i say that because you are embraced by johnny carson. i mean, what more do you need to hear when johnny carson says that? >> well, that is true, although i tell the story in my book about johnny carson because, you know, it is such a great story, having been on the show now with the new regime of jimmy fallon taking over. it kind of has a whole new luster to it, but what i talk about in the book is that the johnny carson experience was fantastic, but what i talk about is it took me 22 auditions to theon the show, and i raise story because so much of business, so much of the comedy business is stick to it this -- ck-to-it-ness, at after times seven, it is a little bit like, come on, guys, you are not loving me, but each time, i thought that would be the time to put me over the goal line, and number 22 did. this many years later, i am glad i did, because to get on the tonight show with johnny carson, to interface with greats like that -- i figured you would tell the story, but how does someone keep their focus when it takes 22 tries to mak

i know you do a great johnny carson impression as well. >> yeah, i used to put johnny carson in like,much that i used to pretend to be johnny carson selling shoes. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: you'd say that you were johnny carson? [ impersonating johnny carson ] >> "that's such a lovely foot you have. would you like to see that in a a six? [ laughter ] and i have an accessory for you if you want to see it." anyway -- [ laughter ] [ applause ] >> jimmy: did you used to do -- i mean, that's really fun. but you were saying back then you used to use that to get into clubs. you would pretend -- >> i did. because when i first came to new york, you know. who hasn't tried to get into club and you're like, not on the list and they won't let in and you're not attractive enough and all that crap, right? so i used to go to like, studio 54 and pretend to be johnny carson's son. [ laughter ] "my name is on the list, my dad put it down. it's kevin carson." [ laughter ] >> jimmy: and they, how would they -- >> and they'd go, "who's your dad?" and i'd say, "oh, look, i really don't wanna say. it's not -- i

i'm certain -- you know, none of us would be here today >> jimmy: i would not be here without johnny carsonn. >> jimmy: and when you'd guest host you'd do the monogue and everything? >> yeah. >> jimmy: were you nervous to do comedy? >> i was insane. where was my mind? >> jimmy: the scary thing is that i heard that you would like, go through -- >> oh, i didn't smoke. i, i don't drink, and i, i don't smoke, but when i was nervous, just before i would walk on stage, i would inhale a a cigarette, it made me very high. [ laughter ] i won't do it tonight. >> jimmy: you wouldn't do it tonight. no, i left that up to questlove, yeah, questlove took care of that for us. no problem. but your guests that night were eydie gorme, truman capote, ann landers, ray bolger -- >> what a good show that was. >> jimmy: the scarecrow from "wizard of oz." oh, fantastic. and ray danced and he brought you out to dance with you because you can dance, you can sing, you tap dance. >> i do all of them. all of them badly. >> jimmy: oh, please, no. and i want to show everyone a a clip of this. this is barbara walters. >> y

i screened all of the johnnie carson jokes about sally after that.ly got worse when they were awful frat house gags. i'm happy to tell you that the audience over time ignore them and then started doing him. the idea of an american woman in space had gone from becoming the punchline to the amount of national pride to the entire nation was writing with sally when she lifted off in june 1983. just before she went i want to want to interview that he saw the video. yes sir, what, do you feel under any special pressure because you are the first american woman. she said yes i feel under pressure. the pressure not to miss a good what she meant what she felt pressure not to mess up for her crew. and a space mission is a group effort into the team event and she wanted to ball for the crew. she wanted to do well for the mission. she wanted to do well for grasso. she wanted to do well for the united states and she wanted to do well for the future of human spaceflight. overall i think she wanted to do well for women because if she messed up, her term, that it wou

flirtatious encount irs with eastwood, they reminisced about her golden years at nbc spent with johnny carsonwhat if? >> what if? >> why not? >> very interesting. >> the two -- >> yeah, yeah. putting on a little bit -- for the camera. >> macho. >> yeah, maybe. >>> i'm richard lui. this is "early today." we hope it is just your first stop of the day right here on nbc. want a fiber that's clearly healthy? benefiber is clear, taste free, and dissolves completely. and unlike other fibers, you'll only know you're taking fiber by the way good digestive health makes you look& and feel. and benefiber is so easy, you can feel free to add it to everything you love. and that's clearly fabulous. benefiber. clearly healthy. see benefiber work and save on facebook. revlon colorburst™ matte and lacquer balms two moisture rich finishes velvety matte and high shine lacquer each infused with moisturizing shea, coconut and mango butters... find your finish. revlon >>> leading the news in a las vegas sun, video shows last moments of could be killers' lives. the grainy footage showing jared and amanda mill, guns

>> johnny carson inherited the tonight show, but he made it his own. >> it's going to be wild tonight. i can always tell. >> he hosted a nightly party. >> are you married? >> oh. >> and if his buddies came and they started playing together, you felt like what it must have felt like to go to vegas at 3:00 in the morning and have the rat pack tomorrow. >> no -- >> it was a beautiful thing to watch a guy working at his best. >> okay. >> well, do we have a good one. >> let's go. >> if you watch it closely, he's gauging how much longer he can wait to let the laugh die before what he says will be irrelevant to what happened. and he gets it just on the nose. it's beautiful to watch. >> i didn't even know you were jewish. >> johnny was the best audience in the world. and he loved comedy. >> the woman's watching you. she's watching you from the corner of her eye. what are you looking at? and i said, i'm looking at that ugly baby. that's a bad-looking baby, lady. >> johnny was there listening for you. he wanted you to score. and when you scored, he scored. >> calm down. said, madame, the pennsy

china and i talked to the government officials on hospitality leaders in china, they think i'm johnny carsoncause you can see what is going to happen in china exactly as it has happened here in the u.s. in the 1950's, president eisenhower came forward with the defense highway system, which is now the interstate holiday system -- highway system, and it led to the creation of holiday inn. and then we saw the creation of the jet airplane and that enabled planes to fly over the weather, so they became more reliable. >> it is all going to be done again in china. >> it will be exactly the same in china. >> keep us up to date. the chief executive of fair lodging -- thayer lodging. still ahead, world cup fever, next. ♪ ♪ >> this is "taking stock" with pimm fox. marketake a look at the moving headlines. we want to go to my colleague, su keenan in the newsroom. >> big change in congress. eric cantor has announced he will resign his leadership post at the end of july. this comes less than 24 hours after cantor lost his virginia primary election to a little-known and underfunded candidate backed by tea

