Tonight Show episodes from 1990-92
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1/3/90 - with Tony Danza and Chuck Berry
1/4/90 - with Rita Rudner and K.T. Oslin
1/5/90 - with Bob Saget and Susan Norfleet
1/10/90 - with Richard Benjamin
1/17/90 - with Baxter Black, Jeff Secsoro and The Roaches
1/18/90 - with Ron Silver, Art Donovan and Joan Embery - funny nursery rhymes with Johnny!
1/19/90 - with Michael Landon, Jimmy Brogan and Roger Rees
1/24/90 - Jay Leno hosts with Shelley Winters, Hoyt Axton and Don Herbert
1/31/90 - with Bonnie Hunt, Cathy Ladman and Martin Short
2/1/90 - with Kenneth Branagh, Cathy Guisewite and Stephanie Yu
2/2/90 - with Carl Reiner and Jennifer Grey
2/7/90 - with Don Rickles and Jon Serl
2/8/90 - with Harry Anderson, Bobby Slayton and Eugene Fodor
2/9/90 - with Beau Bridges, Melissa Manchester and Rita Rudner
2/14/90 - with John Laroquette and Jack Jones
2/15/90 - with Super Dave Osborne, Stephanie Mills, Svetlana Starodomskaya
2/16/90 - with Bob Hope, Joe Williams and Magic Johnson
2/20/90 - with Jay Leno hosts - Bea Arthur, Paula Poundstone and Al Jarreau
2/21/90 - with Bob Newhart and Buster Douglas
2/22/90 with Jester Hairston - CARNAC appears!
2/23/90 - with Dabney Coleman
3/14/90 - with Jonathan Winters and Randy Travis
3/15/90 - with Hassie and Lassie and Smokey Robinson
3/16/90 - with Lee Trevino and Jeff Cesario
3/22/90 - with Deborah Norville and Larry Miller
3/23/90 - with Kareem Abdul Jabbar and Park Overall
3/26/90 - Jay Leno hosts with Marsha Warfield and Debbie Allen
3/27/90 - Jay Leno hosts with Jean Stapleton and George Miller
3/28/90 - Jay Leno hosts - with Carol Burnett, Martin Mull and Edie McClurg
3/29/90 - Jay Leno hosts with Dana Carvey, Dana Delany and Wayne Potter
4/4/90 - with Dudley Moore
4/5/90 - with Lily Tomlin
4/6/90 - with Bob Hope and B.B. King
4/10/90 - Jay Leno hosts - with Robert Hays and Marlo Thomas
4/11/90 - with Ray Charles and Richard Lewis
4/12/90 - with Milt Hinton, Paula Poundstone and Art Donovan - missing first minute
4/24/90 - Jay Leno hosts with Chuck Norris and Meredith Baxter-Birney
4/26/90 - with Tim Conway and Judith Ivey
4/27/90 - with Robert Klein, Kevin Spacey and Mary Peyton Meyer
5/2/90 - with Dabney Coleman and Yakov Smirnoff
5/3/90 - with Richard Jeni and Jack Mayberry
5/4/90 - with Judge Reinhold, Rondell Sheridan and Rita Rudner
5/8/90 - Jay Leno hosts with Teri Garr, Eva Marie Saint, Keenan Ivory Wayans
5/9/90 - with Tony Randall and Lara Flynn Boyle - CARNAC appears! - ORIGINAL airing
5/10/90 - with John Larroquette, Mark Schiff and Kurt Thomas
5/11/90 - with Liv Ullmann and Joe Piscopo
5/15/90 - Leno hosts with Keith Carradine and Blake Clark
5/17/90 - with Barbara Hershey, Jeff Cesario and Dr. Henry Stenhouse
5/18/90 - with Bob Hope and Park Overall
5/30/90 - with Jerry Seinfeld and Dizzie Gillispie
5/31/90 - with Arnold Schwarzenegger and David Brenner
