List of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson episodes (1965)
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| List of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson episodes | |
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The following is a list of episodes of the television series The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson which aired in 1965:
January
| No. | Original air date | Guest(s) | Musical/entertainment guest(s) | |
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| 572 | January 1, 1965 | Buddy Hackett, Jayne Mansfield | Jan Peerce | |
| 573 | January 4, 1965 | Bill Cosby guest host; Jason Robards, Art Carney | Bill Henderson | |
| 574 | January 5, 1965 | Eydie Gorme, The Amazing Randi, Jackie Clark | N/A | |
| 575 | January 6, 1965 | June Allyson, June Valli, fashion designers Vicki Tiel and Mia Fonsagrives | Charles Aznavour | |
| 576 | January 7, 1965 | Al Capp, Stefanie Powers, Lester Rand | Jerry Vale | |
| 577 | January 8, 1965 | Cornel Wilde, Jean Wallace, Terry-Thomas, Roger Conklin | Frankie Randall | |
| 578 | January 11, 1965 | Henry Morgan, Nobu McCarthy, author H.R. Hays | N/A | |
| 579 | January 12, 1965 | TBA | N/A | |
| 580 | January 13, 1965 | Gore Vidal, Milt Kamen | N/A | |
| 581 | January 14, 1965 | Allan Sherman, Phyllis Newman | Artie Shaw | |
| 582 | January 15, 1965 | Eydie Gorme, Mel Brooks, Rod Serling | Chuck Johnson | |
| 583 | January 18, 1965 | Milt Kamen guest host | N/A | |
| 584 | January 19, 1965 | Xavier Cugat, Charo, Cesar Romero | Billy Eckstine | |
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Coverage of Presidential Inaugural Ball preempts The Tonight Show on January 20 | ||||
| 586 | January 21, 1965 | Al Capp, George Axelrod | N/A | |
| 587 | January 22, 1965 | The Redheads (an all-girl basketball team) | Roy Clark, Barbara Windsor | |
| 588 | January 25, 1965 | Eva Gabor, Robert Merrill, Andrew Lynn | N/A | |
| 589 | January 26, 1965 | Selma Diamond, Adam Keefe, Dr. Richard Evans | Roberta Peters, Mary Lou Williams | |
| 590 | January 27, 1965 | Bette Davis, Sidney Omarr | Erroll Garner, Johnny O'Neill | |
| 591 | January 28, 1965 | Henny Youngman, Kaye Ballard, Jeff Donnell | Joe Williams | |
| 592 | January 29, 1965 | George Jessel, Richard Tucker | N/A | |
February
| No. | Original air date | Guest(s) | Musical/entertainment guest(s) |
|---|---|---|---|
| 593 | February 1, 1965 | (FROM LOS ANGELES) Bob Hope, Carol Anderson, Sue Raney | The Andrews Sisters |
| 594 | February 2, 1965 | (FROM LOS ANGELES) Don Adams, William Frawley | N/A |
| 595 | February 3, 1965 | (FROM LOS ANGELES) Don Rickles, Godfrey Cambridge | N/A |
| 596 | February 4, 1965 | (FROM LOS ANGELES) Louis Nye, Lorne Greene, Pernell Roberts, Dan Blocker, Michael Landon, Tuesday Weld | N/A |
| 597 | February 5, 1965 | (FROM LOS ANGELES) George Burns | Johnny Mathis, The Young Americans |
| 598 | February 8, 1965 | (FROM LOS ANGELES) California Governor Edmund G. Brown, Diana Dors, Lou Holtz (comedian) | Denny Zeitlin |
| 599 | February 9, 1965 | (FROM LOS ANGELES) Ethel Merman and daughter Ethel Geary, Chuck Maynard, John Bubbles | The Four Freshmen |
| 600 | February 10, 1965 | (FROM LOS ANGELES) Bob Hope, Abbe Lane | George Shearing |
| 601 | February 11, 1965 | (FROM LOS ANGELES) Roy Rogers and Dale Evans, Mamie Van Doren | N/A |
| 602 | February 12, 1965 | (FROM LOS ANGELES) Danny Thomas, Piccola Pupa | N/A |
| 603 | February 15, 1965 | Woody Allen | Connie Francis |
| 604 | February 16, 1965 | Joan Crawford, Kaye Ballard, Xavier Cugat, Charo | Connie Haines |
