The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson — Season 20

E01 Lance Burton, Reba McEntire, Dick Cavett 28 Oct 1981 E02 Angie Dickinson, Garry Shandling 29 Oct 1981 E03 Michael Landon, Sheena Easton 30 Oct 1981 E04 Shelley Winters, Pete Barbutti 03 Nov 1981 E05 Gabriel Kaplan, Teri Garr 04 Nov 1981 E06 Smothers Brothers, Frank Nelson 05 Nov 1981 E07 Robert Klein, Calvin Trillin 06 Nov 1981 E08 David Niven 10 Nov 1981 E09 Buddy Rich, Dionne Warwick 11 Nov 1981 E10 Dom DeLuise, Jerry Seinfeld, Betty White 12 Nov 1981 E11 George Burns, Lorna Patterson 13 Nov 1981 E12 Joan Rivers, David Horowitz 17 Nov 1981 E13 Cassie Yates 18 Nov 1981 E14 Suzanne Pleshette, Luciano Pavarotti 19 Nov 1981 E15 Ricky Schroder, Susan Sarandon, Bob Hope 20 Nov 1981 E16 David Brenner, Wally Lattimer 24 Nov 1981 E17 Kenny Rogers 25 Nov 1981 E18 Buddy Hackett, Bud Greenspan 26 Nov 1981 E19 James Garner, Regis Philbin 27 Nov 1981 E20 David Letterman (guest host), Mariette Hartley, Bubba Smith, Jim Stafford 30 Nov 1981 E21 David Letterman (guest host), Rona Barrett, Dave Thomas 01 Dec 1981 E22 David Letterman (guest host), Dick Enberg, Jane Pauley 02 Dec 1981 E23 George Carlin (guest host), Victor Buono 03 Dec 1981 E24 George Carlin (guest host), Sandy Duncan 04 Dec 1981 E25 Buddy Hackett, Rocky Graziano 08 Dec 1981 E26 Elizabeth Ashley, Charlie Callas 09 Dec 1981 E27 Jack Lemmon, Walter Matthau 10 Dec 1981 E28 Chevy Chase, Diana Ross 11 Dec 1981 E29 Jim Fowler, Gore Vidal 15 Dec 1981 E30 Stewart Granger 16 Dec 1981 E31 Robert Blake, Donna Dixon 17 Dec 1981 E32 Bob Hope, Jane Fonda, Frank Nelson 18 Dec 1981 E33 James Stewart, Steve Martin 29 Dec 1981 E34 Martin Mull, Bryant Gumbel 30 Dec 1981 E35 Lance Burton 31 Dec 1981 E36 Eddie Murphy, McLean Stevenson 01 Jan 1982 E37 David Steinberg, Nell Carter, Rich Hall 05 Jan 1982 E38 Alan King, Charles Nelson Reilly 06 Jan 1982 E39 George Carlin, Colleen Camp 07 Jan 1982 E40 Mimi Kennedy, Pete Barbutti 08 Jan 1982 E41 Sally Field 12 Jan 1982 E42 Charles Grodin, Itzhak Perlman 13 Jan 1982 E43 Bert Convy 14 Jan 1982 E44 David Letterman 15 Jan 1982 E45 Joan Rivers (guest host), Angie Dickinson, Rich Little 25 Jan 1982 E46 Joan Rivers (guest host), Jean Marsh, Rip Taylor 26 Jan 1982 E47 Joan Rivers (guest host), John Ritter 27 Jan 1982 E48 David Brenner (guest host), Joan Embery, Susan Saint James, Gallagher 28 Jan 1982 E49 David Brenner (guest host), Sugar Ray Leonard, Kate Jackson 29 Jan 1982 E50 Dom DeLuise, Brooke Shields 02 Feb 1982 E51 Peter Cook, Gregory Hines 03 Feb 1982 E52 Tom Hanks, Lynn Redgrave, Franklin Ajaye 04 Feb 1982 E53 Dick Cavett, John Byner, Thalassa Cruso 05 Feb 1982 E54 Peter Ustinov, Nell Carter 09 Feb 1982 E55 Wayne Rogers, Eddie Murphy 10 Feb 1982 E56 Burt Reynolds, Richard Lewis 11 Feb 1982 E57 Michael Landon, Gore Vidal 12 Feb 1982 E58 Tony Randall, Smothers Brothers 16 Feb 1982 E59 Gallagher 17 Feb 1982 E60 Rodney Dangerfield, Mimi Kennedy 18 Feb 1982 E61 Suzanne Somers, Calvin Trillin 19 Feb 1982 E62 David Brenner 23 Feb 1982 