6/1/90 - with Buddy Hackett, Dave Thomas and Teresa Ganzel
6/13/90 - with Bob Newhart and Peter Jennings
6/14/90 - with Garry Shandling and Barry Manilow
6/15/90 - with Kirk Douglas, Super Dave Osborne and Miss Manners
7/2/90 - Jay Leno hosts - with Tony Randall and Will Shriner
7/5/90 - Jay Leno hosts - with Phil Hartman and Tom Cruise
7/13/90 - with Bob Saget and Jack Coen
7/20/90 - with Roseanne Barr, Tom Arnold and Maggie Gill
7/25/90 - with John Goodman and Victoria Principal
7/26/90 - with Liv Ullman, J.J. Wall and Patrika Darbo
7/27/90 - with cartoonist Kathy
8/1/90 - with Don Rickles - Full episode
8/2/90 - with Maria Shriver and Michael McDonald
8/6/90 - Jay Leno hosts with Kirk Douglas and Willy T. Ribbs
8/17/90 - with with Patrick Swayze and Oleta Adams
9/5/90 - with Charles Grodin, Amy Yasbeck and BB King - CARNAC appears! - ORIGINAL AIRING
9/6/90 - with K.T. Osmond
9/11/90 - Jay Leno hosts with Candice Bergen, Charles Schlatter and George Miller
9/12/90 - with Patrick Duffy, Kevin Meany and Kid Creole
9/13/90 - with Martin Mull and Ruth Brown
9/14/90 - with Bob Hope, Pete Sampras and Park Overall
9/21/90 - Jay Leno hosts with Phil Collins, Audrey Meadows, Celine Dion and Jimmy Smits
9/25/90 - with Jay Leno and Betty White
9/27/90 - 28th Anniversary Special
10/2/90 - Jay Leno hosts with Peggy Lipton and Paul Sorvino
10/3/90 - with Rita Rudner and Johnny Klieg
10/5/90 - with Robert Klein and Jackie Collins
10/9/90 - Jay Leno hosts with Walter Cronkite, Angela Lansbury and John Denver
10/31/90 - with John Larroquette, Kevin Pollack and Anthony Griffith
11/1/90 - with Carl Reiner
11/2/90 - with Ed Begley Jr.
11/7/90 - with George Segal and Neil Patrick Harris
11/8/90 - with Super Dave Osborne and Paul Reiser
11/9/90 - with George Foreman and Joanna Kearns
11/14/90 - with Harry Anderson and Bob Uecker
11/15/90 - with Bob Newhart, Celine Dion and Catherine O'Hara
11/16/90 - with Jimmy Buffet and Rita Rudner
11/20/90 - Jay Leno hosts with Sharon Glass and Michael Moriarty
11/21/90 - with Father Guido Sarducci and Ray Charles
11/22/90 - with Dean Dill and various acts
11/23/90 - with James Garner, Andy Grayson and Sara Hickman
12/5/90 - with Randy Travis and Miss Manners
12/6/90 - with George Carlin and Pete Fountain
12/7/90 - with David Letterman and Patti Labelle
12/12/90 - with Richard Benjamin
12/13/90 - with Bob Hope, Kirstie Alley, John Travolta and the Go-Go's
12/14/90 - with Dolly Parton, Mark Schiff and Kadeem Hardison
12/19/90 - Jay Leno hosts - with Joe Pantoliano and Jacqueline Bisset
12/17/90 - Jay Leno hosts with Glenn Close, John Chancellor, Bill Maher and Roseann Cash
12/31/90 - Jay Leno hosts with Jane Pauley, Phil Hartman, BB King and Dwight Youkman
1/2/91 - with Merv Griffin and Leon Redbone
1/3/91 - with Kevin Costner, The Neville Brothers and Lou Holtz
1/4/91 - with Jeff Cesario
1/8/91 - Jay Leno hosts with Marlo Thomas
1/9/91 - with Tony Danza - CARNAC appears!
