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The Carson Podcast

Melba Moore

The Carson Podcast

Mark Malkoff

Comedy, Tv & Film

4.61.1K Ratings

🗓️ 18 June 2020

⏱️ 64 minutes

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Summary

Melba Moore discusses going on The Tonight Show, Ed McMahon knowing her father, The Carol Burnett Show, David Frost, Night of 100 Stars, & Jerry Lewis.

Transcript

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0:00.0

I knew this is where comedy was.

0:05.0

Goney Carson changed my life twice.

0:08.0

It was just like a dream. It was just like everything I had worked for

0:12.0

and dreamed about has come to fruition.

0:14.6

They said Johnny fell over laughing.

0:17.6

It makes me so happy.

0:19.4

I made him laugh.

0:20.3

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

0:25.0

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

0:27.0

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

0:30.0

Johnny wants you back.

0:31.0

I walked back through the curtain very calm and Johnny, I took about

0:33.8

and Johnny put that little circle up the finger and I am Mark Malkoff. Sometimes we release two guest

0:52.0

interviews in one podcast. This week we've released two guest interviews in one podcast.

0:54.0

This week we've decided to release them as separate episodes.

0:58.0

Going forward, we will continue to feature one guest per episode.

1:03.2

Don't worry, Patreon supporters,

1:05.0

you'll only be charged for one.

1:07.0

Moving on, our guest today

1:09.8

is Tony Award winning singer, actress Melba Moore.

1:15.0

Ms Moore and I got together to record in New York City prior to the pandemic.

1:20.0

One note, I've held off releasing this since there isn't a lot of Carson content, but Melba Moore has had an incredible career and it's a great episode.

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