Guest Hosts on the Tonight Show
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Staten Island, NY Posted: 9/28/2016 1:00:00 AM
Do you remember when The Tonight Show had Guest Hosts?
One of the coolest things about The Tonight Show With Johnny Carson (besides Johnny), was the A-List celebrities who filled in for him as a Guest Host on his days off.
NBC stopped using guest hosts after Johnny Carson retired, which is a shame. Personally, I'd rather see a fresh show with a guest host than a rerun with an outdated monologue and guests promoting a movie that's no longer in theaters.
Guest hosts weren't just fill-ins. Some of them were truly A-List celebrities like Frank Sinatra, Don Rickles, George Carlin, or Steve Martin, who would never commit to a daily TV show, but were eager to fill Johnny's seat for a night or two.
In addition to A-List Celebrities, some of the best guest hosts were up and coming comedians like David Letterman, Joan Rivers, and Gary Shandling who gained much needed exposure by filling in on a regular basis.
To me, late night talk shows should always be fresh, so they can reflect the news and events of the day, just like the nightly news.
The only downside I can see if that the networks may fear that one of the guest hosts would be so good that they may eventually want their own show on another network, which is what happened to Joan Rivers. To me, it's worth the risk. Guest hosts were far better than reruns, and I'm sure the networks can earn more money from fresh episodes with a guest host than they could with a rerun so the benefits should outnumber the risks.
Joe Crescenzi, Founder
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