Heeere's Johnny - The Definitive DVD Collection from The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson
Starring: Johnny CarsonStudio: RESPOND 2 / Carson Entertainment
MPAA Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Format: Box set, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC
Running Time: 1102 minutes
DVD Release: November 6th 2007
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DVD Review
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.
User Reviews
Vintage Carson! - Rating: 4/5
Got this for my husband after he'd seen the infomercial. Not only a great price on Amazon, but he laughed until he fell off the sofa. Hours and hours of vintage Carson.
Definitive Collection is Difinitively Great - Rating: 5/5
This is great. If you love nostaligic television, you will love this collection. My 14 year old son even loves watching the old clips. What was funny 20 years ago is still funny today.
worst service on the planet - Rating: 5/5
While the DVD is just that a DVD, the service provided from Amazon.com was the worst I have experienced from an internet store. Don't expect your charge to be what is on your shipping invoice. When your bill comes add two unexplained dollars to your credit charge. Then try to reach Amazon.com for an explaination and it is like trying to send mail to the Moon. When you finally do get a reply your original concerns are not addressed. Instead Amazon trys misdirection to get you off the original problem. $2.00 is not much money but think of the millions of people who are being overcharged minimum amounts and let it just pass because the hassle to get it straight is monumental. Amazon you are truly a thief in sheeps clothing. Never again will I purchase from you. Those who do you have been warned.
Same stuff over and over - Rating: 1/5
I guess there must be some reason they do not or cannot release more of Johnny Carson's shows. I think most of us fans would love to watch any show, even the worst of the worst, over again. But... I don't think we want to see a very small sample over and over and over again. There must be some reason they continue to repackage and not give us anything new. Does anyone know what legal or licensing problem might be responsible for this? I suppose I will die before they finally release some significant amount of material. How ironic that when this stuff is all available, many of the people who would appreciate it will have bitten the dust. What a travesty!
A Great Collection of Classic Carson Comedy - Rating: 4/5
I was thrilled to see the "Heeere's Johnny" DVD collection released on Amazon.com. I was able to pre-order the set for $69.99 and I received it just one day after the official release date. My wife and I have been slowly working our way through the collection, one DVD at a time. Johnny is an icon and legend of late night television. This collection does a great job of spanning much of Johnny's years of being the Tonight Show host. However, the picture and sound quality is sometime quite bad. The overall picture quality is average at best. I would have thought that the old video would have gone through some sort of restoration process. Obviously this isn't the case in this collection. There are some scenes that flicker and have lines running through them, and the sound sometimes becomes garbled. Another dissapointment is that this collection has no specific order. There is no way to easily work your way from oldest to newest, or in any other manner. This collection is actually made up of several other collections. One of the included collections is made entirely of stand-up commedian guests that appeared on The Tonight Show. I bought this to watch Johnny, not to see a young Jerry Seinfeld, or the early (and yet still irritating) years of Rosanne Baar.
Overall this is an excellent collection of Johnny Carson's golden years in television. I just wish it was better organized, had more clips of Johnny himself, and wish the video and audio had gone through some sort of restoration process. For the money this is definately a good buy, if you are a die hard Carson fan. =o)
