List of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson episodes | |
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Season 1969 | |
No. of episodes | 259 |
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Original network | NBC |
Season chronology | |
The following is a list of episodes of the television series The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson which aired in 1969:
No. | Original air date | Guest(s) | Musical/entertainment guest(s) | |
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1597 | January 1, 1969 | Godfrey Cambridge, Pat McCormick, Alejandro Rey | N/A | |
1598 | January 2, 1969 | Flip Wilson, David Susskind, Parker Fennelly | N/A | |
1599 | January 3, 1969 | James Garner, Charlie Callas | Pearl Bailey | |
1600 | January 6, 1969 | Joan Rivers (guest host), Marty Allen, Phyllis Newman | N/A | |
1601 | January 7, 1969 | Irwin Corey, The Amin Brothers (Egyptian acrobatic balancing act) | Biff Rose | |
1602 | January 8, 1969 | Stan Freberg, Jean-Paul Vignon | N/A | |
1603 | January 9, 1969 | Jack E. Leonard | N/A | |
1604 | January 10, 1969 | Vaughn Monroe, Jose Greco | The Romano Brothers | |
1605 | January 13, 1969 | Shelley Berman | Newport Jazz Festival All-Stars: George Wein, Red Norvo, George Lamond, Ruby Braff, Larry Ridley, Luba Lisa | |
Durwood Kirby replaces Ed McMahon for the first of three nights so that McMahon could work as co-producer of the presidential inaugural gala. | ||||
1606 | January 14, 1969 | New York City mayor John Lindsay, Britt Eklund, Linda Bennett | Tommy Leonetti | |
1607 | January 15, 1969 | TBA | Lana Cantrell | |
1608 | January 16, 1969 | Harry Belafonte, Britt Eklund | Andre Previn, The Craig Hundley Trio | |
1609 | January 17, 1969 | Dick Cavett (guest host), Otto Preminger, Alan Burke | N/A | |
January 20 Tonight Show was preempted by NBC coverage of the Presidential Inaugural Ball | ||||
1610 | January 21, 1969 | Peter Lawford (guest host), Gina Lollobrigida, Rich Little, Milt Kamen | Ted Neely | |
1611 | January 22, 1969 | Buddy Rich | Sandler & Young | |
1612 | January 23, 1969 | TBA | Bobby Vinton, The Tamba Four | |
1613 | January 24, 1969 | David Susskind, Yvette Mimieux | Marilyn Maye, Homer and Jethro | |
1614 | January 27, 1969 | Alan King (guest host), Donald Pleasence, Bishop Shane Ajamian | Georgia Gibbs | |
Durwood Kirby handled announcing duties for the week in place of vacationing Ed McMahon | ||||
1615 | January 28, 1969 | John Davidson, etiquette expert Elizabeth Post | Eydie Gorme | |
1616 | January 29, 1969 | Shari Lewis, Shelley Berman, Gloria LeRoy | U.S. Naval Air Training Command choir, Cole and Param | |
1617 | January 30, 1969 | Dance team Bud and Cece Robinson | N/A | |
A laser beam demonstration is presented | ||||
1618 | January 31, 1969 | Steve Lawrence, Roman Polanski, Topol | N/A |
No. | Original air date | Guest(s) | Musical/entertainment guest(s) |
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1619 | February 3, 1969 | Flip Wilson (guest host), Elke Sommer, boxer Harlan Marbley | Biff Rose |
1620 | February 4, 1969 | Flip Wilson (guest host), Redd Foxx, Vince Edwards, Bob Gibson, Tina Louise | Peter Lind Hayes |
1621 | February 5, 1969 | Flip Wilson (guest host), Don Francks, Phil Foster, Linda Lavin | N/A |
1622 | February 6, 1969 | Flip Wilson (guest host), Bob & Ray | B.B. King, Jackie and Roy |
