A Tribute to Johnny Carson with Mark Malkoff, Author, “Love Johnny Carson”

About this episode

Harvey Brownstone interviews Mark Malkoff about his book and the legacy of Johnny Carson.

Harvey Brownstone conducts an in-depth Interview with Mark Malkoff, Author, “Love Johnny Carson” About Harvey's guest: On today’s show, we’ll be celebrating the life and career of the man who will always be known and remembered as the king of late-night television, Johnny Carson, who hosted the Tonight Show for 30 years, from 1962 to 1992. Now even though our guest was only 16 years old when Johnny Carson went off the air, he can easily be described as Johnny’s biggest fan. He hosted The Carson Podcast for 8 years, which received a Webby Award nomination for Best Comedy Podcast, and he’s interviewed dozens of Johnny’s guests, employees, family and friends. He’s a well-known media personality who’s appeared on many major shows including Good Morning America, the Today Show, MSNBC, and the highly acclaimed CNN docuseries, “The Story of Late Night”. And most recently, he’s written a wonderful book entitled, “Love Johnny Carson: One Obsessive Fan’s Journey to Find the Genius Behind the Legend”. The book sets the record straight about who Johnny Carson really was, according to those who knew him best. And he takes us behind the scenes of the Tonight Show and chronicles the most iconic…

People in this episode

Host: Harvey Brownstone

Guest: Mark Malkoff

Topics covered

• Johnny Carson
• late-night television
• Mark Malkoff
• interview
• media personality
• comedy podcast

Keywords

• Johnny Carson
• Mark Malkoff
• Love Johnny Carson
• late-night television
• The Carson Podcast
• comedy
• interview

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: The Carson Podcast, Good Morning America, Today Show, MSNBC, CNN

Books & works: Love Johnny Carson, The Story of Late Night

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