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The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show

(Audience applauding) Once I took up with him, my life never wentanywhere else but there

(Audience applauding) Once I took up with him, my life never went
anywhere else but there

Full Transcript

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(Audience applauding)
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Once I took up with him,
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my life never went anywhere else but there.
Duration
10 seconds
Views
17
Timestamp in Movie
00:18:53
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.
Not only is Harry a great artist, - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:07
Not only is Harry a great artist,
No performing artists in the United States or in the world - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:12
No performing artists in the United States or in the world
I respond as often as possible to Dr. King - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:16
I respond as often as possible to Dr. King
People who worked with Johnny at the time would say - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:08
People who worked with Johnny at the time would say
I can't sit here and say I understand, because we can't. - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:04
I can't sit here and say I understand, because we can&#...
He understood many of the issues, - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:10
He understood many of the issues,
So when I was out in Las Vegas, - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:07
So when I was out in Las Vegas,
And I found out that no matter which side you go, - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:08
And I found out that no matter which side you go,
He as an entertainer did not feel like - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:06
He as an entertainer did not feel like
But he certainly supported the other entertainers - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:07
But he certainly supported the other entertainers
I also admire Marlon Brando for his conscience - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:07
I also admire Marlon Brando for his conscience
So I think he thought, - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:10
So I think he thought,
How can you not talk about all the things that are going on - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:07
How can you not talk about all the things that are going on
Even my Midwestern, middle of the country audience, - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:05
Even my Midwestern, middle of the country audience,
This is only six years into Johnny Carson's tenure, - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:05
This is only six years into Johnny Carson's tenure,
So it wasn't doing it from the safe harbor of - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:05
So it wasn't doing it from the safe harbor of
But it was in his head that Harry Belafonte - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:04
But it was in his head that Harry Belafonte
(audience applauding) - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:05
(audience applauding)
♪ I don't want nobody ♪ - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:06
♪ I don't want nobody ♪
In 1959, he had this special called - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:08
In 1959, he had this special called