| 605 | February 17, 1965 | Milt Kamen, Joan Rivers (debut), Ulla Sellert | Julian Bream, Jack Haskell |
| 606 | February 18, 1965 | Eli Wallach, Anne Jackson, Dorothy Provine | Roy Clark |
| 607 | February 19, 1965 | Henry Morgan | Kay Starr |
| 608 | February 22, 1965 | Alan King guest host | N/A |
| 609 | February 23, 1965 | Woody Allen, James Mason, Luba Lisa | The Romeros |
| 610 | February 24, 1965 | Eydie Gorme, Phil Foster, psychologist Dr. Rose Franzblau | N/A |
| 611 | February 25, 1965 | Ethel Merman, Jack E. Leonard, Skip Cunningham, Henry Boyd | N/A |
| 612 | February 26, 1965 | Bill Cosby, Diahn Williams | Vicki Carr |
March
April
| No. | Original air date | Guest(s) | Musical/entertainment guest(s) | |
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| 636 | April 1, 1965 | Al Capp | Donna Fuller | |
| 637 | April 2, 1965 | Milt Kamen, Diahn Williams | N/A | |
| 638 | April 5, 1965 | José Ferrer, Kaye Ballard, Ulick O'Connor | N/A | |
| 639 | April 6, 1965 | Gig Young, Charles Aznavour, Louis O'Brien | N/A | |
| 640 | April 7, 1965 | Eva Gabor, Chan Thomas | Robert Merrill | |
| 641 | April 8, 1965 | France Nguyen | Tony Bennett | |
| 642 | April 9, 1965 | James Mason | Stanley Black, Anna Moffo | |
| 643 | April 12, 1965 | Yogi Berra, Warren Spahn, Joan Rivers, Lou Holtz (comedian) | Connie Francis | |
| 644 | April 13, 1965 | Lola Albright, Ulick O'Connor | Jan Peerce | |
| 645 | April 14, 1965 | Dr. Joyce Brothers, Don Francks | N/A | |
| 646 | April 15, 1965 | Alan King, Eva Gabor, Barbara Cook, fashion expert Eve of Rome | The Righteous Brothers | |
| 647 | April 16, 1965 | Selma Diamond | Earl Wrightson, Lois Hunt | |
| 648 | April 19, 1965 | Sammy Davis, Jr. guest host; Art Carney, Diana Sands | Johnny Brown | |
| 649 | April 20, 1965 | Maurice Edelman | Yvonne Constant | |
| 650 | April 21, 1965 | Janet Leigh, Charles Merrill Smith | William Walker | |
| 651 | April 22, 1965 | George Maharis, Gen. Theodore Bedwell | N/A | |
| 652 | April 23, 1965 | Ethel Merman, Buddy Hackett, Homer and Jethro | Frankie Fannelli | |
| 653 | April 26, 1965 | George Hamilton, Al Capp | Ella Logan | |
| 654 | April 27, 1965 | Ed Ames, Myron Cohen, Luba Lisa, Phil Ford & Mimi Hines | The Dorothy Donegan Trio | |
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The "Tomahawk throw" | ||||
| 655 | April 28, 1965 | Godfrey Cambridge, Shari Lewis, elephant trainer Murray Hill | Jerry Vale | |
| 656 | April 29, 1965 | Ed McMahon and Skitch Henderson guest hosts; Edie Adams, Arlene Dahl, producer Alexander Cohen | Bob McGrath | |
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Johnny Carson was attending the Press Photographer's Ball in Washington | ||||
| 657 | April 30, 1965 | Rosemary Clooney | N/A | |
May
June
July
| No. | Original air date | Guest(s) | Musical/entertainment guest(s) | |
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| 702 | July 1, 1965 | Eydie Gorme, Corbett Monica, Gertrude Berg | N/A | |
| 703 | July 2, 1965 | George Jessel, Portland Hoffa, publisher Joe McCarthy | Eddie Fisher | |
| 704 | July 5, 1965 | Tony Randall, Xavier Cugat and Charo, Bea Lillie, Robert Sirchie | The Denny Zeitlin Trio | |
| 705 | July 6, 1965 | Woody Allen, Max Lerner, Diahn Williams | Arthur Prysock | |
| 706 | July 7, 1965 | Eva Gabor | N/A | |
| 707 | July 8, 1965 | Selma Diamond, Jack Palance | N/A | |
| 708 | July 9, 1965 | George Kirby, Joan Rivers | Jan Peerce | |
| 709 | July 12, 1965 | Jerry Lewis guest host; Jackie Vernon, The Ritts Puppets | Count Basie | |
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Johnny Carson began performing in Las Vegas for an extended engagement. | ||||
