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Edward Pungot
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This Post Will Self Destruct in Five Seconds

Postby Edward Pungot » June 7th, 2018, 1:16 am

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Re: This Post Will Self Destruct in Five Seconds

Postby Edward Pungot » June 7th, 2018, 1:22 am

Bill Mullins wrote:Johnny Carson doing a very nice Cards to Pocket.

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Re: This Post Will Self Destruct in Five Seconds

Postby Edward Pungot » June 7th, 2018, 1:27 am

Roger M. wrote:For me, this was the finest interview Johnny Carson ever did.
Johnny was the only guy who could have done this interview, and made it funny, human, and interesting - all at the same time.

It is a true example of Johnny's finest work, and a demonstration Johnny as the absolute master of the craft:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1t8-x3uOSqY

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Re: This Post Will Self Destruct in Five Seconds

Postby Edward Pungot » June 7th, 2018, 3:29 am

Bill Mullins wrote:A couple of Univ of Nebraska students have made a short film about Carson, with emphasis on his Nebraska roots. It includes some footage of him as a student doing some card manipulations, and is well worth the 20 minutes it takes to watch. LINK

And this page includes an MP3 link to a recording of Carson's senior thesis at UNL, "How to Write Comedy for Radio", which he submitted as a reel-to-reel recording.


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