In 1968, back when The Beatles were fab, John Lennon and Paul McCartney appeared on The Tonight Show to announce the formation of their new charitable foundation, Apple Corps. Alas, Johnny Carson was not hosting that evening. Sportscaster/game show host Joe Garagiola (of all people) was behind the desk from which he did a spectacularly awkward and uninformed job of interviewing John and Paul.
Johnny Carson is finally welcoming Lennon and McCartney onto The Tonight Show but, of course, not in reality. Currently at the New Frontier casino in Las Vegas, Carson impersonator Jeff Fairchild is starring in "On the Air, Tonight's Show," a live tribute/facsimile of the vintage talk show. "Johnny's" guests each program include not just the two Beatles but, usually, Frank Sinatra, Jerry Lewis and Elvis Presley. They obviously have a hell of a Talent Coordinator.
I am not recommending this show because, first of all, I haven't seen it. And I'm dubious because it's at the New Frontier, which is like a very large Roach Motel with video poker machines. It rents out its shabby showroom to a steady stream of low-budget shows, none of which last very long. If you and I could scrape together the money, we could go in there and put on a show, praying all the while we'd do enough business to interest a real hotel. But given the track record of shows at the New Frontier, we'd be better off pumping all the cash into those video poker machines. At least, they pay off once in a while.