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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson: Episode dated 21 November 1978 (1978)
Anthony Quinn gets the bums rush
This is the episode in which Steve Martin says he has to go and Carson thanks him and Martin exits behind the curtain only come out again a moment later sobbing that he really doesn't have to go he just wanted to be like the big stars he sees who always say that.
Carson comforts a weeping Martin and assures him he can stay as long as he likes.
It gets better!
The next guest was Anthony Quinn, and he and Carson worked out a gag that Carson would say "I know you have a commitment and have to leave so thanks for coming by" and gives him the bums rush off the set. Quinn looks confused and reluctantly gets up and haltingly wanders offstage. All the time Martin is genuinely distressed that Carson seems to have misread the situation and keeps trying to get Johnnies attention while a bewildered looking Quinn goes behind the curtain and back again. It's the perfect payback and Quinn and Carson play it like a couple of old pros.