THE TONIGHT SHOW WITH JOHNNY CARSON

Original Airdate: 01-17-1984
Host: JOAN RIVERS
Announcer: DOC SEVERINSEN
Conductor: TOMMY NEWSOM
Director: ROBERT OSTBERG

Guests:
HACKMAN, GENE
REYNOLDS, DEBBIE
HERMAN, PEE WEE

Writers:
BOB KLEIN HAL GOODMAN MICHAEL BARRIE JIM MULHOLLAND BOB KEANE DAVID RANDOLPH MICKEY ROSE KEVIN MULHOLLAND RAY SILLER

Monologue:
Joan jokes about: She was very unpopular in school, her teachers hating her, the Vikings discovering America at half-time, getting her break in show business, and her gynocologist.

Material:
NO MATERIAL

Topics:
DEBBIE REYNOLDS - Centerstage performs 'I'm Still Here', then panels and they discuss: Their legs, her new exercise video entitled '39 & Holding', then Debbie takes off her and demostrates an exercise that she says is good for your boobs, talks about growing up on the stuiod lot with other child stars - such asLiz Taylor, her ex-husband Eddie Fisher, her daugther Carrie Fisher who has married a nice jewish boy and mentions that she's never had an affair with her leading men.

GENE HACKMAN - They discuss: Choosing roles, some of his hobbies, starting out in the business with friends Dustin Hoffman and Robert Duvall, his first job at the Premise, his children, joining the Marines when he was sixteen, his new movie 'Uncommon Valor', then gives Joan a kiss on the cheek.

PEE WEE HERMAN - They discuss: He's a toy expert and he domonstrates some of his favorite toys: an oozer, magic tape, a little hammer, a swim baby, then comment on how happy he is to be on the show, talks about his dating life, and shows pictures of his 'girlfriends': Joan Collin, Cher, Brooke Sheilds

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