1623 | February 7, 1969 | Flip Wilson (guest host), Lara Parker, soul food expert Sanford Wolf, John Fisher | The Staple Singers, Monti Rock |
1624 | February 10, 1969 | John Davidson (guest host) | Erroll Garner, Lana Cantrell |
1625 | February 11, 1969 | Jack Benny, New York City ballet director George Balanchine and dancers Suzanne Farrell and Arthur Mitchell, Frank Buxton | N/A |
1626 | February 12, 1969 | Anita Douval, surfer Rodney Sumpter | Blood Sweat and Tears, O.C. Smith, Paula Kelly |
1627 | February 13, 1969 | David Susskind, Chita Rivera, Kitty Falger | Ray Price |
1628 | February 14, 1969 | Orson Bean (guest host), Paul Krassner, Ronnie Dyson | N/A |
1629 | February 17, 1969 | (FROM LOS ANGELES) Sammy Davis Jr., Carol Wayne, the cast of Laugh-In | N/A |
1630 | February 18, 1969 | (FROM LOS ANGELES) Don Adams, Richard Harris, Buddy Rogers, Kaye Ballard | N/A |
1631 | February 19, 1969 | (FROM LOS ANGELES) Kirk Douglas, The Smothers Brothers, John Byner | Craig Hundley |
1632 | February 20, 1969 | (FROM LOS ANGELES) Stan Freberg, Sharon Tate, Jana Mason, Dave Barry | Tiny Tim |
1633 | February 21, 1969 | (FROM LOS ANGELES) George Gobel, Judy Carne | N/A |
1634 | February 24, 1969 | (FROM LOS ANGELES) Raquel Welch, Jack Carter, Frank Sutton | Vic Damone |
1635 | February 25, 1969 | (FROM LOS ANGELES) Jerry Lewis, James Garner | N/A |
1636 | February 26, 1969 | (FROM LOS ANGELES) Bob Newhart, Dean Jones, Billy de Wolfe | Roslyn Kind |
1637 | February 27, 1969 | (FROM LOS ANGELES) George Burns, Mickey Rooney, Mark Wilson | N/A |
1638 | February 28, 1969 | (FROM LOS ANGELES) Tony Curtis, Barbara McNair, Carl Reiner, Jill St. John | N/A |
No. | Original air date | Guest(s) | Musical/entertainment guest(s) | |
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1639 | March 3, 1969 | Charlie Callas | N/A | |
1640 | March 4, 1969 | Peter Ustinov | Robert Goulet | |
1641 | March 5, 1969 | Tony Randall, Garry Moore, Gloria Loring | Sandler and Young | |
1642 | March 6, 1969 | Bob Hope, Dean Martin, Buddy Rich, Carol Wayne, George Gobel, Judy Carne [1] [2] | Biff Rose, Don Ho | |
Sketch- "Black Shield of Fromen" | ||||
1643 | March 7, 1969 | Woody Allen | N/A | |
1644 | March 10, 1969 | Bob Crane, Maximilian Schell | N/A | |
1655 | March 11, 1969 | Dick Cavett, Al Freeman Jr. | Anthony Newley, Paula Kelly | |
1656 | March 12, 1969 | Buddy Hackett, Robert Montgomery | Jimmie Rodgers | |
Montgomery's reference to television station WBBM was bleeped out. | ||||
1657 | March 13, 1969 | Jack E. Leonard | N/A | |
A report on the splashdown of Apollo 9 was shown during the program. | ||||
1658 | March 14, 1969 | Peter Lawford (guest host) | Nancy Ames | |
1659 | March 17, 1969 | Bill Cosby (guest host), Allan Sherman, Jim Brown, Satchel Paige | Vikki Carr | |
1660 | March 18, 1969 | Bill Cosby (guest host), James Earl Jones, Artie Shaw | Diana Ross & The Supremes, Rhetta Hughes | |
1661 | March 19, 1969 | Bill Cosby (guest host), Gloria Steinem, Willie Tyler, Robert Hooks | N/A | |
1662 | March 20, 1969 | Bill Cosby (guest host), Julian Bond, Heywood Hale Broun | Tom Paxton | |
1663 | March 21, 1969 | Bill Cosby (guest host), Hal Holbrook | Roslyn Kind, Bola Sete | |
1664 | March 24, 1969 | Jerry Lewis (guest host), Robert Morse, Phil Foster, Stiller and Meara | Monti Rock | |
