Tips On Buying Carson DVDs
Other reviewers have done a great job at detailing what is on this new Carson collection - and as a huge Carson fan who owns all the DVDs I want to offer a few tips to potential buyers.
The library of Carson DVDs are divided into "clip shows" that have clips of the best moments in the history of the program, and cutdowns of "full episodes", like the ones included in this collection. If you want to see the really famous clips (Ed Ames throwing the tomahawk, classic banter between Johnny and Ed or Doc, and the other really monumental moments), then the best collection to start with is the three disc Ultimate Collection, which has the best moments of the thirty years of the show, divided up by decade. If you are even a bigger fan, buy the "Heeres Johnny" Collection, which contains the Ultimate Collection discs, and all the other clip DVDs and few full episode DVDs, including the second to last episode with Bette Midler and the final episode. Both The Ultimate Collection and...
HERE IS THE LISTING OF WHAT IS ON THIS SET!
Complete Episode List on this DVD Collection:
Episode 1: December 31, 1965
Woody Allen, The Muppets
Episode 2: September 23, 1971
Della Reese, Bob Uecker
Episode 3: May 19, 1972
Adelle Davis, Robert Blake, Gwen Davis
Episode 4: September 15, 1972
Vikki Carr, Peter Falk, Albert Brooks
Episode 5: November 13, 1972
Mayor Lindsay, Muhammad Ali, Harry Chapin
Episode 6: September 12, 1973
Joan Embery, Bette Midler, David Steinberg
Episode 7: February 20, 1974
Joan Embery, David Brenner
Episode 8: April 9, 1974
The Jackson 5, Jerry Van Dyke
Episode 9: September 2, 1974
Doris Day, Rodney Dangerfield, Burt Mustin
Episode 10: September 26, 1974
Burt Reynolds, Dom DeLuise, Art Carney
Episode 11: May 6, 1975
Luciano Pavarotti, Maude Tull
Episode 12: September 19, 1975
Don Rickles, Robert Blake
Episode...
a REVIEW from an OWNER of the set!
Go ahead and rate me NOT helpful for this...because I don't give it 5 stars...and stop reading. Or ...perhaps save a hundred bucks? I'm being generous with 3 stars...and that is because even with the lousy DVD picture quality, truncated shows, chopped up interviews and all...there is still so much of ....Johnny. Anybody else and I'd have a hard time raising my rating above a 1 for this overpriced abortion.
I love Johnny, grew up watching him, and often think during todays crazy news cycle..I wonder what Johnny would have opened his monologue with. I'd give Johnny 5 stars for just being Johnny but this review is of a DVD set
Sadly...these are hugely truncated episodes...so essentially their advertising is at least incorrect or more likely complete marketing nonsense. The tonight show was not a 30 minute show so to represent this as ANY number of episodes is a lie. The history of Johnny and the Tonight Show on DVD has been poor ....lots of DVDs little actual...
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