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The Carson Podcast

Host Mark Malkoff talks with guests about legendary talk show host Johnny Carson. Guests include stand-up comics who debuted on the Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, individuals that worked on the ... Read more

Ranked #1

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Uri Geller

Uri Geller

Uri Geller joins Mark to discuss his famous 1973 Johnny Carson appearance, Merv Griffin calling him the following day, a... Read more

10 May 2018

1hr 8mins

Ranked #2

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Gilbert Gottfried

Gilbert Gottfried

Gilbert Gottfried discusses frequent Carson guests, his one issue with Johnny’s Tonight Show, Letterman, and his brief t... Read more

30 May 2019

1hr 34mins

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Ranked #3

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Paula Poundstone

Paula Poundstone

Paula Poundstone joins Mark to discuss her Johnny appearances, embarrassingly mistaking Johnny for a member of ZZ Top, a... Read more

8 Dec 2016

1hr 16mins

Ranked #4

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Mel Brooks

Mel Brooks

Mel Brooks talks to Mark about being a guest on Johnny Carson’s first show in October 1962, trying to convince Johnny to... Read more

18 Aug 2014

50mins

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Ranked #5

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Dick Cavett 100th episode

Dick Cavett 100th episode

Dick Cavett Returns! In celebration of the 100th episode Dick Cavett joins Mark and co-host Dan Pasternack. Cavett discu... Read more

5 Jan 2017

1hr 57mins

Ranked #6

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Doc Severinsen

Doc Severinsen

Doc Severinsen joins Mark to discuss Johnny, working as Tonight Show bandleader, filling in for Ed McMahon, and the orig... Read more

22 Nov 2018

1hr 16mins

Ranked #7

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Chevy Chase

Chevy Chase

Chevy Chase joins Mark to discuss his Johnny appearances and the monthly poker game. Comedy writer Tom Leopold joins in ... Read more

26 Apr 2018

55mins

Ranked #8

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Dyan Cannon

Dyan Cannon

Dyan Cannon joins Mark to discuss her Carson appearances, Johnny playing drums at parties at her Malibu home, and Johnny... Read more

7 Feb 2019

51mins

Ranked #9

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Bill Scheft Returns!

Bill Scheft Returns!

Bill Scheft returns to discuss Johnny sending in jokes to Letterman, talking to Johnny about writer Nick Arnold, and the... Read more

2 Aug 2018

1hr 57mins

Ranked #10

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Charles Grodin

Charles Grodin

In his first ever podcast interview actor Charles Grodin discusses his memorable Carson appearances, his decision to go ... Read more

26 Feb 2014

40mins

Ranked #11

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Larry King

Larry King

Larry King joins Mark to discuss interviewing Johnny Carson, his thoughts on Ed and Johnny’s relationship, and Johnny’s ... Read more

15 Oct 2015

37mins

Ranked #12

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Doc Severinsen Returns

Doc Severinsen Returns

Doc Severinsen discusses his friendship with Johnny, Tiny Tim’s 1969 wedding to Miss Vicki, Snooky Young, an incident in... Read more

20 Oct 2019

1hr 17mins

Ranked #13

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Mindy Rickles

Mindy Rickles

Mindy Rickles discusses her legendary father Don Rickles, how he have Johnny lots of credit for his career, Bob Newhart,... Read more

4 Jul 2019

1hr 9mins

Ranked #14

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Mariette Hartley

Mariette Hartley

Mariette Hartley discusses her 22 Carson appearances, Rod Serling, Alfred Hitchcock, her famous Polaroid commercials wit... Read more

26 Dec 2019

1hr 21mins

Ranked #15

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Michael J. Fox

Michael J. Fox

Michael J. Fox joins Mark to discuss his five Johnny appearances, his father being featured during “The Edge of Wetness”... Read more

26 Jan 2017

26mins

Ranked #16

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Bob Einstein Returns!

Bob Einstein Returns!

Bob Einstein talks to Mark about his Johnny appearances, his second Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee, and writing for Th... Read more

6 Apr 2017

1hr 16mins

Ranked #17

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Loni Anderson

Loni Anderson

Loni Anderson discusses her Johnny appearances, being friends with Carson, WKRP in Cincinnati, & former husband Burt... Read more

2 Jan 2020

1hr 6mins

Ranked #18

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Howie Mandel

Howie Mandel

Howie Mandel joins Mark to discuss his Johnny appearances, Joan Rivers giving him his Tonight Show break, the appearance... Read more

4 Jan 2018

1hr 44mins

Ranked #19

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Fred Willard

Fred Willard

Fred Willard joins Mark to discuss The Ace Trucking Company’s 50 plus Johnny Carson appearances, using Joe Garagiola as ... Read more

8 Sep 2016

1hr 2mins

Ranked #20

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Peter Lassally Returns!

Peter Lassally Returns!

Peter Lassally joins Mark to discuss producing Johnny Carson, his challenge of getting David Letterman an 11:30pm show, ... Read more

25 Jan 2018

1hr 3mins

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