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The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show

(Audience laughs) He was as averageof an American as you could possibly get

(Audience laughs) He was as average
of an American as you could possibly get

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(Audience laughs)
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He was as average of an American
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as you could possibly get.
Duration
8 seconds
Views
28
Timestamp in Movie
00:07:09
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.
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
(Audience laughs) - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:05
(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)
Our bloodshed will be in our racial situation, - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:07
Our bloodshed will be in our racial situation,
But you probably, as most people do in the world today, - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:08
But you probably, as most people do in the world today,
[Bill] And the interesting thing about - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:05
[Bill] And the interesting thing about
(All laughing) - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:07
(All laughing)
And whatever's going on in pop culture, - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:12
And whatever's going on in pop culture,
11:30 at night, Eastern, was the most segregated hour - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:09
11:30 at night, Eastern, was the most segregated hour
(Audience applauding) - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:10
(Audience applauding)
Well, there's riots, brutality, poverty, sit-ins, - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:06
Well, there's riots, brutality, poverty, sit-ins,
You want to hear the bad news now? (All laugh) - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:04
You want to hear the bad news now? (All laugh)