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644 - The Night Johnny Carson Died with Comedy Writer Eddie Feldmann

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4.1529 Ratings

🗓️ 20 October 2020

⏱️ 66 minutes

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Summary

Emmy Award Winning Writer Eddie Feldmann (SuperFunny, Dennis Miller Live, Show Biz Show with David Spade) was working on the NBC lot in Burbank the night Johnny Carson died. Listen to his Hollywood story about this night to remember as Eddie takes you backstage in the green room with some of the biggest names in comedy as he attended the memorial on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno for Johnny Carson. Watch Story Smash the Storytelling Game Show on YouTube anytime! https://bit.ly/39OoTdw With your host Christine Blackburn and comedian Blaine Capatch, writer Danny Zuker and many more talented people like Wayne Federman, MaryLynn Rajskub, Melissa Peterman, Ed Crasnick, Wendi McLendon-Covey, and Greg Proops! Four comedians spin the Story Worthy Wheel of Truth and tell a true 1 or 2 minute story on the topic they land. The "expert judges" comment and everyone laughs their ass off. Story Smash sold-out consistently at the Hollywood Improv for 3 years. It's a blast! Check out the Story Smash website here- https://www.storysmashshow.com The Story Worthy Hour & 1/2 Of Power is now once a month on the third Sunday at 5:00pm PST, at Flappers Comedy Club in Burbank California! Watch 7 true hilarious stories in 1 hour! More info on the website- https://www.storyworthypodcast.com Please follow for free, rate, and review Story Worthy on Apple Podcasts here- http://apple.co/1MceZ2Q It really helps. Follow Christine and Story Worthy on Social Media- Instagram- https://www.instagram.com/storyworthy/ Twitter-https://twitter.com/StoryWorthy Facebook- https://facebook.com/StoryWorthy/ ?and at ChristineBlackburn.com. Thanks guys! Christine

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0:00.0

This episode of Storyworthy is brought to you by the Manhattan Comedy School. I'll be teaching a six-week podcasting class starting October 29th. It's a six-week course, three hours a week, so that's a total of 18 hours of instruction. And guess what? I'm having guest speakers come in and tell you about their own podcasting journey, like Lori Kilmartin, Adam Ferreira, David Feldman,

0:24.0

Alonzo Bowden, and Jackie Cation. So head over to Manhattan Comedy School.com or my own website,

0:30.9

Christine Blackburn.com, for more information. I'd love to see you guys there.

0:37.4

Hey, this is Christine from Storyworthy.

0:40.1

Today on the show, comedian and comedy writer Eddie Feldman talks about the night Johnny Carson died.

0:47.2

Dennis Miller Live on HBO was kind of a big deal for my career.

0:50.9

You know, I did it for 10 years.

0:52.9

The apprentice was going at that time.

0:54.8

So we had, as our guest, Donald Trump.

0:57.0

And Melania came in.

0:58.3

And I just remember because we were in this small little studio,

1:02.6

and Trump basically came in and looked around like,

1:04.9

what the fuck is this?

1:07.0

All of a sudden, Dennis came in and said,

1:08.9

Johnny Carson passed away.

1:10.4

Do you want to go over to see the Tonight Show tonight? They're kind of doing, you know, a memorial. Then the two guests are going to be Don Rickles and Bob Newhart. So we go to the Tonight Stone. We go to the Green Room backstage. And then there's, you know, Rickles is there. Newhart is there, and there's also Gilbert Godfrey.

1:28.4

Today on the show, comedy writer Eddie Feldman talks about the night Johnny Carson died. Stay close.

1:36.1

Hey, my name is Eddie Feldman, and you're listening to Storyworthy. Welcome to story.

1:53.0

My name is Christine Blackburn, and I'm coming to you from Los Angeles, California.

1:57.9

Whether you're a longtime fan of the show of over 10 years. That's a lot of content.

2:03.2

Or you're a brand new listener. Welcome to Storyworthy. Now, I hope you guys had the opportunity to

2:08.6

listen to Steph Zamorano last week. Do you know Steph by any chance, Eddie? No, I don't,

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