E63 Steve Landesberg, Diahann Carroll 24 Feb 1982 E64 Rich Little, Irena Ferris 25 Feb 1982 E65 Bob Hope 26 Feb 1982 E66 Garry Shandling 02 Mar 1982 E67 Harvey Korman, Jane Pauley, Ronn Lucas 03 Mar 1982 E68 Michael Caine, Dana Hill 04 Mar 1982 E69 Dyan Cannon, Walter Cronkite 05 Mar 1982 E70 Bill Cosby (guest host), Dick Van Patten, Teri Garr 08 Mar 1982 E71 Bill Cosby (guest host), Morgan Fairchild, Pete Barbutti 09 Mar 1982 E72 Bill Cosby (guest host), Dr. Joyce Brothers 10 Mar 1982 E73 George Carlin (guest host), Paul Williams, Regis Philbin, Jose Molina 11 Mar 1982 E74 George Carlin (guest host), Richard Belzer, Jean Marsh, James Garner 12 Mar 1982 E75 Richard Pryor, Jack Arak and wife Lillian 16 Mar 1982 E76 Carl Reiner, Bob Uecker 17 Mar 1982 E77 Jack Lemmon, Maureen Murphy 18 Mar 1982 E78 David Steinberg, Linda Hopkins 19 Mar 1982 E79 Ricky Schroder, Walter Matthau 23 Mar 1982 E80 Shelley Winters, Bill Cosby 24 Mar 1982 E81 Christopher Reeve, Albert Hague 25 Mar 1982 E82 Cheryl Ladd 26 Mar 1982 E83 Roger Moore, Maureen Stapleton 30 Mar 1982 E84 Joan Rivers 31 Mar 1982 E85 Kelly Monteith 01 Apr 1982 E86 Robert Blake 02 Apr 1982 E87 Charles Grodin, Jerry Seinfeld, Victoria Principal 06 Apr 1982 E88 Robert Klein, Joe Garagiola 07 Apr 1982 E89 Jim Fowler, Tom Hanks 08 Apr 1982 E90 Paul Reiser, Lynn Redgrave, David Horowitz 09 Apr 1982 E91 Bill Cosby (guest host), Mariette Hartley 19 Apr 1982 E92 Bill Cosby (guest host), Marie Osmond, Steve Allen 20 Apr 1982 E93 Bill Cosby (guest host) 21 Apr 1982 E94 Joan Rivers (guest host), Robert Mitchum, Gallagher 22 Apr 1982 E95 Joan Rivers (guest host), Bernadette Peters, David Brenner, Betty White 23 Apr 1982 E96 Paul Sorvino 27 Apr 1982 E97 Mimi Kennedy 28 Apr 1982 E98 Bruce Weitz 29 Apr 1982 E99 Bob Hope, Sammy Davis, Jr. 30 Apr 1982 E100 John and Donna Thompson 04 May 1982 E101 Arnold Schwarzenegger, Franklyn Ajaye 05 May 1982 E102 Tony Randall 06 May 1982 E103 Smothers Brothers 07 May 1982 E104 Steve Landesberg 11 May 1982 E105 Alex Karras, Wil Shriner 12 May 1982 E106 Dick Cavett 13 May 1982 E107 McLean Stevenson, Bobby Kelton, Christie Brinkley 14 May 1982 E108 Tim Conway 18 May 1982 E109 Alan King, Richard Harris 19 May 1982 E110 Carl Reiner, Bill Cosby 20 May 1982 E111 Steve Martin, Sylvester Stallone 21 May 1982 E112 Suzanne Pleshette, Argus Hamilton, Frank Thomas, Ollie Johnston 25 May 1982 E113 Dennis Spinney 26 May 1982 E114 Bob Uecker 27 May 1982 E115 Danny Thomas 28 May 1982 E116 David Brenner (guest host), Richard Simmons, Calvin Trillin 31 May 1982 E117 David Brenner (guest host), Dick Shawn, Nell Carter 01 Jun 1982 E118 Joan Rivers (guest host), Joan Embery, William Shatner 02 Jun 1982 E119 Joan Rivers (guest host), Lynn Redgrave, Pete Barbutti, Mimi Kennedy 03 Jun 1982 E120 Joan Rivers (guest host), Lucille Ball, Steve Guttenberg 04 Jun 1982 E121 Peter Strauss 08 Jun 1982 E122 Cassandra Peterson 09 Jun 1982 E123 Dana Hill 10 Jun 1982 E124 Dyan Cannon, Dr. Ruth Westheimer 11 Jun 1982 E125 Hulk Hogan, George Miller, Brooke