john. >> but john was nowhere to be seen. so chapman went to buy his latest album and then returned to the dakota. >> he was out there waving the album. he said "i got it, i got it." he said do you think he would sign it? i said maybe will john will sign it for you. he said, okay, okay, so het nice? i said absolutely. >> chapman never got the autograph that night, and he didn't get a glimpse of lennon either. december 7th, the night before the killing, chapman spent his evening reading "playboy" magazine featuring john lennon's first interview in five years. >> it just confirmed a feeling that had been building in him for a long time, ever sense he first began to listen to and then have very conflicting feelings about the beatles, and this fueled his idea that lennon