- Johnny presents lists of awful jobs. Richard Pryor (Richard Pryor: Live in Concert (1979)); Patti D'Arbanville (The Main Event (1979)); Wimbledon finalist Roscoe Tanner practices serves with Johnny. Also: Johnny chats with the owner of the studio's shoeshine stand.
- For the comedy segment, Johnny talks about some very unpleasant jobs, such as working at a blast furnace, rendering plant or munitions factory; Ed recalls that his first job was as a plumber's assistant, as all his uncles were plumbers, and mentions the unpleasantness of crawling under buildings for repairs after weekend lodge parties. Then Johnny reads some other similarly unpleasant jobs that are less well-known, which the audience finds less entertaining than the descriptions of the real jobs. Johnny then talks by remote to Floyd Jackson, the NBC shoeshine man since 1948, at his stand out in the hallway. He talks about his 63-year career, all as a shoeshine man, which began in Bryan, Texas. He has met many celebrities, including Howard Hughes, Richard Nixon, Ted Kennedy and Wilt Chamberlain, and notes that Frank Sinatra was the best tipper. Jackson also appeared as a contestant on Truth or Consequences, and has just written a booklet about his experiences. Roscoe Tanner talks about his tennis career, his notable matches and how he is working to improve. He and Johnny spend some time discussing Wimbledon. Then he demonstrates serves while being measured with a radar gun. His serves range from 95-101 mph, despite the disadvantages of studio conditions; he has had serves of over 150 mph in the past. Johnny then takes some serves - after beginning at 56 mph, Tanner offers him some advice, and his next several are in the mid-60s (which Tanner had stated was typical of a top club player); he finishes with a serve at 74 mph. Richard Pryor does not do a stand-up routine, but in his interview talks about how he started out awkwardly as a singer before becoming a comedian, and about jokes he thought were funny but which never got an audience reaction. He also mentions starting production on the movie that would later be retitled "Bustin' Loose". He and Johnny go on to other topics such as dreams, the future, and hospitals. Patti D'Arbanville makes her first appearance on "The Tonight Show"; she says she has been watching the show since she was 12. She talks about auditions, and demonstrates a deep cough. Johnny demonstrates his chicken imitation. She takes baths to relax, often while reading; her longest lasted seven hours.—lenab9011
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