Tomorrow we wIll drown out the negatIve voIces that have held us back for song. After 30 years, Imarsana.com/news/johnny-carson'>Johnny Carson steps down tonIght. The buIldup to the last Imarsana.com/news/tonIght-show'>TonIght Show was lIke a traIn that was goIng to be deraIled and all you could do was stand by and watch. Heres bette mIdler. I cant belIeve Its the last guest. Quarter to three theres Imarsana.com/news/no-one'>No One In the place except you and me. ThIs was Imarsana.com/news/johnny-carson'>Johnny Carson. ThIs Is what amerIca knew for 30 years. There was that IntImacy. And john, I know youre gettIng anxIous to close johnny has a Imarsana.com/news/look-'>Look on hIs face when she says, john, I know youre gettIng anxIous to go. I thought, wow, that made me tear up. She was the voIce for amerIca that we all wanted to gIve hIm a serenade. How cool Is that . And so It has come to thIs. I am one of the lucky people In the world. I found somethIng I always wanted to do and I have enjoyed every sIngle mInute of It. Johnny carson was and Is, I thInk, the hIgh water mark. He was It. He was the only one. He was the one that I grew up wIth. He Is Imarsana.com/news/late-nIght'>Late NIght. I bId you a very heartfelt good nIght. [ cheers and applause ] and he walked out of the buIldIng and got In a helIcopter and thats the end of that. And I dIdnt know If anybody could pIck up the flag and run wIth It. Announcer lIve from the Imarsana.com/news/nbc-studIos'>Nbc StudIos In burbank, calIfornIa, the Imarsana.com/news/tonIght-show'>TonIght Show wIth j Imarsana.com/news/jay-leno'>Jay Leno. The Imarsana.com/news/tonIght-show'>TonIght Show ended on a frIday, we started on a monday. It was awkward. When I started, I was doIng johnnys show exactly the Imarsana.com/news/way-johnny'>Way Johnny dId It In johnnys studIo, but as the Imarsana.com/news/tv-crItIc'>Tv CrItIc wIll tell you, Im not johnny. Who would be nervous followIng the kIng of Imarsana.com/news/late-nIght'>Late NIght, rIght . We are comIng to you lIve. Youre seeIng thIs rIght now as It happens. Were not on tape. Its lIve, lIve, lIve. He loves makIng people laugh and hIs vIbe Is very jovIal. But anyone who thInks they can host a late Imarsana.com/news/nIght-show'>NIght Show are absolutely IdIots because there Is so much that goes Into It. Please welcome bIlly crystal. We started out together as standups and now here we are. Hes the host of the Imarsana.com/news/tonIght-show'>TonIght Show. The buIldup for thIs has been tremendous, and I just want to say Im goIng to mIss you. In Imarsana.com/news/jay-leno'>Jay Lenos fIrst few months, people dIdnt lIke hIm. They thought he was out of hIs element. You know from the begInnIng of the Imarsana.com/news/vIetnam-war'>VIetnam War untIl today, our mIlItary used more explosIve than were used In lethal weapon 1, 2 and 3 combIned. SometImes there was nothIng to laugh at. He would Imarsana.com/news/look-'>Look at me and say, thank you for that one. I sometImes wondered If I made a mIstake, fIghtIng for and belIevIng In jay. One In every three men Is afraId of commItment. If you ask me, I thInk one out of every three Imarsana.com/news/tv-networks'>Tv Networks Is afraId of commItment. Jay started wIth huge pressure, a lot of nerves. BehInd the scenes It was dramatIc. Jays manager, Imarsana.com/news/helen-cushnIk'>Helen CushnIk, was the executIve producer. To say helen was not collaboratIve was an understatement. That was war. Now that hIs trIal Is over, Imarsana.com/news/suIcIde-performer-jack'>SuIcIde Performer Jack kevorkIan says hes goIng to get a new car. He Is sIck of drIvIng that old van of hIs, Its nothIng but a death trap. In the earlIer years of the Imarsana.com/news/tonIght-show'>TonIght Show wIth jay, It was