I watch it when I can and I find it still funny even if it is dated. Carson was basically a New Deal Democrat but you would never know it watching his show. His producer Fred De Cordova was a stanch Republican and a close friend of the Reagans but it did not bother Carson.
Carson rarely had any politicians on but if he did he was always respectful.
Last night I was watching and for some reason the Band was not there and Carson just ad libbed his way through things and it was funny. He talking to people in the audience and these two women wondered if he could get them into the Castle of Magic in LA. You have to be a member and Carson was having a lot of fun and told them to just give their names to a page and he would call and get them in. Now who today would do that????????
Carson was the master and I would rather watch him than Kimmel or Colbert.
On TV Carson was witty, charming, and personable. He used his time to make his guests shine, to draw them out and then share his witty commentary on their stories.
In real life, apparently he was something of a misanthrope who didn't care for other people much and just wanted to be alone. Weird how he could flip a switch and be that guy on TV that everybody loved and how he couldnt be that guy in real life. A fascinating, flawed man but no doubt the greatest late night host of all time, period.
Funny, a couple weeks ago I started watching old “roast” shows from the 1960s and 70s. The group of comedians was from both sides of the aisle. They would hit each other with political snipes, but it was all in fun, like their racial insults at each other. Everyone laughed uproariously. No one died or melted like a snowflake. No longer would a group of comedians even ALLOW A REPUBLICAN INTO THE ROOM. Maybe Schwarzenegger, who is barely R.
How did we (the Lefties, really) get so intolerant? We used to have friends on both sides, and maybe joke or gloat but it was as ACCEPTED a difference as being bald or having hair. No one doesn’t let Uncle Joe in at Christmas because his hairline is receding.