Talk Show Hosts Collection on Letterman, Part 3a of 7: Johnny Carson

This is my own supplementary material to the six-part documentary “The Story of Late Night“ that will air on CNN. I selected seven talk-show hosts who had guested on Dave. Third up: Johnny Carson. This is the first of two parts: The Late Night years. Part 3a: The Late Night Years, 1985-1993 1. May 16, 1985. May 16, 1985. Johnny makes his first appearance on Late Night on the show's last evening in Los Angeles. But before he does, he sets up a joke on his own show before delivering the punchline on Dave's: “There's an accident at a beer factory. Man goes to Mrs. O'Hara's house, and he says, 'There's been a terrible accident, I have some news: your husband drowned in a beer vat.' And Mrs. O'Hara says, 'Oh my poor husband, he didn't have a chance.' And the man said…“ Preceded by a promo.