List of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson episodes (1970)
This is a list of all The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson episodes that aired between January 1, 1970 and December 31, 1970.
January
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January 1, 1970 |
June Valli, Jerry Orbach |
Ace Trucking Company |
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January 2, 1970 |
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January 5, 1970 |
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January 6, 1970 |
Tommy Leonetti, Bob Sille |
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January 7, 1970 |
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Edmunds and Curly |
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January 8, 1970 |
David Susskind, Marilyn Maye, Charlie Manna |
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January 9, 1970 |
Joan Rivers (guest host), Pamela Mason |
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January 12, 1970 |
James Stewart |
Roslyn Kind |
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January 13, 1970 |
Charlie Callas |
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January 14, 1970 |
Bob Hope, Willie Mays |
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January 15, 1970 |
Jonathan Winters, Rodney Dangerfield |
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January 16, 1970 |
Joan Rivers (guest host), Al Hirt |
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January 19, 1970 |
Alan King (guest host) |
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January 20, 1970 |
Alan King (guest host) |
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January 21, 1970 |
Alan King (guest host) |
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January 22, 1970 |
Peter Lawford (guest host), Morton Hunt |
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January 23, 1970 |
Peter Lawford (guest host) |
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January 26, 1970 |
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January 27, 1970 |
Tony Randall, Dr. David Reuben |
Judy Collins |
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January 28, 1970 |
David Susskind, William F. Buckley, Jeane Dixon |
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January 29, 1970 |
George C. Scott |
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January 30, 1970 |
Tony Bennett |
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February
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February 2, 1970 |
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February 3, 1970 |
Maureen Stapleton |
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February 4, 1970 |
George Segal, Norm Crosby |
Donna Theodore |
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February 5, 1970 |
Joe Frazier |
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February 6, 1970 |
Joan Rivers (guest host), Alan Sues |
Stiller and Meara |
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February 9, 1970 |
Dr. Paul Erhlich, Leslie Uggams |
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February 10, 1970 |
Ross Perot |
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February 11, 1970 |
Vincent Price, Liza Minnelli |
Phyllis Newman |
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February 12, 1970 |
Rodney Dangerfield, Jimmy Breslin |
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February 13, 1970 |
Joan Rivers (guest host) |
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February 16, 1970 |
Jack Lemmon, Don Adams, Tiny Tim |
Vikki Carr |
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February 17, 1970 |
Jack Benny, Tony Curtis |
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February 18, 1970 |
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February 19, 1970 |
George Burns, Bob Newhart |
Connie Stevens |
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February 20, 1970 |
George Gobel, Edgar Bergen |
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February 23, 1970 |
Lucille Ball, Buddy Hackett |
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February 24, 1970 |
Groucho Marx, Rose Marie, Ozzie Nelson, Harriet Nelson |
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February 25, 1970 |
Mickey Rooney, Patty Duke |
Della Reese |
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February 26, 1970 |
George Raft, Ernest Borgnine |
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February 27, 1970 |
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March
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Guest(s) |
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March 2, 1970 |
Joe Frazier, James Stewart |
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March 3, 1970 |
Alan King, Hal Frazier |
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March 4, 1970 |
Don Rickles |
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March 5, 1970 |
James Coco |
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March 6, 1970 |
Bill Cosby (guest host) |
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March 9, 1970 |
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March 10, 1970 |
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March 11, 1970 |
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March 12, 1970 |
Peggy Casa, Al Hirt |
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March 13, 1970 |
Peter Lawford (guest host) |
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March 16, 1970 |
Alan King (guest host) |
Lola Falana |
