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The Carson Podcast

John Mendoza

The Carson Podcast

Mark Malkoff

Comedy, Tv & Film

4.61.1K Ratings

🗓️ 16 September 2021

⏱️ 67 minutes

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Summary

John Mendoza discusses his Carson appearances, being Carson’s NY chauffeur, Fred de Cordova, going on Letterman, Ed McMahon, Jay Leno, & Larry David.

Transcript

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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.

0:09.3

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.

0:24.1

Really don't create it.

0:25.1

I might have been to cook all the hard real cooks backstage.

0:27.2

People were running up in Tico.

0:28.6

Back out, back out, back out.

0:30.3

Johnny, why don't you back?

0:31.3

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

0:34.4

that little circle up at the finger and I knew I had a ride.

0:46.6

Welcome to the Carson podcast episode number 348.

0:50.9

I am Mark Malcoff.

0:52.6

Special thanks to Peter Hillman, Kenny Likens, Doug Miles, and Charlie McBaron for their

0:58.4

donations to the Carson podcast listener pledge drive.

1:02.2

Last week we were 45.7% funded and now a week later we have gone up 0.8% to 46.5% funded.

1:11.0

If you'd like, you can donate by going to Carsonpodcast.com and clicking the GoFundMe logo, thank you

1:17.8

for considering it.

1:19.2

Moving on our guest this week took me six years to book and it was well worth it and that

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