1/10/91 - with Robin Williams
1/11/91 - with Bob Hope, Richard Harris and Helen Thomas
1/15/91 - Jay Leno hosts - with Jerry Seinfeld, Tyne Daly, Corbin Bernsen and Jeffrey Osborne
1/18/91 - with Dyan Cannon and Brian Haley
1/30/91 - with George Burns and Sophia Coppola
2/1/91 - with Carl Reiner and Roger McGuinn
2/5/91 - Leno hosts with Marilu Henner and Debbie Allen
2/6/91 - with Dan Aykroyd and Sarah Evetts
2/7/91 - with Robet Morse, Ritch Shydner and Clint Black
2/8/91 - with Richard Lewis
2/11/91 - Leno hosts with Anthony Quinn and Kevin Pollock
2/12/91 - Leno hosts with Jodie Foster, C F Corzine and Oleta Adams
2/14/91 - with Garry Shandling and cartoonist Kathy
2/15/91 - with Michael Landon and Mary McDonnell
2/20/91 - with Miko Hughes, Roger Rees and David Brenner
2/21/91 - with Jerry Seinfeld, Brooke Adams and cowboy poets Rod McQueary & Collin Sweeten
2/22/91 - with Ted Danson and Park Overall
3/7/91 - with David Steinberg and Gary Morris
3/8/91 - with Richard Harris, Martin Mull and Alias
3/12/91 - Leno hosts with Judith Ivey and Billy Dee Williams
3/14/91 - with Teri Garr, Calvin Trillin and B.B. King
3/15/91 - with Isabella Rossellini and James Woods
3/20/91 - with John Larroquette, Roy Blount and Anthony Griffith
3/21/91 - with Albert Brooks, The Robert Cray Band and Yakov Smirnoff
3/22/91 - with Bob Newhart, Wolf Blitzer and Bobby McFerrin
4/2/91 - Leno hosts with Jaleel White and Victoria Principal
4/3/91 - with Leonard Nimoy, Bill Maher and BJ Sniff
4/4/91 - with George Segal, Super Dave Osborne and Rita Rudner
4/5/91 - with Marilu Henner and Brian Regan
4/18/91 - Jay Leno hosts with Neil Simon, Mario Van Peebles and Swoozie Kurtz
4/26/91 with Burt Reynolds, and John Wing
5/1/91 - with Roger Moore - CARNAC appears!
5/2/91 - with Sylvester Stallone, Orson Bean and Max Alexander
5/7/91 - Leno hosts with Michael Gross and Jo Beth Williams - 27 minutes running time
5/9/91 - with Michael Landon, George Foreman and Joe Jackson
5/10/91 - with Jack Palance, Wendy Liebman and Bob Evans
5/16/91 - with Jay Leno and Jaleel White
5/17/91 - with John Candy, Maureen O'Hara and Jim Valvano
5/29/91 - with Richard Benjamin, Paula Prentiss, Lenoard Waxdeck and the Birdcallers
5/30/91 - with Dana Delany, Larry Miller and Pat Benetar
5/31/91 - with Don Rickles and Roxette
6/6/91 - with John Dobson, Chris Isaak and Kadeem Hardison
6/12/91 - with Raven Symone, John McLauglin and Robert Townsend
6/14/91 - with Bill Cosby
6/21/91 - Jay Leno hosts with Scott Glenn, Surface, Fran Drescher and Mark & Brian
7/5/91 - Jay Leno hosts with Michael Moriarty, Debbie Allen, Chuck Martin and Dan Siegel
7/17/91 - with Bernadette Peters and Magic Johnson
7/18/91 - with Madeline Kahn and Gloria Estefan
7/24/91 - with Mel Brooks and Diana Ross
7/25/91 - with Dudley Moore, Wayne Cotter and K.T. Oslin
7/26/91 - with Susan Sarandon and Lyle Lovett
7/31/91 - with Michael J. Fox, Yakov Smirnoff and Mel Torme
8/1/91 - with Martin Mull, Jonathan Katz and Cathy Guisewite
8/14/91 - with Martin Short, David Spade and Linda Hopkins - Not a complete show
8/15/91 - with Joan Embery, Rich Hall and Dennis Hopper
8/21/91 - with Burt Reynolds and David Horowitz
8/22/91 - with Lou Ferrigno and Kevin Meany
8/23/91 - with David Steinberg and Kenneth Brangh - Johnny curses a heckler during the monologue!
