Roger Owens

The Carson Podcast

Mark Malkoff

Comedy, Tv & Film

4.6 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 24 February 2022

⏱️ 65 minutes

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Summary

Famed Dodgers peanut vendor, Roger Owens, discusses how his 1976 Carson appearance changed his life, teaching Carson how to throw peanut bags, Mel Brooks casting him in a film, & being a judge on The Gong Show.

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0:00.0	I knew this is where comedy was.
0:05.0	Johnny Carson changed my life twice.
0:07.9	It was just like a dream.
0:09.3	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.
0:17.4	It makes me so happy I made him laugh.
0:20.2	But with Johnny, you know you knew you had a kid who wanted to do good.
0:24.2	Really, don't create it.
0:25.1	I might have been to cook all hell of real cooks backstage.
0:27.3	People were running up and to go back out.
0:29.1	Oh my god.
0:30.1	Johnny, why don't you back?
0:31.1	I walked back through the curtain very calm and Johnny, I took a bow and Johnny put that
0:34.5	little circle up at your finger and I knew I had a ride.
0:46.3	Welcome to the Carson podcast episode number 372.
0:51.0	I am Mark Malcolm.
0:52.3	Thank you to Paul Percio for his recent donation to the Carson podcast Listener Pledge Drive
0:58.4	on GoFundMe.
1:00.0	This week's guests photo is in the baseball hall of fame and that is Famed Dodger's peanut
1:07.2	vendor Roger Owens.
1:09.4	He discusses how his 1976 Carson appearance changed his life forever.
1:14.8	Enjoy.
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