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The Carson Podcast

Ed Asner

The Carson Podcast

Mark Malkoff

Tv & Film, Comedy

4.61.1K Ratings

🗓️ 29 December 2016

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Ed Asner joins Mark to discuss his Johnny Carson appearance, Carson doing a guest spot on The Mary Tyler Moore Show, and his role as Carl in Pixar’s Up.

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

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 Kirk, 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.

0:31.1

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 knew I knew I knew that way. Welcome to the Carson Podcast. I am Mark Malkop. If you're feeling in the Holiday New Year spirit, please consider going to Carson Podcast.com and making a donation by hitting the patreon link and donating anywhere from a dollar per episode up to five, ten, fifteen, twenty-five or more.

1:08.7

The money goes towards my podcast expenses, as well as covering my time putting the podcast together.

1:15.0

Thanks in advance for considering it.

1:18.0

Also, a few of you have messaged me.

1:20.0

You'd rather make a donation supporting me and the podcast by another method such as

1:25.6

PayPal or even personal check. If that's the case, feel free to reach out to me through the Carson

1:32.2

Podcast site.

1:33.8

Moving on.

1:35.1

This week my guest is legendary actor Ed Asner.

1:39.8

We got together at his home in Los Angeles, California. The audio is a little

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