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 over laughing.

It makes me so happy. I made him laugh.

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

My wife at the curtain all held real groups 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 I am Mark Malkop. We are currently 95.6% funded for the Carson Podcast listener pledge drive on GoFund Me.

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Moving on, our guest this week is one of the original Carson Talent Bookers, Shelly Schultz. He was there from Johnny's start on October 1st,

1962. We got together at his home in New York City. A few things. One, there is a small section

where you will hear some static, and two, Mr Schultz showed me during our

chat a binder with all of his original Tonight Show weekly calendar guest lineups that were distributed to talent

coordinators so if you hear pages flipping that is why and now my conversation

with Shelly Schultz.

Shelly Schultz, thank you for talking with us.

You're welcome.

So how did you wind up working at the Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson?

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