| 710 | July 13, 1965 | Jerry Lewis guest host; Jan Murray | Gary Lewis and the Playboys, Danny Costello, Kay Stevens | |
| 711 | July 14, 1965 | Jerry Lewis guest host | N/A | |
| 712 | July 15, 1965 | Jerry Lewis guest host; Myron Cohen | The Four Freshmen | |
| 713 | July 16, 1965 | Jerry Lewis guest host; Al Capp, Sammy Cahn | N/A | |
| 714 | July 19, 1965 | Joey Bishop guest host; Sammy Davis, Jr. | Anthony Newley | |
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Bishop was supposed to start guest hosting the week before, but couldn't due to back trouble. | ||||
| 715 | July 20, 1965 | Joey Bishop guest host; Phil Foster, Kay Armen | N/A | |
| 716 | July 21, 1965 | Joey Bishop guest host; Bill Cosby, Glenda Granger | N/A | |
| 717 | July 22, 1965 | Joey Bishop guest host; Frank Fontaine | Roy Clark, Kay Stevens | |
| 718 | July 23, 1965 | Joey Bishop guest host; Allan Sherman | Brenda Lee | |
| 719 | July 26, 1965 | Joey Bishop guest host; Buddy Hackett, Simone Signoret | N/A | |
| 720 | July 27, 1965 | Joey Bishop guest host; Rod Serling | Rhetta and Tennyson | |
| 721 | July 28, 1965 | Joey Bishop guest host; White House Chief of Protocol Lloyd Hand and his wife | The Supremes | |
| 722 | July 29, 1965 | Joey Bishop guest host; Diana Dors, Gertrude Berg | Bob Manning | |
| 723 | July 30, 1965 | Joey Bishop guest host; Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis, Jr., Sally Ann Howes | N/A | |
August
| No. | Original air date | Guest(s) | Musical/entertainment guest(s) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 724 | August 2, 1965 | Joey Bishop guest host | Bobby Rydell | |
| 725 | August 3, 1965 | Joey Bishop guest host; Phyllis Diller | N/A | |
| 726 | August 4, 1965 | Joey Bishop guest host; Corbett Monica | Buddy Greco, Carlos Montoya | |
| 727 | August 5, 1965 | Joey Bishop guest host; | N/A | |
| 728 | August 6, 1965 | Joey Bishop guest host; Eydie Gorme, Adam Keefe | N/A | |
| 729 | August 9, 1965 | Joey Bishop guest host; George Kirby | N/A | |
| 730 | August 10, 1965 | Joey Bishop guest host; Warren Berlinger | Billy Eckstine | |
| 731 | August 11, 1965 | Joey Bishop guest host; George Maharis | Shaw and Costa | |
| 732 | August 12, 1965 | Corbett Monica | N/A | |
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Johnny Carson returns after a month away | ||||
| 733 | August 13, 1965 | Ted Sorensen, Joan Rivers | N/A | |
| 734 | August 16, 1965 | Alan King, Kaye Ballard | N/A | |
| 735 | August 17, 1965 | Buddy Hackett, George Jessel, Diana Dors | N/A | |
| 736 | August 18, 1965 | Rudy Vallée, Flip Wilson, Gila Golan, William Walker | Rosemary Squires | |
| 737 | August 19, 1965 | Phyllis Diller | Jan Peerce | |
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Contestants from the Miss USA Pageant were featured. | ||||
| 738 | August 20, 1965 | George Kirby, Myron Cohen | The Serendipity Singers | |
| 739 | August 23, 1965 | Eydie Gorme, Al Capp | N/A | |
| 740 | August 24, 1965 | Jackie Vernon, John Henry Faulk, Adam Keefe | Neil Sedaka | |
| 741 | August 25, 1965 | Buddy Hackett, Mel Blanc | N/A | |
| 742 | August 26, 1965 | George Kirby, Myron Cohen | The Serendipity Singers | |
| 743 | August 27, 1965 | Michael Caine | The Cariocas | |
| 744 | August 30, 1965 | Alan King, John Bubbles | Jack Haskell, Diana Baker and the Cariocas | |
| 745 | August 31, 1965 | Sheldon Leonard | Homer and Jethro | |
September
| No. | Original air date | Guest(s) | Musical/entertainment guest(s) | |
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| 746 | September 1, 1965 | Eve Arden, Peter Lawford, Jackie Vernon | Ethel Ennis | |
| 747 | September 2, 1965 | Ed Begley, Louie Nye, Redd Foxx, Ruth Price | N/A | |
