Buck Henry

The Carson Podcast

Mark Malkoff

Comedy, Tv & Film

4.6 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 2 October 2014

⏱️ 81 minutes

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Summary

Buck Henry talks to Mark and Dan Pasternack about why he never prepared for his Johnny Carson appearances, hosting Saturday Night Live when John Belushi sliced his forehead during a Samurai sketch, and films including The Graduate, Catch-22, and The Player.

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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 and dreamed about has come to fruition.
0:14.6	They said Johnny fell over laughing.
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 Kirk, all held real quick backstage.
0:27.3	People were running up and said, go back out.
0:29.2	Oh my God.
0:30.2	Johnny wants you back.
0:31.1	I walked back through the curtain very calm. Johnny, I took about and Johnny put that little circle up at the finger and I I am Mark Malkoff. This week our guest is actor writer
0:52.1	Buck Henry.
0:53.9	In addition to discussing his frequent Johnny Carson appearances,
0:57.6	in this episode we cover Buck hosting Saturday Night Live.
1:01.4	Get Smart, The Graduate, and so much more.
1:04.8	Joining me on this episode is a man I have a lot of respect for.
1:09.4	Until recently, he was the Vice President of Development and Production at IFC where he was responsible for shows such as
1:17.0	Portlandia and comedy bang bang. That man is Dan Pasternak.
1:22.8	Until recently, Dan became head of Big Beach TV
1:26.5	as Big Beach Films.
1:28.1	I have never met anyone that knows more about comedy
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