Jan Schwarz

The Carson Podcast

Mark Malkoff

Comedy, Tv & Film

4.6 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 12 May 2022

⏱️ 77 minutes

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Summary

Jan Schwarz discusses her 15 years at the Tonight Show, her Carson interactions, working with Bobby Quinn, Carson’s loyalty, the issues with sketch rehearsals, & Carson having her on the show on her final day working.

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0:00.0	I knew this is where comedy was.
0:05.0	Johnny Carson changed my life twice.
0:07.9	It was just like that dream.
0:09.2	It was just like everything I had worked for and dreamed about has come to fruition.
0:14.5	They said Johnny fell overlapping.
0:17.3	It makes me so happy I made him laugh.
0:20.2	But with Johnny, you know you knew you had a kid who wanted to do good.
0:24.2	Really, don't create it.
0:25.1	I might have been to cook all the hard-roasted backstage.
0:27.2	People were running up and to go back out.
0:29.1	Oh my god.
0:30.1	Johnny, why don't you back?
0:31.1	I walked back through the curtain very calm and Johnny, I took a bow and Johnny put that
0:34.5	little circle up at the finger and I knew I had a ride.
0:46.2	Welcome to the Carson Podcast Episode No. 385.
0:51.0	I am Mark Malkoff.
0:52.5	Our guest this week worked on Carson's Tonight Show for 15 years and that is Jan Schwartz.
0:59.8	Two quick corrections on this episode in 1974.
1:03.7	Carson was hurt when he fell off a slant board and he had a severe nerve injury.
1:10.6	It wasn't his back as I incorrectly stated.
1:14.4	Also I mentioned Carson missed two full months of shows it was actually one full month.
1:19.8	And now my conversation with Jan Schwartz, she spoke to me from California.
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