some relationships with women that worked on the show. and i don t think people were aware of this one. dave s shocking confession drew applause. i have had sex with women who work for me on sh on this show. now, my response to that is yes, i have. i have had sex with women who work on this show. dave s confession came after an extortion event by a producer who demanded millions to keep silent. and would it be embarrassing if it were made public perhaps it would. especially for the women. the fact that he had an affair, that is unconventional and then the guy tries to blackmail him and i think that it is letterman and instead, he
been on a couple of nights and dave come on as a guest. when i first got this job, i came here to 30 rock how did you get this job? dave delivered ifr where he went and for a couple of years he was golden. and going head to head with his old palate 11:30 and winning. until a shocking celebrity scandal in 1995. a gigantic get when leno landed hugh grant after his arrest for soliciting a prostitute. what the hell were you thinking? that epic interview. plus nbc s monster prime time hits and leno s fine tuned took a toll. it really hurt letterman and it became a struggle for him to
movie stars wanted in with him too, but they got no special treatment. please welcome, cher. and famously which cher went on, he is not being the friendliest or the greatest, you re fantastic, cher. why, finally after 4.5 years, why did you decide to come on. i never thought in 4.5 years i would want to come on this show. now why? because you were an dave was on a roll. and then a shocking announcement. carson was stepping down. i bid you a very heart felt good night. to many, dave, after a decade of smash hit shows seemed the hare apparent. and joked with johnny about it
this morning, i wake up and next to me in bed is the head of a peacock. so i don t know. the ed sullivan theater. aug august, 1993. the double balcony was enormous. and we have bull murray and billy joel. the first night on a new network. in a new time slot. when the dust of the late night war settled, jay leno had the tonight show and dave had a multi-million dollar deal with cbs. it was a risky move. cbs did not have anything in the history of late night. so letterman comes on and the first few months was absolute can t-miss television. it s a joke, okay.
i m the old guy now. you re the oldest? the you re the one that s been on the longest? i went from, who the hell is he, to, is he still here? can you envision yourself 20 years from now doing your late-night show? [ laughter ] what the hell am i going to do with myself every day at 4:00 p.m.? what about dave? what is he going to do? 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. zbrn dave would be the very last person to say he was johnny, but dave is better than johnny. thank you very much, peter. and arnold, seriously, thank you very much. i m sorry about the chair, they were supposed to fix it yesterday. i do not envy whoever they try to put in that chair. good night, everybody!