seriously, thank you for being my family. i love you both, and really nothing else matters, does it? what the hell am i going to do with myself every day at 4:00 p.m. dave loves to get laughs. would you boys like a table or do you want to sit at the bar? so i wouldn t count him out you know, i wouldn t put him on the porch. paul and i will be debuting our new act at caesar s palace with our white tigers. i know dave would be the very last person to say he was better than johnny, but dave is better than johnny. for the last time on a television program, thank you and good night.
with your top ten bits from the show. and we re going to show some of those, including what we are about to show which is of course, the great larry bud melman and here he is welcoming people to new york city at the port authority bus station. welcome to new york. sometimes called fun city. how was your trip? and where are you from? from virginia. oh, do you have any questions about new york? [ indiscernible ]. well it isn t easy that s for sure. did you have a snack on the way? steve, dave wasn t an easy laugh, was he? i mean for him to be literally spun around in his chair by a bit, it really had to crack him up. it well he was very particular. he has a very sharp and he s
and where are you from? from virginia. oh, do you have any questions about new york? [ indiscernible ]. well, it isn t easy, that s for sure. did you have a snack on the way? steve, dave wasn t an easy laugh, was he? i mean, for him to be literally spun around in his chair by a bit, it really had to crack him up. it well, he was very particular. he has a very sharp and he s very skeptical, but i think he is kind of a good laugh. if there s a funny combination of words or a good joke, he s a good laugher. he certainly was amused by melman who was one in a billion character. i mean, a very quite a singular individual, someone who had who in his 60s becomes a tv star and but couldn t use a bic lighter or step up on a step stool without getting
or fallon, there was dave. the king of quips. stupid pet tricks. and outrageous pranks. it is hard to say what his influence is not. but behind the scenes, it wasn t all laughs. he was devastated. nbc has no use for you people. wash up and get out. oh, this is blackmail. a late night legend signs off. what this means now is that paul and i can be married. a cnn special report, david letterman says good night. i still have to do things like answer viewer mail. viewer mail. what is the deal with the sneakers? we decided this should be
honcho, les moonves. i said, you ve been great, the network has been great. there was no indication, he said, can you just come with me, and took me into a little alcove, and he said, i ve told the guys that i m retiring. this is really yep! this is really? truly? you actually did this? yes, i did. wow. well, do i have a minute to call my accountant? because, wow. and the next thing i know, i was on stage. and thinking, what did i just hear? you know, it was as fast as that. there s the bird. look at that! look at that animal right there. that is beautiful. dave says his epiphany came after bird watching with his son, harry, and then going to do his show. i get home that night and i m talking to my wife, regena, and she said, well, how was work? and i said, oh, well, we think we identified the bird.