8/26/91 - Jay Leno hosts with Alex Rocco, Jan Hooks, Michael W. Smith and William Ross
8/30/91 - with David Letterman and Michael Moschen
9/12/91 - with Marilu Henner and Dom DeLuise
9/13/91 - with James Garner, Ron Shock and Pete Rose
9/19/91 - with Robin Williams, Jonathan Winters and Park Overall
9/20/91 - with Sean Penn, Neil Diamond - missing first minute
9/26/91 - Jay Leno hosts - with Jerry Seinfeld
10/1/91 - Jay Leno hosts with Corbin Bernsen and Branford Marsalis
10/3/91 - 29th Anniversary Special
10/4/91 - with Patrick Swayze
10/10/91 - with Carl Reiner, Destiny and Mike Zele - CARNAC's next to last appearance
10/11/91 - with Ann Margaret and BB King
10/18/91 - Jay Leno Guest Hosts with Lily Tomlin, Neil Patrick Harris, Matika and Annie Lebowitz
10/31/91 - with Richard Lewis, Al Jarreau and Kevin Rooney - not complete
11/6/91 - with James Brown and Ted Danson
11/7/91 - with Patrick Duffy and Jeff Foxworthy
11/8/91 - with Drew Carey, George Segal and Penelope Ann Miller
11/12/91 - Jay Leno hosts with Jaleel White, Paula Poundstone, Tracie Spencer and Edie McClurg
11/13/91 - with Tim Allen and Glenn Close
11/14/91 - with George Burns and Barry Levinson
11/15/91 - with Bob Uecker and Joshua Bell
11/19/91 - Jay Leno hosts with Jamie Lee Curtis, Gerald McRaney and Huey Lewis
11/20/91 - with Bill Cosby and Cartoonist Cathy
11/21/91 - with Bob Newhart, George Lopez and Lisa Stanfield
11/22/91 - with Bette Midler and Bill Maher
11/28/91 - Jay Leno hosts with Alan Rachins, Michael Feinstein, Dame Edna and Lewis Grizzard
11/29/91 - Jay Leno hosts with Shirley MacLaine, Kirk Cameron, Amanda Pays and Karyn White
12/4/91 - with John Larroquette
12/6/91 - with Angelica Harris and Richard Houston
12/10/91 - Jay Leno hosts with Anna Chlumsky, Barry Manilow, Norm McDonald and Mark Shields
12/11/91 - with Burt Reynolds
12/12/91 - with Robert Klein and Jim Valvano
12/13/91 - with Kevin Kline, Dennis Miller and Poco Harum
12/18/91 - with George Foreman and Jack Jones
12/19/91 - with Steve Martin and Cathy Ladman
12/20/91 - with Jonathan Winters, Bonnie Hunt and Joe Williams
12/31/91 - Jay Leno hosts with Phil Hartman, Carol Leifer, Kadeem Hardison and Tracie Spencer
1/10/92 - with Drew Carey, Regis Philbin and David Steinberg
1/14/92 - Jay Leno hosts with Kevin Costner, Cybil Shepherd, Kenny Loggins and Dennis Farina
1/15/92 - with Christian Slater, Paula Poundstone and Bobby McFerrin
1/16/92 - with Keenen Ivory Wayans, Jimmy Brogan and Siskel & Ebert
1/29/92 - with Melanie Griffith and Tim Allen
1/31/92 - with Kevin Bacon, Wayne Cotter and Amanda Plummer
2/5/92 - with Bob Newhart
2/6/92 - with Sean Connery, Jack Coen and Richard Marx
2/7/92 - with Edie McClurg and Larry Gaitlin
2/11/92 - Jay Leno hosts with William Devane, Elizabeth Ashley, Marc Cohn and Molly Ivins
