>> 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, it was an open field. it was intense competition between david letterman and jay leno. >> i am became about who got the show and letterman. maybe i won't have a show for show business. >> he made it up front that his dream was to 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. >> 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 into the 11:30 show.