I knew this is where comedy was.

Goni 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 overlapping.

It makes me so happy.

I made him laugh.

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

My wife at the curtain all held real loose backstage.

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

Johnny, you want you back.

I walked back through the curtain very calm and Johnny, I took about

and Johnny put that little circle up at the finger and I I am Mark Malkoff. Before we begin, I wanted to tell you about my friend Dan Pasternak, who joined me for the Buck Henry episode.

Dan has been writing a fascinating column for McSweeny's entitled, My Signed Comedy LPs, One Comedy Nurd's Obsessive Journey.

Dan has done pieces on George Carlin, Monte Python, Sarah Silverman, and more.

If you're a comedy fan, and if you're listening to this podcast,

I'm sure you are, do yourself a favor

and go over to McSweeny's.net and check out Dan's column. You can also find his column by going to his

Twitter handle at Dan Pasternak. Moving on this week on the Carson podcast, our

guest is renowned naturalist Jim Fowler. He was also the long-running

host of Mutual of Omaha's Wild Kingdom. Jim Fowler and I got together at his home

outside New Canaan, Connecticut.

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