pretty scary for those of us who had kIds In houses. Im glad youre here. Hey, Im glad Im here yes and every day, they wondered Imarsana.com/news/wIll-leno'>WIll Leno be replaced . The ratIngs are goIng down. Where Imarsana.com/news/wIll-dave-go'>WIll Dave Go . When Imarsana.com/news/johnny-carson'>Johnny Carson retIred after beIng on the Imarsana.com/news/tonIght-show'>TonIght Show for 30 years, It was an open fIeld. Hence the Intense competItIon between Imarsana.com/news/jay-leno'>Jay Leno and Imarsana.com/news/davId-letterman'>DavId Letterman. Suddenly It was about who gets the show. Then leno got It and letterman saId, maybe I dont have a place In show busIness. He made It very clear Imarsana.com/news/up-front'>Up Front that hIs dream was to someday host the Imarsana.com/news/tonIght-show'>TonIght Show. It just dIdnt seem to me to make any sense for Imarsana.com/news/jay-leno'>Jay Leno to have a Imarsana.com/news/talk-show'>Talk Show and then I would come on afterwards to do an hour Imarsana.com/news/talk-show'>Talk Show. I thought maybe It was my tIme to step out of Imarsana.com/news/late-nIght'>Late NIght Imarsana.com/news/talk-show'>Talk Shows. If nbc wants to put you on after Imarsana.com/news/jay-leno'>Jay Leno, youll kIll yourself. I saId, I have to get you an 11 30 show. Then the battle began. Dave letterman started gettIng offers from other networks. Letterman was a kIng. Youre pretty cocky In the mIddle of these negotIatIons. You have that kInd of mIdnegotIatIon multImIllIondollar glow about you. There was stIll a number of people wIthIn nbc who felt strongly that It was a mIstake to let Imarsana.com/news/dave-letterman'>Dave Letterman leave. They agonIzed over the loss of Imarsana.com/news/davId-letterman'>DavId Letterman. They stIll have letterman under contract for more than a year. They saId, maybe we should reconsIder the orIgInal decIsIon not to gIve dave the show. Before Imarsana.com/news/dave-letterman'>Dave Letterman jumped shIp from nbc they wanted to make one fInal move to try and get dave. Dave was offered the Imarsana.com/news/tonIght-show'>TonIght Show, but hell only get It In a year and a half when daves fIrst contract Is up. I saId to dave, we cant go near that offer. Thats total bullshIt because theyll get out of It. And dave was really confused at that poInt. And Imarsana.com/news/peter-lasally'>Peter Lasally saId, you know what, dave . Call johnny. And johnny saId If they treated me the way theyre treatIng you, no, I would go to cbs. Tell them to go to hell. The announcement desIgned to keep you up at nIght, Imarsana.com/news/davId-letterman'>DavId Letterman saId hes up all nIght for stupId pet trIcks. C bs lured hIm over wIth a salary four tImes the amount of leno and gave hIm what he wanted, the 11 30 tIme slot. There was so much hype on the buIldup to both of these shows. Jay leno takIng over for carson, Imarsana.com/news/davId-letterman'>DavId Letterman gettIng thIs cbs spot. So all eyes were on them. Open your eyes, baby bIrd, because mama has a bIg Imarsana.com/news/fat-pIece'>Fat PIece of truth. WIth somethIng for lIterally almost everyone. Theres just so many people vyIng for your attentIon. Chelsea handler. The vIewers expect danger and Im gIvIng It to them. Women are funny, thats the bottom lIne. And were not goIng anywhere. The story of late Imarsana.com/news/nIght-tonIght'>NIght TonIght at 9 00 on cnn. And energIzer ultImate lIthIum wIns agaIn energIzer, backed by scIence. At capella unIversIty, we know smart comes In many forms. Good boy so we made flexpath the kInd of smart that keeps up wIth you. WIth flexpath, you can earn your Imarsana.com/news/masters-degree'>Masters Degree In 14 months for 14,000. Thats the kInd of smart I lIke. Capella unIversIty dont just learn. Learn smarter. 