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March 17, 1970 |
Alan King (guest host), Harry Belafonte |
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March 18, 1970 |
Alan King (guest host), Marian Mercer, Hal Frazier |
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March 19, 1970 |
Art Linkletter (guest host) |
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March 20, 1970 |
Peter Lawford (guest host) |
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March 23, 1970 |
Dana Valery |
Richie Havens |
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March 24, 1970 |
Orson Bean |
Bob & Ray |
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March 25, 1970 |
Tony Randall, Cliff Robertson, Jack Haley, Jr. |
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March 26, 1970 |
Graham Kerr |
Sandler & Young |
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March 27, 1970 |
Rodney Dangerfield |
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March 30, 1970 |
Charlie Manna |
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March 31, 1970 |
Phil Foster |
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April
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April 1, 1970 |
Dr. Robert Baird |
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April 2, 1970 |
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April 3, 1970 |
Flip Wilson (guest host), Bernadette Peters |
Louis Armstrong |
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April 6, 1970 |
Robert Townsend, Buddy Rich |
Hines, Hines and Dad |
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April 7, 1970 |
Homer and Jethro |
Peggy Lee |
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April 8, 1970 |
Barbara Anderson, David Steinberg |
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April 9, 1970 |
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April 10, 1970 |
Flip Wilson (guest host) |
George Benson |
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April 13, 1970 |
Dana Valery, Lauren Bacall |
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April 14, 1970 |
Patty Roosevelt |
Ace Trucking Company |
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April 15, 1970 |
Jack Klugman, Judy Carne, Rodney Dangerfield |
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April 16, 1970 |
Dr. Paul Erhlich |
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April 17, 1970 |
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April 20, 1970 |
Flip Wilson (guest host), Rich Little, James Coco |
Joe Williams |
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April 21, 1970 |
Flip Wilson (guest host), Joe Frazier |
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April 22, 1970 |
Flip Wilson (guest host), Lovelace Watkins |
The Four Tops |
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April 23, 1970 |
Flip Wilson (guest host), Louis Nye |
Three Degrees |
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April 24, 1970 |
Flip Wilson (guest host) |
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April 27, 1970 |
Flip Wilson (guest host), Mario Andretti |
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April 28, 1970 |
Flip Wilson (guest host), Kim Weston |
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April 29, 1970 |
Flip Wilson (guest host) |
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April 30, 1970 |
Flip Wilson (guest host) |
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May
Ep# |
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Guest(s) |
Musical/entertainment guest(s) |
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May 1, 1970 |
Tiny Tim, Mayor John Lindsay |
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May 4, 1970 |
Charlie Callas, Tony Randall, Gore Vidal |
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May 5, 1970 |
Francis Gary Powers |
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May 6, 1970 |
Jack Benny |
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May 7, 1970 |
Bill Fiore |
Rita Moreno |
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May 8, 1970 |
Melba Moore, Dr. Robert Menninger |
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May 11, 1970 |
Jack Lemmon, Dr. Alvin Novick |
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May 12, 1970 |
Barbara Anderson, Orson Bean |
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May 13, 1970 |
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May 14, 1970 |
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May 15, 1970 |
Joan Rivers |
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May 18, 1970 |
Tiny Tim |
Vikki Carr |
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May 19, 1970 |
Gig Young |
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May 20, 1970 |
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May 21, 1970 |
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May 22, 1970 |
Vikki Carr (guest host) |
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May 25, 1970 |
Tom Seaver |
Della Reese |
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May 26, 1970 |
Michael Caine, Dr. David Reuben |
Little Richard |
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May 27, 1970 |
Virginia Vestoff, Charlie Callas |
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May 28, 1970 |
David Smith |
Shocking Blue |
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May 29, 1970 |
Della Reese (guest host) |
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June
Ep# |
Original air date |
Guest(s) |
Musical/entertainment guest(s) |
