I knew this is where comedy was.

Johnny Carson changed my life twice.

It was just like a dream.

It was just like everything I'd 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 knew you had a kid

audience and you could really go crazy. My wife at the Cricone, all hell broke loose backstage. People were

running up and he said, go back out, go back out. Johnny wants you back. I walked back through

the curtain, very calm and Johnny, I took a bow and Johnny put that little circle up at their finger and I knew I had a little bit.

Hi, it's Mark Malkoff.

Today is the release of my new book, Love Johnny Carson.

I'd be grateful if you bought it.

It's available at bookstores, Amazon.com,

Barnes & Noble.com, and many other places. I still can't believe I've interviewed over 400 people for the podcast and the book. The book covers Johnny's 30 years hosting the Tonight Show,

his guests, famous show moments, and so much more.

Today I am joined by writer-author David Ritz, who worked with me on the book.

David did books one-on-one with Don Rickles, Ray Charles, Paul Schaefer, and many others.

This conversation was for my current podcast, Inside Late Night with Mark Malkoff, which is part of

latenighter.com. So please also check that podcast out. Now my conversation with David Ritz about our

new book which comes out today, love Johnny Carson. Enjoy. David Ritz, it's good to see you, my friend.

It's good to see you, Mark. Happy to do this.

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