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The Carson Podcast

Teresa Ganzel

The Carson Podcast

Mark Malkoff

Comedy, Tv & Film

4.61.1K Ratings

🗓️ 5 March 2014

⏱️ 44 minutes

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Summary

Actress Teresa Ganzel performed sketches with Johnny Carson for a decade as a member of the Mighty Carson Art Players. Teresa talks about performing classic sketches with Johnny, being so nervous during her first Tonight Show appearance that Johnny had to hold her hand, and Johnny’s rehearsal process.

Transcript

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0:00.0

I knew this is where comedy was.

0:05.0

Goney Carson changed my life twice.

0:08.0

It was just like a dream. It was just like everything I had worked for and dreamed about has come to fruition.

0:14.6

They said Johnny fell overlapping.

0:17.6

It makes me so happy.

0:19.4

I made him laugh.

0:20.4

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

0:25.1

My wife at the curtain all held real loose backstage.

0:27.3

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

0:30.1

Johnny wants you back.

0:31.1

I walked back to the curtain very calm and Johnny Johnny I took about and Johnny put that little circle This is the podcast where I talk to people whose lives were changed by going on the tonight show starring Johnny Carson.

0:57.0

Individuals that work for Carson, guests who regularly appeared on the show and the top people in entertainment that were influenced by Carson.

1:05.0

Today my guest is actress Teresa Ganselle.

1:08.0

For 10 years she appeared on the Tonight Show in sketches with Johnny Carson as a member of the Mighty Carson art players.

1:16.0

In addition, Teresa appeared as a guest with Johnny's numerous times.

1:20.0

We met up at Moore Park in Studio City, California.

1:24.0

Enjoy.

1:25.0

I'm with Teresa Gansell.

1:32.0

How long were you did you do the show?

1:34.5

Ten years, the final ten years. So you're 82 to 92? Yep. Uh-huh. Yes. You were

1:40.2

a guest before they brought you on to do the sketches.

1:43.0

Yeah, in fact, I was a guest many, quite a few times and also was kind of great

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