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Where to view his 5 minute laughless stand up routine on Johnny Carson?


From the trivia: "Once performed a humorless, five-minute stand up comedy routine on "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson" that didn't produce a single laugh until the punchline - when he explained to the audience that he had been working as a stand up comic for five years and had run out of material. Johnny Carson swore the hilarity which followed this set-up lasted a full minute."

This sounds interesting! Anyone have a transcript or know where to watch this? Thanks!!

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If the OP still hasn't seen this, I hope he's still subscribed to this thread. It's on YouTube now. It's from 1973. It picks up after he mentions he's out of material.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDO3IJKB-P8&feature=related

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If that's the funny part, I'd hate to see the unfunny part.

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