Shields 15 Jun 1982 E126 Margot Kidder, Dar Robinson 16 Jun 1982 E127 James Stewart 17 Jun 1982 E128 Dr. Robert Lewis 18 Jun 1982 E129 Bill Cosby 22 Jun 1982 E130 George Archibald, Shelley Winters 23 Jun 1982 E131 Kathleen McCartney 24 Jun 1982 E132 Angie Dickinson 25 Jun 1982 E133 David Brenner (guest host), Elizabeth Ashley, Ricardo Montalban 05 Jul 1982 E134 David Brenner (guest host), Paul Sorvino, Jack Klugman 06 Jul 1982 E135 David Brenner (guest host), Robert Easton 07 Jul 1982 E136 Joan Rivers (guest host), Joan Collins, George Plimpton 08 Jul 1982 E137 Joan Rivers (guest host), Andrea Martin, Wayne Rogers, Lorna Luft 09 Jul 1982 E138 Joan Rivers (guest host), Arnold Schwarzenegger, Richard Simmons 12 Jul 1982 E139 Joan Rivers (guest host), Shelley Winters, Morgan Fairchild 13 Jul 1982 E140 Joan Rivers (guest host), James Coco, Garry Shandling, Dr. Lendon Smith 14 Jul 1982 E141 David Steinberg (guest host), Martin Mull, Betty Thomas, Pete Barbutti 15 Jul 1982 E142 David Steinberg (guest host), John Candy, Charles Grodin 16 Jul 1982 E143 James Galway, Steve Lawrence 20 Jul 1982 E144 Steve Allen (guest host), Susan Sarandon, Charles Nelson Reilly 21 Jul 1982 E145 Robin Williams 22 Jul 1982 E146 Björn Borg, Jean Marsh, Paul Tavilla 23 Jul 1982 E147 Albert Hague 27 Jul 1982 E148 Drew Barrymore, Larry Gatlin 28 Jul 1982 E149 Blake Clark, Fred Grandy 29 Jul 1982 E150 Eddie Murphy, Angela Bofill 30 Jul 1982 E151 Henry Winkler, Bob Barker 03 Aug 1982 E152 Raymond Smullyan, Jimmy Aleck 04 Aug 1982 E153 Jason Hardman, Martina Navratilova 05 Aug 1982 E154 Steven Wright 06 Aug 1982 E155 Dr. Ruth Westheimer 10 Aug 1982 E156 Dana Hill, Argus Hamilton 11 Aug 1982 E157 Charles Grodin, Steven Wright 12 Aug 1982 E158 George Burns, Peter Strauss 13 Aug 1982 E159 Joan Rivers (guest host), Daniel J. Travanti, Dick Shawn 16 Aug 1982 E160 Joan Rivers (guest host), Dinah Shore, Charles Nelson Reilly 17 Aug 1982 E161 Joan Rivers (guest host), Rock Hudson, Paul Williams 18 Aug 1982 E162 Joan Rivers (guest host), Suzanne Somers, Betty White, Michele Lee 09 Aug 1982 E163 Joan Rivers (guest host), Carol Channing, Tom Dreesen 20 Aug 1982 E164 George Carlin (guest host), William Shatner, Paul Sorvino, Pete Barbutti 23 Aug 1982 E165 Dick Cavett (guest host), Lynn Redgrave, June Allyson 24 Aug 1982 E166 Dick Cavett (guest host), Rich Little, Helen Gurley Brown 25 Aug 1982 E167 Martin Mull (guest host), Debbie Reynolds, Betty Thomas 26 Aug 1982 E168 Bill Cosby (guest host), Aileen Quinn, Diahann Carroll, Tanya Roberts 27 Aug 1982 E169 Neil Simon, Bill Maher, Joe Garagiola 31 Aug 1982 E170 Robert Klein 01 Sep 1982 E171 Dom DeLuise, Franklyn Ajaye 02 Sep 1982 E172 Charles Nelson Reilly, Mack & Jamie, Susie Petrucci 03 Sep 1982 E173 Steve Landesberg, Cindy Morgan, Barbara and Elden Hathaway 07 Sep 1982 E174 Jerry Seinfeld 08 Sep 1982 E175 Maureen Sullivan, George Segal 09 Sep 1982 E176 Bert Convy, Dr. Carl Sagan 10 Sep 1982 E177 Melanie Chartoff, Garry Shandling 14 Sep 1982 E178 Mimi Kennedy 15 Sep 1982