Leslie Bennetts

The Carson Podcast

Mark Malkoff

Comedy, Tv & Film

4.6 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 8 May 2021

⏱️ 90 minutes

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Summary

Leslie Bennetts discusses her book about Joan Rivers “Last Girl Before Freeway”, the Carson/Rivers falling-out debacle, the person responsible for their feud, Rivers’ FOX late night show, & upsetting Jerry Lewis.

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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 or anything you could really go great.
0:25.1	I might put the curtain on how real Kruks backstage.
0:27.2	People were running up and sitting go,
0:28.6	back out, back out, back out.
0:30.1	Johnny, why don't you back?
0:31.1	I walked back through the curtain very calm and Johnny,
0:32.9	that I took about and Johnny put that little circle up at the finger.
0:35.7	And I knew I had a ride.
0:46.5	Welcome to the Carson podcast episode number 330.
0:51.2	I am Mark Malkopf.
0:52.8	I want to mention the podcast is coming out late this week due to pristines.
0:58.2	My wife and producer editor of the podcast,
1:00.4	Christine's mother passing away.
1:02.6	Thank you for the kind condolences I've already received from some of you.
1:05.9	They mean a lot to Christine as well as myself.
1:10.0	Moving on this week, our guest is the author of the Joan Rivers biography,
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