| 748 | September 3, 1965 | George Jessel, John Gavin, Jack Haskell | N/A | |
| 749 | September 6, 1965 | Bill Cosby guest host, The Muppets | Carmen McRae, Bill Henderson | |
| 750 | September 7, 1965 | Ben Gazzara, Jane Morgan, Norm Crosby | N/A | |
| 751 | September 8, 1965 | John Forsythe, Barbara Feldon, Sam Levenson | N/A | |
| 752 | September 9, 1965 | Dick Kallman, Henry Morgan, Myron Cohen | N/A | |
| 753 | September 10, 1965 | Roger Smith, Shani Wallace, William Smith | N/A | |
| 754 | September 13, 1965 | Rosemary Clooney, David McCallum, Jackie Vernon | Joe Williams | |
| 755 | September 14, 1965 | Ethel Merman, Andy Devine, Dr. Richard Evans | The Four Freshmen, Joe Williams | |
| 756 | September 15, 1965 | John Bubbles | Jan Peerce | |
| 757 | September 16, 1965 | George Jessel | N/A | |
| 758 | September 17, 1965 | Corbett Monica, Margaret Whiting, Mark Miller, Harry Golden | N/A | |
| 759 | September 20, 1965 | Kaye Ballard, Pete Rademacher | Robert Merrill, The Kenny Burrell Quartet | |
| 760 | September 21, 1965 | Sammy Davis Jr., Selma Diamond, Allen Sherman, actor Philip Truex | N/A | |
| 761 | September 22, 1965 | Susan Oliver | Tom Lehrer | |
| 762 | September 23, 1965 | Buddy Hackett, Eydie Gorme, Bob Newhart | Frank D'Rone | |
| 763 | September 24, 1965 | Ed McMahon and Skitch Henderson guest hosts | N/A | |
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Johnny Carson had left for California to prepare for the show's two weeks' worth of shows. | ||||
| 764 | September 27, 1965 | (FROM LOS ANGELES) Bob Hope, Pearl Bailey | N/A | |
| 765 | September 28, 1965 | (FROM LOS ANGELES) Danny Thomas, Carol Lawrence | Robert Goulet | |
| 766 | September 29, 1965 | (FROM LOS ANGELES) Don Adams, Phyllis Newman | January Jones | |
| 767 | September 30, 1965 | (FROM LOS ANGELES) Rose Marie, Jerry Van Dyke, Carol Andresson | N/A | |
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Last episode to air in black-and-white. | ||||
October
| No. | Original air date | Guest(s) | Musical/entertainment guest(s) | |
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| 768 | October 1, 1965 | (FROM LOS ANGELES) George Burns, Jerry Lewis | N/A | |
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Third anniversary show. First episode to air in color. | ||||
| 769 | October 4, 1965 | (FROM LOS ANGELES) Joey Bishop guest host; Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Juliet Prowse, Phil Foster, Jay Richard Kennedy | N/A | |
| 770 | October 5, 1965 | (FROM LOS ANGELES) Bill Cosby, George Segal, Carol Andreson, Ray Hastings, Groucho Marx | Paul Revere and the Raiders | |
| 771 | October 6, 1965 | (FROM LOS ANGELES) Bill Dana, Ann Miller, Dick Shawn | N/A | |
| 772 | October 7, 1965 | (FROM LOS ANGELES) Jack Benny, Rudy Vallée, Ann Blyth | N/A | |
| 773 | October 8, 1965 | (FROM LOS ANGELES) Don Rickles, Dick Shawn | N/A | |
| 774 | October 11, 1965 | Kaye Ballard, Jack Palance | N/A | |
| 775 | October 12, 1965 | Corbett Monica | Petula Clark, Alan Dale Brasil 66 | |
| 776 | October 13, 1965 | Buddy Hackett, beauty consultant Eve of Roma | Charles Aznavour | |
| 777 | October 14, 1965 | TBA | N/A | |
| 778 | October 15, 1965 | Selma Diamond, George Kirby | N/A | |
| 779 | October 18, 1965 | Alan King guest host; Arlene Francis, Bernard Hollowood | Carol Sloane | |
| 780 | October 19, 1965 | Jack Douglas and wife Reiko | Julie London | |
| 781 | October 20, 1965 | George Maharis, Buddy Hackett | N/A | |
| 782 | October 21, 1965 | Jerry Van Dyke | N/A | |
| 783 | October 22, 1965 | Florence Henderson | N/A | |
| 784 | October 25, 1965 | Bette Davis, Edgar Bergen, Oleg Cassini | N/A | |
