am glad i am here. yes! >> it was a story everyday, will nbc dump leno and where will dave go? >> don't mind me. i am just a temp. >> when johnny carson retired, after being "the tonight show" for 30 years, it was an open field. hence the intense competition between jay leno and david letterman. >> and then leno got it and david goes maybe i don't have a place in show business. >> he made it very clear up-front his dream was to one day host "the tonight show." >> it does not make any sense for jay leno to do an hour of the talk show and i felt that my time has come out of network station. i really felt like maybe my time was to step out of television. >> if i said if nbc wants to put you on at 12:30 after jay leno, you would kill yourself. i said i have to get you an