List of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson episodes (1966)

The following is a list of episodes of the television series The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson which aired in 1966:

List of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson episodes
Season 1966
Country of origin	United States
Release
Original network	NBC
Season chronology

January

No.	Original air date	Guest(s)	Musical/entertainment guest(s)
832	January 3, 1966	Henry Morgan guest host; Lauren Bacall, Abe Burrows, Rob Sagendorph	Jane Harvey
833	January 4, 1966	Sammy Davis Jr. guest host; Chester Morris, Johnny Hartman	N/A
834	January 5, 1966	Woody Allen guest host; Ernie Terrell, John Searne	N/A
835	January 6, 1966	Corbett Monica guest host	N/A
836	January 7, 1966	Bill Dana guest host	Tony Bennett
837	January 10, 1966	Betsy Palmer	N/A
838	January 11, 1966	Polly Bergen, Buddy Hackett	N/A
839	January 12, 1966	Murray Roman	N/A
840	January 13, 1966	Alan King	N/A
841	January 14, 1966	Margaret Leighton, Michael Wilding, Kaye Ballard, Hal Frazier	N/A
842	January 17, 1966	Roger Moore, Ann Sheridan, Milt Kamen, Annette Sanders	N/A
843	January 18, 1966	James Coburn, Jack Douglas and wife Reiko	N/A
844	January 19, 1966	Godfrey Cambridge	N/A
845	January 20, 1966	Jan Peerce, Judi Rolin, Dick Cavett	N/A
846	January 21, 1966	Sam Levenson	N/A
847	January 24, 1966	Gene Kelly, Honor Blackman, Charlie Manna	Paul Bogosian
848	January 25, 1966	Rod Serling, Al Capp, Julie Migenes	N/A
849	January 26, 1966	George Segal, Myron Cohen	Yvonne Constant
850	January 27, 1966	TBA	Andre Previn
851	January 28, 1966	Don Adams, Rose Marie, William Frawley,	Johnny Cash, Ruth Price
852	January 31, 1966	George Kirby, Shari Lewis, Leo Durocher	N/A

February

No.	Original air date	Guest(s)	Musical/entertainment guest(s)
853	February 1, 1966	TBA	N/A
854	February 2, 1966	TBA	N/A
855	February 3, 1966	Kaye Stevens	N/A
856	February 4, 1966	Kaye Ballard, Xavier Cugat and Charo	N/A
857	February 7, 1966	TBA	N/A
858	February 8, 1966	Oleg Cassini, Norm Crosby	Liza Minnelli
859	February 9, 1966	TBA	N/A
860	February 10, 1966	TBA	Barbara Velasco
861	February 11, 1966	Phil Ford and Mimi Hines	N/A
862	February 14, 1966	TBA	N/A
863	February 15, 1966	Dick Cavett	N/A
864	February 16, 1966	Henry Morgan, Yvonne Constant, John Fuller,	Paul Anka, Los Indios Tabajaras, Barbara Velasco
865	February 17, 1966	George Segal, Bunny Yeager	N/A
866	February 18, 1966	TBA	N/A
867	February 21, 1966	Zsa Zsa Gabor, psychologist Richard Evans	N/A
868	February 22, 1966	Stella Stevens, Vittorio Gassman	N/A
869	February 23, 1966	Charlie Manna	N/A
870	February 25, 1966	Bob Barker guest host; MacDonald Carey, Joe Garagiola, Cliff Arquette, Dr. Lorreine Chase	The Everly Brothers
871	February 28, 1966	Alan King guest host; Harry Belafonte, Dick Roman	Kay Starr