2/13/92 - with Reba McIntire and Billy Connolly
2/19/92 - with Dudley Moore, Louie Bellson and Jim Fowler - FINAL CARNAC
2/20/92 - with Chevy Chase and the Smothers Brothers
2/21/92 - with Elizabeth Taylor and Michael Douglas
3/4/92 - with Tom Hanks and Mercedes Reuhl
3/5/92 - with Don Rickles and Calvin Trillin
3/12/92 - with Burt Reynolds, Pete Barbutti and Ahmad Rashad
3/13/92 - with Bob Hope and Martin Mull
3/17/92 - Jay Leno hosts with Geena Davis, Kate Nelligan, Pierce Brosnan and Chris Whitley
3/18/92 - with Marilu Henner and Kevin Pollack
3/20/92 - with Woody Harrelson, Blake Clark, Cathy Guisewite - Funny desk bit with "exit polls"
3/24/92 - Jay Leno hosts with Jeff Fahey, Pam Tillis, Conchetta Farrell, Jonathan Ross
3/25/92 - Jay Leno hosts with William Dafoe, Poi Dog Pondering, Tim Daly and Norman Lear
3/26/92 - Jay Leno hosts with Christopher Reeve, Melissa Gilbert, Mr. Big and Daryll Bell
3/27/92 - Jay Leno hosts with Armand Assante, Sherilyn Fenn, Bronx Style Bob and Stone Phillips
4/2/92 - with Craig T. Nelson, Bob Costas and Michael Crawford
4/8/92 - with Dolly Parton and Steven Wright
4/9/92 - with James Woods, Ted Koppel and Stevie Wonder
4/10/92 - with Arnold Schwarzenegger
4/14/92 - Jay Leno hosts with John Goodman and Dick Clark
4/15/92 - with Bernadette Peters, Rodney Dangerfield and Beau Bridges
4/16/92 - with Tom Selleck and John McEnroe
4/17/92 - with Don Johnson and Amanda Plummer
4/28/92 - with Jerry Seinfeld, Carl Reiner and B.B. King
4/29/92 - with Bill Cosby, Bob Saget, Harry Connick
5/5/92 - with Jonathan Winters, Jimmy Buffett and D.Edna
5/6/92 - with Steve Martin and Farrah Fawcett
5/7/92 - with Buddy Hackett and Madelyn Kahn
5/8/92 - with George Foreman and Garry Shandling
5/12/92 - with Bob Newhart and Magic Johnson
5/13/92 - with George Carlin and Gloria Estefan
5/14/92 - with Michael Keaton, Martin Short and Teri Garr - Copper Clapper sketch!
5/15/92 - with Clint Eastwood, David Letterman and Bob Hope
5/19/92 - with Jack Lemmon, Mel Brooks and Tony Bennett
5/20/92 - with Roseanne Arnold and Richard Harris
5/21/92 - with Robin Williams and Bette Midler
5/22/92 - Johnny Carson's final show
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5/25/92 - Jay Leno's 1st show - original broadcast
7/3/92 - with Melissa Etheridge and Larry Miller
7/24/92 - with Howard Stern (1st Tonight Show appearance), Anne-Marie Johnson and Lyle Lovett - VERY lively show!
9/2/92 - with Edward Furlong and Jean Smart
9/14/92 - with Mark Curry and Brian Kelly
10/27/92 - with John McCririck, Kelly Coffield Park
1/8/93 - with Carol Burnett and Meat Loaf
1/25/94 - with Stockard Channing, Val Kilmer, Carl LaBove, Lindsay Ridgeway
1/24/05 - tribute to Johnny Carson with Ed McMahon as guest
3/1/10 - Jay's first show back after hiatus