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  • TV-14
  • NBC
  • Oct 9, 1986
  • 39 m
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  • NBC
  • Oct 9, 1986
  • 39 m
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Summary Six months after Jack Paar made a stormy departure from "The Tonight Show" (over jokes about Communism, among other issues) and viewers enduring a succession of "substitute" hosts (and an ill-fated attempt at a magazine-type show), NBC (and middle America) finally got the comedian they were waiting for. Johnny Carson – who had honed ...

Written By: Jim Mulholland, Michael Barrie, Gary Belkin, Tom Finnigan, Hal Goodman, Larry Klein, Kevin Mulholland, Raymond Siller, Darrell Vickers

  • TV-14
  • NBC
  • Oct 9, 1986
  • 39 m
  • TV-14
  • NBC
  • Oct 9, 1986
  • 39 m
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
S25 • Episode 7
Richard Pryor/Sean Penn/Kenny G
Air Date: Oct 9, 1986
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Summary Six months after Jack Paar made a stormy departure from "The Tonight Show" (over jokes about Communism, among other issues) and viewers enduring a succession of "substitute" hosts (and an ill-fated attempt at a magazine-type show), NBC (and middle America) finally got the comedian they were waiting for. Johnny Carson – who had honed ...

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