Plot
McLean Stevenson/George Carlin/Martina Navratilova/Rita Reutter
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
- Johnny interviews Cupid. McLean Stevenson (The McLean Stevenson Show (1976)); George Carlin performs stand-up and is interviewed; tennis star Martina Navratilova discusses defecting to the U.S.; 58-year-old college homecoming queen Rita Reutter.
- The comedy segment is a post-Valentine's Day interview with Cupid. Rita Reutter is a 58-year-old widow and grandmother who won election as Homecoming Queen at Florida Tech University. She is studying for a master's in Guidance and Counseling, and talks about her campaign and various aspects of her life, including her aggressively friendly personal style. George Carlin does a stand-up routine about shopping in supermarkets. During the interview he talks about how some Swedish comedians translated some of his routines (with his permission). He and Johnny then talk about phrases with seemingly contradictory meanings, such as why boned and de-boned chicken seem to be the same thing. McLean Stevenson talks about his TV show, and whether it will be renewed; he then diverts into a conversation about Carlin's earring. Stevenson recalls attending Northwestern, and mentions that he dated the Rose Bowl queen four years earlier, but it did not go well. He also says that since he stopped drinking, it might have affected his sense of humor. He then talks about playing in golf tournaments with Harvey Korman and Dodgers coach Ron Perranoski, and Johnny kids him that his jokes about various people may cost him desperately needed viewers from many demographic groups. Martina Navratilova, 20 years old and the 2nd-ranked tennis player in the world, talks about playing in the Virginia Slims tournament later in the evening, and says she adjusted her sleeping schedule for matches starting at unusual times. In the first five weeks of the year she has already earned $85,000; she shows a Gucci bracelet she bought herself, now that she is successful. She says her defection from Czechoslovakia has only caused problems at school for her younger sister, and hopes that at some point in the future she will be able to see her family again, as the Czech government has denied her mother permission to leave the country.—lenab9011
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