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The Carson Podcast

Herbert Schlosser

The Carson Podcast

Mark Malkoff

Tv & Film, Comedy

4.61.1K Ratings

🗓️ 3 November 2016

⏱️ 85 minutes

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Summary

Former NBC President and TV legend, Herbert Schlosser, joins Mark to discuss negotiating Johnny’s first Tonight Show contract, personally welcoming Johnny when the show moved to Burbank, and his contribution to the launch of Saturday Night Live.

Transcript

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0:00.0

I knew this is where comedy was.

0:05.0

Goy 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.

0:17.7

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 Caribbean all held real police backstage.

0:27.0

People were running up and she said, go back out, oh my God.

0:30.0

Johnny, you want you back.

0:31.0

I walked back through the curtain very common,

0:32.5

Johnny, I took about and Johnny put that little circle up at the finger and I I am Mark Malkoff. Thank you to everyone who has contributed on Patreon.

0:54.0

If you'd like to continue to keep the podcast going,

0:57.0

please consider going to Carson Podcast.com

1:00.0

and hitting the Patreon link

1:02.0

and donating anywhere from a dollar per episode up to five

1:06.0

ten fifteen twenty five or more you will have my gratitude this week our guest is television legend and former

1:16.2

president of NBC Herb Schlosser. This episode meant a great deal to me.

1:23.3

I hope it does to you as well.

1:25.7

Herb Schlosser and I got together at his home in New York City.

1:29.8

Enjoy. joy.

1:35.0

Mr. Herb Schlosser, thank you for talking to us.

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