The Most FUNNY Birds Ever On Johnny Carson

The Most FUNNY Birds Ever On Johnny Carson Few moments in late-night history are as genuinely funny as the bird segments from The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, and this video collects the best of them in one place. Johnny Carson spent thirty years behind that desk, and no category of guest tested him — or delighted his audience — quite like the birds that wandered, refused, and occasionally made a very different kind of contribution to the proceedings. This video covers seven of the most memorable avian appearances in the show's history. Howard the myna bird, who overcame a previous bout of stage fright to introduce himself to millions on live television. Freud the talking starling, who held his composure while the humans around him fell apart arguing over what a monkey sounds like. Poncho the double yellow-headed Amazon parrot, a rare Tonight Show triumph who showed up with a full repertoire of classic songs and actually delivered every one of them. The parakeet Pluming, whose owner was absolutely certain he could say Here's Johnny — and who had other ideas entirely. Baby the champion rooster from Iowa, who found a very different way to make his mark on Carson's desk. The sulphur-crested cockatoo and Amazon parrots brought by a CSUN psychobiology professor for the show's 23rd anniversary special, who declined to perform in the most memorable way possible. And Joan Embery's boat-billed herons, who stood completely still while a professional zoologist tried everything she had. Carson never fought the chaos. He let it happen, found the words, and turned every failure into something better than a success could have been. This channel covers the golden era of American television — the personalities, the moments, and the segments that still hold up decades later. Chapters: 0:00 Intro 0:39 #1 Howard the Myna Bird 3:18 #2 Freud the Talking Starling 5:40 #3 Poncho the Singing Amazon Parrot 8:44 #4 The Talking Parakeet 12:08 #5 Baby the Rooster 15:16 #6 The Cockatoo & the Amazon Parrots 17:53 #7 The Boat-Billed Herons 19:50 Outro Contact: archivesfaded@gmail.com © Faded Archives