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The Carson Podcast

Michael Gray

The Carson Podcast

Mark Malkoff

Comedy, Tv & Film

4.61.1K Ratings

🗓️ 21 March 2019

⏱️ 86 minutes

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Summary

Michael Gray discusses his 10 years as stage manager on The Tonight Show, his routine that Johnny loved at the anniversary party, and working on The Larry Sanders Show.

Transcript

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0:00.0

I knew this is where comedy was.

0:05.0

Goni 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.

0:20.4

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

0:25.0

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

0:27.0

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

0:30.0

Johnny, you want you back.

0:31.0

I walked back through the curtain very calm and Johnny Johnny I took about and Johnny put that little circle up at the finger and I I am Mark Malkop.

0:47.0

Consider hiring me to speak at your upcoming conference or event by contacting

0:56.1

me at Mark Malcup.com. You can check out my Ted X Talk by searching YouTube.

1:03.0

Special thanks to Joe Pickett, David Lowe, and Marcella Bombardiri for their donations

1:09.7

on the Carson Podcast listener pledge drive on go-fund me.

1:14.0

Also, thank you to everybody supporting the Carson Podcast on

1:18.0

Patreon.

1:19.0

To become a Patreon supporter,

1:21.0

you can go to Carson Podcast

1:22.8

dot com and hit the Patreon link.

1:25.8

Moving on this week our guest is Michael Gray who worked for 10 years

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