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The Tonight Show 
January 11, 1971

GUESTS
Bette Midler, Richard Chamberlain, Elaine Stritch, Helen Gurley Brown, Peter Stone

PROGRAM TIME
11:30 p.m. to 1:00 a.m.

INTERVIEW TRANSCRIPT

The footage from this appearance apparently no longer exists, nor have any audio recordings surfaced.  Therefore, a written transcript of this interview can not yet be made.    

INTERESTING FACTS

This episode was hosted by David Steinberg.   

According to the Tonight Show paperwork, Bette was scheduled to perform two songs during this appearance.  It is currently unknown what those songs were.    

In the pre-interview Bette mentions she had recently been robbed.  She told Pat Silverman that the robbers had taken her TV set, one ring, a tape recorder, and her plaid stamps.  And when she called the cops, they just wandered around her apartment, shaking their heads saying, "Gee, what a mess"!  Bette said she felt guilty, feeling as if she had made the mess, and because she had so little worth stealing. Later she said she had three new locks installed in her apartment and that she wanted to announce to all burglars on the show that she had nothing left worth stealing, and they were not invited back anyway, because they made such a mess.  

In the Milwaukee Sentinel on January 15, 1971, in an article by Earl Wilson, it is quoted that "singer Bette Midler wanted to wear a "hot pants" outfit on the "Tonight" show but got turned down; she settled for knickers instead."  

THE TONIGHT SHOW PAPERWORK

It was with great amazement when it was discovered that the Library Of Congress in Washington, D.C. had papers in their archives for most of the Tonight Show episodes starting from October 17, 1970.  Upon learning this, the paperwork for all of the early episodes featuring Bette Midler were acquired. Since the Johnny Carson people claim many of these early episodes no longer exist, this paperwork may well be the only record of what took place.  Not only that, but this paperwork also gives insights and extra details into the existing episodes.     


Broadcast Standards


Episode Run Sheet


Question Sheet


Pre-Interview Page 04


David's Cue Card


The Carson Papers document each night's show and the production material pertaining to guest interviews. Typed index cards contain introductory comments for use by Johnny Carson or a substitute host related to each guest. Linked to these cue cards are typed commentaries prepared by researchers from preliminary interviews with a guest outlining areas of interest to be discussed. Also with the file for each show is a listing of commercials, skits, guests, and network pauses in the sequence they occurred. A "Broadcast Standards Acceptability" report includes the names of guests, the host, sponsors, personalities and commercial products mentioned, and references which were censored and edited.