Oh, So That's Why People Liked Him

This is the most hackneyed trick in the talk show book. Attractive teenage girl plus self-aware unhip host equals mediocre late night laughs, but Carson seemingly has real charm and completely redeems it. The Late Show intro and wardrobe in this clip had me conjuring up a world where Mad Men didn't exist and a steady diet of 60s-ness wasn't incredibly accessible, so scary. NBC apparently made the YouTube user take down the good version I initially saw on Smoke and a Coke, but there's smooth moves even with horrible video and "If I'd met you when I was nineteen" still comes through.