The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson — Season 20

E01 Lance Burton, Reba McEntire, Dick Cavett 01 Jan 1981 E02 Angie Dickinson, Garry Shandling 02 Jan 1981 E03 Michael Landon, Sheena Easton 06 Jan 1981 E04 Shelley Winters, Pete Barbutti 07 Jan 1981 E05 Gabriel Kaplan, Teri Garr 08 Jan 1981 E06 Smothers Brothers, Frank Nelson 09 Jan 1981 E07 Robert Klein, Calvin Trillin 13 Jan 1981 E08 David Niven 14 Jan 1981 E09 Buddy Rich, Dionne Warwick 15 Jan 1981 E10 Dom DeLuise, Jerry Seinfeld, Betty White 16 Jan 1981 E11 George Burns, Lorna Patterson 26 Jan 1981 E12 Joan Rivers, David Horowitz 27 Jan 1981 E13 Cassie Yates 28 Jan 1981 E14 Suzanne Pleshette, Luciano Pavarotti 29 Jan 1981 E15 Ricky Schroder, Susan Sarandon, Bob Hope 30 Jan 1981 E16 David Brenner, Wally Lattimer 02 Feb 1981 E17 Kenny Rogers 03 Feb 1981 E18 Buddy Hackett, Bud Greenspan 04 Feb 1981 E19 James Garner, Regis Philbin 05 Feb 1981 E20 David Letterman (guest host), Mariette Hartley, Bubba Smith, Jim Stafford 06 Feb 1981 E21 David Letterman (guest host), Rona Barrett, Dave Thomas 10 Feb 1981 E22 David Letterman (guest host), Dick Enberg, Jane Pauley 11 Feb 1981 E23 George Carlin (guest host), Victor Buono 12 Feb 1981 E24 George Carlin (guest host), Sandy Duncan 13 Feb 1981 E25 Buddy Hackett, Rocky Graziano 17 Feb 1981 E26 Elizabeth Ashley, Charlie Callas 18 Feb 1981 E27 Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau 19 Feb 1981 E28 Chevy Chase, Diana Ross 20 Feb 1981 E29 Jim Fowler, Gore Vidal 23 Feb 1981 E30 Stewart Granger 24 Feb 1981 E31 Robert Blake, Donna Dixon 25 Feb 1981 E32 Bob Hope, Jane Fonda, Frank Nelson 26 Feb 1981 E33 James Stewart, Steve Martin 27 Feb 1981 E34 Martin Mull, Bryant Gumbel 02 Mar 1981 E35 Lance Burton 03 Mar 1981 E36 Eddie Murphy, McLean Stevenson 04 Mar 1981 E37 David Steinberg, Nell Carter, Rich Hall 05 Mar 1981 E38 Alan King, Charles Nelson Reilly 06 Mar 1981 E39 George Carlin, Colleen Camp 17 Mar 1981 E40 Mimi Kennedy, Pete Barbutti 18 Mar 1981 E41 Sally Field 19 Mar 1981 E42 Charles Grodin, Itzhak Perlman 20 Mar 1981 E43 Bert Convy 24 Mar 1981 E44 David Letterman 25 Mar 1981 E45 Joan Rivers (guest host), Angie Dickinson, Rich Little 26 Mar 1981 E46 Joan Rivers (guest host), Jean Marsh, Rip Taylor 27 Mar 1981 E47 Joan Rivers (guest host), John Ritter 06 Apr 1981 E48 David Brenner (guest host), Joan Embery, Susan Saint James, Gallagher 07 Apr 1981 E49 David Brenner (guest host), Sugar Ray Leonard, Kate Jackson 08 Apr 1981 E50 Dom DeLuise, Brooke Shields 09 Apr 1981 E51 Peter Cook, Gregory Hines 10 Apr 1981 E52 Tom Hanks, Lynn Redgrave, Franklin Ajaye 05 May 1981 E53 Dick Cavett, John Byner, Thalassa Cruso 06 May 1981 E54 Peter Ustinov, Nell Carter 07 May 1981 E55 Wayne Rogers, Eddie Murphy 08 May 1981 E56 Burt Reynolds, Richard Lewis 12 May 1981 E57 Michael Landon, Gore Vidal 13 May 1981 E58 Tony Randall, Smothers Brothers 14 May 1981 E59 Gallagher 19 May 1981 E60 Rodney Dangerfield, Mimi Kennedy 20 May 1981 E61 Suzanne Somers, Calvin Trillin 21 May 1981 E62 David