# Johnny Carson predicts the future **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [September 28, 2016, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johnny-carson-predicts-the-future/767140 "2016-09-28T19:00:32Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Knowed\_Out](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/knowed_out/32/7380_2.png) [@Knowed\_Out](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Knowed_Out)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2016, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johnny-carson-predicts-the-future/767140/1 "2016-09-28T19:00:32Z")
I watch Barney Miller reruns on MeTV, and last night, they had a promo for the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson, reruns of which they air afterward. In this take, Carson is doing a monologue, and he talks about the Bill Clinton-Gennifer Flowers situation. “After she wraps this up, she’s scheduled to be a back-up mistress for Donald Trump.” /McMahon guffaw ---
**Author:** ![xizor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/xizor/32/102_2.png) [@xizor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/xizor)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2016, 9:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johnny-carson-predicts-the-future/767140/2 "2016-09-28T21:53:13Z")
Also, the Animaniacs had a [song](http://animaniacs.wikia.com/wiki/The_Presidents_Song_(song)) in the early 90s about all the presidents which ended with: “Now in Washington, DC… There’s Democrats and the GOP… But the one in charge is plain to see… It’s Clinton, first name Hillary!” ---
**Author:** ![Skywatcher](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/skywatcher/32/254_2.png) [@Skywatcher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Skywatcher)\ **Post date:** [September 28, 2016, 9:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johnny-carson-predicts-the-future/767140/3 "2016-09-28T21:57:20Z")
> [@Knowed\_Out](#): > > I watch Barney Miller reruns on MeTV, and last night, they had a promo for the Tonight Show with Johnny Carson, reruns of which they air afterward. > > In this take, Carson is doing a monologue, and he talks about the Bill Clinton-Gennifer Flowers situation. “After she wraps this up, she’s scheduled to be a back-up mistress for Donald Trump.” > > /McMahon guffaw I watch those and have seen this. ISTR another promo with a different Trump joke as well. ---
**Author:** ![Olentzero](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/90ced4/32.png) [@Olentzero](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Olentzero)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2016, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johnny-carson-predicts-the-future/767140/4 "2016-09-29T12:29:44Z")
Still doesn’t beat the “President Ronald Reagan” bit from _Rowan and Martin’s Laugh-In_ in 1968. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2016, 1:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johnny-carson-predicts-the-future/767140/5 "2016-09-29T13:28:37Z")
My favorite is when a 1987 sitcom named _Second Chance_ predicted Muammar Gaddafi’s death would occur in 2011. [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/TYHcZVQWyuA/hqdefault.jpg "Muammar Gaddafi's year of death correctly predicted on comedy show (second chance) - FULL SCENE") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TYHcZVQWyuA) ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2016, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johnny-carson-predicts-the-future/767140/6 "2016-09-29T14:58:39Z")
One [1976 episode](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0768875/quotes) of _All In The Family_ had Archie angrily yell at Mike “You’re gonna get Reagan\* in 1980, wise guy!” \*which he pronounced “Reegan”. ---
**Author:** ![Find\_Friends](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/c37758/32.png) [@Find\_Friends](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Find_Friends)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2016, 5:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johnny-carson-predicts-the-future/767140/7 "2016-09-29T17:22:19Z")
I recall there was something called the “John Byrne” curse. He wrote a story with Wonder Woman dying, as a prelude to becoming a goddess. It was titled with her as “_ **Princess Diana** _”. Hmmm. The post-Crisis comics reboot of Superman in 1986 was to have him debut saving a space shuttle. An obvious enough choice for something to save. But we all know what happened in 1986, presumably between the time the story was written and when the final form was to be published. It was changed to a space-_ **plane** _, and it looked very different. ---
**Author:** ![Voyager](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/voyager/32/133_2.png) [@Voyager](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Voyager)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2016, 5:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johnny-carson-predicts-the-future/767140/8 "2016-09-29T17:42:47Z")
> [@Steve\_MB](#): > > One [1976 episode](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0768875/quotes) of _All In The Family_ had Archie angrily yell at Mike “You’re gonna get Reagan\* in 1980, wise guy!” > > \*which he pronounced “Reegan”. Since Reagan challenged Ford in '76, this wasn’t that daring a prediction. In 1965 though in the song about George Murphy Tom Lehrer, mentioning actors in politics said “from Helen Gahagan, to Ronald Reagan?” with much disbelief for the latter. And that was before he was governor. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2016, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johnny-carson-predicts-the-future/767140/9 "2016-09-29T17:55:25Z")
I watch Johnny Carson nightly and I often wonder what he would think of this year’s election if he were still alive. ---
**Author:** ![GargoyleWB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gargoylewb/32/199_2.png) [@GargoyleWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GargoyleWB)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2016, 6:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johnny-carson-predicts-the-future/767140/10 "2016-09-29T18:43:52Z")
Donald Trump (implanted into Bill the Cat’s body) ran for president in the 80’s in **Bloom County**. ---
**Author:** ![dropzone](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dropzone/32/7515_2.png) [@dropzone](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dropzone)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2016, 6:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johnny-carson-predicts-the-future/767140/11 "2016-09-29T18:56:54Z")
> [@cochrane](#): > > I watch Johnny Carson nightly and I often wonder what he would think of this year’s election if he were still alive. He would love it. This has been manna from Heaven for comedians. ---
**Author:** ![cochrane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cochrane/32/10441_2.png) [@cochrane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cochrane)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2016, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johnny-carson-predicts-the-future/767140/12 "2016-09-29T20:12:15Z")
> [@dropzone](#): > > He would love it. This has been manna from Heaven for comedians. I’m sure he would have sent jokes to Letterman if Dave were still on the air. He often did when he was still alive and Dave used them. ---
**Author:** ![GESancMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gesancman/32/2923_2.png) [@GESancMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GESancMan)\ **Post date:** [September 29, 2016, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johnny-carson-predicts-the-future/767140/13 "2016-09-29T20:43:30Z")
> [@GargoyleWB](#): > > Donald Trump (implanted into Bill the Cat’s body) ran for president in the 80’s in **Bloom County**. No. Trump did not get his brain transplanted into BtC until 1989. ---
**Author:** ![GargoyleWB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gargoylewb/32/199_2.png) [@GargoyleWB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GargoyleWB)\ **Post date:** [September 30, 2016, 2:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/johnny-carson-predicts-the-future/767140/14 "2016-09-30T14:43:23Z")
> [@GESancMan](#): > > No. Trump did not get his brain transplanted into BtC until 1989. Thanks for the correction, ack!