The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson - Season 27 / Year 1988

Season 27 / Year 1988

Episodes

Jay Leno (guest host), Lance Burton, Rita Moreno, Baxter Black

Franklin Ajaye, Jester Hairston, Belinda Carlisle

Bette Davis, Martin Short

Robert Goulet, Mark & Delia Owen

Jay Leno (guest host), Dan Aykroyd, Nigel Havers, Gloria Estefan and Miami Sound Machine

Whoopi Goldberg, Jerry Seinfeld, The Chieftains

Milton Berle, Carol Siskind, Don Yesso

Lisa Jane Persky, Buster Poindexter

Jay Leno (guest host), Jimmy Walker, Deborah Raffin, Roy Blount, Jr.

Howard Cosell, Barry Manilow

Jack Lemmon, K.T. Oslin

Jim Fowler, Teresa Ganzel, Bob Nelson

Paul Reiser, James Taylor

Merritt Heaton, Betty White, Ray Stevens

Sammy Davis, Jr, Jason Bateman

Oprah Winfrey, Daniel Rosen

Jay Leno (guest host), Sandy Duncan, Randy Travis

Jay Leno (guest host), Dr. David Dahl, Tom Parks, Tim Reid, Jerry Lee Lewis

Jay Leno (guest host), Brooke Adams, Kevin Meaney, Carl Weathers, Glen Campbell

Tim Conway, Jonathan Butler

Jackie Mason, Joanna Kerns, Kid Creole & The Coconuts

Minnie Black, Dudley Moore

Gene Siskel, Roger Ebert, Bob Saget, Los Lobos

Louie Anderson, Jennifer Tilly, Dionne Warwick

Ritch Shydner, Rita Rudner, Fred Roggin

Eddy Edwards, Burt Reynolds, Teresa Ganzel

Garry Shandling, Allyce Beasley, Donna Theodore

Jay Leno (guest host), Super Dave Osborne, Ben Vereen

Joe Piscopo

Dana Carvey, Joe Garagiola

Bob Hope, k.d. lang

Dr. Terry Gosliner, Billy Vera & The Beaters

Jonathan Winters

Sylvester Stallone

David Brenner, Paul Hogan, Linda Hopkins

Chevy Chase, Thalassa Cruso

James Stewart, Fred Roggin

Garry Shandling (guest host), Elizabeth Perkins, Bob Saget, Jimmy Buffett

Garry Shandling (guest host), Harry Connick, Jr.

Garry Shandling (guest host), Paula Poundstone, Natalie Cole

Garry Shandling (guest host), Angie Dickinson, Fritz Coleman, Allyce Beasley, Michael Bolton

Garry Shandling (guest host), Stan Kann, Joanna Kerns, Roy Blount, Jr.

Jay Leno (guest host), Marilu Henner, Cathy Guisewite

David Brinkley, Chuck Berry

Arnold Schwarzenegger, Jerry Seinfeld, Andre Agassi

Don Yesso, Basia

Jay Leno (guest host), Vincent Price, Dave Barry

James Belushi Julio Iglesias

William Ennis, Bill Cosby, Belinda Carlisle

David Steinberg, Andrea Marcovicci

Jay Leno (guest host), Joan Embery, Marsha Warfield, Dr. Joyce Brothers

Jay Leno, Raquel Welch, Ray Anderson

Magic Johnson, Bruce Willis

Lottie Hicks, Dudley Moore, Diane Schuur

Jay Leno (guest host), Dennis Miller, Erma Bombeck, Little Richard

Jay Leno (guest host), Steve Allen, Super Dave Osborne, Bill Maher

Jay Leno (guest host), Charles Fleischer, Sydney Walsh, Frank Zappa

Jay Leno (guest host), Sammy Davis, Jr., Connie Chung

Jay Leno (guest host), Stephanie Kramer, Kevin Pollak, Michael Warren

Jay Leno (guest host), Pee Wee Herman, John Cleese, Malcolm Forbes

Joe King, Yakov Smirnoff Buster, Poindexter

Arsenio Hall, Hall & Oates

Tom Hanks, Michael Davis

Jay Leno (guest host), Jamie Lee Curtis, Louie Anderson, Johnny Mathis

John Bogosian, John Larroquette, Rosemary Clooney

Bill Clinton, Joe Cocker

Michael Landon, k.d. Lang, Blown Up Photos

Jay Leno (guest host), Joan Van Ark, Chuck Norris, Abigail Van Buren, Oak Ridge Boys

