This show was one of the funniest moments ever on television! Ed Ames, who was then a regular on the "Daniel Boone" TV show, as Mingo the Indian, did a guest spot. Carson had his staff make up a wooden display with a cowboy painted on it with drawn pistol.
The idea was that Ames could demonstrate his tomahawk-throwing prowess. Well, he lined up to throw, and tossed the tomahawk expertly into the cowboy's crotch! This was perhaps the longest sustained laugh in the history of television, and it had all kinds of double meanings.
Besides the obvious "Oooo, that one hurt!" meaning, the tomahawk landed with the handle pointed upward, giving the cowboy a rather pronounced erect appendage, if you know what I mean.
But Carson's expert sense of timing made it twice as funny. Ames was hopelessly embarrassed, yet laughing too, and tried to retrieve the tomahawk, but Carson, with a cruel grin, held him back while the shot returned to the cowboy's predicament.
Carson and Ames are standing, just riding out the laugh, and Carson is absently playing with two tomahawks, and Ames just had to stand there next to him. As the laugh started to taper off a little, Carson said, "I didn't even know you were Jewish!" starting a whole new wave of laughter. He waited another bit, and then said to the camera, "Welcome to Frontier Bris!" referring to the Jewish ceremony for circumcision.
Tapes of this segment are all over the Internet, so please, don't miss it!
The idea was that Ames could demonstrate his tomahawk-throwing prowess. Well, he lined up to throw, and tossed the tomahawk expertly into the cowboy's crotch! This was perhaps the longest sustained laugh in the history of television, and it had all kinds of double meanings.
Besides the obvious "Oooo, that one hurt!" meaning, the tomahawk landed with the handle pointed upward, giving the cowboy a rather pronounced erect appendage, if you know what I mean.
But Carson's expert sense of timing made it twice as funny. Ames was hopelessly embarrassed, yet laughing too, and tried to retrieve the tomahawk, but Carson, with a cruel grin, held him back while the shot returned to the cowboy's predicament.
Carson and Ames are standing, just riding out the laugh, and Carson is absently playing with two tomahawks, and Ames just had to stand there next to him. As the laugh started to taper off a little, Carson said, "I didn't even know you were Jewish!" starting a whole new wave of laughter. He waited another bit, and then said to the camera, "Welcome to Frontier Bris!" referring to the Jewish ceremony for circumcision.
Tapes of this segment are all over the Internet, so please, don't miss it!