Brenner 22 May 1981 E63 Steve Landesberg, Diahann Carroll 26 May 1981 E64 Rich Little, Irena Ferris 27 May 1981 E65 Bob Hope 28 May 1981 E66 Garry Shandling 29 May 1981 E67 Harvey Korman, Jane Pauley, Ronn Lucas 01 Jun 1981 E68 Michael Caine, Dana Hill 02 Jun 1981 E69 Dyan Cannon, Walter Cronkite 03 Jun 1981 E70 Bill Cosby (guest host), Dick Van Patten, Teri Garr 04 Jun 1981 E71 Bill Cosby (guest host), Morgan Fairchild, Pete Barbutti 05 Jun 1981 E72 Bill Cosby (guest host), Dr. Joyce Brothers 09 Jun 1981 E73 George Carlin (guest host), Paul Williams, Regis Philbin, Jose Molina 10 Jun 1981 E74 George Carlin (guest host), Richard Belzer, Jean Marsh, James Garner 11 Jun 1981 E75 Richard Pryor, Jack Arak and wife Lillian 12 Jun 1981 E76 Carl Reiner, Bob Uecker 16 Jun 1981 E77 Jack Lemmon, Maureen Murphy 17 Jun 1981 E78 David Steinberg, Linda Hopkins 18 Jun 1981 E79 Ricky Schroder, Walter Matthau 19 Jun 1981 E80 Shelley Winters, Bill Cosby 23 Jun 1981 E81 Christopher Reeve, Albert Hague 24 Jun 1981 E82 Cheryl Ladd 25 Jun 1981 E83 Roger Moore, Maureen Stapleton 26 Jun 1981 E84 Joan Rivers 29 Jun 1981 E85 Kelly Monteith 30 Jun 1981 E86 Robert Blake 01 Jul 1981 E87 Charles Grodin, Jerry Seinfeld, Victoria Principal 02 Jul 1981 E88 Robert Klein, Joe Garagiola 03 Jul 1981 E89 Jim Fowler, Tom Hanks 21 Jul 1981 E90 Paul Reiser, Lynn Redgrave, David Horowitz 22 Jul 1981 E91 Bill Cosby (guest host), Mariette Hartley 23 Jul 1981 E92 Bill Cosby (guest host), Marie Osmond, Steve Allen 24 Jul 1981 E93 Bill Cosby (guest host) 28 Jul 1981 E94 Joan Rivers (guest host), Robert Mitchum, Gallagher 29 Jul 1981 E95 Joan Rivers (guest host), Bernadette Peters, David Brenner, Betty White 30 Jul 1981 E96 Paul Sorvino 31 Jul 1981 E97 Mimi Kennedy 04 Aug 1981 E98 Bruce Weitz 05 Aug 1981 E99 Bob Hope, Sammy Davis, Jr. 06 Aug 1981 E100 John and Donna Thompson 07 Aug 1981 E101 Arnold Schwarzenegger, Franklyn Ajaye 11 Aug 1981 E102 Tony Randall 12 Aug 1981 E103 Smothers Brothers 13 Aug 1981 E104 Steve Landesberg 14 Aug 1981 E105 Alex Karras, Wil Shriner 17 Aug 1981 E106 Dick Cavett 18 Aug 1981 E107 McLean Stevenson, Bobby Kelton, Christie Brinkley 19 Aug 1981 E108 Tim Conway 20 Aug 1981 E109 Alan King, Richard Harris 21 Aug 1981 E110 Carl Reiner, Bill Cosby 24 Aug 1981 E111 Steve Martin, Sylvester Stallone 25 Aug 1981 E112 Suzanne Pleshette, Argus Hamilton, Frank Thomas, Ollie Johnston 26 Aug 1981 E113 Dennis Spinney 27 Aug 1981 E114 Bob Uecker 28 Aug 1981 E115 Danny Thomas 01 Sep 1981 E116 David Brenner (guest host), Richard Simmons, Calvin Trillin 02 Sep 1981 E117 David Brenner (guest host), Dick Shawn, Nell Carter 03 Sep 1981 E118 Joan Rivers (guest host), Joan Embery, William Shatner 04 Sep 1981 E119 Joan Rivers (guest host), Lynn Redgrave, Pete Barbutti, Mimi Kennedy 08 Sep 1981 E120 Joan Rivers (guest host), Lucille Ball, Steve Guttenberg 09 Sep 1981 E121 Peter Strauss 10 Sep 1981 E122 Cassandra Peterson 11 Sep 1981 E123 Dana Hill 15 Sep 1981 E124 Dyan Cannon, Dr. Ruth Westheimer 16 Sep 1981 E125 Hulk Hogan, George