Here's an interesting slice of "Tonight Show" history -- a clip from the show's final week in New York City. In May, 1972 Johnny Carson moved "Tonight" to Los Angeles, where it would stay until Jimmy Fallon took the reins in 2014. For the most part, all of the show's New York City episodes (whether under Steve Allen, Jack Paar or Johnny) are lost forever, since the tapes were recycled. Starting in 1972 (although some sources say 1970), someone realized the value of "Tonight" and started archiving the tapes. This snippet features Mark Richards (aka Dick Liberatore) in the audience. I don't know much about him, but if you check out the rest of his channel, there's a number of game show-related clips of his work. Here, he manages to upstage guest host Joey Bishop, as well as Ed McMahon.
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