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The Carson Podcast

Melissa Manchester

The Carson Podcast

Mark Malkoff

Comedy, Tv & Film

4.61.1K Ratings

🗓️ 22 March 2018

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Melissa Manchester joins Mark to discuss her Johnny appearances, working with Bette Midler, Bob Hope, and hosting The Muppet Show.

Transcript

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0:00.0

I knew this is where comedy was.

0:05.0

Golly Carson changed my life twice.

0:08.0

It was just like a dream. It was just like everything I had worked for 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 knew you had a kid audience that you could really go great.

0:25.0

My wife at the curtain, all hell broke loose backstage.

0:27.0

People were running up and she'd 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 and Johnny put that little circle up at the finger and I knew I was ready. Welcome to the Carson Podcast

0:46.0

to the Carson Podcast. I am Mark Malkup.

0:50.0

Thank you to everyone for supporting me and the Carson Podcast on Patreon.

0:54.8

If you can, would you please consider going to Carson Podcast.com

0:58.8

and hitting the Patreon link.

1:00.8

It's a huge help to keep the podcast going. Thank you for considering it.

1:06.3

We are in the second week of the Carson Podcast listener Pledge Drive on Go Fun Me, which goes through

1:12.1

the end of April.

1:13.8

Thank you to Ben Ratner, Evan Stokely,

1:16.4

and Mordy Weinberg for their recent donations.

1:20.1

It will cover six more months of the podcast.

1:22.4

It will get me to Los Angeles and Palm Springs as well as new destinations such as San Francisco, Santa Barbara, and I'm hoping contingent on booking guests, Tennessee, Florida, and possibly Wisconsin and also possibly back to Las Vegas.

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