{"id":2597369,"date":"2026-04-30T20:33:25","date_gmt":"2026-05-01T00:33:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-johnny-carsons-reaction-to-reagan-shooting-goes-viral-after-trump-targeted\/"},"modified":"2026-04-30T20:37:14","modified_gmt":"2026-05-01T00:37:14","slug":"watch-johnny-carsons-reaction-to-reagan-shooting-goes-viral-after-trump-targeted","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-johnny-carsons-reaction-to-reagan-shooting-goes-viral-after-trump-targeted\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch: Johnny Carson&#8217;s Reaction to Reagan Shooting Goes Viral After Trump Targeted"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">24<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwatch-johnny-carsons-reaction-to-reagan-shooting-goes-viral-after-trump-targeted%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2597369&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The text describes how, in 1981-shortly after the attempted assassination of President Ronald Reagan-late-night host Johnny Carson opened the Oscars by emphasizing \u201cgenuine class and respect,\u201d explaining why the party had been delayed for a day. A podcaster\/fatherhood advocate, Alec Lace, later posted a clip of this moment on X, and it went viral, drawing nostalgic reactions from users who felt it contrasted with today\u2019s entertainment and political culture.<\/p>\n<p>It also compares Carson\u2019s response to controversies involving current late-night host Jimmy Kimmel. the article claims that Kimmel\u2019s mockery of Melania trump as an \u201cexpectant widow\u201d sparked backlash from her and from Trump, and argues that modern late-night commentary lacks the humility and restraint shown in Carson\u2019s remarks. in closing, it attributes the difference partly to cultural attitudes and suggests that what has been lost is humility in public discourse.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_5)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>In 1981, this was a very different country. Readers of a certain age will know exactly what I mean.<\/p>\n<p>Monday on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-new-acting-attorney-general-jeff-rosen-recently-wrote-an-essay-on-foreign-influence-in-us-elections-this-tells-us-a-little-about-his-knowledge-of-whats-going-on-today\/\" title=\"The New Acting Attorney General Jeff Rosen Recently Wrote an Essay on Foreign Influence in US Elections \u2013 This Tells Us A Little About His Knowledge of What\u2019s Going On Today\">social media platform<\/a> X, podcaster and fatherhood advocate Alec Lace posted a clip of legendary late-night comedian and host Johnny Carson showing \u201cgenuine class and respect\u201d only one day after an assassination attempt on President Ronald Reagan.<\/p>\n<p>The clip evoked powerful responses from nostalgic X users, particularly in light of the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >controversy surrounding current late-night host<\/a> and liberal propagandist <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/obama-bro-cnn-mainstay-david-axelrod-calls-jimmy-kimmel-apologize-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Jimmy Kimmel\u2019s<\/a> joke about First Lady Melania Trump looking like an \u201cexpectant widow,\u201d which came two days prior to Saturday\u2019s assassination attempt against President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/full-whcd-shooter-manifesto-told-family-willing-kill-everyone-dinner-get-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Donald Trump<\/a> at the White House Correspondents\u2019 Dinner in Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m sure that all of you here and most of you watching tonight understand why we delayed this program for 24 hours,\u201d Carson said at the opening of the 1981 Academy Awards. \u201cBecause of the incredible events of yesterday, that old adage \u2018the show must go on\u2019 seemed relatively unimportant. The Academy, ABC Television, and all of us connected with the show felt, because of the uncertain outcome as of this time yesterday, it would have been inappropriate to stage a celebration.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Would-be assassin John Hinckley Jr. shot and wounded Reagan on Monday, March 30, 1981. The Oscars, originally scheduled for that evening, instead took place the following night.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"anyclipvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadAnyclip() { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst container = document.getElementById(\"anyclipvideo\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!container) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script = document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src = \"https:\/\/player.anyclip.com\/anyclip-widget\/lre-widget\/prod\/v1\/src\/lre.js\"; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.setAttribute(\"pubname\", \"westernjournalcom\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.setAttribute(\"widgetname\", \"001w000001jULVcAAO_M12924\");  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ append inside the container so player shows in correct spot \t\t\t\t\t\tcontainer.