Like Richard's namesake Johnny Carson shooting an apple off Garry Moore's head with a bow and arrow. Of course, the show didn't subject Garry to much risk. He was behind a sheet of plexiglass, or something similar, and the apple was perched on a funnel.
But still, who knew if an arrow might not somehow get through the shield? And there was genuine pressure on Johnny to produce an accurate shot on live TV.
Which, as history records, he did. The arrow went right through the apple on the first attempt. It was even the upper part of the apple, well away from Garry's noggin. The whole bit is vaguely reminiscent of the famous Ed Ames ax murder on Johnny's Tonight Show, which was still several years into the future. Jack Paar was hosting that show in 1959, when the arrow flew.
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