Lewis would apologize the next night for a joke that involved using the bathroom while flying over Mississippi. | ||||
1665 | March 25, 1969 | Jerry Lewis (guest host), Charlie Callas, George Carlin | Mason Williams, Patrice Munsel | |
1666 | March 26, 1969 | Jerry Lewis (guest host), Sally Ann Howes, London Lee, ski instructor Kitty Falger | N/A | |
1667 | March 27, 1969 | Jerry Lewis (guest host), Lynn Redgrave, Gore Vidal, Anita Gillette, Guy Marks | Honey Ltd. | |
1668 | March 28, 1969 | Jerry Lewis (guest host), Charlie Callas, Peter Lawford, Buddy Rich, Herschel Bernardi, Ina Balin | N/A | |
1669 | March 31, 1969 | Dick Cavett, Glenn Ford | Max Morath, Saki Tumi |
No. | Original air date | Guest(s) | Musical/entertainment guest(s) | |
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1670 | April 1, 1969 | Neil Simon, Jack Lemmon, Sandy Dennis, Louisa Moritz | Marilyn Maye | |
1671 | April 2, 1969 | TBA | The New Zealand Trading Company | |
1672 | April 3, 1969 | Oscar de la Renta, Dr. Robert Baird | N/A | |
1673 | April 4, 1969 | TBA | N/A | |
1674 | April 7, 1969 | Alan King (guest host), Dick Shawn | N/A | |
1675 | April 8, 1969 | David Susskind | Sergio Franchi | |
1676 | April 9, 1969 | Dick Cavett, Kenneth Tynan, Michael Grando | Nancy Wilson | |
1677 | April 10, 1969 | Dinah Shore, Allen Bruce | N/A | |
1678 | April 11, 1969 | Tony Randall, Beatrice Lillie | Gerry Mulligan | |
1679 | April 14, 1969 | Ted Williams, Rodney Dangerfield, Jack LaLanne | N/A | |
1680 | April 15, 1969 | Victor Buono, Steve Brandt | Peggy Lee | |
1681 | April 16, 1969 | George Jessel | N/A | |
1682 | April 17, 1969 | Beatrice Lillie, Shecky Greene, Bob & Ray | Leslie Uggams | |
1683 | April 18, 1969 | Joan Rivers (guest host), Soupy Sales, Gwen Verdon, Elizabeth Post | Anthony Newley | |
1684 | April 21, 1969 | Vice President Spiro Agnew, Phyllis Diller, Ali MacGraw, Leonard Spigelgass | Just Us | |
1685 | April 22, 1969 | Bud Collyer, William Redfield, Marian Mercer, Frank Buxton | N/A | |
1686 | April 23, 1969 | Norman Mailer, Corbett Monica, Senta Berger, magician Milbourne Christopher | The Treniers | |
1687 | April 24, 1969 | Oleg Cassini, Donna McKechnie, Tom Wicker, Ronnie David | N/A | |
1688 | April 25, 1969 | Alan King (guest host), Garry Moore, Heywood Hale Broun, Savario Seridis | N/A | |
1689 | April 28, 1969 | Connie Stevens, Zack Norman | N/A | |
Durwood Kirby served as the show's announcer for the week, in place of vacationing Ed McMahon | ||||
1690 | April 29, 1969 | Don Rickles, Victor Borge | Just Us | |
1691 | April 30, 1969 | Allen Funt, Mamie Van Doren | Sergio Franchi |
No. | Original air date | Guest(s) | Musical/entertainment guest(s) | |
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1714 | June 2, 1969 | Howard Da Silva | N/A | |
1715 | June 3, 1969 | Polly Bergen | N/A | |
1716 | June 4, 1969 | Bob & Ray | Trini Lopez | |
1717 | June 5, 1969 | Buffalo Bob Smith | N/A | |
1718 | June 6, 1969 | Mary Hopkin, Gordon MacRae | N/A | |
1719 | June 9, 1969 | Flip Wilson (guest host), George Carlin, Chuck Jackson | N/A | |
1720 | June 10, 1969 | TBA | N/A | |
1721 | June 11, 1969 | TBA | N/A | |
1722 | June 12, 1969 | Sen. Edmund Muskie | N/A | |
1723 | June 13, 1969 | Joan Rivers, Dana Valery, Stan Freberg, Jim Fowler | N/A | |
"Split Billboards" | ||||
1724 | June 16, 1969 | David Frye, Chuck Barris, David Susskind | N/A | |