. >> every great television show is defined by the presence of someone, like johnny carson defined theonight show. ted koppel defined nightline when he created this show and other shows. certainly stewart and colbert. and every one of them is maniacal about the show. >> of course. >> they give it its driving vision. >> he is one of the big things -- >> david letterman was the same way. >> for sure. one of the big things he's to say all the time is if you take your foot off the throat of this show it will get up and walk away. that is 100% transferable to what i am doing now. you have to be on it all the time or you will look back and what you needed is gone. that is why being a comedian is so perfect for me. no comedian walks away from a gig going i feel fully satisfied by that experience. it did not fill the hole. it did not fill the hole. >> what is the hardest part about this program for you? >> is all hard at the moment because we have not done enough to be in any kind of rhythm. >> seven shows. >> we are still working out the process and even the show itself. >> how would you defi

johnny carson.i want to show you. >> do you have it here? >> jimmy: yeah. >> was muhammad ali on that one, too? >> most of you probabky know clint from -- he was seven years, starred in the television series "rawhide." he went to italy and became one of the hottest cowboy stars in all of europe. would you welcome mr. clint eastwood. clint? [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: you're a good looking dude. you're a stud there. absolutely. >> my hair is a little blonder now. >> jimmy: just a little bit blonder now, yeah. i always associate you with westerns and california, but have you ever lived in new york city or ever spent time here? >> yeah, over the years. just periodically. >> jimmy: oh yeah, check out the jazz clubs? you're really into jazz, aren't you? >> i never made the great days of the 52nd street, but i covered a lot of the way since then. and now "jersey boys", this is based on the musical. >> right. >> jimmy: which is about the four seasons, which i loved. gosh, i loved the movie. >> i noti

like johnny carson on the tonight show.efine night line when it was created and certainly this show. certainly stewart and colbert and they are manical. >> he's one of the big things. >> rose: david letterman for sure. >> one thing that jon says is if you take your foot off the throat of this show it will get up and walk away. he's 100% right about that. and that has been transferable to what i'm dng now. you have to be on it all the time, otherwise you'll look away and look back and what you needed has gone. >> rose: and you have to walk away every day saying that was good but i got to make it better tomorrow. >> of course. you can't be happy. that's why the comedian is so perfect fit for me. >> rose: you can't beat that. >> there's no comedian walking away saying i'm fully satisfied from that experience. it did not fill the hole, it didn't fill the hole. >> rose: what's the hardest part about this program for you. >> well i don't know. it's all hard at the moment because we haven't really done enough to be in any kind of

came back with a saxophone to make himself a star on the johnny carson show.rm with high approval. he had a mark rich pardon, but ended up hugely popular in the country. hillary's forjectory is almost as unpredictable. she survived the impeachment mess by maintaining her dignity. ran for and won the senate seat in new york, ran for presidential and fell short in the delegate race, and is clearly positioned now to run for president again. no one can say what the future holds in politics. the one sure bet is that the clintons will carry on to the finish line. they ran initially as two for the price of one and then stopped saying that. does anyone truly believe they have stopped thinking that? the clintons are clear of winston church hill's thought, there are two forms of success. in ultimate, i put my marbles on bill and hillary clinton. if you haven't noticed, quitting isn't in their game plan. that's "hardball" for now. thanks for joining us. "all in with chris hayes" starts right now. >>> good evening from new york. i'm chris hayes. we have a full show for yo

laughter ) >> kroft: on february 6, jay leno surrendered the "tonight show" he inherited from johnny carson like carson, he went out on top, though not under circumstances of his choosing. but he's survived in a cutthroat business largely on his own wits and talent. it's just you, right? you don't have an agent? you don't have a manager? >> jay leno: no, i don't have an agent or a manager, but the nice thing is i get the unfiltered truth this way. no one says, "look, leno sucks. he stinks. we want him out of here." "jay, they're very happy with you, but they want you to change..." well... well, i get it right from the horse's mouth, you know? and that's... that's what i prefer. did you paint that? wow. >> kroft: he has never been the critics' favorite, particularly in new york and los angeles, where some find him bland and unadventurous. >> leno: there's a controversy that won't go away-- this "duck dynasty" thing. gays are very upset with "duck dynasty." you know who is even more upset? gay ducks. they are furious. >> kroft: but neither has leno gotten his due. he's always had a feel for t

with the original launch date was moved back to accommodate the schedule change johnny carson joked that delayed so sally ride could get papers to match her shoes bryce screened all of the jokes over that period and only got worse. weber off all but i am happy to tell you the audience over time ignored him and then started to boo him. the idea to go from a punch line to national pride and the entire nation was riding with her when she lifted off june 83. i got my one-on-one interview and i asked to do you feel under any special pressure because you are the first american woman? she said yes right feel the pressure not to mess up. shipments for her crew any mission is a group effort a team event and wanted to do well. she wanted to do -- to do mission, the united states for the future of human spaceflight but over all she wanted to do well for women because she understood she messed up that it would be said noblemen could ever fly again in sheikh understood there she did well that would open the door.çç listeningw3çóÑ$u)rj comment from the leader generation who not only flew but also co

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