I knew this is where comedy was.

Gonna 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 over laughing.

It makes me so happy.

I made him laugh.

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

My wife at the curtain, all held real groups backstage.

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

Johnny wants you back.

I walked back through the curtain very calm and Johnny Johnny I took about and Johnny put that little circle up at the finger and I I am Mark Malkop. We are two months into our latest Carson Podcast, listener pledge drive on GoFund

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John Hookstradin John Hookstratton and I got together at Sony Studios in Culver City, California. Enjoy. John Hook's Red and thank you for talking with us. My pleasure to be here Mark. Looking

forward to it. So originally when I approached you a Tonight Show writer that they

made me aware of you and I thought when I approached

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