1725 | June 17, 1969 | John Byner | The Monkees | |
1726 | June 18, 1969 | Bernadette Peters, Jimmy Breslin | N/A | |
1727 | June 19, 1969 | Harry Nilsson, Bennett Cerf, Morey Amsterdam | N/A | |
1728 | June 20, 1969 | Woody Allen (guest host), Muhammad Ali | N/A | |
1729 | June 23, 1969 | Orson Bean (guest host), Gloria Steinem | N/A | |
1730 | June 24, 1969 | Gov. Nelson Rockefeller | N/A | |
1731 | June 25, 1969 | Sen. George Murphy | Tiny Tim | |
1732 | June 26, 1969 | Kaye Ballard, Cliff Robertson, Ann-Margret, Ace Trucking Company | N/A | |
1733 | June 27, 1969 | George Segal (guest host), Eva Marie Saint | N/A | |
1734 | June 30, 1969 | Tony Randall | Ray Charles | |
William Redfield serves as the show's announcer |
No. | Original air date | Guest(s) | Musical/entertainment guest(s) | |
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1735 | July 1, 1969 | Phyllis Newman, Jack Newfield, comedian Bob King | N/A | |
William Redfield serves as the show's announcer | ||||
1736 | July 2, 1969 | Bob Crane, The Golddiggers, Stanley Myron Handelman | Lynn Mink | |
Durwood Kirby serves as the show's announcer | ||||
1737 | July 3, 1969 | Shari Lewis, Rodney Dangerfield | The What For | |
Durwood Kirby serves as the show's announcer | ||||
1738 | July 4, 1969 | Corbett Monica (guest host) | N/A | |
Durwood Kirby serves as the show's announcer | ||||
1739 | July 7, 1969 | Flip Wilson (guest host), Claire Bloom | N/A | |
1740 | July 8, 1969 | Flip Wilson (guest host), Lew Alcindor, Rip Taylor | N/A | |
1741 | July 9, 1969 | Flip Wilson (guest host), Henny Youngman, Stiller and Meara | Kenny Rankin and Jerry Merrick | |
1742 | July 10, 1969 | Flip Wilson (guest host), Jacqueline Susann, Nina Simone, Jerry Shane | Jimi Hendrix, Wilson Pickett, Joe Tex | |
1743 | July 11, 1969 | Flip Wilson (guest host), Milton Berle | N/A | |
1744 | July 14, 1969 | Carl Reiner (guest host), Buddy Hackett, Jerome Weidman | N/A | |
1745 | July 15, 1969 | Carl Reiner (guest host), Neil Simon, Marilyn Michaels, Arthur Hailey | N/A | |
1746 | July 16, 1969 | Carl Reiner (guest host), Ruth Gordon, Gwen Davis, Jamie Carr | N/A | |
1747 | July 17, 1969 | Carl Reiner (guest host), Jackie Vernon, Claire Bloom, Elizabeth Hubbard | N/A | |
1748 | July 18, 1969 | Carl Reiner (guest host), Godfrey Cambridge, Judy Pace | London Lee | |
1749 | July 21, 1969 | Buddy Rich, Buddy Hackett | Gerri Granger | |
1750 | July 22, 1969 | Burt Lancaster, Bob & Ray, Lenny Price | Jeannie C. Riley | |
1751 | July 23, 1969 | Truman Capote, Red Buttons, Robert Klein | Linda Ronstadt | |
1752 | July 24, 1969 | Jan Murray (guest host), Rich Little, Peter Fonda | Anita Bryant, Sergio Mendes and Bossa Ria | |
1753 | July 25, 1969 | Rodney Dangerfield | N/A | |
1754 | July 28, 1969 | Shecky Greene, Theodore White, Richard Ryder, Nancy Cherry, Judy Shackleford | What Four | |
1755 | July 29, 1969 | Orson Bean, Corbett Monica, Jay Richard Kennedy | Richie Havens | |
1756 | July 30, 1969 | TBA | N/A | |
1757 | July 31, 1969 | Charlie Callas, Phyllis Newman | N/A |
No. | Original air date | Guest(s) | Musical/entertainment guest(s) | |
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1758 | August 1, 1969 | Jack Albertson, Bob and Ray, Mimi Hines and Phil Ford | Duke Ellington, Bobby Hebb | |
1759 | August 4, 1969 | Flip Wilson (guest host) | The Chambers Brothers, Irving Fields | |
