The Johnny Carson Show
While working as a staff writer on The Red Skelton Show, local Los Angeles television comedian Carson filled in as host when Skelton was injured during a show rehearsal. As a result of Carson’s performance, CBS created the primetime variety program: The Johnny Carson Show, a traditional potpourri of comedy, music, dance, skits and monologues. The short-lived 1955-56 series served as a precursor of what would come later for Carson, planting the seeds for sketches he would perform on the later The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson such as "Mighty Carson Art Players".
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JAMES ARNESS FROM GUNSMOKE. The Johnny Carson Show from 1955.
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Seasons
- Ep 1
1.Catch Up With the News
30-06-195530mIn the series premiere, Johnny imitates Edward R. Murrow in a spoof of Murrow's Person to Person program featuring Johnny's first wife Jody and their three children. In Catch Up Wi...
- Ep 4
4.Goldilocks and the Three Bears
21-07-195530mJohnny imitates Walter Cronkite, takes a look at the pitfalls of marriage, and parodies Goldilocks And The Three Bears and You Are There.
- Ep 9
9.Life in the 80's
25-08-195530mSketches include a spoof of the Russian ballet, Catch Up With The News and a 1950s-style look at the future, as Johnny imagines what life will be like in 1980.
- Ep 10
10.Dillinger, The Mental Wizard
01-09-195530mJohnny plays Dillinger, The Mental Wizard, in a parody of Joseph Dunniger, the famous mind reader (This sketch is the early inspiration for Carson's most famous character from his...
- Ep 11
11.James Arness
08-09-195530mJames Arness visits the show to promote his new series, Gunsmoke, Jack Albertson appears in a grocery store sketch and Johnny plays Colonel John J. Carson in a military sketch.
- Ep 16
16.Jack Albertson
13-10-195530mJohnny takes care of unfinished business; Jack Albertson appears in sketches about Johnny's fan club and bachelor life. Then Johnny plays violinist Yasha Carson.
- Ep 19
19.Dimitri Tiomkin
03-11-195530mLegendary movie composer Dimitri Tiomkin appears in the Johnny's Record Collection sketch. Then Johnny salutes old time Vaudeville, and stars in an epic Greek-Trojan war sketch.
- Ep 20
20.Ed Sullivan Impersonation
10-11-195530m - Ep 25
25.Stay-at-Home Husband
15-12-195530mJohnny plays a stay-at-home husband whose wife has a very unusual job. Other sketches include the Giveaway Pet Parade, a precursor to the numerous segments Johnny would do with ani...
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