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The Carson Podcast

Tom Noddy

The Carson Podcast

Mark Malkoff

Comedy, Tv & Film

4.61.1K Ratings

🗓️ 13 February 2020

⏱️ 83 minutes

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Summary

Tom Noddy discusses his Johnny appearances, talking to Carson backstage and after Tom’s rehearsal, appearing on Letterman, That’s Incredible, Charles Kuralt, & his run-in with Bob Hope.

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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

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 that 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, you want 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. A shout out to listener Michael Cullen for his kind support on Patreon. Our guest this week is

0:57.2

Entertainer Tom Noddy who appeared multiple times with Johnny as well as on Dave Letterman's CBS show.

1:06.1

Mr. Notti is known for his bubble magic, which I have to personally say is quite extraordinary.

1:12.3

Tom Notti spoke to me from his home in California.

1:17.0

Tom Noddy, thanks for talking with us.

1:19.0

Sure, my pleasure. I watched your Carson appearances today was a was a lot of fun all three of them but

1:25.4

before we get to that how did you come up with your act and please describe it?

1:30.0

Sure sure bubbles. Sure, it's a hard act to talk about. It really needs the visuals. All of my friends

1:39.9

that have a complaint about that now that we have the internet they can just

1:44.2

but always complain man just show them what you're doing so what I do is called

1:49.7

bubble magic I use soap bubbles I use normal soap bubbles I buy it the stuff that they sell to the kids and but I'm insanely good at it I got I was I was obsessed with soap bubbles

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