1760 | August 5, 1969 | Flip Wilson (guest host), Pat Morita, Gordon Parks, John Fairfax | Joe Tex; Hines, Hines and Dad | |
1761 | August 6, 1969 | Flip Wilson (guest host), Dr. Joyce Brothers, Barbara Walters, Dody Goodman, Rosalind Cash | Nina Simone | |
1762 | August 7, 1969 | Bob Newhart (guest host), Jack Cassidy | Joan Baez, Kole and Param | |
1763 | August 8, 1969 | Bob Newhart (guest host), Dave Garroway, Polly Bergen, Ashley Montagu | Monti Rock III | |
1764 | August 11, 1969 | (FROM LOS ANGELES); Judy Carne, George Burns, Don Knotts, Gene Barry | N/A | |
Mighty Carson Art Players skit | ||||
1765 | August 12, 1969 | (FROM LOS ANGELES); Bob Newhart, Ozzie Nelson, Harriet Nelson, Jill St. John | Sarah Vaughan | |
1766 | August 13, 1969 | (FROM LOS ANGELES); Kaye Ballard | N/A | |
1767 | August 14, 1969 | (FROM LOS ANGELES); Debbie Reynolds, Rose Marie, John Byner, George Lindsey, Carl Reiner | N/A | |
1768 | August 15, 1969 | (FROM LOS ANGELES); Shari Lewis, Red Buttons, Irv Benson | Tiny Tim | |
1769 | August 18, 1969 | (FROM LOS ANGELES); Bob Hope, Eva Gabor | N/A | |
1770 | August 19, 1969 | (FROM LOS ANGELES); Joe DiMaggio, Raquel Welch, Shecky Greene | Marilyn Maye | |
1771 | August 20, 1969 | (FROM LOS ANGELES); Lucille Ball, Flip Wilson | The Friends of Distinction | |
1772 | August 21, 1969 | (FROM LOS ANGELES); Phyllis Diller, Dan Rowan, Dick Martin | Bobby Darin, The Unusual We | |
1773 | August 22, 1969 | (FROM LOS ANGELES); Bill Cosby, Anne Baxter, Ricardo Montalbán, Andy Devine | N/A | |
1774 | August 25, 1969 | Robert Stack, Barbara Rush, Wally Cox, Kaye Ballard, Stanley Myron Handelman, magician Albert Goshman | The First Edition | |
1775 | August 26, 1969 | Clare Boothe Luce, Bernadette Devlin McAliskey | N/A | |
1776 | August 27, 1969 | Joan Rivers, Don DeFore | Lana Cantrell | |
1777 | August 28, 1969 | David Susskind, Charlie Callas, Donna Jean Young | Arlo Guthrie | |
1778 | August 29, 1969 | Jerry Lewis (guest host), multiple Miss America contestants | Ricky Nelson, Leon Bibb, Hines, Hines and Dad | |
Peter Lawford served as the show's announcer |
No. | Original air date | Guest(s) | Musical/entertainment guest(s) | |
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1779 | September 1, 1969 | Tony Randall, William Holden, Pat Morita | Marilyn Maye, Turley Richards | |
1780 | September 2, 1969 | Jaye P. Morgan, John Byner, Orson Bean, Adela Rogers St. Johns | N/A | |
1781 | September 3, 1969 | Phyllis Newman, Corbett Monica | Mel Tormé, The People Tree | |
1782 | September 4, 1969 | Dana Valery | The Youngbloods, Jimmie Rodgers | |
1783 | September 5, 1969 | David Frye, Linda Bennett | Gary Lewis and the Playboys | |
1784 | September 8, 1969 | Alan King, Peter Fonda, Jacqueline Susann, Suzanne Charny | N/A | |
1785 | September 9, 1969 | Jay Silverheels, Charlie Callas, Dody Goodman | N/A | |
1786 | September 10, 1969 | Robert Merrill, Bob and Ray | N/A | |
1787 | September 11, 1969 | Peter Lawford (guest host), Sammy Davis Jr. | Monti Rock III, The Checkmates | |
1788 | September 12, 1969 | Eartha Kitt | N/A | |
1789 | September 15, 1969 | Woody Allen, Bennett Cerf, Dody Goodman | N/A | |
1790 | September 16, 1969 | Joseph Cotten, Jaye P. Morgan, Ashley Montagu | N/A | |
1791 | September 17, 1969 | Dina Merrill, Mitzi Gaynor | Jimmy Slyde | |
