Watching some of these Carson clips on cable TV...my God - I

[onecent]

had forgotten just HOW MUCH of a MASTER Carson was. WOW WOW WOW
Clips that make me laugh until tears are coming down my face.

[kittycat1164]

1. I am always so tempted to buy that collection

of tonight shows offered on late nite tv. I loved watching the Tonight Show.

[Cuban_Liberal]

2. His timing was just awesome.

:)

[The Backlash Cometh]

4. The king of understatement.

[fluffernutter]

3. what cable channel?

[mac56]

11. CNN - Larry King

Ed Mc Mahon will be his only guest tomorrow night.

[Dookus]

5. He was the best

no question.

He had the most amazing ability to put you on his side when a joke bombed. So whether he was funny or not (and he was funnier a lot more often than he wasn't), you were still always "with" him.

[pscot]

6. He was a very funny guy

A sad passing.

[oppositionmember]

7. I never thought Carson was that funny.

Seriously, with respect to the man, he was too much my father's generation, sense of humor, too square, too fast with the cheap shot at anything that was not mainstream, and most of all I really never found very funny his costume antics which were frat house bullshit.

But he was a great natural comedian, to be sure, with a gift for the wonderful comeback from a dead joke and excellent delivery. And he did know his audience - I guess that's where he lost me.

I imagine Nixon thought he was a hoot.

[sweetladybug]

8. I'll never forget the time the monkey pissed on his head. That was FUNNY!

[Twillig]

9. Tend to agree

He was a good host for that show, but as a comic.. Well, as Bob Newhart said to him one time, he was at his best (funniest) when his jokes were bombing.

:-)

[miss_kitty]

10. I think he was an excellent facilitator of comedy

and picked up on people who were great as well...