Charles Grodin Asks Johnny Carson if He Cares About His Guests on "The Tonight Show" - 1990

[beggin1967]

CHARLES GRODIN IS ONE OF A KIND,AND I LIKE HIM,AND ALWAYS HAVE!

[gfine2000]

And how do you know this? Were you there? Did you write the script, what?

[beggin1967]

@gfine2000 u r right gfine not scripted.some people dont get certain things so they assume

[putittogether]

The best, makes today's talk shows look like a Yugo.

[gfine2000]

Johnny was quick witted wasn't he?

[JohnAndRowForever]

@gfine2000 This was not off the cuff. This exchange was Scripted.

[gfine2000]

Don't these fuckin commercials sickin you?

[psyjpg]

"Are you whispering again?" Grodin is a genius.

[beggin1967]

GRODIN AND CARSON TRADING BARBS? PRICELESS I HAVE NEVER SEEN THIS! TODAY,NOTHING LIKE THIS EXISTS

[Okiemom50]

ad lib at it's best. those two together could go on for hours.

[rnlsg]

charles grodin is cool

[FriendofRamblinJack]

Boy, we miss you, Johnny... Excellent wit...

[WickedTornado]

What is it Carson says at the end.."I get 7 mins. out of you, I take a ??? and go home to Malibu". Sounds like he's saying something like "I take a bono? and go home to Malibu. My late Mom grew up with him down the street in tiny Norfolk, Nebr. She said he was exactly like he is now on t.v. But she also said he was kind of a loner...He probably lived inside his mind quite a bit...and poss. knew much bigger things were to come later.

[shaktimaan09]

@WickedTornado i take a bundle....as in bundle of money.

[WickedTornado]

@shaktimaan09 Ahhh, yeah, that makes since. Probably.."I make a bundle and go home to Malibu." You know, I'm still not convinced that this whole take was just a pre---planned "bit". My guess is that it probably is...but as I remember...Grodin was kind of a jerk with other hosts around that time. Just sort of "testy". What do you think...was this just a gag dreamed up by these two....or were we simply seeing two pros at work here without anything really cooked up between 'em?

[moproducer]

@WickedTornado Considering the number of times Grodin was on the show (at least 10), always in the same character, I'd say it was a setup.

[skillbill83]

Charles Grodin was amazing in Midnight Run.

[TomBBrady12]

Grodin and Carson played the audience. They were good friends, but made it seem like they were adversaries. Classic stuff. Funny stuff.

[longnp1]

@TomBBrady12 you're absolutely right, but sadly most people here don't even get it now. they'd buy anything face value without any reflection (cos reflection requires knowledge and intelligence) - and that's why advertisers love them and they're the perfect audience for the tonight show. based on ratings, "they" = vast majority of americans.

[darius595]

Yes Grodin is onto him but he is just stating the obvious: talk show hosts in general don't really care what guests have to say. And Carson freely admits it. Carson seems to be the one who is in control Grodin is his usual whining, begging for sympathy self I like both of them, by the way, I just thought Carson had the edge in this segment.

[SNL76years]

@darius595 Conan definitely does care what his guests have to say. You don't really know anything about television.

[SNL76years]

@darius595 You can't host a talk show without caring what the guests have to say.

[caitlinjane92]

@darius595 Sadly, Letterman and Leno and all those loser talk show hosts don't care about what their guests have to say these days. What a shame, huh?

[tedwilli9]

Grodin is 55 right here? Holy crap, he looks great.

[Seanze329]

Dear people complaining about commercials, download firefox and its adblocker plugin. I haven't seen an ad for months. It only takes 5 minutes not including the download time so it's not a very hard and it will save you the time of having to watch those ads. Firefox is a great browser anyway.

[Berus7777]

SO SICK OF WHAT GOOG LE did to YouTube - constant commercials... YOU RUINED THIS WEBSITE FOR EVERYONE.... WAS IT WORTH IT???

[ColumbiaPerna]

Why do I have to sith through a commercial to watch this -- are you desperate for a few cents you fucking asshole

[darius595]

grodin tries to match wits with the master and loses again

[psyjpg]

@darius595 Disagree. If you look closely and listen to what Grodin is saying, it becomes clear Carson is not the master here.  Grodin is onto him. Genius.

[zazfilm]

@psyjpg you mean if i put my eye directly onto the screen it won't seem like carson is OWNING him??

[capatga]

Hilarious !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Pocok4]

How is it possible that Grodin looks younger in 1990 than in 1982?

[KazysBobelis]

@Pocok4 bottox and shit...

[Slightlybent]

Classic!

[psyjpg]

Grodin is so sharp and observant it's incredible. "Are you whispering again?"

So true.

[hootyhaha]

@psyjpg He was hilarious on David Letterman last year as his appearance in a new movie (well old now) in 2007. Look up Charles Grodin David Letterman 2007 part 2. His last comment about Letterman's hair gets a huge laugh.

[psyjpg]

@hootyhaha I think Charles is a genious and is on to Johnny. I noticed the same thing.