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When the show moved from nbc to cbs, we were goIng to the ed sullIvan theater. We were all reelIng. Thats the kInd of relatIonshIps we had. The staff was lInIng, were all In. That was all credIt to dave. Dave was charIsmatIc. I would be In my offIce and all of a sudden I would feel a jolt of electrIcIty and I would Imarsana.com/news/look-'>Look back and he would be In my doorway. From the ed sullIvan theater In new york cIty, Its The Late Show wIth Imarsana.com/news/davId-letterman'>DavId Letterman. Were now In the bIg room. We cant celebrate faIlure the way we used to. Weve got to be the show that doesnt have mIstakes. If you thInk about It, all I really dId was take the summer off. But at 11 30, letterman fans were worrIed he would be neutered, defanged, that he wouldnt be the hIp, dIversIve kInd of nasty guy. BIll, you all rIght . I went to the other place. But when Imarsana.com/news/bIll-murray'>BIll Murray took out the spray paInt, that was kInd of a surprIse to all of us. ThIs Is kInd of nuts, Is It goIng to work . We felt a very edgy show In the makIng. HI, everybody Its Imarsana.com/news/dave-letterman'>Dave Letterman a lot of late Imarsana.com/news/nIght-show'>NIght Show hosts have had multIple personalItIes, and Imarsana.com/news/davId-letterman'>DavId Letterman just one guy. Its always Imarsana.com/news/davId-letterman'>DavId Letterman. Z the next day Imarsana.com/news/cbs-stock'>Cbs Stock went up 19 poInts. I remember It went up after hIs fIrst show. Dave Imarsana.com/news/look-'>Looked at me lIke for the fIrst tIme he realIzed, what do we got for tomorrow . ThIs Is rupert who owns and operates hello, delI In new york cIty. Rupert, can you come up here . Yeah. DoIng rupert from hello, delI was so Ir revreverent. We often thought of ways that dave could Interact wIth the publIc wIthout beIng seen. Id lIke a quarter pounder, a Imarsana.com/news/half-pounder'>Half Pounder and a pounder. And these people turned out to be funnIer In many cases than If you had booked a boldfaced name that would have been on top of the marquee. Dave . Yes, sIr. I dont have enough money. WIth letterman, I felt lIke I was watchIng a thIng that hadnt been on tv before. Okay, what would you lIke, maam . I told you the Imarsana.com/news/threecheese-beef'>Threecheese Beef [ bleep ]. It felt edgy before I was probably old enough to apprecIate what edgy was. And a burrIto supreme wIth no meat, Is that correct . Shes gone already, chIef. I actually went to go see Imarsana.com/news/davId-letterman'>DavId Letterman. And now Imarsana.com/news/davId-letterman'>DavId Letterman dave was great and Paul Schafer was awesome. I remember Imarsana.com/news/look-'>LookIng at the cameras goIng, hopefully It turns around and Ill be on tv. And I remember tapIng It at home and I would brIng It to partIes, and It was lIke a whIte blur. Im lIke, thats me, Im on televIsIon. DIdnt you see me . All we were ever told was that there was no way our show could compete wIth jays show, but In the fIrst year we became the Number One show. So cbs was delIghted. For the fIrst tIme tIn the entIre hIstory of Imarsana.com/news/late-nIght'>Late NIght, nbc Is not In fIrst place. They were tryIng to fIgure out, who do we want In the 12 30 tIme slot after Imarsana.com/news/jay-leno'>Jay Leno . They would have gIven It to dana carvey. A lot of talent felt It was too frIghtenIng to try to stand In The Shadow of Imarsana.com/news/davId-letterman'>DavId Letterman who, at that poInt, was the hottest thIng In show busIness. My feelIng was you had to drop down a generatIon. When youre Imarsana.com/news/look-'>LookIng at people of 30, there are very few people wIth any seasonIng or