Season 1
The Johnny Carson Show
9 EPISODES • 1955
Season 1 of The Johnny Carson Show was released on June 30 and consists of 9 episodes.

Episodes

1: Catch Up With the News
Jun 30, 1955
In the series premiere, Johnny imitates Edward R. Murrow in a spoof of Murrow's Person to Person program featuring Johnny's first wife Jody and their three children. In Catch Up With the News, Johnny plays a roving reporter.
4: Goldilocks and the Three Bears
Jul 21, 1955
Johnny imitates Walter Cronkite, takes a look at the pitfalls of marriage, and parodies Goldilocks And The Three Bears and You Are There.
9: Life in the 80's
Aug 25, 1955
Sketches include a spoof of the Russian ballet, Catch Up With The News and a 1950s-style look at the future, as Johnny imagines what life will be like in 1980.
10: Dillinger, The Mental Wizard
Sep 1, 1955
Johnny plays Dillinger, The Mental Wizard, in a parody of Joseph Dunniger, the famous mind reader (This sketch is the early inspiration for Carson's most famous character from his Tonight Show years, Carnac The Magnificent). Another sketch finds Johnny playing tourist in Paris; we also get an idea of what might happen to your television reception near an airport.
11: James Arness
Sep 8, 1955
James Arness visits the show to promote his new series, Gunsmoke, Jack Albertson appears in a grocery store sketch and Johnny plays Colonel John J. Carson in a military sketch.
16: Jack Albertson
Oct 13, 1955
Johnny takes care of unfinished business; Jack Albertson appears in sketches about Johnny's fan club and bachelor life. Then Johnny plays violinist Yasha Carson.
19: Dimitri Tiomkin
Nov 3, 1955
Legendary movie composer Dimitri Tiomkin appears in the Johnny's Record Collection sketch. Then Johnny salutes old time Vaudeville, and stars in an epic Greek-Trojan war sketch.
20: Ed Sullivan Impersonation
Nov 10, 1955
25: Stay-at-Home Husband
Dec 15, 1955
Johnny plays a stay-at-home husband whose wife has a very unusual job. Other sketches include the Giveaway Pet Parade, a precursor to the numerous segments Johnny would do with animals later in his career, and a look at what the detective show Dragnet might have been like during the time of Alexander the Great.
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