1792 | September 18, 1969 | Helen Hayes, Cliff Robertson, Robert Downey Sr. | Tiny Tim, Nick Lucas | |
1793 | September 19, 1969 | Zsa Zsa Gabor, Robert Culp, David Steinberg | Monti Rock III | |
1794 | September 22, 1969 | Dick Cavett, Pamela Mason | Gloria Loring, Sergio Franchi | |
1795 | September 23, 1969 | Janet Leigh, Troy Donahue, Robert Klein | Pat Boone, | |
1796 | September 24, 1969 | Florence Henderson, Dick Tuck, Toots Shor, Danny Stradella, Robert Kreindler, Hy Uethtel | N/A | |
Shor, Stradella, Kreindler and Uethtel were all New York City restaurateurs | ||||
1797 | September 25, 1969 | Ozzie Nelson, Harriet Nelson, Tom Seaver, Cleon Jones, Stanley Kramer | Jane Morgan | |
1798 | September 26, 1969 | Jill St. John, Richard Loo, Alan Lee | N/A | |
Lee was known as "The Human Sandwich" | ||||
1799 | September 29, 1969 | Tony Randall, Shecky Greene | Frank Sinatra Jr. | |
1800 | September 30, 1969 | Roger Caras, Albert Goshman, Pat Collins | N/A |
No. | Original air date | Guest(s) | Musical/entertainment guest(s) | |
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1823 | November 3, 1969 | Steve Lawrence (guest host), Peter Max, Boni Enten, Michael Myer | Carlos Santana, Oliver | |
1824 | November 4, 1969 | Alan King (guest host), Jimmy Breslin, Pete Hamill, Heywood Hale Broun | N/A | |
1825 | November 5, 1969 | (FROM LOS ANGELES); Bob Hope, Bill Cosby, Rose Marie | Bobby Darin | |
1826 | November 6, 1969 | (FROM LOS ANGELES); Carol Wayne, George Raft, Robert Strauss | N/A | |
1827 | November 7, 1969 | (FROM LOS ANGELES); Eva Gabor, Edgar Bergen | Cass Elliott | |
1828 | November 10, 1969 | (FROM LOS ANGELES); David Steinberg, Bill Dana, Jill St. John, Gypsy Rose Lee | Tennessee Ernie Ford | |
1829 | November 11, 1969 | (FROM LOS ANGELES); Eddie Albert, Jonathan Winters, Jaye P. Morgan | Diana Ross & the Supremes | |
1830 | November 12, 1969 | (FROM LOS ANGELES); Bob Newhart, Billy de Wolfe | Lou Rawls | |
1831 | November 13, 1969 | (FROM LOS ANGELES); Kaye Ballard, Carl Reiner, Peter Lawford | Sergio Mendes | |
1832 | November 14, 1969 | (FROM LOS ANGELES); Bob Hope, George Lindsey | Roger Miller, Lynn Kellogg | |
1833 | November 17, 1969 | (FROM LOS ANGELES); Jack Benny, Steve Allen, Barbara Eden, Jayne Meadows, Ann Blyth | Vic Damone | |
1834 | November 18, 1969 | (FROM LOS ANGELES); Lucille Ball, Red Buttons, Louie Nye, Ozzie Nelson, Harriet Nelson | Della Reese, Trini Lopez | |
1835 | November 19, 1969 | (FROM LOS ANGELES); Suzanne Charny | Leslie Uggams | |
1836 | November 20, 1969 | (FROM LOS ANGELES); Charlton Heston, Goldie Hawn, Fernando Lamas, George Chakiris | Jane Powell | |
Limerick Contest | ||||
1837 | November 21, 1969 | (FROM LOS ANGELES); Mickey Rooney, Agnes Moorehead, Anne Howard | Wayne Cochran | |
1838 | November 24, 1969 | (FROM LOS ANGELES); Kirk Douglas, Debbie Reynolds, Karen Jensen | N/A | |
1839 | November 25, 1969 | (FROM LOS ANGELES); George Burns, Gov. Ronald Reagan, Nancy Reagan, George Gobel, Diahann Carroll, Anjanette Comer | N/A | |
1840 | November 26, 1969 | Joe Garagiola (guest host), Pat Henry | N/A | |
1841 | November 27, 1969 | Joe Namath (guest host), Jackie Vernon, Louisa Moritz, Don Maynard, Matt Snell, Jim Turner, Bake Turner | N/A | |
1842 | November 28, 1969 | Peter Lawford (guest host) | Cass Elliott |
No. | Original air date | Guest(s) | Musical/entertainment guest(s) | |