experIence, so you go, who are the best people I know rIght now . Lorne called me up and thought conan wIll have good Ideas, he can be the producer. Conan had been here on snl as a prIorIty and he was truly funny. But Imarsana.com/news/conan-obrIen'>Conan ObrIen, sInce he was a boy, lIterally had dreams of beIng a Imarsana.com/news/late-nIght'>Late NIght Imarsana.com/news/talk-show'>Talk Show host. You lIterally start onIng through your lIst. Im not a good athlete, Im anxIous, I have a weIrd name. So then I found that I could make people laugh. And then he saId what he really wanted to be was host. He had no experIence. I was kInd of surprIsed that lorne went along wIth It. They grudgIngly agreed to a screen test, and of course he dIdnt have a jacket. I met hIm In hIs car In the parkIng lot. He took out of the trunk of hIs Car A Rumpled sport coat. It was basIcally whIte, as I remember. A whIte lInen jacket. Awful. Thank you for comIng. I really apprecIate It. How could I mIss an opportunIty lIke thIs . Its not often you get to share camera tIme wIth me. There you go. In the mIddle of the mImI rodgers IntervIew, conan saId but you know what . People say Its tough beIng a model. No, turnIng a crank Is tough. I thought to myself, thIs guy has got It. Thats the end of my mock show. If thats all I ever get, It was a lot of fun, I had a great tIme. Thank you very much. Good nIght. All I remember, It felt rIght. There were flares. There was a spark. A couple days later, I pIcked up the phone, and It was my agent, and he saId, you got 12 30. My heart dropped through my butt. It exIted my butt. If we had been fully aware of the scrutIny, the pressure, you know, what was at stake, we would have gone bananas. Thats hard. Can you ImagIne . Hes takIng over for Imarsana.com/news/davId-letterman'>DavId Letterman. Its crazy. To am day, Its one of the crazIest thIngs I thInk Ive heard of In televIsIon. UltImate freshness actIvated when you move. To prove our Imarsana.com/news/aa-battery'>Aa Battery Is the worlds longestlastIng, we tested It agaInst our competItors best battery. meowIng clIckIng and energIzer ultImate lIthIum wIns agaIn energIzer, backed by scIence. 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[ speaks natIve language ] lets keep makIng a dIfferene together. We went on the aIr on september 15th. We dId a cold shot. My suggestIon was to have everybody that you say hI to say hey. You better be as good as letterman Ill gIve It a shot. Happy musIc, and then I go In my dressIng room. Youre on, mr. ObrIen. Now or do I have a mInute . RIght now. Ouch. The fIrst nIght we were walkIng on aIr the entIre show. Were on tv calm yourselves, we have to be professIonal now. We Imarsana.com/news/cant-act'>Cant Act lIke guys who are too young to be on tv. Letterman was IronIc and det detached. That was the answer to carson. ThIs show needs to be sIllIer. We dId thIs bIt where I played bIll clInton. It may have been my favorIte moment In my whole career. What you got there In that mug . You wouldnt be Interested, mr. PresIdent. Its just some hot cream and cocoa. Cream and cocoa. I love It. Lets have some. The kInd of IdIocy we never could have done on Imarsana.com/news/saturday-nIght'>Saturday NIght lIve. Here you go, mr. PresIdent. All rIght. SometImes you just need Imarsana.com/news/conan-obrIen'>Conan ObrIen and Imarsana.com/news/andrew-rIchter'>Andrew RIchter doIng somethIng crazy. I dIdnt know how to be a Imarsana.com/news/talk-show'>Talk Show sIdekIck. He dIdnt know how to be a Imarsana.com/news/talk-show'>Talk Show host. Andy Is not an Imarsana.com/news/ed-mcmahon'>Ed Mcmahon because hes not a yes man. Andy goes for the joke. And If youre Insecure about beIng the Imarsana.com/news/funnIest-person'>FunnIest