I knew this is where comedy was.

Goni Carson changed my life twice.

It was just like a dream. It was just like everything I had worked for

and dreamed about has come to fruition.

They said Johnny fell over laughing.

It makes me so happy.

I made him laugh.

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

My wife at the Kirk, all held real police backstage.

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

Johnny, you want you back.

I walked back through the curtain very calm and Johnny, I took about

and Johnny put that little circle up the finger and I knew I was. Welcome to the Carson Podcast

I am Mark Malkoff.

This week our guest is comedian Jakov Smyrnov.

Jakov Smyrnov joined me by phone from Los Angeles, California.

Enjoy.

Yakov Smyrnov, thanks for joining me.

My pleasure.

Thanks for having me on.

So when did you move to the U.S. from Russia?

I came to American 77 and started in New York. I didn't speak English so but I wanted to do comedy.

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