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1843 | December 1, 1969 | David Frye | N/A | |
1844 | December 2, 1969 | Shelley Winters, David Susskind | N/A | |
1845 | December 3, 1969 | Marty Brill, Willis Reed | N/A | |
1846 | December 4, 1969 | Jane Fonda, David Steinberg | James Brown | |
1847 | December 5, 1969 | Peter Lawford (guest host), Dick Cavett | N/A | |
1848 | December 8, 1969 | George Kirby, Julie London | Tiny Tim | |
1849 | December 9, 1969 | Tony Randall, Yves Montand, Linda Bennett | Irene Papas | |
1850 | December 10, 1969 | Robert Klein, Phyllis Diller, Ellen Peck | Buddy Greco | |
1851 | December 11, 1969 | Alfred Hitchcock, Rodney Dangerfield, Biff Rose | N/A | |
1852 | December 12, 1969 | Dick Cavett (guest host), Earl Wilson Jr., Buck Henry, Milt Kamen | N/A | |
1853 | December 15, 1969 | Ingrid Bergman, Gig Young, Jaye P. Morgan | N/A | |
1854 | December 16, 1969 | Charlie Callas | Barbara Tai-Sing | |
1855 | December 17, 1969 | The wedding of Tiny Tim and Miss Vicki, Phyllis Diller, Florence Henderson, Rudy Vallee | Nick Lucas | |
Do's and Don't's for Weddings | ||||
1856 | December 18, 1969 | Bob & Ray, Biff Rose, artist Jan de Ruth | Hines, Hines and Dad | |
1857 | December 19, 1969 | Peter Lawford (guest host), George Carlin, Ted Sorensen, Tammy Grimes | N/A | |
1858 | December 22, 1969 | Hugh Downs (guest host), Robert Ryan, Bernadette Peters | N/A | |
1859 | December 23, 1969 | Orson Bean (guest host), Jonathan Frid | N/A | |
1860 | December 25, 1969 | Florence Henderson (guest host), The Ritts Puppets | N/A | |
1861 | December 26, 1969 | Corbett Monica (guest host), Victor Buono, Ellen Peck, Noel Behn, Ronnie Martin | N/A | |
1862 | December 29, 1969 | New York City mayor John Lindsay | N/A | |
1863 | December 30, 1969 | Marty Brill, John Lahr | N/A | |
1864 | December 31, 1969 | Jim Backus, Hugh Hefner, Woody Allen, Charlie Callas, George Raft | N/A |
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"Lady Friend" is a song by the American rock band the Byrds, written by band member David Crosby and released as a single on July 13, 1967. The single was commercially unsuccessful, only charting at number 82 on the Billboard Hot 100 and failing to chart in the United Kingdom at all.
"Saw a New Morning" is the 1973 single released by the Bee Gees. It was also the group's first single released on Robert Stigwood's newly created records label RSO Records. The Bee Gees moved to Los Angeles in 1972 to record the album Life in a Tin Can which was a new direction for the group, who had been recording in England since 1967. The B-side, "My Life Has Been a Song" features lead vocal by Robin Gibb as well as Barry Gibb.
Emmure is an American metalcore band. The group formed in 2003 in New Fairfield, Connecticut, but later moved to Queens, New York. The discography of Emmure consists of eight full-length albums, one EP and three demos.
"Johnny's Theme" is an instrumental jazz song played as the opening theme of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson from the show's inception in 1962 through its finale in 1992. The piece was composed by Paul Anka and Johnny Carson, based on a previous composition by Anka. It was performed by The Tonight Show Band, which released an arrangement by Tommy Newsom in 1986 as part of its Grammy Award-winning debut album. The single release also earned a Grammy nomination.