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June 1, 1970 |
Tony Randall |
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June 2, 1970 |
David Susskind, June Valli |
B.B. King |
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June 3, 1970 |
Jim Lovall |
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June 4, 1970 |
Lynn Kellogg, Herb Philbrick |
Stiller and Meara |
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June 5, 1970 |
Corbett Monica (guest host), Eydie Gorme, Dick Shawn, Jim Fowler |
Three Degrees |
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June 8, 1970 |
Gloria Loring, Lily Tomlin |
Hines, Hines, and Dad |
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June 9, 1970 |
Gary Puckett |
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June 10, 1970 |
Ray Stevens |
Ace Trucking Company |
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June 11, 1970 |
Dick Gregory |
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June 12, 1970 |
David Steinberg (guest host), Elliott Gould, Gene Wilder |
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June 15, 1970 |
Red Buttons, Buddy Rich |
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June 16, 1970 |
Vic Perry, James Coco |
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June 17, 1970 |
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June 18, 1970 |
Rodney Dangerfield, Jaye P. Morgan |
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June 19, 1970 |
Peter Lawford (guest host), Cass Elliot |
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June 22, 1970 |
Jerry Lewis (guest host), Louis Nye |
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June 23, 1970 |
Jerry Lewis (guest host), Sid Miller, Joey Villa |
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June 24, 1970 |
Jerry Lewis (guest host), Henny Youngman |
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June 25, 1970 |
Jerry Lewis (guest host), Jan Murray |
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June 26, 1970 |
Jerry Lewis (guest host), Dame Judith Anderson |
Connie Stevens |
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June 29, 1970 |
Jerry Lewis (guest host), Forrest Tucker, Mickey Rooney |
Esther Phillips |
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June 30, 1970 |
Jerry Lewis (guest host), Buddy Rich, Abbe Lane |
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July
Ep# |
Original air date |
Guest(s) |
Musical/entertainment guest(s) |
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July 1, 1970 |
Jerry Lewis (guest host) |
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July 2, 1970 |
Jerry Lewis (guest host), Joe Garagiola |
Della Reese |
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July 3, 1970 |
Jerry Lewis (guest host) |
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July 6, 1970 |
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July 7, 1970 |
Robert Klein, Otto Preminger |
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July 8, 1970 |
Erich Segal, Shelley Winters |
Ace Trucking Company |
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July 9, 1970 |
Myron Cohen, Dick Shawn |
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July 10, 1970 |
Della Reese (guest host), Pamela Mason, Noel Harrison |
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July 13, 1970 |
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Donna Theodore |
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July 14, 1970 |
Charles Nelson Reilly, Graham Kerr |
Phyllis Newman |
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July 15, 1970 |
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July 16, 1970 |
Truman Capote |
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July 17, 1970 |
Arnold Palmer (guest host) |
Sergio Franchi |
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July 20, 1970 |
Rodney Dangerfield |
Lana Cantrell |
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July 21, 1970 |
Joan Rivers, Lynn Kellogg |
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July 22, 1970 |
Anthony Perkins |
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July 23, 1970 |
Jim Fowler |
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July 24, 1970 |
Vikki Carr (guest host) |
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July 27, 1970 |
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July 28, 1970 |
Zsa Zsa Gabor, Lee Trevino, Elaine Stritch |
Helen Reddy |
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July 29, 1970 |
Carol Wayne, Willie Mays |
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July 30, 1970 |
Paul Harvey |
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July 31, 1970 |
Della Reese (guest host) |
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August
Ep# |
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August 3, 1970 |
Gene Wilder, Erich Segal |
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August 4, 1970 |
Steve Allen, Rodney Dangerfield |
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August 5, 1970 |
Peter Boyle |
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August 6, 1970 |
Warren Mauley, Elaine Stritch |
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August 7, 1970 |
Bob Newhart (guest host), Danny Kuchinski |
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August 10, 1970 |
Corbett Monica (guest host), Judy Carne |
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August 11, 1970 |
Ron Carey |
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August 12, 1970 |
Kreskin, Bette Midler |
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August 13, 1970 |
