Bruce Vilanch

The Carson Podcast

Mark Malkoff

Comedy, Tv & Film

4.6 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 3 September 2020

⏱️ 74 minutes

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Summary

Bruce Vilanch discusses writing for Bette Midler on Carson’s penultimate show, writing for The Oscars, Billy Crystal, Madeline Kahn, Paul Lynde, Midnight Special, Nell Carter, & The Brady Bunch Variety Hour.

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0:00.0	I knew this is where comedy was.
0:05.0	Goni Carson changed my life twice.
0:08.0	It was just like a dream. It was just like everything I had worked for
0:12.0	and dreamed about has come to fruition.
0:14.6	They said Johnny fell overlapping.
0:17.6	It makes me so happy.
0:19.4	I made him laugh.
0:20.3	But with Johnny, you knew you had a kid audience and you could really go great.
0:25.1	My wife at the curtain all held real close backstage.
0:27.3	People were running up and he said, go back out, go back out.
0:30.1	Johnny, you want you back.
0:31.0	I walked back through the curtain very calm and Johnny, I took about
0:34.0	and Johnny put that little circle up at the finger and I knew I had a ride. Welcome to the Carson Podcast.
0:47.0	The Carson Podcast. I am Mark Moutup. We are currently in the midst of the Carson Podcast listener Pledged Drive on GoFund Me.
0:55.0	Last week we were 28% funded and this week we have gone up to 30% funded.
1:02.0	It's an enormous help. Can we get to 40% by next week? I hope so.
1:07.5	Thank you to the following listeners for their recent donations.
1:11.5	Ryan Smith, Michael Barrows, Neil Allen, and Christopher
1:17.2	Olandor. Please donate by going to Carson Podcast.com and clicking on the Go Fund Me logo. If you donate, if you're okay with it,
1:26.0	I would absolutely love to thank you by name here on the podcast. Any pledge of $50 or more will receive the oral history of Carson's Tonight Show
1:36.5	in New York in PDF form. It is over 18,000 words and features over 25 New York Carson staffers and guests from the
1:45.8	1962 to 72 era that were on the podcast. Donate by going again to Carson Podcast.com and clicking on the go-fundme logo.
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