Here's one from AmericaBlog... One night Johnny Carson's guest pianist (Horatio Gutierrez) didn't make it to the set of The Tonight Show because he'd hurt his hand in an accident with a car door. Carson asked if anyone in the crowd knew how to play, got a volunteer, and David Tolley had his moment in the spotlight on national television.
This is too spontaneous to have been a set up...
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Squat, many times when I come home from my 12 hour shift at work, I love to take a look at your blog. Sure enough, some nostalgia and something to make me smile. How that guy wasn't a nervous wreck, I'll never know, playing on national T.V. like that! (I was a professional musician, I never would have done that!)Thanks for the memories. It was like comfort food,after a long day. Thanks.
If you want to watch a funny Carson clip, u-tube the one that had the lady who gave mouth to mouth (or mouth to beak) resusitation to her chicken. Terry Bradshaw was a guest that night and I thought he was going to bust a gut laughing.
Karen
Thanks Patricia! I did twelves for the last fifteen or twenty years I was working in the factory, so I can relate. My couch turned into a butt magnet after work...
You were a professional musician? Details, please!
PT, the Chicken Lady might be one of the funniest late night clips ever, but you've got the wrong Tonight Show host! It was Leno. Here's the link:
http://vimeo.com/22942977
You are still just as annoying as you were when you were 5. (no wonder I chased you with the knife (if that actually happened, of course). I could have sworn it was Carson but you (again) are right. Funny clip--just wish it had subtitles!
Karen
Now there you go again... You DID chase me around the house with a kitchen knife, and we won't even go into the event that permanently scarred me for life (it involved being tied up inside a wet sleeping bag out in the front yard in the rain...)
To this day I'm always nervous when it rains while I'm camping.
Here's a link to the Squatlo Story referenced in the comment above this one:
http://squatlo-rant.blogspot.com/2011/03/squatlo-story-number-thirty-six-older.html
Traumatized by an older sister, that's me.
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