March

No.	Original air date	Guest(s)	Musical/entertainment guest(s)
872	March 1, 1966	TBA	N/A
873	March 2, 1966	Hugh Downs guest host; Shelley Winters, Larry Blyden, Margie King	Ethel Ennis
874	March 3, 1966	TBA	N/A
875	March 4, 1966	TBA	N/A
876	March 7, 1966	Corbett Monica, Betsy Palmer, coats of arms demonstrators A. Seddon and C. Guarino	Jan Peerce
877	March 8, 1966	Joan Rivers	Trini Lopez, Fran Warren
878	March 9, 1966	Kaye Ballard, Milt Kamen, Jan De Ruth	Don Cherry
879	March 10, 1966	Selma Diamond, Murray Roman	Anita Gillette
880	March 11, 1966	TBA	N/A
881	March 14, 1966	(FROM LOS ANGELES); James Garner, Eva Marie Saint, Sam Yorty	Maria Cole
882	March 15, 1966	(FROM LOS ANGELES) Don Adams	N/A
883	March 16, 1966	(FROM LOS ANGELES) Eva Gabor	N/A
884	March 17, 1966	(FROM LOS ANGELES) Jack Benny	Baja Marimba Band
885	March 18, 1966	(FROM LOS ANGELES) George Burns, Pat Woodell	N/A
886	March 21, 1966	(FROM LOS ANGELES) Samantha Eggar	N/A
887	March 22, 1966	(FROM LOS ANGELES) Joanne Woodward, Morey Amsterdam, Diane Shelton	N/A
888	March 23, 1966	(FROM LOS ANGELES) Bette Davis, The Smothers Brothers	The Andrews Sisters
889	March 24, 1966	(FROM LOS ANGELES) Burt Lancaster, Greer Garson	N/A
890	March 25, 1966	(FROM LOS ANGELES) Rod Steiger, Bill Cosby, Don Rickles, Rose Marie	N/A
881	March 28, 1966	TBA	N/A
891	March 29, 1966	TBA	N/A
892	March 30, 1966	TBA	N/A
893	March 31, 1966	Father Robert Capon	Al Hirt

April

No.	Original air date	Guest(s)	Musical/entertainment guest(s)
894	April 1, 1966	Godfrey Cambridge	N/A
895	April 4, 1966	TBA	N/A
896	April 5, 1966	TBA	N/A
897	April 6, 1966	TBA	Kate Smith
898	April 7, 1966	Kaye Ballard	N/A
899	April 8, 1966	Joan Rivers	Charles Aznavour
900	April 11, 1966	Woody Allen, Eydie Gorme	N/A
901	April 12, 1966	Phil Ford and Mimi Hines	N/A
902	April 13, 1966	Larry Storch	N/A
903	April 14, 1966	Gila Golan	N/A
904	April 15, 1966	Dick Cavett	N/A
905	April 18, 1966	Alan King guest host; Hal Holbrook, Diahann Carroll, Sugar Ray Robinson	N/A
906	April 19, 1966	Alan King guest host; Robert Preston, Godfrey Cambridge	Selma Lee, Rosetta Shaw
907	April 20, 1966	Henry Morgan guest host;	N/A
908	April 21, 1966	Henry Morgan guest host;	N/A
909	April 22, 1966	Henry Morgan guest host;	N/A
910	April 25, 1966	George Jessel, Marilyn Maxwell	Wayne King
911	April 26, 1966	Bob Hope, Morey Amsterdam	N/A
912	April 27, 1966	Ray Walston, Phyllis Newman, Dr. Albert Hibbs	N/A
913	April 28, 1966	Peter Ustinov, Corbett Monica	N/A
914	April 29, 1966	Myron Cohen	N/A

May

No.	Original air date	Guest(s)	Musical/entertainment guest(s)
915	May 2, 1966	Sammy Davis, Jr., Eydie Gorme	N/A
916	May 3, 1966	Eva Gabor, Oleg Cassini, Charlie Manna	N/A
917	May 4, 1966	Buddy Hackett	Jane Morgan, Paul Horne
918	May 5, 1966	TBA	N/A
919	May 6, 1966	TBA	N/A
920	May 9, 1966	Bob Newhart, Shari Lewis	The Wiltwyck Steel Band
921	May 10, 1966	Buddy Hackett, Mamie Van Doren	N/A
922	May 11, 1966	Kaye Ballard	N/A
923	May 12, 1966	Adam West, Gabriel Fielding	N/A
924	May 13, 1966	TBA	N/A
925	May 16, 1966	TBA	Robert Goulet
926	May 17, 1966	Phil Ford and Mimi Hines	Harry James
927	May 18, 1966	Tom Smothers, Fred Finn	Eddy Arnold
928	May 19, 1966	Corbett Monica	Anna Moffo
929	May 20, 1966	Dick Cavett	N/A
930	May 23, 1966	Jerry Lewis guest host; Phil Foster	Patrice Munsel, Roy Clark
931	May 24, 1966	Jerry Lewis guest host;	Count Basie
932	May 25, 1966	Jerry Lewis guest host;	N/A
933	May 26, 1966	Jerry Lewis guest host;	N/A
934	May 27, 1966	Jerry Lewis guest host;	N/A
935	May 30, 1966	Claudia Cardinale, Bill Dana	N/A
936	May 31, 1966	Phyllis Newman, Morey Amsterdam, Eva Gabor, Betsy Palmer, Peter Foy	N/A