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement = document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs = Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex = paragraphs.findIndex(p => p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex === -1 || targetIndex < x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer = new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries) => { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry => { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadAnyclip(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #anyclipvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve = findPreviousParagraph(\"#anyclipvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut the news today is very good, as you know,\u201d Carson continued. \u201cThe president is in excellent condition at last reports. He\u2019s been conducting business. And he happens to be in very good spirits. After all, you must remember, this is a man who, yesterday, while he was in the hospital, unable to speak, wrote on a sheet of paper, \u2018All things considered, I\u2019d rather be in Philadelphia.\u2019 So tonight, the show does go on.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Note, too, that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/hollywood-star-sounds-off-celeb-politics-make-half-audience-despise\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hollywood liberals<\/a> applauded when Carson reported the president\u2019s \u201cexcellent condition.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">\ud83d\udea8 MUST WATCH:<\/p>\n<p>Johnny Carson (a Democrat) opens the 1981 Oscars, a day after the assassination attempt on President Reagan, with genuine class and respect.<\/p>\n<p>The entire liberal Hollywood crowd erupts in applause.<\/p>\n<p>Today? Jimmy Kimmel jokes about Melania Trump becoming a widow. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/1P39HK6EyF\">pic.twitter.com\/1P39HK6EyF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Alec Lace (@AlecLace) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AlecLace\/status\/2048961135882252796?\">April 28, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Lace has roughly 55,000 followers on X. After he posted the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/colbert-listened-johnny-carson-wisdom-late-show-wouldnt-cancelled\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Carson<\/a> clip, however, it spread far and wide.<\/p>\n<p>As of Thursday afternoon, in fact, the clip had more than one million views. And comments from X users explain why.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd just like that I grieve just how much we\u2019ve lost. It really was such a better time,\u201d one user wrote.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">And just like that I grieve just how much we\u2019ve lost. It really was such a better time.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Bonita (@CalmCoolSerene) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CalmCoolSerene\/status\/2048965506196025646?\">April 28, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was a different time,\u201d another user wrote. \u201cMost of those Democrats from era are or would be Republicans today. Including me.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">It was a different time. Most of those Democrats from era are or would be Republicans today. Including me.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Keith (@SunsKeith) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SunsKeith\/status\/2048965386180473329?\">April 28, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cHow times have changed?\u201d a third user wrote. \u201cMiss those days.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-conversation=\"none\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">How times have changed? Miss those days.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 vizsla dad (@kestep79) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/kestep79\/status\/2048964138089766997?\">April 28, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Conversely, in the wake of Saturday\u2019s attempt on Trump\u2019s life, Kimmel faced the wrath of the first lady.<\/p>\n<p>During the April 23 episode of \u201cJimmy Kimmel Live!\u201d the host conducted a mock roast of the president. At one point in the skit he joked that Melania Trump had a \u201cglow like an expectant widow,\u201d per <a href=\"https:\/\/www.yahoo.com\/entertainment\/tv\/article\/jimmy-kimmel-defends-his-melania-trump-expectant-widow-joke-after-first-lady-and-president-call-for-his-firing-what-did-he-say-150934287.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Yahoo<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The first lady <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/melania-trump-issues-blistering-response-coward-jimmy-kimmels-expectant-widow-jab\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">responded<\/a> on X by calling Kimmel a \u201ccoward\u201d and demanding that ABC fire him. The president later <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/trump-calls-jimmy-kimmel-immediately-fired-abc-disney-beyond-pale-melania-stunt\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">echoed<\/a> those sentiments.