I knew this is where comedy was.

Johnny 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 know you knew you had a kid who had a kid who had a kid who could really go crazy.

I went with it to cook all how real cooks backstage.

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

Johnny, why don't you back?

I walked back through the curtain very calm and Johnny, that I took about and Johnny put that little circle up at the finger.

And I knew I had a wife.

Welcome to the Carson podcast episode 318.

I am Mark Malkoff.

Thank you to listeners, Peter Block, John Montenari, David Wood,

and Steve Mangy-Arasina for donating to the Carson podcast Listener Pledge Drive on Go Fun Me.

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It's a one-time donation and if you're okay with it, I'd love to thank you by name here on the podcast.

As all of you know, Johnny Carson was to Jack Benny as being his comedy idol.

And coming up this weekend will be the first ever Jack Benny convention.

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