June

No.	Original air date	Guest(s)	Musical/entertainment guest(s)
937	June 1, 1966	George Carlin	N/A
938	June 2, 1966	TBA	N/A
939	June 3, 1966	Shirley Jones, George Jessel, Lois Wyse, The Amazing Randi	N/A
940	June 6, 1966	Florence Henderson, Dan Rowan and Dick Martin, Selma Diamond, Martin Rackin	N/A
941	June 7, 1966	Shari Lewis, Norm Crosby	N/A
942	June 8, 1966	Edie Adams, Bob Hope, Stan Kann	N/A
First appearance of "gadget man" Stan Kann
943	June 9, 1966	Pearl Bailey, Phyllis Newman, Sandy Baron	N/A
944	June 10, 1966	Gordon MacRae	N/A
945	June 13, 1966	Martin Rackin	Connie Francis
946	June 14, 1966	TBA	Horst Jankowski
947	June 15, 1966	Eydie Gorme	N/A
948	June 16, 1966	George Peppard, Soupy Sales, Luba Lisa	N/A
949	June 17, 1966	TBA	N/A
950	June 20, 1966	Shirley Jones, Jack Cassidy, Phil Foster, Mamie Van Doren, Henry Silva	N/A
951	June 21, 1966	Jackie Vernon	Julius La Rosa, William Walker
952	June 22, 1966	TBA	N/A
953	June 23, 1966	James Coburn	Kaye Stevens
954	June 24, 1966	Florence Henderson	N/A
955	June 27, 1966	Robert Merrill, Kaye Ballard, Robert F. Dacey	The Newport Jazz Festival All-Stars
956	June 28, 1966	Al Capp	Yvonne Constant, January Jones
957	June 29, 1966	Mamie Van Doren	Nana Mouskouri
958	June 30, 1966	Sue Ane Langdon	N/A

July

No.	Original air date	Guest(s)	Musical/entertainment guest(s)
959	July 1, 1966	Pat Boone	Lesley Gore
960	July 4, 1966	Dick Cavett, Phil Ford and Mimi Hines, acrobat Berosinis	Chad Mitchell
961	July 5, 1966	Buddy Hackett, Kathy Dunn, Jenny Smith	Jan Peerce, Tom Vaughn
962	July 6, 1966	George Gobel, Phyllis Newman, Rudi Blesh	N/A
963	July 7, 1966	Robert Young, Paula Wayne	Sammy Davis, Jr.
964	July 8, 1966	Alan King, Betsy Palmer	John Bubbles
965	July 11, 1966	Joey Bishop guest host; George Kirby, Willie Mosconi	N/A
Joey Bishop begins 12 nights worth of shows as guest host
966	July 12, 1966	Joey Bishop guest host	N/A
967	July 13, 1966	Joey Bishop guest host	N/A
968	July 14, 1966	Joey Bishop guest host	N/A
969	July 15, 1966	Joey Bishop guest host	N/A
970	July 18, 1966	Joey Bishop guest host	N/A
971	July 19, 1966	Joey Bishop guest host	N/A
972	July 20, 1966	Joey Bishop guest host	N/A
973	July 21, 1966	Joey Bishop guest host	N/A
974	July 22, 1966	Joey Bishop guest host	N/A
975	July 25, 1966	Joey Bishop guest host	N/A
976	July 26, 1966	Joey Bishop guest host	N/A
977	July 27, 1966	Jack E. Leonard guest host	N/A
978	July 28, 1966	Arthur Godfrey guest host; Abe Burrows, Linda Scott	N/A
979	July 29, 1966	Eddy Arnold guest host	N/A

