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Mar 12, 2024 · Many of the best moments from The Tonight Show’s Carnac the Magnificent segments saw Carson deconstructing common phrases or idioms or poking fun at a public figure or established brand. This is ...
CARNAC: May an unclean yak have an accident on your toupee. A: Pillbury cooking contest, a spasm of the diaphragm and the memoirs of Richard Nixon. Q: Name a bake-off, a hiccough and a ripoff. A: A broken water pipe, Telly Savalas and Chuck Barris. Q: Name a leak, a Greek and a freak. A: 50 miles per hour.
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- The Thanksgiving Chat with Doc Severinsen. From 1979, Ed McMahon was off on this particular night and so bandleader Doc Severinsen moved over to Ed’s chair.
- Does Ed need ‘a little nappy-poo?’ As the story goes, despite all the jokes about Ed’s drinking, there was only one instance where he actually was tipsy on the job, and as Ed himself told it, he was trying to overcompensate.
- Sis Boom Bah. This is one of Carson’s “Carnac the Magnificent” sketches in which he would hold a sealed envelop to his head and magically summon the answer.
- Welcome, New Sponsor! On the surface, it might seem to be the worst way the show could have ever welcomed a brand new sponsor. But I guarantee more people paid attention to this particular plug because of Johnny’s antics
Jul 6, 2023 · Perhaps his most memorable recurring sketch was when Carson played Carnac the Magnificent, a “psychic” who would emerge from behind the curtain in a feathered turban and black cape. The Carnac character had the rare ability to divine answers to questions that were sealed in envelopes handed to him by McMahon.
- Suzanne Hayes
During Johnny Carson's 30-year reign as host of The Tonight Show on NBC, viewers were treated to these and other prophecies presented in this manner, the insights of a mysterious visitor from the East--seer, sage, soothsayer: Carnac the Magnificent. "Touchback," Carnac would divine, before opening an envelope to
Jan 31, 2005 · Johnny Carson's greatest moments -- We chart the life and times of the legendary talk-show host ... 1964 He debuts semi-psychic seer Carnac the Magnificent. (”Sis boom bah…the sound of a sheep ...
Jan 24, 2005 · Here's a look at some key moments in the history of Carson's reign on "The Tonight Show": ... all-seeing, all-silly mind reader Carnac the Magnificent and the crabby, wisecracking Aunt Blabby. ...
