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While working as a staff writer on The Red Skelton Show, local Los Angeles television comedian Carson filled in as host when Skelton was injured...
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Season 1

  • Catch Up With the News
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    Catch Up With the News

    Season 1 Episode 1 - Aired 6/30/1955

    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.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Goldilocks and the Three Bears
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    Goldilocks and the Three Bears

    Season 1 Episode 4 - Aired 7/21/1955

    Johnny imitates Walter Cronkite, takes a look at the pitfalls of marriage, and parodies Goldilocks And The Three Bears and You Are There.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Life in the 80's
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    Life in the 80's

    Season 1 Episode 9 - Aired 8/25/1955

    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.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Dillinger, The Mental Wizard
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    Dillinger, The Mental Wizard

    Season 1 Episode 10 - Aired 9/1/1955

    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.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • James Arness
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    James Arness

    Season 1 Episode 11 - Aired 9/8/1955

    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.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Jack Albertson
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    Jack Albertson

    Season 1 Episode 16 - Aired 10/13/1955

    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.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Dimitri Tiomkin
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    Dimitri Tiomkin

    Season 1 Episode 19 - Aired 11/3/1955

    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.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Ed Sullivan Impersonation
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    Ed Sullivan Impersonation

    Season 1 Episode 20 - Aired 11/10/1955

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    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown

  • Stay-at-Home Husband
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    Stay-at-Home Husband

    Season 1 Episode 25 - Aired 12/15/1955

    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.

    Director: Unknown

    Writer: Unknown