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The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show

I don't expect you to say,"Boy, what a program!" Carson takes overin October of 1962 and...

I don't expect you to say,
"Boy, what a program!" Carson takes over
in October of 1962 and it really is a whole different approach
to the show

Full Transcript

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I don't expect you to say, "Boy, what a program!"
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Carson takes over in October of 1962
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and it really is a whole
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different approach to the show.
Duration
16 seconds
Views
29
Timestamp in Movie
00:08:10
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.
[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)
As you know this is the usual starting time - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:12
As you know this is the usual starting time
[Newsreader] On the morning of January 31st, - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:08
[Newsreader] On the morning of January 31st,
(Protesters shouting) - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:10
(Protesters shouting)
[King] In 1968, there were many Americas. - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:04
[King] In 1968, there were many Americas.
There was Black America and White America. - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:04
There was Black America and White America.
(Funky music) - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:07
(Funky music)
There was establishment America, - The Sit-In: Harry Belafonte Hosts The Tonight Show 00:04
There was establishment America,