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The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show

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Duration
8 seconds
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26
Timestamp in Movie
00:28:40
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.
The shocking thing is that through 1971, - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:10
The shocking thing is that through 1971,
Oh, this show's over, let's just record on this same tape - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:07
Oh, this show's over, let's just record on this sa...
I mean, they were big two inch tapes back then. - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:05
I mean, they were big two inch tapes back then.
It shocked Johnny Carson when he found out about it - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:07
It shocked Johnny Carson when he found out about it
- My first month at "The Tonight Show," - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:13
- My first month at "The Tonight Show,"
(Questlove playing drums) - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:12
(Questlove playing drums)
So I guess no one ever thought of reruns. - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:05
So I guess no one ever thought of reruns.
So all of this is lost to history - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:09
So all of this is lost to history
And five minutes with folksinger Leon Bibb. - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:05
And five minutes with folksinger Leon Bibb.
There's a handful of shows that I, as a curator, - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:06
There's a handful of shows that I, as a curator,
The week that Harry Belafonte hosted "Tonight Show" - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:06
The week that Harry Belafonte hosted "Tonight Show"...
- When I discovered this week, I wrote an article about it - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:07
- When I discovered this week, I wrote an article about it
I started searching for what might exist. - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:04
I started searching for what might exist.
I started interviewing people - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:06
I started interviewing people
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(bright music)
The time right now is 6:18 and - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:05
The time right now is 6:18 and
There is a collection of early TV audio in Old Westbury - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:06
There is a collection of early TV audio in Old Westbury
- Phil Gries has collected thousands of audio tapes - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:05
- Phil Gries has collected thousands of audio tapes
- Well, there are about 2,000 programs - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:05
- Well, there are about 2,000 programs
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(gentle piano music)