# RARE Marlon Brando Interview on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson - 05/11/1968 **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [March 26, 2020, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rare-marlon-brando-interview-on-the-tonight-show-starring-johnny-carson-05-11-1968/850356 "2020-03-26T19:51:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 8\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![MortSahlFan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2020, 7:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rare-marlon-brando-interview-on-the-tonight-show-starring-johnny-carson-05-11-1968/850356/1 "2020-03-26T19:51:43Z")
Just uploaded 5 days ago! I haven’t even started this – wanted to post this for all to see. Rare indeed! [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/WNWxtr3is6k/maxresdefault.jpg "RARE Marlon Brando Interview on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson - 05/11/1968") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WNWxtr3is6k) ---
**Author:** ![Darren\_Garrison](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/darren_garrison/32/92_2.png) [@Darren\_Garrison](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Darren_Garrison)\ **Post date:** [March 26, 2020, 9:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rare-marlon-brando-interview-on-the-tonight-show-starring-johnny-carson-05-11-1968/850356/2 "2020-03-26T21:58:46Z")
There is exactly one of it! ---
**Author:** ![Icarus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/icarus/32/72_2.png) [@Icarus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Icarus)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2020, 2:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rare-marlon-brando-interview-on-the-tonight-show-starring-johnny-carson-05-11-1968/850356/3 "2020-03-27T02:17:39Z")
My, how times have changed. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2020, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rare-marlon-brando-interview-on-the-tonight-show-starring-johnny-carson-05-11-1968/850356/4 "2020-03-27T02:45:49Z")
I knew about Brando’s support for native Americans. I didn’t know about his support for blacks. That was a great interview. ---
**Author:** ![MortSahlFan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2020, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rare-marlon-brando-interview-on-the-tonight-show-starring-johnny-carson-05-11-1968/850356/5 "2020-03-27T12:09:15Z")
> [@Leaffan](#): > > I knew about Brando’s support for native Americans. I didn’t know about his support for blacks. That was a great interview. He was marching 5 years before. ---
**Author:** ![jerez](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/c68b51/32.png) [@jerez](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jerez)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2020, 7:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rare-marlon-brando-interview-on-the-tonight-show-starring-johnny-carson-05-11-1968/850356/6 "2020-04-02T07:35:22Z")
Finally got around to seeing the interview last night. I think it should be part of any high-school curriculum. ---
**Author:** ![installLSC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/i/54ee81/32.png) [@installLSC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/installLSC)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2020, 11:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rare-marlon-brando-interview-on-the-tonight-show-starring-johnny-carson-05-11-1968/850356/7 "2020-04-02T11:28:23Z")
I though almost all of Johnny’s pre-Burbank shows had been tossed by NBC. Have they found a different source, or was his production company holding out on us? ---
**Author:** ![MortSahlFan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/3bc359/32.png) [@MortSahlFan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MortSahlFan)\ **Post date:** [April 2, 2020, 11:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rare-marlon-brando-interview-on-the-tonight-show-starring-johnny-carson-05-11-1968/850356/8 "2020-04-02T11:54:16Z")
> [@installLSC](#): > > I though almost all of Johnny’s pre-Burbank shows had been tossed by NBC. Have they found a different source, or was his production company holding out on us? I keep seeing older stuff, so someone must have saved some. Maybe certain ones? It’s too bad, because VCR recording started a bit after (I think)