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Has to be one of Carson's biggest laughs ever


Obviously the tomahawk throw is the one everyone remembers but the audience just completely lost it tonight.

They did a Gunsmoke parody where Miss Kitty revealed she was actually a man but Carson (as Dillon) revealed that was okay, he was actually a woman, but when he took his hat off, his giant wig just flew off and every attempt he made to put it back on was more and more pitiful.

And then when he revealed he was wearing a bustier, the audience was done. Johnny apparently ad-libbed "Aw screw it, let's go" and they walked off hand in hand just to get out of it, but wow, that was hysteria that you rarely hear.

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