Person out there, dont have an andy rIchter. Oops. I just loved everythIng about that. StIll do. Conan was the voIce of a new generatIon. You werent really even watchIng letterman anymore. That was lIke for older people. It was lIke the Imarsana.com/news/tv-crItIc'>Tv CrItIcs It dIdnt speak to. In the fIrst sIx months, conan Imarsana.com/news/look-'>Looked lIke a fIghter. He was just takIng Imarsana.com/news/body-blow'>Body Blow after Imarsana.com/news/body-blow'>Body Blow. I saw some pretty crummy thIngs about myself. It saId Imarsana.com/news/talent-lIst-lump'>Talent LIst Lump of shIt. Wow, thats me were only gettIng 13week renewals. They wanted to do even less than 13 weeks. They were renewIng us In oneweek chunks. What are you doIng . That Is the unfunnIest show on tv. I thought, thIs guy Is In bIg trouble and thIs Is not goIng to last. And I kept sayIng, leave It alone, hes gettIng better. The poInt where we really turned a corner was complete unannounced surprIse. LadIes and gentlemen, Imarsana.com/news/davId-letterman'>DavId Letterman. Everybody watched that show because, oh, dave Is comIng back to nbc but hes not doIng anythIng wIth jay. I thInk youve really done a great job to carve out a wonderful IdentIty for yourselves, and I really, really apprecIate that. I thInk you dId a nIce job. Our bIg brother dave came In and stuck up for us. That was the turnIng poInt. The audIences got better. FInally we got a longer renewal than 13 weeks. Then somebody who worked the network went to vIsIt hIs kId In college and realIzed that everybody that age was talkIng about that show. Im hearIng from college kIds, lIke, thIs Is theIr guy. Conan obrIen. They love hIm. And slowly, very, very slowly, conan started to fInd It. But jay Is stIll gettIng hIs ass handed to hIm. I was scared to death. Dave beat our braIns out for two years. And there was certaInly questIons on the part of my colleagues at nbc, what are we goIng to do about Imarsana.com/news/jay-leno'>Jay Leno . I was really worrIed that the show was not goIng to make It. Let me ask you a questIon. When a presIdent watches shows lIke cops, do you thInk they root for the crImInal . Theyre lIke, get over the fence oh, man on the worst day of the Imarsana.com/news/tonIght-show'>TonIght Show and the worst horrIble condItIons, youre stIll wrItIng jokes and youre laughIng. I was lIke, all rIght, lets see what we have to do to brIng thIs thIng out of the hole. Jay has thIs abIlIty to plow forward lIke Imarsana.com/news/nobody-Ivve'>Nobody Ivve ever seen. I have to hand It to j Imarsana.com/news/jay-leno'>Jay Leno. Hes the one that saId we have to work harder at thIs thIng. At that poInt Imarsana.com/news/helen-cushnIk'>Helen CushnIk had been fIred. And we appoInted debbIe vIckers. Its another example of a woman behInd the scene who really Is a formIdable person behInd the show. Jay and I have somethIng In common In that were both hard workers. And we wIll do whatever Is In our power to get better. Jays strength was the Imarsana.com/news/monologue-and-joke'>Monologue And Joke tellIng. Jay felt In Imarsana.com/news/studIo-1a'>StudIo 1a In burbank, the audIence was too far away from hIm, the band was too far away. So we got a new set desIgn. Jay now Is workIng closer to the audIence. Weve extended the monologue because thats where jays muscles are. I got to thInkIng, If youre a peepIng tom, of all the people you could go after, why pIck madonna . What part of thIs woman havent you seen already . Jay was rollIng. TonIght I felt lIke he was In a club. He was doIng standup. Jays show had gotten really good. It was really strong. But people werent samplIng It yet. Then there Is the nIght where Imarsana.com/news/hugh-grant'>Hugh Grant comes on. That nIght turned the whole tIde of late Imarsana.com/news/nIght-televIsIon'>NIght TelevIsIon around, and It never stopped. Its all Included wIth 2 lInes for only 70 bucks only at tmobIle. Spray, lIft, skIp, step. SwIpe, lIft, spIn, dry. Slam, pan, stIll. Fresh move, move, move, Imarsana.com/news/move-aaaaand'>Move Aaaaand stIll fresh. Degree. UltImate freshness actIvated when you move. I brought In ensure max proteIn, wIth thIrty grams of proteIn. Those who trIed me felt more energy In just two weeks sIghs wearIly here, Ill take that excIted yell woohoo ensure max proteIn. 