August

No.	Original air date	Guest(s)	Musical/entertainment guest(s)
980	August 1, 1966	Ed McMahon and Skitch Henderson guest hosts	N/A
981	August 2, 1966	Sammy Davis, Jr. guest host	N/A
Sammy Davis Jr. guest hosts for the remainder of the week
982	August 3, 1966	Sammy Davis, Jr. guest host	N/A
983	August 4, 1966	Sammy Davis, Jr. guest host	N/A
984	August 5, 1966	Sammy Davis, Jr. guest host; Gwen Verdon, George Kirby	N/A
985	August 8, 1966	Sam Levenson and Florence Henderson guest hosts	N/A
Sam Levenson and Florence begin a week as guest hosts
986	August 9, 1966	Sam Levenson and Florence Henderson guest hosts	N/A
987	August 10, 1966	Sam Levenson and Florence Henderson guest hosts	N/A
988	August 11, 1966	Sam Levenson and Florence Henderson guest hosts	N/A
989	August 12, 1966	Sam Levenson and Florence Henderson guest hosts	N/A
990	August 15, 1966	Bob Newhart guest host; Edie Adams, Buddy Hackett	N/A
Bob Newhart begins a week as guest host
991	August 16, 1966	Bob Newhart guest host	Peter Nero
992	August 17, 1966	Bob Newhart guest host	N/A
993	August 18, 1966	Bob Newhart guest host	The Supremes
994	August 19, 1966	Bob Newhart guest host	N/A
995	August 22, 1966	Hugh Downs guest host; Brian Epstein, Larry Blyden	N/A
Hugh Downs begins a week as guest host.
996	August 23, 1966	Hugh Downs guest host	N/A
997	August 24, 1966	Hugh Downs guest host	N/A
998	August 25, 1966	Hugh Downs guest host	N/A
999	August 26, 1966	Hugh Downs guest host	N/A
1000	August 29, 1966	New York City mayor John Lindsay, Walter Pidgeon, Phyllis Newman	The Tracey Brothers
The 1,000th episode of The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson airs.
1001	August 30, 1966	Louis Nye	N/A
1002	August 31, 1966	Kaye Ballard	N/A

September

No.	Original air date	Guest(s)	Musical/entertainment guest(s)
1003	September 1, 1966	TBA	N/A
1004	September 2, 1966	Six Miss America contestants: Launa Kay Gardner (Arizona]]; Loretta Ann Perreira (Hawaii); Estrellita Schiel (Oregon); Denise Fledderman (North Dakota); Penelope Donoghue (New York) and Linda Jo Maclin (Virginia).	N/A
1005	September 5, 1966	Dick Cavett	The Treniers
1006	September 6, 1966	TBA	N/A
1007	September 7, 1966	TBA	N/A
1008	September 8, 1966	TBA	N/A
1009	September 9, 1966	TBA	N/A
1010	September 12, 1966	Warren Beatty, George Jessel	N/A
1011	September 13, 1966	Alan King, Pierre Salinger	Rosemary Clooney
1012	September 14, 1966	TBA	N/A
1013	September 15, 1966	TBA	N/A
1014	September 16, 1966	TBA	N/A
1015	September 19, 1966	George Kirby, Norm Crosby	Kaye Stevens
1016	September 20, 1966	Jackie Vernon	N/A
1017	September 21, 1966	TBA	Joan Rivers
A fashion show was also part of the program.
1018	September 22, 1966	Dick Cavett	N/A
1019	September 23, 1966	Arlene Dahl, Milt Kamen	N/A
1020	September 26, 1966	(FROM LOS ANGELES) Vice President Hubert Humphrey, Bob Hope, Claudia Cardinale	N/A
1021	September 27, 1966	(FROM LOS ANGELES) Jack Benny, Sammy Davis, Jr., Natalie Wood	N/A
1022	September 28, 1966	(FROM LOS ANGELES) George Burns	Della Reese
1023	September 29, 1966	(FROM LOS ANGELES) Bill Cosby	N/A
1024	September 30, 1966	(FROM LOS ANGELES) Danny Thomas, Don Rickles, Jonathan Winters	N/A

