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The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show

(Bright jazz) Carson would oftenmention this on the air

(Bright jazz) Carson would often
mention this on the air

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Carson would often mention this on the air.
Duration
8 seconds
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18
Timestamp in Movie
00:06:37
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.
"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
(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,