show on cbs, followed by a week later on chevy chase on fox, and a week later con nano brian on nbc. they do arsenio and night line. it become a crowded space and competition that much more difficult. third corner arsenio hall. some of it writers think arsenio cob the big loser in this free for all. when letterman came in, essentially dill lieutenanted arsenio strand because there were so many alternatives. i m sad to see you go because america is going to have a big chunk missing out of this. losing arsenio, yeah, it was bad. he was the lone voice gone. david letterman had the suits at nbc pausing for a moment.
host made its debut. jay leno filled the shoes. gave us an attractive offer. letterman did place a call asking for his advice. johnny said if it was me, i would leave. and i think that advice was really the lynch pin. letterman always took johnny s advice. the late night wars are about to begin in ernest on television. david letterman is headed to cbs. cbs lured him over salary four times of jay leno giving him the thing he wanted was 11:30 shot. once they go head to head, one thing is clear, late night tv will never be quite the same. all of a sudden there is a talk show war. start up your remote controls. the late night race is about to begin. on monday david letterman s new
and we also felt like we were being disrespected because we did 11 years of great shows. just how pissed off are you? by all rights, david lett letterman should have taken over. but his agent took aggressive stand, we ll control all of late night, it s going to cost you a fortune and put our backs to the wall. i can only tell you that it s been an honor and a privilege to come into your homes all these years and entertain you. and i hope i find something that i want to do and i think you will like and come back you ll be as gracious as inviting me into your home as you have been. i bid you a very heart felt good night. the the tonight show without johnny carson as regular
their camera, they can go online don t sit in cars, sit in front of a computer board. good to know. you re scaring me. hope my wife is not watching. raul felder, thank you very much. appreciate it. thank you so much. you don t use facebook. i don t know how to use it, thank god. i was going to friend you. but now i won t. thank you very much. time for the battle of the late night laughs, two hosts, one topic, who had the best line of the night on the hysteria surrounding the new vampire movie eclipse. let s start with david lett letterman. everybody has twilight fever. governor sarah palin was in a helicopter shooting werewolves. not bad. not a huge fan of letterman that s fine. jimmy kimmel now. unfortunately for the clippers and for all the teams lebron is meeting with, i have a good source that says he s already agreed to a six-year $96