October

No.	Original air date	Guest(s)	Musical/entertainment guest(s)
1025	October 3, 1966	(FROM LOS ANGELES) Senator Barry Goldwater, Don Adams	N/A
1026	October 4, 1966	(FROM LOS ANGELES) Pat Boone, George Jessel	N/A
1027	October 5, 1966	(FROM LOS ANGELES) Peter Ustinov, Eva Marie Saint	N/A
1028	October 6, 1966	(FROM LOS ANGELES) Rock Hudson. Janet Leigh	N/A
1029	October 7, 1966	(FROM LOS ANGELES) Rose Marie	Roger Miller
1030	October 10, 1966	Steve Lawrence guest host; Ruta Lee, Pat Henry	Robert Goulet
1031	October 11, 1966	Steve Lawrence guest host;	N/A
1032	October 12, 1966	Steve Lawrence guest host;	N/A
1033	October 13, 1966	Steve Lawrence guest host;	N/A
1034	October 14, 1966	Steve Lawrence guest host;	N/A
Skitch Henderson leaves The Tonight Show as the musical director for the NBC Orchestra.
1035	October 17, 1966	TBA	N/A
Milton DeLugg joins The Tonight Show as the musical director for the NBC Orchestra, replacing Skitch Henderson.
1036	October 18, 1966	Ethel Merman, Soupy Sales	N/A
1037	October 19, 1966	Phyllis Newman	N/A
1038	October 20, 1966	Bette Davis, April Olrich	N/A
1039	October 21, 1966	Al Capp	N/A
1040	October 24, 1966	Buddy Hackett, Dr. Richard Evans	Don Cherry
1041	October 25, 1966	Jackie Vernon, Robert Creighton	Ella Fitzgerald, Anna Moffo
1042	October 26, 1966	Dick Cavett, Susannah York	N/A
1043	October 27, 1966	Ethel Merman, Xavier Cugat, Charlie Manna	N/A
1044	October 28, 1966	TBA	N/A
1045	October 31, 1966	Shari Lewis, Milbourne Christopher	N/A

November

No.	Original air date	Guest(s)	Musical/entertainment guest(s)
1046	November 1, 1966	Alan King, Verna Lisi	N/A
A Nina Ricci fashion show was presented.
1047	November 2, 1966	TBA	N/A
1048	November 3, 1966	TBA	N/A
1049	November 4, 1966	Tony Randall, Diahann Carroll	N/A
1050	November 7, 1966	Joan Rivers	N/A
11/8/1966 episode pre-empted for NBC News coverage of mid-term elections.
1051	November 9, 1966	Don Rickles	N/A
1052	November 10, 1966	Soupy Sales, Rosemary Forsyth, Marlin Perkins	Buddy Rich
1053	November 11, 1966	Oleg Cassini	N/A
1054	November 14, 1966	George Carlin, author Gerold Frank	Yvonne Constant
1055	November 15, 1966	TBA	N/A
1056	November 16, 1966	TBA	N/A
Programs for November 17–18 cancelled to AFTRA dispute. November 17 scheduled guests were Hank Greenspun and Dick Contino
1057	November 21, 1966	TBA	N/A
1058	November 22, 1966	Steve Allen, Dr. Joyce Brothers	Frankie Laine
1059	November 23, 1966	TBA	N/A
1060	November 24, 1966	TBA	N/A
1061	November 25, 1966	Kaye Ballard, Victor Borge	N/A
1062	November 28, 1966	Jackie Vernon, Beryl Reid	N/A
1063	November 29, 1966	Henry Morgan, Patricia Routledge	N/A
1064	November 30, 1966	George Jessel, Peter Marshall	N/A

December

No.	Original air date	Guest(s)	Musical/entertainment guest(s)
1065	December 1, 1966	Larry Blyden, writer/publisher Harry Golden	Kate Smith
1066	December 2, 1966	Sen. Everett Dirksen	N/A
1067	December 5, 1966	Sen. Barry Goldwater	The Mills Brothers
1068	December 6, 1966	TBA	N/A
1069	December 7, 1966	Dr. Sam Sheppard	N/A
1070	December 8, 1966	William F. Buckley, Jr.	N/A
1071	December 9, 1966	Sam Levenson, Ed Ames, Eydie Gorme	N/A
1072	December 12, 1966	Woody Allen, Jack Lord	N/A
1073	December 13, 1966	Steve Lawrence	N/A
1074	December 14, 1966	George Segal	N/A
1075	December 15, 1966	Corbett Monica, Al Capp	N/A
1076	December 16, 1966	Henry Morgan, Phyllis Newman	N/A
1077	December 19, 1966	Steve McQueen, Richard Chamberlain	Billy Williams
1078	December 20, 1966	Eva Marie Saint, Joan Rivers	N/A
1079	December 21, 1966	Richard Crenna, Kaye Ballard	N/A
1080	December 22, 1966	TBA	N/A
1081	December 23, 1966	Sammy Davis, Jr., artist Jan Deruth	N/A
1082	December 26, 1966	Shirley Jones, Jack Cassidy	N/A
1083	December 27, 1966	TBA	N/A
1084	December 28, 1966	Ivan Tors	N/A
1085	December 29, 1966	Stefanie Powers, Noel Harrison	N/A
1086	December 30, 1966	TBA	Kaye Stevens, Charlie Barnet and his Orchestra