Behind The Scenes On The Tonight Show With Johnny Carson

Here’s a delightful little reminiscipackage made towards the end of Johnny’s run on The Tonight Show in 1992.

It appears to have been filmed over two days, rather than the one intimated at in the clip, because the early production meeting talks about Steven Wright, while the show features Stevie Wonder. Wright’s appearance was on 8th April, and Wonder’s was on the 9th.

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