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The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show

(audience applauding) So thanks tothese audio tapes, we have a real sense ofwhat the show...

(audience applauding) So thanks to
these audio tapes, we have a real sense of
what the show was like

Full Transcript

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(audience applauding)
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So thanks to these audio tapes,
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we have a real sense of what the show was like.
Duration
9 seconds
Views
27
Timestamp in Movie
00:31:46
Uploaded
Jun 04, 2025
Genres
documentary, history
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Movie Summary

For one week in February 1968, Johnny Carson gave up his chair to Harry Belafonte, the first time an African-American had hosted a late night TV show for a whole week.
He apparently opened every episode with a song - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:33
He apparently opened every episode with a song
But I tell you, my greatest comfort - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:06
But I tell you, my greatest comfort
We have a film that I would like to show you. - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:05
We have a film that I would like to show you.
One of the things that stands out to me - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:08
One of the things that stands out to me
(gentle music) - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:09
(gentle music)
(audience laughing) - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:05
(audience laughing)
(gentle music) - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:10
(gentle music)
He would perform for about a month at a time - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:07
He would perform for about a month at a time
One of the perks of his service to the hotel - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:07
One of the perks of his service to the hotel
And we would go out on Lake Mead and water ski - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:08
And we would go out on Lake Mead and water ski
[Harry] It wasn't just seeing us as Black people - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:14
[Harry] It wasn't just seeing us as Black people
(audience applauding) - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:08
(audience applauding)
[Lena] The thing that kept me - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:11
[Lena] The thing that kept me
♪ Ever since that day - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:15
♪ Ever since that day
Well, yes, and I'm very happy now on the stage. - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:04
Well, yes, and I'm very happy now on the stage.
♪ That I'm beholding ♪ - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:12
♪ That I'm beholding ♪
I don't feel like a movie star particularly, - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:09
I don't feel like a movie star particularly,
Lena Horne became very active in politics - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:09
Lena Horne became very active in politics
In 1963, Lena was invited to a secret civil rights meeting - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:08
In 1963, Lena was invited to a secret civil rights meeting
She was with Harry, the author James Baldwin, - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:09
She was with Harry, the author James Baldwin,