- Gallagher presents the Tonight Show Home Game. Michael Caine and Sean Connery (The Man Who Would Be King (1975)); David Brenner performs stand-up and is interviewed; Burt Mustin (Phyllis (1975)).
- During the monologue, Johnny switches places with Tommy after his deadpan reactions get more laughs than Johnny's jokes; Tommy mouths the guest introductions as Johnny says them, and then imitates Johnny's golf swing, going into a pratfall. Instead of the usual comedy segment, Johnny introduces the previously unannounced Gallagher, who does his pitch for the "Tonight Show Home Game". Michael Caine talks about English talk shows, noting that for many years British television only aired between 4 and 11 pm; whereas British entertainment shows are aired without commercials, news broadcasts often include commercial messages from the news readers themselves, which Caine finds disconcerting. He then recalls his jobs before acting. He also encourages Johnny to take the acting gig Swifty Lazar had offered some nights before, and comments on the excellence of California wines. Sean Connery is making his first Tonight Show appearance. After showing clips from "The Man Who Would Be King", he discusses the pressures that led him to leave the James Bond films. He also tells how he got his first acting job in a touring production of "South Pacific" after working for a newspaper and competing as a bodybuilder. Caine and Connery remark that the influence of American films has helped to reduce British snobbery over local accents and dialects, with Caine noting that a Cockney accent had disqualified applicants for nearly every job for many years. David Brenner does a stand-up comedy routine, and then tells Johnny that he has agreed to do a sitcom. 90-year-old actor Burt Mustin offers some stories from his life, and tells a joke he remembers from the 1890s.—lenab9011
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