I knew this is where comedy was.

Goni 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 overlapping.

It makes me so happy.

I made him laugh.

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

My wife at the curtain all held real loose backstage.

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

Johnny wants you back.

I walked back through the curtain very calm and Johnny, I took about, and Johnny put that little circle up at the finger, and I knew I am Mark Malkop. This is the podcast where I talk to people whose lives were changed by going on the Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson.

Individuals that worked on Carson, guests who regularly appeared on the show and the top people in entertainment that were influenced by Carson. Our guest today is

the incredible Mel Brooks. I still can't believe I got to sit down with him. If you listen to my interview

with Carl Reiner, I half jokingly

asked his advice for getting Mel Brooks on as a guest. I honestly thought that was the

end of it. Later that night I was with my wife Christine in Studio City at a yogurt shop killing time when I got a message from Mel Brooks's office saying that if I was still in town the next day after three, Mel had time to talk to me. The timing was crazy. We were flying

back to New York the following day, but not until that evening, giving us just enough time

to sit down with Mel Brooks. We got together at his office in Culver City, California.

We start off by talking about your show of shows

before moving our conversation over to Carson.

Enjoy.

You guys. over to Carson. Enjoy.

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