>> jay leno wanted to just continue doing a johnny carson type show. to turn off the camera. >> we wanted to drop off this basket of fruit. >> david liked attacking authority. he liked that. >> he needed a corporate bad guy to go up against. i was oftentimes that target. >> i can hear this warren littlefield guy whining all year long about not getting his name on the card last year. what about me? i can be on there, couldn't i? >> it was always letterman's dream to be the host of "the tonight show." he idolized johnny carson, rightfully so. >> the big decision that's had the entertainment industry buzzing is due this week. that is the fate of nbc late night stars jay leno and david letterman. >> most of us thought the person who deserved to get it was david letterman. he didn't get it. jay leno got it. >> leno who rode his motorcycle into a news conference hosted by nbc entertainment president warren littlefield still has a bruised ego about the way the network wavered in its support of him. >> when we found out leno was going to get "the tonight show,

, and you are no johnny carson. [ laughter ] >> today we got a real big show because -- >> therend a second t city toronoto company. the toronto one is the one that fueled the sc tv series that was syndicated and got to the states that way. >> thank you very much for that marvelous reception. i want to thank my supporters over there in the cesarean section. >> it is healthy to be an outsider. as a comedian, and canadians are outsiders but they are looking at the culture that is right next door to them. >> it was the type of comedy that had only been accessible if you got into the improv clubs in toronto or chicago. i had never seen anything like second city tv. >> james bridgeman, park dale. no, i'm sorry, sorry. >> it was far more conceptual humor because it didn't have to be performed in front of an audience. and there was this idea that it was this low-rent thing, by the seat of their pants of operation that gave it an authenticity. >> now that our programming day has been extended -- >> where do you want me to put the kielbasa, mrs. ripley? >> put it in the frig. >> you were

, and you are no johnny carson. [ laughter ] >> today we got a real big show because -- >> there company and there was a second city toronto company. the toronto one is the one that fueled the sc tv series that was originally syndicated and got to the states that way. >> hey! >> hail, caesar! >> hail, hail. thank you very much for that marvelous reception. i want to thank my supporters over there in the cesarean section. >> it is healthy to be an outsider. as a comedian, and canadians are always outsiders but they're looking at the other culture, which is right next door to them. >> i love you, sammy. i want to bear your children! >> it was the type of comedy that had only been accessible if you could have gotten into the improv clubs in chicago or toronto. i had never seen anything like second city tv. >> james bridgeman, barkdale. >> i'm sorry, no, nevermind, i'm sorry. >> it was far more conceptual in its humor, because it didn't have to be performed in front of an audience. and there was also just the idea that it was this sort of low rent thing. it was this sort of by the se

my name is johnny carson and i work a d.-w. . this is deja vu news live from berlin could a new coalition government for germany be within reach chancellor angela merkel and her conservatives have been holding talks with the leader of the social democrats the first day has ended on a positive note we'll get the latest from our correspondent also coming up. paris remember some pick the victims of the attacks three years ago that horrified the world the killings began when gunmen stormed the offices of the security of magazine charlie updo. and four figure skaters from both sides of the korean divide look forward to an unlikely cross border reunion at the winter olympics. on michelle henery good to have you with us. the first round of talks to form a new coalition government enjoy many has ended on a positive note a spokesman for the negotiations said they had been serious concentrated but also open chancellor angela merkel's conservatives are holding the talks with the center left social democrats after previous negotiations with

. >> johnny carson held court for 30 years. came to politics, he chose punchlines over political attacks. razzing presidents like ronald reagan. >> did you see the picture of reagan riding his horse on the ranch with george bush riding behind with a pooper scooper? >> he was looking for the joke of it. he would look for the silliness of it. he wasn't a member of the resistance, let's put it that way. >> well, i don't know, brian. >> my fellow americans. >> you just remember those things, you know. >> former "snl" cast member joe piscopo took his own jabs at president reagan. >> if you vote for me again in 1984, you'll receive this handsome set of ginsu steak knives. >> piscopo said back then, late night hosts did not attack. >> johnny carson, he would always joke about nixon. >> you're not going to lend me your makeup man, are you? >> he would joke about gerald karif, b kari ford. >> the tonight show jay leno kept it light. >> a lot of people think -- because of the kiss at the convention. >> leno, was, you can't tell how i vot

television, johnny carson, about his past troubles with drinking. >> wallace: there was a time, when.d. i don't handle it well. >> wallace: you and-- really, you don't? >> carson: i don't handle alcohol well at all. no. >> jay leno: where's kroft? kroft, up next. >> stahl: steve interviewed carson's successor, jay leno. >> kroft: do you-- uh... >> stahl: and had a senior moment. >> kroft: i just lost my train of thought. and i was trying to remember this question i wanted to ask him. >> leno: he's had a stroke. can we stop? i was ready to jump in with the paddles. ♪ ♪ >> stahl: morley hung out with television icon jackie gleason, and played some pool-- nearly beating the great one. >> safer: gleason looked at me. eyes narrowed, ready to kill. and he thought he'd been hustled. >> jackie gleason: hey. hey. >> safer: goodnight, mr. gleason. >> gleason: that little snide remark will cost you. >> safer: of course, at that point, he just cleaned the table. >> gleason: did you like that one, pal? >> safer: please. >> stahl: for whatever reason, musicians often make the best profiles. most of

