I used to tinker with TV's and bought an old Westinghouse TV with a round picture tube. The first color I saw were the colorful curtains behind Johnny.

Johnny was reportedly distraught and furious when he discovered NBC recorded over or otherwise disposed of virtually every show tape up through a date certain, including this depicted show.

I'm with him. Gone are the nights from when he really had game and energy. The later shows kept, re-run every night, show a still-witty sophisticate and his longtime staffers generally following their formula rote. Except for rare nights such as when national NBC affiliate honchos made up the crowd, they seemed to simply mail it in. We young'uns thus miss out.

King of Late Night. There never will be anyone like him again. It's nothing but an obsession with politics now, and it's not even funny anymore.

Narrow lapels, narrow tie, tight pants, a little gel in the hair. Johnny looks like he stepped out of the latest J.Crew catalog.

Personally, I'm looking forward to a return of the 1990s look, as most of my clothes are from that era.

Johnny is being brought to you in Living Color courtesy several of those RCA TK-41 color television cameras, in 1965 still virtually the only game in town for color broadcast production, but not for long.