Heeere's Johnny - The Definitive DVD Collection from The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson (1984)

One show in television history, perhaps more than any other, defines the standards of contemporary American entertainment today: The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson. | After an introduction by Groucho Marx, Johnny stepped through the curtain and on to the stage for the first time in 1962. Broadcasting from Studio 6-B in New York City, Johnny infused his late night program with a sparkle of showbiz mixed with boyish charm and a razor sharp wit that never missed its mark. On any given night there was always a sense that anything could happen ... and with Johnny s band of mischief makers, it usually did. | Johnny s easy going interview style and a mastery of the nightly monologue gave an audience of 12 million fans reason enough to tune in every night. The critically acclaimed and Emmy award winning show featured career defining performances, legendary hijinks and classic routines from the world s funniest comedians. From the 60 s into the 90 s, The Tonight Show welcomed a parade of Hollywood royalty and some of the most entertaining and influential people of the 20th century. | His enduring legacy of laughter is a timeless gift that will live on through this remarkable 12 disc collection. After 30 years, 4,500 shows and 25,000 guests, his eyes still twinkle, his laugh still echoes and the stars still shine ... Heeere s Johnny!! | This Definitive DVD Collection includes the following: | 1. Timeless Moments: Capturing Johnny at his best, these 6 DVDs include classic Carson characters, The Mighty Carson Art Players, guest stars, favorite comedians and more. Timeless Moments was previously only available to Carson Club members and is now only available through the Heeere's Johnny collection. | 2. The Original Ultimate Collection: The 3 DVD collection that started it all! From the 60 s to the 90 s, this best selling collection features 7 hours of Johnny s favorite moments from three decades of The Tonight Show. | 3. Stand-Up Comedians: Featuring a virtual who s-who of the funniest comedians ever to appear on The Tonight Show. Laugh along with Johnny and enjoy 20 classic stand-up routines. | 4. Carson Country: Great music, hilarious tall tales and homespun humor on this one-of-a-kind collection of country legends. Product Description

Johnny Carson Gave America 30 Years Of The Greatest Talk & Entertainment Show Ever!

And what have we been given? Just a mere smattering of the performers, skits, music and desk side chatter from the world's ultimate next day's water cooler show. I cannot believe it!

Please issue DVDs of selected full shows. I remember that so many shows were great not because of any single performer but because of the entirety of the whole program, from monologue to conclusion.

I recently purchased the big box set and it's really nice to have these performances of this comedian or that country star. Or some of the memories and the heart breaking last two shows. I gave it 5 stars just for the emotional aspects, the nostaligic reasons, to be able to once again catch a few glimpses of the finest talk and entertainment show this nation's ever had. I owe Johnny that.

But really what's really missing are the banter between Johnny and his many personal close friends and fellow performers, the interviews, Johnny just being Johnny letting others have their time in the spot light but always adding his quips and charming laughter, his suave cosmopolitan presence anchoring the whole thing.

In all these DVDs there's really precious little of Johnny himself!

We fans, fans of all ages, would greatly appreciate having DVDs of many selected full shows. Especially at its peak during the late '60s through the '70s when so many of the classic stars, now long gone (Bob Hope, Dean Martin, etc) AND the up and coming newer stars who are still around today were all mingling together on the hour and a half shows.

Whole DVDs could be devoted to the appearances of specific guests like Jimmy Stewart, Bob Hope, and so many others.

Not only were there an awful lot of incredibly funny stuff back then. But I easily recall, especially on the shows before it went down to just one hour, the great conversations he had with so many people!

After what for many of us was the better portion of our TV lives spent watching The Tonight Show With Johnny Carson to only have the little that's been doled out is, in many ways, very sad. That show provided so much in the way of coloring our culture and it and we deserve more that the nice, but very stingy, teasers from all those years, really the best years of American culture at its peak.

Please, please consider doing so much more than just what's been done.

Thank you, from millions, a whole nation, of Johnny Carson & The Tonight Show fans.

September 14, 2008

Cute animals

This is a great collection if you like animals, allot of animals. What really bothers me is spending $60+ for a DVD collection, then being constantly told I am "forbidden" to fast forward, skip ahead, or view a menu. August 30, 2008

AB FAB - THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

WOW, some of the best money can buy.

AB FAB - THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

August 16, 2008

PURE ENTERTAINMENT AT IT'S BEST

TV shows just do not have this magic anymore. A must see for everyone! Be prepared to laugh until your stomach hurts! May 5, 2008

Great set, but...!

It really is cool to have virtually everything ever released on DVD by Carson's Tonight Show all in one package...but, it would have been even nicer to include another large collection of as-yet-unreleased material. This box is a compilation of Carson Country, Animal Hijinks, the 3 DVD Ultimate Carson set, Stand Up Comedians and the Timeless Moments collection that was previously available to the Carson club members (some of these Timeless Moments can all be found in the recent release The Best Of Carson Volume 1).

I can also confirm that the 3 DVD Ultimate Carson set has been edited from it's original release, because I own the original release and was able to see what was cut out, most notably the montage of music stars that appeared on The Tonight Show over the 30 years from the very last show on May 22, 1992. For those of us who abhor things like that, the loss of that montage is a major disappointment! I have a feeling that it was cut out for some kind of music licensing reasons...but if it was put in the original, come on!!

For those of you who have never bought any of the other releases, this box set is the bomb-diggity...go for it!

But Respond2 or some other DVD releasing production company (Carson Productions perhaps?) needs to get extremely busy and release more of the gems from the more than 2500 available shows that are sitting on shelves out there somewhere (I'm not counting the 1500 shows from the 60's that are permanently lost). There's a lot of money to be made from the release of much more material (How about starting with the 120+ Carson Comedy Classics that were aired in syndication in the 80's?).

Vroom Vroom folks...let's get some more of this stuff out there!!! May 4, 2008

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