The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson — Season 18

E01 David Letterman (guest host), Elizabeth Ashley 08 Oct 1979 E05 Martin Mull (guest host), Fred Willard, Cher, Cleveland Amory 12 Oct 1979 E10 David Letterman (guest host), Bill Cosby 22 Oct 1979 E13 Bill Cosby (guest host), Larry Hagman 25 Oct 1979 E14 Bill Cosby (guest host), Fernando Lamas, Lindsay Wagner 26 Oct 1979 E17 Joan Rivers, Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. 01 Nov 1979 E19 David Brenner (guest host), Steve Martin, Art Carney 05 Nov 1979 E22 Kate Jackson 08 Nov 1979 E24 David Letterman (guest host), Betty White 12 Nov 1979 E26 Jean Marsh, Fernando Lamas 14 Nov 1979 E27 Buddy Hackett 15 Nov 1979 E31 Tony Randall, Buddy Rich, Kelly Monteith, Thomas Thompson 21 Nov 1979 E37 David Steinberg, Dick Van Patten 29 Nov 1979 E39 Bill Cosby (guest host), Marilu Henner, James Earl Jones 03 Dec 1979 E40 David Letterman (guest host), Dr. Joyce Brothers, Mike Farrell 04 Dec 1979 E42 Richard Dawson (guest host), James Coco, Cleveland Amory 06 Dec 1979 E47 Ricky Schroder, Caitlyn Jenner (then Bruce) 14 Dec 1979 E49 John Davidson, Joyce Van Patten, Charles Nelson Reilly, O.J. Simpson 19 Dec 1979 E53 John Davidson (guest host), Kreskin 26 Dec 1979 E54 John Davidson (guest host), Paul Williams, Orson Bean 27 Dec 1979 E58 George Burns, David Horowitz 03 Jan 1980 E62 Cloris Leachman, Sydney Goldsmith 09 Jan 1980 E63 Phyllis George, Mike Farrell, Sean Morey, Jerzy Kosinski 10 Jan 1980 E70 Kenny Rogers (guest host), Sandy Duncan, Gallagher, Bob Hope 21 Jan 1980 E71 David Letterman (guest host), Vince Ferragamo, Wayne Rogers 22 Jan 1980 E74 George Carlin (guest host), Bernadette Peters, Ricky Schroder 25 Jan 1980 E77 Candice Bergen 30 Jan 1980 E86 Patrick Duffy, Red Buttons, Ann Reinking, William F. Buckley 12 Feb 1980 E87 Steve Martin, Lynn Redgrave, Bob Newhart 13 Feb 1980 E91 Alan King, George Segal 19 Feb 1980 E97 David Steinberg, Oliver Reed, Jim Stafford, Anita O'Day 27 Feb 1980 E107 Suzanne Somers, Billy Crystal 20 Mar 1980 E109 Rich Little (guest host), Kip Addota 24 Mar 1980 E110 Henry Fonda, Fernando Lamas 26 Mar 1980 E111 Show #4480 27 Mar 1980 E114 Teri Garr 02 Apr 1980 E115 Joan Rivers, Dick Van Patten, Stephanie Faracy, Byron Allen 03 Apr 1980 E116 Tony Randall 04 Apr 1980 E121 Bob Newhart (guest host), Richard Benjamin, Betty White 14 Apr 1980 E122 Bob Newhart (guest host), Walter Matthau, Charles Nelson Reilly 15 Apr 1980 E135 Bill Cosby (guest host), Norm Crosby 05 May 1980 E140 Bert Convy (guest host) 12 May 1980 E141 Omar Sharif, Sharon Gless, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar 13 May 1980 E145 Richard Benjamin (guest host), Fernando Lamas, Teri Garr, Johnny Yune 19 May 1980 E149 Calvin Trillin 23 May 1980 E151 Bob Hope 27 May 1980 E157 David Steinberg (guest host) 04 Jun 1980 E158 Joan Rivers (guest host), Mike Connors 05 Jun 1980 E168 Robert Klein, Teri Garr 27 Jun 1980 E169 Rich Little (guest host), Cleveland Amory 30 Jun 1980 E170 Bill Cosby (guest host), Steve Martin, Richard Benjamin, Kreskin 07 Jul 1980 E172 Dyan Cannon, Rodney Dangerfield, Arnaud de Borchgrave, Jim Fowler 23 Jul 1980 E174 Robert Blake, Steve Landesberg 25 Jul 1980 E175 Bert Convy (guest host), Orson Bean 28 Jul 1980 E176 Angie Dickinson, Charles Nelson Reilly 30 Jul 1980 E183 Joan Rivers (guest host), Bernadette Peters, George Gobel, Dr. Wayne Dyer 25 Aug 1980 E188 Gabriel Kaplan, Mr. Rogers 04 Sep 1980 E192 Charles Nelson Reilly, Argus Hamilton 11 Sep 1980 E197 James Garner, Suzanne Somers 19 Sep 1980 E198 Robert Klein (guest host), Gary Coleman, Christopher Reeve 22 Sep 1980 E199 Walter Matthau, Martin Mull 23 Sep 1980 E200 Ron Lieske and his pig Ed, Crystal Gayle 24 Sep 1980 E201 Charlie Callas 25 Sep 1980 E203 Don Rickles 29 Sep 1980 E210 David Steinberg (guest host), James Woods 08 Oct 1980 E212 Gabriel Kaplan (guest host), Vicki Lawrence, Fred Travalena 10 Oct 1980 E215 Buddy Hackett, Dr. Morris Goldberg 16 Oct 1980 E220 Episode 220 19 Dec 1979 E221 Episode 221 20 Dec 1979 E225 Episode 225 27 Dec 1979 E226 Episode 226 28 Dec 1979