I knew this is where comedy was.

Goni Carson changed my life twice.

It was just like a dream. It was just like everything I had worked for

and dreamed about has come to fruition.

They said Johnny fell over laughing.

It makes me so happy.

I made him laugh.

But with Johnny, you knew you had a kid audience and you could really go great.

My wife at the curtain all held real close backstage.

People were running up and he said, go back out, go back out, go back out,

Johnny wants you back.

I walked back to the curtain very calm and Johnny and I took about and Johnny put that little circle up at the finger and I I am Mark Malkoff. Please consider supporting me and the Carson Podcast on Patreon by going to Carson Podcast.com and hitting the

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moving on this week our guest is Barbara Bowen, who is a staff member on the Tonight Show

starring Johnny Carson while the show was in Burbank.

Miss Bowen asked me to meet her at a cafe. She found one without

music in Valley Village, California, called Marie A.C., which is where we met. There were patrons around us and were outside which is

reflected in the audio. Miss Bowen was originally brought on to the tonight

show starring Johnny Carson to be a personal

assistant to the permanent guest host Joan Rivers. In addition to working with

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