The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (TV Series)
Peter Strauss/Gore Vidal (1981)
Tommy Newsom: Self - Substitute Bandleader
Quotes
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Johnny Carson : The first person that can tell me the color of the hat they're wearing, and explain how they arrived at that, gets the job.
Johnny Carson : [seeing Doc raise his hand following a pause] OK - alright, let Doc go first.
Doc Severinsen : There has to be - uh, one person is wearing a red hat.
Johnny Carson : You're either wearing a red or a black hat.
Doc Severinsen : Right. Well, I see two black hats, and I figure one of 'em's got to be red, so it must be mine.
Johnny Carson : No. No, that's not true. I didn't say you were wearing a red hat; you are wearing either a red or a black hat.
Ed McMahon : What do you think, Tom?
Tommy Newsom : Uh, one of us has got a black hat on.
Ed McMahon : By the way, Tom, I like your hat.
Tommy Newsom : Thanks. I think it's your hat, too.
Johnny Carson : Now, does anybody...
Tommy Newsom : Yeah, my hat is black.
Johnny Carson : How do you know?
Tommy Newsom : Because Doc just said it was.
Johnny Carson : [after laughter] ... That's not the way to deduct it!