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The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show

(Audience applauding) "The Tonight Show" wasone of the most powerful platforms of...

(Audience applauding) "The Tonight Show" was
one of the most powerful platforms of communication
in the world

Full Transcript

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(Audience applauding)
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"The Tonight Show" was one of the most powerful
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platforms of communication in the world.
Duration
11 seconds
Views
34
Timestamp in Movie
00:05:54
Uploaded
Jun 04, 2025
Genres
documentary, history
Production
N/A

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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.
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(Bright music)
Johnny Carson was the rage of the evening. - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:04
Johnny Carson was the rage of the evening.
If anybody was up after 10 o'clock, - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:07
If anybody was up after 10 o'clock,
(Audience laughing) - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:09
(Audience laughing)
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(Bright jazz)
"Hey, I know you're in bed when you're watching me." - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:08
"Hey, I know you're in bed when you're watchi...
The birth rate in this country has - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:08
The birth rate in this country has
Carson was this Midwestern very, - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:06
Carson was this Midwestern very,
(Audience laughs) - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:08
(Audience laughs)
Johnny Carson helped define what late night would be. - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:05
Johnny Carson helped define what late night would be.
Early on the 1950s, '60s, as we really started - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:08
Early on the 1950s, '60s, as we really started
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(Audience laughs)
So that started making late night really special - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:04
So that started making late night really special
I think that as an interested citizen - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:08
I think that as an interested citizen
[Ron Simon] When "The Tonight Show" first began, - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:07
[Ron Simon] When "The Tonight Show" first began,
I don't expect you to say, "Boy, what a program!" - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:16
I don't expect you to say, "Boy, what a program!&q...
[Bill] He managed to weave in more contemporary news - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:06
[Bill] He managed to weave in more contemporary news
Senator, Mrs. Kennedy are expecting their tenth child. - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:05
Senator, Mrs. Kennedy are expecting their tenth child.
I understand Ethel Kennedy is demanding - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:05
I understand Ethel Kennedy is demanding
(Audience laughs) - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:05
(Audience laughs)