Steve Allen on The Tonight Show (Rare Clip)

This is the full version of the clip from the original incarnation of The Tonight Show, starring original host Steve Allen, that was used in Bill "Balloonman" Morrison's interview with Steve. It features a bizarre comedy bit with a walking/talking doll and a jaunty musical number entitled "Love Thy Neightbor" (Steve refers to the piano player as "Skitch," does that make him Skitch Henderson?). I will be happy to remove this clip if it conflicts with any copyright laws, but what I've been able to find seems to indicate it's okay to show.

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• Steve
• Allen
• Bill
• Morrison
• Balloonman
• Tonight
• Show
• Skitch
• Henderson
• Johnny
• Carson
• David
• Letterman
• Conan
• O'Brien
• Leno
• Paar

[chalomirof63]

Appreciate the info, but, no date?

[philmfan]

I don't know much about the clip, frankly. I got it off of a DVD of odds & ends that Bill Morrison sent me and I guess Bill got it directly from Steve. That's my understanding, anyway. There was no info on it and Bill didn't have the details.

[zu0832]

No offence but Conan could'nt even "shine Stevarino's shoes"...Steve was a thousand times more clever in my opinion

[Gamparick]

Steve was the best late night host. He was quick, funny and talented plus his show was live.

[MrJerryRio]

Steve invented "The Man On the Street" great ad libs, snappy comments

I'm no Steve Allen but JERRY RIO is a new "Man On The Street"

The streets of NYC have never been funnier! LOOK FOR JERRY RIO!...a little Woody....a little Larry David....not exactly!......I'm JERRY RIO!

A new "Man On The Street"....a must see for the perpetually sarcastic!

[AndersonDE7]

Jack Benny was voted the most beloved comedian of the first half of the 20th Century. Steve Allen was the most beloved comedian of the second half. He was both a gentleman and a naturally hilarious person.

[A008292]

I just finished a book about Steve Allen and he had so many talents that most people never new. The greatest moments of his Tonight Show creation was never saved for all of us to see. A great talent.

[alto100]

Got a chance to meet Steve Allen in 1973 at LMU in L.A... What a great individual and inspiration to everyone who had a chance to attend a great guest series course in the college of communication arts...

[IExposeMormonism]

bock bock fern dok....dove into a pool of jello , Chatty Cathy dates c 1959 so this must be 1959-1962

[n0tyham]

Yep, it's Skitch Henderson, before he had his trademark mustache and goatee.

[fromthesidelines]

Well, only because Johnny couldn't have his first choice- John Scott Trotter- to front the band. Skitch did a great job from 1962 through '66 (recording some Columbia albums with the band, on the side), then stepped aside, as Carson wanted some changes....

[WSenator1]

@fromthesidelines - and Skitch was also Johnny Carson's bandleader on HIS early Tonight Show years.

[WSenator1]

By the time I was old enough to watch television (and know what I was watching), Steve Allen had long left The Tonight Show, even though I saw him on various other shows into my college years. But after seeing this clip, I wish I had seen him on Tonight. What a talented man!

[windowsy39]

@StevieB1362

Steve was married to Audrey's sister Jane. Audrey played Alice Kramden on the Honeymooners.