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The Carson Podcast

Wayne Federman

The Carson Podcast

Mark Malkoff

Comedy, Tv & Film

4.61.1K Ratings

🗓️ 23 May 2019

⏱️ 72 minutes

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Summary

Wayne Federman discusses being present at the Friars Club Salute to Johnny Carson, seeing Johnny ‘s act live, working out of Johnny’s old studio, co-producing the Garry Shandling doc, and attending the 1st taping of Letterman’s morning show.

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0:00.0

I knew this is where comedy was.

0:05.0

Gonna 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.

0:20.4

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

0:25.1

My wife at the curtain all held real groups backstage.

0:27.3

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

0:30.1

Johnny wants you back.

0:31.0

I walked back to the curtain very calm and Johnny Johnny I took about and Johnny put that little circle up at the finger and I knew I had the money. Welcome to the Carson Podcast,

0:46.5

to the Carson Podcast. I am Mark Malkup.

0:50.0

Thank you to everyone supporting us on Patreon.

0:52.8

To become a Patreon supporter, you can go to Carson Podcast.com

0:57.1

and hit the Patreon link.

0:59.3

Also this week on my other podcast Persistence 360 I sit down with AJ Jacobs the author of

1:06.0

the year of living biblically please check it out if you like it leave a review

1:11.2

and rate it I would really appreciate it moving on our guest it,

1:13.4

leave a review and rate it, I would really appreciate it. Moving on, our guest this week is comedian,

1:16.7

co-producer of the Zen Diaries of Gary Shanlin,

1:20.0

and host of the podcast The History of Stand Up, Wayne Federman talked thanks for talking with us.

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