Miller, Brooke Shields 17 Sep 1981 E126 Margot Kidder, Dar Robinson 18 Sep 1981 E127 James Stewart 22 Sep 1981 E128 Dr. Robert Lewis 23 Sep 1981 E129 Bill Cosby 24 Sep 1981 E130 George Archibald, Shelley Winters 25 Sep 1981 E131 Kathleen McCartney 28 Sep 1981 E132 Angie Dickinson 29 Sep 1981 E133 David Brenner (guest host), Elizabeth Ashley, Ricardo Montalban 30 Sep 1981 E134 David Brenner (guest host), Paul Sorvino, Jack Klugman 01 Oct 1981 E135 David Brenner (guest host), Robert Easton 02 Oct 1981 E136 Joan Rivers (guest host), Joan Collins, George Plimpton 07 Oct 1981 E137 Joan Rivers (guest host), Andrea Martin, Wayne Rogers, Lorna Luft 08 Oct 1981 E138 Joan Rivers (guest host), Arnold Schwarzenegger, Richard Simmons 09 Oct 1981 E139 Joan Rivers (guest host), Shelley Winters, Morgan Fairchild 13 Oct 1981 E140 Joan Rivers (guest host), James Coco, Garry Shandling, Dr. Lendon Smith 14 Oct 1981 E141 David Steinberg (guest host), Martin Mull, Betty Thomas, Pete Barbutti 15 Oct 1981 E142 David Steinberg (guest host), John Candy, Charles Grodin 16 Oct 1981 E143 James Galway, Steve Lawrence 27 Oct 1981 E144 Steve Allen (guest host), Susan Sarandon, Charles Nelson Reilly 28 Oct 1981 E145 Robin Williams 29 Oct 1981 E146 Björn Borg, Jean Marsh, Paul Tavilla 30 Oct 1981 E147 Albert Hague 03 Nov 1981 E148 Drew Barrymore, Larry Gatlin 04 Nov 1981 E149 Blake Clark, Fred Grandy 05 Nov 1981 E150 Eddie Murphy, Angela Bofill 06 Nov 1981 E151 Henry Winkler, Bob Barker 10 Nov 1981 E152 Raymond Smullyan, Jimmy Aleck 11 Nov 1981 E153 Jason Hardman, Martina Navratilova 12 Nov 1981 E154 Steven Wright 13 Nov 1981 E155 Dr. Ruth Westheimer 17 Nov 1981 E156 Dana Hill, Argus Hamilton 18 Nov 1981 E157 Charles Grodin, Steven Wright 19 Nov 1981 E158 George Burns, Peter Strauss 20 Nov 1981 E159 Joan Rivers (guest host), Daniel J. Travanti, Dick Shawn 24 Nov 1981 E160 Joan Rivers (guest host), Dinah Shore, Charles Nelson Reilly 25 Nov 1981 E161 Joan Rivers (guest host), Rock Hudson, Paul Williams 26 Nov 1981 E162 Joan Rivers (guest host), Suzanne Somers, Betty White, Michele Lee 27 Nov 1981 E163 Joan Rivers (guest host), Carol Channing, Tom Dreesen 30 Nov 1981 E164 George Carlin (guest host), William Shatner, Paul Sorvino, Pete Barbutti 01 Dec 1981 E165 Dick Cavett (guest host), Lynn Redgrave, June Allyson 02 Dec 1981 E166 Dick Cavett (guest host), Rich Little, Helen Gurley Brown 03 Dec 1981 E167 Martin Mull (guest host), Debbie Reynolds, Betty Thomas 04 Dec 1981 E168 Bill Cosby (guest host), Aileen Quinn, Diahann Carroll, Tanya Roberts 08 Dec 1981 E169 Neil Simon, Bill Maher, Joe Garagiola 09 Dec 1981 E170 Robert Klein 10 Dec 1981 E171 Dom DeLuise, Franklyn Ajaye 11 Dec 1981 E172 Charles Nelson Reilly, Mack & Jamie, Susie Petrucci 15 Dec 1981 E173 Steve Landesberg, Cindy Morgan, Barbara and Elden Hathaway 16 Dec 1981 E174 Jerry Seinfeld 17 Dec 1981 E175 Maureen Sullivan, George Segal 18 Dec 1981 E176 Bert Convy, Dr. Carl Sagan 29 Dec 1981 E177 Melanie Chartoff, Garry Shandling 30 Dec 1981 E178 Mimi Kennedy 31 Dec 1981