Wright and Dr. Ruth
11/5/85 - with Peter Strauss, Teddy Bergeron and Bret Saberhagen
11/14/85 - with Robert Blake, David Horowitz and Eura Irwin
11/29/85 with Barry Manilow, Chevy Chase and Dan Ackroyd
12/3/85 - Joan Rivers hosts with Peter Falk, Tom Jones and Rue McClanahan
12/4/85 - Joan Rivers hosts with Howard Cossell, Charlton Heston, Gallaher and Whitney Houston
12/10/85 - with Alan King and Vlasta Krsek - The Polka lady!
12/12/85 - with Bernie McKay and Robert Klein
12/13/85 - First 14 minutes of this episode only
12/17/85 - with Bette Midler and Ana Oblong
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