Johnny Carson tries a V-Seat and Straddle-L

Photo taken from the book "Kurt Thomas on Gymnastics"

Johnny Carson will always be the king of late night comedy.

Apparently, Kurt Thomas had appeared 5 times on the Tonight Show.  I"ve never seen any of those appearances.  I also have never seen footage of Dick Cavett appearing on the Tonight Show to do a pommel horse routine (He's a former Nebraska state champion).  But I remember seeing this Tracee Talavera (12 yrs old?) appearance in "Best of Carson" repeats: