Mark Malkoff - Love Johnny Carson (part 1)
Penn's Sunday School
Penn's Sunday School
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🗓️ 1 January 2026
⏱️ 76 minutes
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Summary
Author Mark Malkoff is on the show to talk his new book, Love Johnny Carson: One Obsessive Fan's Journey to Find the Genius Behind the Legend, and all things Johnny Carson. Penn & Teller’s history with the Tonight Show, Carson and atheism, Tiny Tim, banned guests, and lots more.
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| 0:00.0 | This is Penn Sunday School. |
| 0:04.4 | And to our listening ears, |
| 0:07.8 | Oh, nature, sings, and round the streets, the music on the street. |
| 0:14.4 | Here we go! |
| 0:17.5 | Brothers, sisters, siblings, welcome to Penn Sunday School. |
| 0:20.1 | I'm Matt Donnelly. We are broadcasting from the entertainment capital of the world, Las Vegas, Nevada. |
| 0:25.9 | Maybe you've heard of it. |
| 0:30.0 | This week we have a special guest, Mark Malkoff. |
| 0:32.7 | He is the author of Love, Johnny Carson, one obsessive fan's journey to find the genius behind the legend, |
| 0:38.9 | and he's here to help us find that journey nugget that we are looking for. |
| 0:43.4 | Preaching the love, Penn Gillette, brought to you by Masterclass. |
| 0:46.0 | Bang, here's Penn, brought to my Masterclass and Penn Gillette. |
| 0:49.8 | Penn Gillette, brought to my Masterclass, here's Penn. |
| 0:52.2 | Here's Penn. |
| 0:53.1 | Masterclass's own, Penn Gillclass. Here's Penn. Here's Penn. MasterClass's own Pend Gillette. |
| 0:56.3 | Here's Penn. Is that what you're going to say? I should do that. Yeah. I just do it again. |
| 1:02.1 | Okay. And here he is, Preach the Love. Here's Penn. We're lovely downtown Burbank. |
| 1:11.2 | Yeah, this is, this is Penn Preaching Love for Masterclass.com. |
| 1:15.9 | slash pen. |
| 1:17.8 | We'll be talking about that a little bit more. |
| 1:19.7 | It seems like of all the things you could think of, here's Penn would have been the easiest |
| 1:25.8 | today. |
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