Bill Murray, Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg

Mabel Hines Buck, Paul Reiser, Robert Ford

Richard Pryor, Pete Fountain

Garry Shandling (guest host), Phoebe Mills, Ed Begley, Jr., Richard Lewis, Dizzy Gillespie

Garry Shandling (guest host), Sugar Ray Leonard, Bill Maher, Patti D'Arbanville

Garry Shandling (guest host), Joan Embery, David Steinberg, Catherine O'Hara, Linda Hopkins

Garry Shandling (guest host), Tracey Ullman, Ken Olin, Fred Roggin, Brenda Russell

Garry Shandling (guest host), Kirstie Alley, Mariel Hemingway, Cathy Guisewite

Jay Leno (guest host), Wayne Gretzky, B.B. King

George Carlin, Mark Harmon

Jonathan Winters

Jay Leno (guest host), Holly Robinson, Dwight Yoakam & Buck Owens

Kirk Douglas, Ritch Shydner, The Temptations

Dana Delany, Buddy Hackett

Jennifer Tilly, Randy Travis

Jay Leno (guest host), Norm Crosby, George Benson

Bob Hope, Tim Conway, Joe Williams

Martin Short, Johnny Clegg & Savuka

Shabana Kazi Harry Belafonte

Jay Leno (guest host), Betty White, Elvira, The Spinners

Jim Fowler

Bob Uecker, Sigourney Weaver, Reba McEntire

26th Anniversary Show

Jay Leno (guest host), Robert Stack, Franklin Ajaye, Kenny G

Cody Carr, Ray Charles

Tom Lasorda, Jimmy Buffett

Sandy Duncan, Irv Kupcinet

Jay Leno (guest host), Super Dave Osborne, Robert Mitchum

Whoopi Goldberg, Kevin Pollack

Michael Caine, Eydie Gorme, Steve Lawrence

Orel Hershiser, Floyd Jackson, Susan Sullivan, Lee Ritenour

Jay Leno (guest host), Stephanie Kramer, Jimmie Walker, Richard Mulligan

Jonathan Zachary, Christopher Reeve, Melanie Mayron

Michael J. Fox, Larry Miller

James Garner, Park Overall

Jay Leno (guest host), Marilu Henner, Jester Hairston, Vanna White, Lu Leonard

Candice Bergen, Steven Wright

Greg Irwin, Gore Vidal

Paul Reiser, Oak Ridge Boys

Jay Leno (guest host), Joan Collins, John Byner

Harry Anderson, Argus Hamilton, Calvin Trillin

Bob Newhart, David Horowitz

Oprah Winfrey, Sheena Easton

Jay Leno (guest host), Tony Danza, Malcolm-Jamal Warner, Andy Williams

George Burns, Tracey Ullman, Jeff Healey

Lucy Webb, Willie Nelson

Teri Garr, Marsha Warfield, Johnny Clegg & Savuka

Jay Leno (guest host), Barbara Walters, Joanna Kerns, Stanley Jordan

Jay Leno (guest host), Mary Tyler Moore, James Earl Jones

Jay Leno (guest host), Harvey Fierstein, Courteney Cox, K.T. Oslin

Jay Leno (guest host), Fred Savage, Joan Van Ark, Los Lobos

Jay Leno (guest host), Larry Miller, Stephen Collins, Phil Collins

Jay Leno (guest host), Kirk Douglas, Paula Poundstone, Eva Marie Saint, Linda Hopkins

Zota Croughan, Carl Reiner

Jonathan Winters, Kenny Loggins

Danny DeVito, Richard Benjamin

Jay Leno (guest host), Pee Wee Herman, Ricardo Montalban, Ritch Shydner, Lou Rawls

Steve Jenne, Steve Martin, Helen Shaver

Bob Hope, Ellen Greene

Bette Midler, Arnold Schwarzenegger

Jay Leno (guest host), Brice Beckham, Joey Bishop, Louie Anderson, Dwight Yoakam

'Poppa John' Venturello, Franklin Ajaye, Catherine Hicks

Halden Martinson, Jessica Vallot, Cristin Morrison

A. Whitney Brown, Grigori Popovich, Sweet Baby Blues Band
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