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do your self a classic after the show today, google johnny carson, tonight show johnny carson arnoldn there and his wife was on saying what ritual they have. >> okay. >> i cannot say it on morning television but she slipped up and she says before every tournament she kisses his, you know. >> something else. >> all right. >> so what does she do. >> yes,. >> i asked her about that. she was crying after her match , zach ertz was going to the super bowl. i wanted to know what she talked about everyone loved it , it has gone viral. so here's ertz at opening night last night. >> so how does it feel because everyone went viral your reaction when you found out we are going to the super bowl to be here for the game and you get to see it. >> it is cool. so funny, later today i got to see zach his smile is bigger then it normally is. but again i'm a wife, i'm a fan here i am a just here to support him. he asked me to come out as soon as i could. i make sure i get my work done but i am here for him and i'm just so proud of him, team and just really cool time. >> we love your love, so were you su

>> that part would lead to 50 year career on television that included frequent appearances on johnny carsonavid letterman. >> would you consider plastic surgery. >> no, god, no. no, no, no. >> all my friends -- hey, how do i look now, jerry? how do i look now. >> possibly his most memorable role was that of luther vandame on coach leading to four em knee nominations for supporting act actor. he guess starred in recurring role on the sitcom the middle for his last episode in 2015, he was joined by his brother. >> ♪ because we're two of a kind. >> patricia heat ton reactioning to the news online quoting in part "jerry you were hilarious and terrifically talented. what an honor to be able to watch up close as you and your brother create your special magic. rest in peace jerry. >> when asked what else he might do if he didn't perform, van dyke said, there's nothing else. >> this is it. i wouldn't even --, no. i don't even have a second choice. >> reporter: in hollywood, will carr, fox news. >>> developing right now, the trump administration has told lawmakers it wants $18 billion over the next

>> johnny carson inherited "the tonight show," but he made it his own. >> it is going to be wild tonightlways 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 las vegas at 3:00 in the morning and have the rat pack come out. >> no, but where is the guy you talk to? >> it was a beautiful thing to watch a guy working at his best. >> okay. bingo. >> get your ax and let's go. ♪ >> if you watch it closely, he is 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 is watching him she's watching him from the corner of her eye. he says to him, what are you looking at? the guy says 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.

i'm old enough to remember johnny carson. the incredible talent who never revealed his politics.d poke fun -- kennedy: he poked fun at everyone and had interesting people on the couch who disagreed with each other. >> with wit. agility. it was entertaining and informative. so much more worthwhile watching than these incredibly arrogant coddled entitled bias -- kennedy: i think there are a lot of smart people in late night but they live in the bubble where they're agree with the rest of the authoritarian force fed overlords in hollywood and it's sad because you end up with predictable material. hopefully we won't see that. we probably will. thank you guys so much >>> coming up, a new report says congressional investigators have discovered criminality in the hillary clinton e-mail case. could that cause more trouble for the twice-filed presidential candidate. tim carney joins smooth, easy strokes. when you're raising a child... just a little pinch. ...be soft. when you're doing it alone, be strong. thanks, dad. life takes softness and strength, which is why we make angel soft with

he used to be different with johnny carson or -- but it's out of control now. >> almost every late nightent for jimmy fallon is against trump. >> neil: and he's suffering in the ratings for it. >> yeah. people are getting turned off. not everybody is a liberal democrat. it's the hip hollywood thing to do and a culture war has merged with the media animosity towards donald trump and that is hurting our business, neil. >> neil: the argument is ratings are up. revenues are up and online digital -- the trend is the friend. but i think personalmently poisons. how should the bigger person? >> the media needs to get back to some semblance of fairness. not treating him different from any other president and focus on the palace intrigue and the issues that affect everyday americans. that's what people want. in this polarized time, seems like that is moving further away. >> neil: i can almost cue it that if there's a new fbi revelation, justified story, by all means, it's at the expect of the markets, the tax cuts -- >> overshadows everything. >> neil: i figure we have three 24 hours news station,

fred flintstone smoked, johnny carson, president kennedy smoked, marilyn monroe smoked. some people say they smoked together. [ laughter ] and then the truth came out that hey, smoking causes cancer and secondhand smoke causes cancer. the response to the tobacco industry was to spend $100 million to junk science to distort that basic truth. but martin luther king said no lie lives forever. and eventually that science got accepted and it led to this cascade of policies to reduce smoking from warnings on packages, banning cigarette advertisements on television, increasing cigarette tax, banning smoking on airplanes, selling to minors and restaurants. and today we've cut smoking down to 15%. and it's projected to fall 12% by 2020. one of the biggest public health success stories in our country's history. and i think the world has a smoking problem. and we're dealing with this exact same junk science dynamic with the fossil fuel industry that i think this is the trajectory that we're going to follow. and with that, i'll stop. thanks. [ applause ] >> commissioner ching ting w

. >> to sitting next to johnny carson, in five years. >> jimmy: yeah, it's -- >> so -- actually, it was>> anyway, yeah, it was so -- >> jimmy: there's one scene too -- there's one -- >> so here i am. yeah, show them that part. >> jimmy: this is kind of unbelievable. >> this is me -- so we took the material and we glued it to the street, down in the village, minetta lane. and that's all the -- this there. >> jimmy: that's all yours -- >> everything i've ever written, there on a street. so it was just like, you know people don't realize i think how obsessed you have to be with something crazy like this to do it. you got to be out of your mind. >> jimmy: that's a -- >> you know? >> jimmy: yeah, i know. >> so that's how out of my mind -- [ laughter ] that's how much i wanted to be a comedian that i -- that i would just write and write and write. >> jimmy: you have all this material? >> yeah, all -- these are the bits that worked. now, there's probably ten times that stuff that didn't work and i couldn't do all of it on the special. there was no way i could get it all in 60 minutes. so i jus

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