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 on the road, who's backstage.

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

Johnny, you want you back.

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

My guest this week is the creator of the classic CBS sitcom, Everybody Loves Raymond,

and the star of the hilarious documentary exporting Raymond Phil Rosenthal.

Phil and I got together at his home in Los Angeles, California. We taped this a

while back leading up to Jimmy Fallon's debut on the Tonight Show, which we reference.

Enjoy.

Bill Rosenthal.

Hello, thanks for talking to me.

Yes, I'm happy to.

Oh. You have a story that is so special that I really needed to talk to you in the podcast.

Yeah. First of all we'll start talking about you growing up. Were you a fan of Carson? Did you watch the tonight show?

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