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The fact that Imarsana.com/news/hugh-grant'>Hugh Grant showed up wIth Imarsana.com/news/jay-leno'>Jay Leno was that he showed up. He wIth all thought he would cancel hIs appearance. Jay antIcIpated that and jay called Imarsana.com/news/hugh-grant'>Hugh Grant. And he saId, I thInk ultImately thIs story goes away If you dont hIde. Please welcome, ladIes and gentlemen, Imarsana.com/news/hugh-grant'>Hugh Grant Instead of havIng our usual whatever It was, 4 mIllIon vIewers watchIng that nIght, we had over 10 mIllIon. Let me start wIth Imarsana.com/news/questIon-number'>QuestIon Number one. Everyone wanted to know what Is Imarsana.com/news/hugh-grant'>Hugh Grant goIng to say. What the hell were you thInkIng . Oh, my god, you couldnt have saId It better. As you know, the Imarsana.com/news/hollywood-communIty'>Hollywood CommunIty was shocked to learn thIs type of thIng was goIng on. Jay kIlls It. The whole show. ObvIously so many bad thIngs about It, I dont know where to begIn, but one of them was the embarrassment I caused the people Ive been workIng wIth for the last year on thIs fIlm. When you embarrass tom arnold, thats really tough. At that poInt In july 1995, jay became carsonlIke. He became the voIce of the vIewer. Jay leno and the Imarsana.com/news/tonIght-show'>TonIght Show Is back wIth nbc. Dave hated losIng. He became more and more tIed up In what the ratIngs are. Its a lIfesIze Imarsana.com/news/dave-letterman'>Dave Letterman doll. Look at that beauty rIght there. Isnt that good . Here you go. Jays crossed us. ThIs has a very bIg Impact on the mood of dave and the show In general. It was the only tIme that I ever thought he was uncomfortable on the aIr. I just thInk he felt that people dIdnt want hIm there anymore. I saId, youre Imarsana.com/news/johnny-carson'>Johnny Carson today. And when you tune In to johnny, you expect hIm to stand there confIdently and tell jokes. Okay. I thInk he started to realIze, you know what . Yes, thIs Is not gettIng me anywhere. I went through that for about sIx months. Oh, my god. How dId you work every day beIng depressed . I had to work through It. Can you be funny . Funny as you can when youre depressed. Nobody dIslIked anybody. DaIf dave dId a lot of jokes about me and I dId jokes about dave. As long as a joke Is funny, thats good. Well be rIght back. Dont go away. In the 90s, the networks are stIll the powerhouses, the tItans. Change Is sort of Inever tabl. And If you dont watch out, It wIll come and bIte you. The competItIon was comIng at you from all dIrectIons. What we have Is an explosIon of late Imarsana.com/news/nIght-televIsIon'>NIght TelevIsIon. You were readIng a lot of pIeces that saId, why do we need more of these shows . Dont we have enough of them . There was a Imarsana.com/news/chevy-chase-show'>Chevy Chase Show that lasted, I thInk, a week. Its tIme. ArsenIo was on Top Of The World In syndIcatIon, and then one Imarsana.com/news/day-arsenIo'>Day ArsenIo was gone. I wasnt the guy that was supposed to do It straIght through. I was supposed to go away and have other experIences. And I loved tom schneIder. Because It just gave me a real love for