| 785 | October 26, 1965 | Elsa Lanchester | N/A | |
| 786 | October 27, 1965 | Jackie Vernon | Petula Clark | |
| 787 | October 28, 1965 | Florence Henderson, Al Capp | N/A | |
| 788 | October 29, 1965 | Diahann Carroll | N/A | |
November
| No. | Original air date | Guest(s) | Musical/entertainment guest(s) | |
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| 789 | November 1, 1965 | Alan King guest host; Allan Sherman, Dixie Dean Harris | N/A | |
| 790 | November 2, 1965 | Robert Merrill | N/A | |
| 791 | November 3, 1965 | TBA | N/A | |
| 792 | November 4, 1965 | George Kirby, Joan Rivers | N/A | |
| 793 | November 5, 1965 | Carol Lawrence, Murray Roman | N/A | |
| 794 | November 8, 1965 | Shari Lewis, Jack Douglas and wife Reiko | N/A | |
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11/9/1965 program cancelled due to East Coast blackout. Scheduled guests were Yves St. Laurent, Robert Merrill, Virginia Martin | ||||
| 795 | November 10, 1965 | Yves St. Laurent | N/A | |
| 796 | November 11, 1965 | George Kirby, Joan Rivers | N/A | |
| 797 | November 12, 1965 | Ethel Merman, Brian Kelly, Murray Roman | N/A | |
| 798 | November 15, 1965 | Selma Diamond, Anna Moffo | Mel Tormé | |
| 799 | November 16, 1965 | Omar Sharif, Kaye Ballard, Norris McWhirter and Ross McWhirter | N/A | |
| 800 | November 17, 1965 | Robert Young, Jack E. Leonard, Virginia Martin | N/A | |
| 801 | November 18, 1965 | TBA | N/A | |
| 802 | November 19, 1965 | Bill Dana | N/A | |
| 803 | November 22, 1965 | TBA | N/A | |
| 804 | November 23, 1965 | Myron Cohen | Ian and Sylvia | |
| 805 | November 24, 1965 | Henry Morgan, Claudine Auger | The Ramsey Lewis Trio | |
| 806 | November 25, 1965 | Ruby Keeler, Sammy Cahn | Paul Anka | |
| 807 | November 26, 1965 | Sam Levenson guest host; Richard Tucker | N/A | |
| 808 | November 29, 1965 | Alan King, Muhammad Ali | Little Jimmy Dickens | |
| 809 | November 30, 1965 | Bill Dana | Arthur Prysock | |
December
| No. | Original air date | Guest(s) | Musical/entertainment guest(s) |
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| 810 | December 1, 1965 | Murray Roman | N/A |
| 811 | December 2, 1965 | Kaye Ballard | N/A |
| 812 | December 3, 1965 | Willie Mays, Dan Dailey | Teresa Brewer |
| 813 | December 6, 1965 | Phil Ford and Mimi Hines | Vic Damone |
| 814 | December 7, 1965 | Robert Merrill, Robert Traver | Luba Lisa |
| 815 | December 8, 1965 | Louie Nye, Jonathan Winters | N/A |
| 816 | December 9, 1965 | Sammy Davis Jr., Shari Lewis, Laurence Harvey | N/A |
| 817 | December 10, 1965 | Geraldine Chaplin, Corbett Monica | N/A |
| 818 | December 13, 1965 | Florence Henderson, Rudy Vallée | Dionne Warwick |
| 819 | December 14, 1965 | Betsy Palmer | N/A |
| 820 | December 15, 1965 | Lena Horne | Count Basie |
| 821 | December 16, 1965 | Eydie Gorme | N/A |
| 822 | December 17, 1965 | Jack Douglas and Reiko, New York attorney general Louis Lefkowitz | N/A |
| 823 | December 20, 1965 | George Kirby | N/A |
| 824 | December 21, 1965 | Maximilian Schell, Godfrey Cambridge, Anita Gillette, John Byner | N/A |
| 825 | December 22, 1965 | Jan De Ruth, The Depasqualie Brothers | N/A |
| 826 | December 23, 1965 | Alan King guest host; Eli Wallach, Sheila MacRae, Jackie Clarke, Phil Ford and Mimi Hines | N/A |
| 827 | December 27, 1965 | Don Adams, Hal Frazier | N/A |
| 828 | December 28, 1965 | Selma Diamond | N/A |
| 829 | December 29, 1965 | Luba Lisa | Eddy Arnold |
| 830 | December 30, 1965 | Mickey Rooney | N/A |
| 831 | December 31, 1965 | Woody Allen, Criswell, Phil Ford, Mimi Hines, Gila Golan, William Walker | Jim Henson's Muppets |