Oh, and those tours took place at "noon, today" !!!!

I didn't know Funk & Wagnalls had such a deep porch!!!! LOL

yep, it's true. there are alot of items preserved in the old salt mines near Hutchinson Kansas. It was found to be the perfect place to save the items, including many old movies. It keeps them dry and rodent free and at the right temps. Now they are giving tours of these mines and it's a great look back at history.

I think NBC should re-broadcast this collection as it's probably better than 90% of their current programming, probably would get stellar ratings too.

Hey Mike, reread Sandee's comment:
"Carson invented the late night TV show host."

She didn't say that he invented the show, she said that he set a high standard for late night TV hosting.

I miss Johnny.

Dagmar was a late nite regular who was merely famous for being famous, the Paris Hilton of the 50s!

Does anyone know if two guests on Carson are on the DVD, i.e.Buddy Hackett and Peter O'Toole? Buddy told a story that went on and on about a man who had to call a friend about his mother dying [I think it was his mother] and the guy went the way of east Pittsburgh to tell it. When Buddy was done, I think I remember Johnny almost falling out of his chair.
The one with Peter was about his performing in a Shakespearean play and an actress fell dead and Peter said to the audience, 'Don't worry about her, she'll be up in a minute'. And he walked off the stage. Again, Johnny was in stitches. I loved the shows where the guests would make Johnny laugh so hard, he had tears running down his face. There are so many people who could just make us laugh and laugh and ...... Not so much today. : - (

Joan Rivers hates Carson because of the way he treated her after she got her own talk show on FOX.

What also made Carson great were the guests he had on his show including Rich Little, Albert Brooks, Don Rickles, Joan Rivers and especially Jack Burns & Avery Schreiber doing their taxi-cab sketches. It was the kind of late nite entertainment we no longer see. Carson's own Mighty Carson Art Player sketches including Art Fern, Carnac and Floyd R. Turbo, American among his hilarious characters were also great. Since Carson all late nite talk is boring. Letterman is the best of the current crop though. He comes closest to the genius of Carson. The rest are totally dull.