I knew this is where comedy was.

Goney 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.

Oh my God!

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 am Mark Malkoff. 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 actor and frequent Carson guest Orson Bean.

Now there are a lot of things in this episode I normally would edit out but as you'll hear

Orson Bean persuaded me that it's better to keep it all in and I think he's right we

got together at his home in Venice California enjoy California. Enjoy. When did you start going on Carson?

Carson premiered on the Tonight Show in October of 62.

Well, I go way back before Johnny.

I was the regular substitute host on par and then continuing on with Johnny when the show was in New York. I substitute substituted the show over a hundred times.

What you guess hosted? I wonder if anyone came close. But you guess hosted a hundred time.

I never, that was when it was in New York.

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