Buddy Hackett |
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August 14, 1970 |
Dr. Paul Erhlich |
Aretha Franklin |
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August 17, 1970 |
Joan Rivers (guest host), Debbie Reynolds, Dr. Lendon Smith |
Stiller and Meara |
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August 18, 1970 |
Joan Rivers (guest host), Peter Marshall, Minnie Pearl |
Donna Theodore |
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August 19, 1970 |
Joan Rivers (guest host), Charles Nelson Reilly, Tiny Tim |
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August 20, 1970 |
Joan Rivers (guest host), Gore Vidal |
Sons of Dawn |
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August 21, 1970 |
Joan Rivers (guest host), Marty Brill, Rip Taylor |
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August 24, 1970 |
David Steinberg (guest host), Mr. Blackwell, Carol Wayne |
Mac Davis |
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August 25, 1970 |
Phyllis Diller (guest host), Jerry Hartwell |
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August 26, 1970 |
Della Reese (guest host), Jim Fowler |
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August 27, 1970 |
David Steinberg (guest host), Cass Elliott, Paul Williams |
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August 28, 1970 |
Della Reese (guest host), Soupy Sales, Melba Moore |
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August 31, 1970 |
Red Buttons, Bette Midler |
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September
Ep# |
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Guest(s) |
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September 1, 1970 |
Elaine Stritch, Jackie Vernon |
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September 2, 1970 |
Warren Mauley |
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September 3, 1970 |
Wes Stern |
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September 4, 1970 |
Zsa Zsa Gabor, Jerry Lewis |
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September 7, 1970 |
Kreskin |
Skiles and Henderson |
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September 8, 1970 |
Charlie Callas |
Julie Budd |
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September 9, 1970 |
Bernadette Peters |
Ethel Merman |
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September 10, 1970 |
Rich Little, Maximillian Schell, Dick Shawn |
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September 11, 1970 |
Don Rickles, Dr. Lendon Smith, DuVal and Trina |
Randy Newman, Little Richard |
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September 14, 1970 |
Milton Berle, Alan King, Anthony Perkins |
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September 15, 1970 |
George Kirby |
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September 16, 1970 |
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September 17, 1970 |
James Coco, Sen. Mike Gravel |
Phyllis Newman |
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September 18, 1970 |
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The Carpenters |
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September 21, 1970 |
Jerry Lewis (guest host) |
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September 22, 1970 |
Jerry Lewis (guest host), Jacqueline Susann |
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September 23, 1970 |
Jerry Lewis (guest host), Jimmy Breslin |
Pat Boone |
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September 24, 1970 |
Jerry Lewis (guest host) |
Eloise Laws |
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September 25, 1970 |
Jerry Lewis (guest host), Mr. Blackwell |
Esther Phillips |
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September 28, 1970 |
Joan Rivers (guest host), Dr. Irwin Maxwell Stillman |
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September 29, 1970 |
Joan Rivers |
Bob & Ray |
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September 30, 1970 |
Gore Vidal |
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October
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October 1, 1970 |
Paula Prentiss, Ed Ames, Don Rickles, Charlton Heston, Jack Webb |
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8th Anniversary Show |
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October 2, 1970 |
Carol Wayne, Rodney Dangerfield, Shelley Winters |
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October 5, 1970 |
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October 6, 1970 |
Carol Channing, James Whitmore, Bette Midler |
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October 7, 1970 |
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October 8, 1970 |
Pat Morita, Dick Shawn |
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October 9, 1970 |
Kaye Hart, Ron Carey, Cliff Gorman |
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October 12, 1970 |
Sammy Davis, Jr. (guest host) |
Aretha Franklin |
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October 13, 1970 |
Ann-Margret |
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October 14, 1970 |
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Little Richard, Ace Trucking Company |
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October 15, 1970 |
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Charles Aznavour |
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October 16, 1970 |
Robert Mitchum |
Bob & Ray |
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October 19, 1970 |
