58 Seconds Video Clip - Johnny Carson Warned Against Political Preaching in Entertainment

The GOAT

1) You could tell that Mike Wallace didn't care much for his answer.

2) I would say that Jimmy Kimmel would've done well to heed Johnny Carson's advise, but Disney/ABC placed the little propaganda puppet in that job to do exactly what he did. Act as a mouthpiece for his corporate media overlords.

Kimmel sure as hell didn't get the job because he was the best entertainer or talk show host that D/ABC could find.

Johnny Carson was the last time late night was any good.

I didn't even watch Leno when he took over.

Pre 90s USA, people understood how to act in public far better than todays people (except the 60s, which todays progs are trying to recreate.)

Never saw much public dysfunction, rarely saw entertainers politicizing things.

We've been trained to be reactive and to believe our rights dont need balancing responsibilities. We think our right to speak our mind trumps everyone elses desire not to hear it.

The world was a much better place when people didnt need to tell you what gender they were and what their politics/religion was.

Civility is dying quickly.

Leno followed the same rule. Carson was spot on about the danger of entertainers feeling self-important.