"The Tonight Show never has used a laugh track, and still does not. What is different from the past is applause cues. The audience is told when to applause, and they even hire professionals to sit in the front row."

"Letterman was in fact the first one to adopt applause cues when he moved to CBS. Basically a sign placed above the audience that tells them when to cheer or make noise. The idea is that it keeps the show moving with no dead air."

I remember watching the very last Tonight Show with Johnny Carson when Bette Middler sang to him. It was such a real moment. They both knew that they were living in the final minutes of an amazing era. Things change, but watching this makes me wish I could go back and re-live a single day in the 1970s.

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I'm just surprised all those jokes were given the okay for The Tonight Show. American late night talk shows generally have ZERO edge to it.

Hey, Sorry if I seem frustrated lately about videos not working - It's just mainly that I really am getting frustrated. I'm getting almost half of all videos that are unviewable - either because of Facebook embeds, or region blocked.

I used to be able to come to the SIFT and get all my video views and see lots of new videos and keep up with current world activites etc.
But lately every SNL, Conan, Late Night Tonight, Tonight Show videos, are all region blocked.
The overall quality of videos here have gone down, are we running out of videos?
Anyway, with 50% of the videos not working, and the 30% being junk, it's not leaving much and I find this is becoming a dead site for me. The problem is I really like this site, and I don't want to go elsewhere. I find myself, just surfing youtube now, but getting to the good stuff takes time, and I don't always have that time.

anyway - sorry to rant, just wanted to apologize if I've seemed argumentative as of late. Have a great weekend!!!

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It was much funnier on the tonight show and Dom Deluise used 5 eggs.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pl0B2JhZTF0

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Wow..i had no idea. I figured they had different stages in a row..kind of like the tonight show where the monologue, the desk, and the band / standup events were simply stages next to each other.

Jay Leno's best work yet...

I liked him before the Tonight Show....during his stint he stole too much and invested too little.

I still couldn't believe they brought him back.
TV didn't understand it was dieing....it wasn't Conan ...it was just dieing a little.

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Rumor has it that Blake was completely blasted when this aired on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon so it was removed from the official YT channel. This is the only working copy I cold find. Inferior quality to be sure ... sigh