Ruth Gordon, George Segal, Carl Reiner |
Mac Davis |
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October 20, 1970 |
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October 21, 1970 |
Lennie Schultz, Dr. Irwin Maxwell Stillman |
Phyllis Newman |
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October 22, 1970 |
James Coco, Marty Brill |
Woddy Herman |
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October 23, 1970 |
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October 26, 1970 |
Bob Newhart (guest host), Elaine Stritch, Ricky Jay |
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October 27, 1970 |
Bob Newhart, Mel Brooks |
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October 28, 1970 |
Muhammed Ali, Shari Lewis, Mr. Blackwell, David Frye |
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October 29, 1970 |
Joan Rivers, Kreskin |
Harlem Globetrotters |
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October 30, 1970 |
Bill Cosby (guest host) |
Miles Davis |
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November
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November 2, 1970 |
Tony Randall |
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November 4, 1970 |
Phyllis Diller |
Lana Cantrell |
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November 5, 1970 |
Richard Chamberlin |
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November 6, 1970 |
Rodney Dangerfield, Jack Klugman |
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November 9, 1970 |
Joe Namath (guest host), Phyllis George |
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November 10, 1970 |
Burt Bacharach (guest host), William Shoemaker |
Dizzy Gillespie, James Brown |
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November 11, 1970 |
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November 12, 1970 |
Don Rickles, Lily Tomlin, Dick Shawn |
Vikki Carr |
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November 13, 1970 |
Carol Wayne, Gig Young |
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November 16, 1970 |
Doug McClure, Lucille Ball |
Della Reese |
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November 17, 1970 |
Paul Newman, Louis Nye, Alex Karras |
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November 18, 1970 |
Walter Matthau, Billy de Wolfe |
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November 19, 1970 |
Dan Rowan, Dick Martin, Judy Carne, George Gobel |
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November 20, 1970 |
Charles Nelson Reilly, George Burns |
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November 23, 1970 |
Paul Newman, Buddy Hackett, Rose Marie |
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November 24, 1970 |
Bob Hope, Jack Lemmon, George Carlin |
Lulu |
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November 25, 1970 |
James Stewart, Peter Lawford |
Ike & Tina Turner |
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November 26, 1970 |
Flip Wilson |
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November 27, 1970 |
Gov. Ronald Reagan |
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November 30, 1970 |
Jerry Lewis (guest host), James Coco |
Della Reese |
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December
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December 1, 1970 |
Jerry Lewis (guest host), Henry Gibson, Jimmy Breslin |
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December 2, 1970 |
Jerry Lewis (guest host) |
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December 3, 1970 |
Jerry Lewis (guest host), Sandy Baron |
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December 4, 1970 |
Jerry Lewis (guest host), Corbett Monica |
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December 7, 1970 |
Alan King (guest host) |
Phyllis Newman |
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December 8, 1970 |
Joan Rivers, John Byner |
Hines, Hines and Dad |
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December 9, 1970 |
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December 10, 1970 |
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December 11, 1970 |
Rodney Dangerfield |
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December 14, 1970 |
Dick Shawn (guest host), Erich Segal |
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December 15, 1970 |
David Frost, Buddy Greco |
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December 16, 1970 |
Bette Midler, Dick Shawn |
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December 17, 1970 |
Elliott Gould |
Lana Cantrell |
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December 18, 1970 |
Robert Klein |
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December 21, 1970 |
Jerry Lewis (guest host), Richard Boone |
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December 22, 1970 |
Jerry Lewis (guest host) |
Monti Rock |
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December 23, 1970 |
Jerry Lewis (guest host), Helen O'Connell |
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December 25, 1970 |
Jerry Lewis (guest host), Tiny Tim, Miss Vicki |
Julie Budd |
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December 28, 1970 |
Eli Wallach, Ann Jackson |
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December 29, 1970 |
Joe Frazier |
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December 30, 1970 |
Dustin Hoffman, Mac Davis |
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December 31, 1970 |
James Coco, Maureen Stapleton |
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