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The Carson Podcast

David Wright

The Carson Podcast

Mark Malkoff

Comedy, Tv & Film

4.61.1K Ratings

🗓️ 16 May 2019

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

David Wright discusses working on The Tonight Show, chatting with guests Lucille Ball and Jack Lemmon backstage, and meeting Carson for the first time.

Transcript

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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 overlapping.

0:17.6

It makes me so happy.

0:19.4

I made him laugh.

0:20.4

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

0:25.0

My wife at the curtain, all held real police backstage.

0:27.0

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

0:30.0

Johnny wants you back.

0:31.0

I walked back through the curtain very calm and Johnny, I took about and Johnny put that little circle rare Johnny Carson and Dave Letterman items

0:54.0

ends this coming Saturday on eBay.

0:57.0

Items up for bid include an original Carnac script,

1:01.0

Johnny's blue cards that were on his desk for a comedy piece

1:04.5

Dave Letterman's first show script from CBS the final Tonight Show six-page

1:10.3

script rundown for continuity from Johnny's final show on May 22nd

1:15.0

1992 and so much more. Go to Mark Malcoff.com for the links to my Carson and

1:20.7

Letterman items on eBay.

1:23.0

In addition, every winter gets a 10 minute phone call

1:25.8

from me.

1:26.6

We'll Talk Carson Podcast, Johnny, Dave Letterman,

1:29.7

and all things late night.

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