<\/p>\n<p>But Kimmel responded by defending the joke and insisting that he meant nothing by it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was a very light roast joke about the fact that he\u2019s almost 80 and she\u2019s younger than I am,\u201d the host said on Monday\u2019s show, referring to the 23-year age difference between the 79-year-old president and the 56-year-old first lady.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt was not by any stretch of the definition a call to assassination, and they know that I\u2019ve been very vocal for many years speaking out against gun violence in particular.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Kimmel, of course, will answer to God for his intentions, as we all will. We cannot read his heart, and in any event his intentions in this particular instance are almost irrelevant.<\/p>\n<p>After all, the first lady had good reasons to suspect that Kimmel meant ill by that joke. Night after night, for years on end, Kimmel, fellow late-night host <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/hollywood-publication-variety-trashes-stephen-colberts-never-ending-anti-trump-farewell-tour-not-good-tv\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Stephen Colbert<\/a> of CBS\u2019 \u201cThe Late Show with Stephen Colbert,\u201d and an endless parade of their insufferable guests have spewed the same establishment propaganda and the same hateful anti-Trump vitriol.<\/p>\n<p>Kimmel also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/a-member-of-the-anti-defamation-leagues-diversity-council-is-embroiled-in-an-anti-semitism-scandal-the-anti-semitism-watchdog-has-nothing-to-say-about-it\/\" title=\"A Member of the Anti-Defamation League\u2019s Diversity Council is Embroiled in an Anti-Semitism Scandal. The Anti-Semitism Watchdog Has Nothing to Say About It.\">drew controversy<\/a> for his comments after the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk.<\/p>\n<p>Thus, if an angry Melania Trump regarded Kimmel\u2019s joke as the last straw, who could blame her?<\/p>\n<p>Moreover, if Reagan were here today, we could imagine what he would say to Kimmel.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell, Jimmy,\u201d the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-comedian-dana-carvey-unveils-spot-on-impression-of-biden\/\" title=\"WATCH: Comedian Dana Carvey Unveils Spot-On Impression Of Biden\">late president<\/a> might say. \u201cI knew Johnny Carson. He was a friend of mine. And you, sir, are no Johnny Carson.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Truth be told, Carson\u2019s political views fell somewhere left of center.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn my living room I would argue for liberalization of abortion laws, divorce laws, and there are times when I would like to express a view on the air,\u201d Carson told Life magazine in 1970, per the <a href=\"https:\/\/ffrf.org\/publications\/day\/johnny-carson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Freedom from Religion Foundation<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI would love to have taken on Billy Graham,\u201d he added. \u201cBut I\u2019m on TV five nights a week; I have nothing to gain by it and everything to lose.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Indeed, viewers would never have known Carson\u2019s views from his monologues or from his show\u2019s content.<\/p>\n<p>Furthermore, younger readers might struggle to believe that the country once felt unified in the way that Carson\u2019s 1981 remarks about Reagan indicated. Those same younger readers, without a doubt, would disbelieve that in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.presidency.ucsb.edu\/statistics\/elections\/1980\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">1980 presidential election<\/a> Reagan, a Republican, carried 44 states, including modern leftist strongholds <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/california-gov-candidates-beat-debate-poll-indicates-even-swalwell-exit-gop-might-lock-dems-race\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">California<\/a>, Oregon, Washington, Illinois, Delaware, New York, Vermont, Connecticut, and Massachusetts.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, it was a very different country, and not only in a political sense.<\/p>\n<p>Of course, not everything has gone downhill since 1981. One senses, for instance, that kids face less bullying today than in those days. And young people certainly show more respect for veterans than they once did.<\/p>\n<p>Nonetheless, those X users had it right. We have lost something crucial, and it has infected our political discourse.<\/p>\n<p>That something, put rather simply, is humility.<\/p>\n<p>As Carson himself indicated, people of his generation did have liberal views. They did not, however, feel empowered to shove those views down their audience members\u2019 throats.<\/p>\n<p>Call it \u201cself interest,\u201d if you like, but it was more than that. People who grew up during the Depression and World War II simply had a different way of looking at the world. 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