Johnny Carson and the Music of Stan Zabka

[MrJoeybabe25]

Gee! What a waste that all the thousands of hours of the Tonight Show both Parr and Carson, in color, were destroyed. I think, however that the black and white kinescopes are in attics somewhere...somewhere. There used to be a business that would kinescope your appearence on tv (before home video) and I'll bet there are a bunch outstanding. Joe

[morrisonAV]

I can't believe the audio quality of this clip. Thanks for posting it.

[Smittian]

Stan Zabka is the father of William Zabka, who played Johnny Lawrence, the bully in the original "Karate Kid" movie. "Sweep the leg'!

[mdumas43073]

Very cool to see this. Johnny and Ed sure looked different back then.

[wmbrown6]

I wonder if the "Movie Four" theme as mentioned on the cover of Mr. Zabka's LP was one of the tunes heard on:

watch?v=mZjYB6KDa5E

[gswoop40]

Wow! I love it! Does anyone have a complete show from the 60's? I know that most of them were allegedly erased, but am grateful for this gem! Also, check out the Tenth Anniversary that was posted on here. As Johnny would say, "GOOD STUFF!!!!"

[Wheelbrain]

As far as I know, only two complete episodes from the first ten years of The Tonight Show exist. Everything else is bits and pieces. I think the two complete episodes are the 1965 New Years Eve show and Tiny Tim's wedding (1969), both of which survive in color.

[JOVE23]

I wonder...it says in the description that Mr. Crosthwait captured this clip from a 2" quad tape...does that mean the rest of this show exists in color??

[Bigswifty75]

the 2" tape exists, how much of it is usable is another story I would expect, 42 year old video tape unless kept in perfect enviromental conditions would probably be pretty degraded, this may have been all he could recover

[JOVE23]

That is true...I wonder how we get in touch with Mr. Crosthwait?

[deepspacestar]

It may, but it's doubtful. This particular segment was presented to Stan by the show's production staff and Dick Carson, in particular, who directed the show in those days.

[Wheelbrain]

This episode does not survive in its entirety. Only this eight-minute excerpt exists. According to Mr. Crosthwait, this was broadcast Sept. 1, 1964.

[VintageTechTV]

It's great to what The Tonight Show originally looked like! Thank you for this clip!