Steve Purcell

The Carson Podcast

Mark Malkoff

Comedy, Tv & Film

4.6 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 19 September 2019

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Summary

Steve Purcell discusses directing the Tonight Show backstage video that aired on Johnny’s final show, being with Carson pre-show in his office, & visiting Johnny’s Malibu home.

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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.
0:20.3	But with Johnny, you knew you knew you had a kid audience and you could really go great.
0:25.0	My wife at the curtain all held real groups backstage.
0:27.0	People were running up and she said, go back out, go back out, go back out.
0:30.0	Johnny wants you back.
0:31.0	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 Malkoff. We are currently 95% funded for the Carson Podcast listener pledge drive on Go Fun Me.
0:57.4	Thank you for recent donations from Peter Hillman and Jonathan Dowdell. I am grateful for everybody who's contributed
1:06.5	as I record this we are only 517 dollars away to help me at our goal
1:12.0	please go to Carson Podcast.com and click on the go-fund me
1:16.8	logo.
1:17.8	Moving on, our guest this week is Steve Purcell.
1:22.2	He was the director of the backstage tonight's show
1:25.0	behind-the-scenes video which aired on Johnny's final show on May 22nd
1:30.4	1992. Steve Purcell spoke to me from California.
1:35.0	Steve Purcell, thanks for talking with us.
1:39.0	Hey, thanks for having me, Mark.
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