Todd Yasui

The Carson Podcast

Mark Malkoff

Comedy, Tv & Film

4.6 • 1.1K Ratings

🗓️ 7 October 2021

⏱️ 101 minutes

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Summary

Todd Yasui discusses working for Helen Kushnick at Leno’s Tonight Show, Carson leaving, booking the infamous Hugh Grant appearance, having guests that Carson wouldn’t have on, and his 5 years as Leno segment producer.

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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.
0:14.5	They said Johnny fell overlapping.
0:17.3	It makes me so happy I made him laugh.
0:20.2	But with Johnny, you know you knew you had a kid and what he interviewed.
0:23.7	You didn't really go crazy.
0:25.1	I might have been to cook all the hard real cooks backstage.
0:27.3	People were running up in the sink.
0:28.6	Back out, back out, back out.
0:30.1	Johnny, why don't you back?
0:31.1	I walked back through the curtain very calm.
0:32.4	And Johnny, that I took about.
0:33.8	And Johnny put that little circle up at the finger.
0:35.8	And I knew I had a ride.
0:46.3	Welcome to the Carson Podcast Episode number 353.
0:51.1	I am Mark Malkoff.
0:52.5	Thank you to Alan DiBane and John Raric for donating to the Carson Podcast
0:58.0	listener flight drive on GoFundMe.
1:00.0	We are officially 50% funded.
1:03.4	Please consider supporting me and the podcast by going to CarsonPodcast.com
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