INTRODUCING THE VAULT SERIES! A Never-Before-Released series of full shows from The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson. 12 FULL SHOWS from THE TONIGHT SHOW starring JOHNNY CARSON -INCLUDING COMMERCIALS! plus over 2 hours of Bonus Clips Volume 1 Show 1: 10/2/1972 - The 10th Anniversary Show with: Dean Martin, Ronald Reagan, Jack Benny, Joey Bishop, Don Rickles, George Burns, Jerry Lewis, and More! Show 2: 9/19/72 A gem of a show Classic Johnny Carson with guests Bob Hope, Dom Deluise, John Denver and Peter Fonda. Bonus Clip: 9/22/72 Interview with Peaches Jones and stunt demonstration Approximate Running Time: 164 minutes Volume 2 Show 1: 10/23/74 Happy Birthday Johnny! Johnny invites a hilarious Buddy Hackett, Lana Cantrell, Michael Preminger, & more! Show 2: 10/23/84 10 years down the road for another birthday celebration. This time Johnny shares his birthday with Paul McCartney, Mary Gross from SNL & magician Jonathan Brown. Extended Bonus Clip: 10/23/87 More never-before-released footage from this time-honored show with David Letterman and Joe Piscopo Approximate Running Time: 168 minutes Volume 3 Show 1: 12/05/75 Gallagher, Sean Connery, Michael Caine, David Brenner, and Burt Mustin. Show 2: 12/12/75 Guests including Bob Hope, Dean Martin, Charles Nelson Reilly, Carol Wayne and a side-splitting Tea Time with Art Fern. This show is a riot! Bonus Clip: 12/02/75 The always fabulous Lucille Ball joins Johnny to talk about life and her upcoming holiday special. Approximate Running Time: 176 minutes Volume 4 Show 1:03/02/76 Guests Charlton Heston and Michael Landon. Larry Adler, as well as Billy Crystal, and Lisa Farringer. A classic Tonight Show! Show 2: 03/03/76 The legendary Orson Welles, John Byner, Susan Clark and Sam Blotner. Bonus Clip: 03/23/76 Join Johnny on his first show back from one of his famous spring breaks. Approximate Running Time: 175 minutes Volume 5 Show 1: 03/04/76 The famous Rhinestone Cowboy episode! Guests include Robert Blake,Don Rickles, Bob Hope and Desi Arnaz. Show 2: 03/05/76 Carnac the Magnificent, and guests Bing Crosby, Ray Bolger of Wizard of Oz fame. Marvin Hamlisch and Burt Mustin. Bonus Clip: 03/23/76 More exciting bonus material from this show. Approximate Running Time: 177 minutes Volume 6 Show 1: 09/07/73 This show is a knock-out! Johnny is joined by Muhammad Ali and Ken Norton, Karen Valentine, Joel Grey and Carol Wayne. Show 2: 10/02/73 The 11th Anniversary Show with Dean Martin, Buddy Hackett, Burt Reynolds, Don Rickles and Carol Wayne. Bonus Clip: 09/14/73 The Godfather of Soul, James Brown performs. Approximate Running Time: 175 minutes
M**Y
Only ONE thing could have made this release any more perfect!
Love the inclusion of the original national network commercials! You can select whether you want to see those, or have them automatically skipped. Nice! Such fun to see the old spots. Like a time machine. Great for context, history wise. Sadly, the LOCAL commercial break intervals are not included, which would have been terrific because the band used to play during that time to keep the audience entertained and the network would put that music on the line along with a slide, so local stations would have something to go to in case they had a failure of their local commercials. The Tonight Show Band was AWESOME and such a favorite of Johnny. It was a rare treat to attend a show in person, or even to watch a station that had trouble and therefore put the band back on during the local break interval. Perhaps the music was not included in this release due to issues with music rights, but it would have been so wonderful if it could have been. Perhaps they will someday do a release that features the music played during the local breaks! Wouldn't that be GREAT?!?!? Just like being in the audience!!!
T**Y
An OK time capsule archive but not much more than that
A rather disappointing glimpse into the past, but nothing to get excited about. Carson was brilliantly mediocre, which endeared him to millions of Americans. Some of the guests were interesting and funny, but the Tonight show was meant to relax Americans at night and put them to sleep--and it did.
A**C
Just great laughs! Cynicism be damned!
Live Johnny and all the old stars. I miss this era of late night. Just funny. Not some 90 minute political propaganda every night. Wonderful!!!
S**R
No.1 talk show
Great to see the full episodes again! Not sure if the commercials added were the exact ones used, but they're pretty much made around the same time.
B**N
Except for the music substitutions, fantastic
Excellent quality except for a few instances where they didn't use the studio masters. Probably due to clearance problems, they substituted music for the bumpers. Don Rickles' theme was intact though!
N**I
Five Stars
Great entertainment!
P**S
Very enjoyable
Our mom loves these shows. Great price
K**H
Five Stars
Really the best!!
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