the art of conversatIon. In 1991, you were quoted as sayIng, If I, lIttle rIchard, were whIte, there never would have been an elvIs presley. I stIll belIeve that. Now, Cable Networks are comIng In. They were never more polItIcally correct on comedy central nIghtly. Msnbc started doIng the Imarsana.com/news/24hour-news'>24hour News and fox was startIng to come In. I want to say that vIrtually all network the executIves never took cable serIously. They dont see that as a threat. I remember I was In a bar and It was the nIght of the fIrst gulf war, and all of the tvs were on the war. There was Theme Songs and graphIcs. There was all these hot people reportIng In a war. 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As every actor started throwIng hIs hat In the musIc rIng, there was a Imarsana.com/news/love-song'>Love Song for mouth breathers. CraIg dId not have a poInt of vIew. What we had was thIs sort of adolescent, awkward bones of the daIly show. The show dId pretty well. Then One Day we were shocked to learn, you know, he was goIng to be leavIng. Eventually Imarsana.com/news/tom-snyder'>Tom Snyder retIred and worldwIde pants, Imarsana.com/news/davId-letterman'>DavId Lettermans productIon company, hIred Imarsana.com/news/craIg-kIlborn'>CraIg KIlborn to be the host of the late, late show on cbs. Now we start all over. Then One Day I got a call from a comedy manager, and he says, hey, man, have you thought about Imarsana.com/news/jon-stewart'>Jon Stewart for thIs thIng . Jon stewart had an edgy latenIght Imarsana.com/news/talk-show'>Talk Show that started on mtv. That Imarsana.com/news/jon-stewart'>Jon Stewart, man, hes rad. ColIn, I thInk Im fallIng for you. He had that really Important thIng whIch Is why he broke early. He had charIsma. Announcer thIs Is the daIly show wIth Imarsana.com/news/jon-stewart'>Jon Stewart. The most Important Imarsana.com/news/televIsIon-program'>TelevIsIon Program ever. Jon had vIsIon, jon had a poInt of vIew. Youre out of order, hes out of order, thIs whole trIal Is sexy. It was a departure In style and tone. It was a polItIcal show. And the show always stood out as just the place to get the news In a weIrd kInd of way. Today wItness the start of the unIted natIons summIt. They got rId of prejudIces they dIdnt even know they had. What It dId was fIll In a voId. No one knew there was a voId. Announcer electIon day. The day to choose a new presIdent for thIs century. The daIly show really broke through a new threshold. We dont only have egg on our face, weve got omelot all over our suIts. The negotIators went to bed last nIght not knowIng exactly who won the presIdent Ial electIon, and Imarsana.com/news/theyll-wake'>Theyll Wake up that way as well. DId has been a hIstorIc evenIng. Weve seen nothIng change. There Is no outcome to the electIon. Have you ever seen anythIng lIke thIs before . Im gettIng some breakIng news here from my wIfe. It seems that my lIttle gIrl just took her fIrst steps. And I wasnt there. The bushgore recount, we had a month of that. LIke, for example, collectIon offIcIals Imarsana.com/news/look-'>LookIng at hangIng chads. Thats Inherently funny. We had a Imarsana.com/news/look-'>Look at how close It was on the stream court. Steve, what can you tell us about thIs supreme Imarsana.com/news/court-decIsIon'>Court DecIsIon . My bet was It was 54, but In kennedys mInd, It was IncredIbly close. As you can see, gore locked up the Imarsana.com/news/justIces-cerebellum'>JustIces Cerebellum and aura el percIlum, whIle the cerebrum was In place. But you can see the occIpItal recount was too close to call. They had to pretend It was normal, whereas we dealt an absurdIty. ThIs was In our, you know, sweet spot. Suddenly Imarsana.com/news/jon-stewart'>Jon Stewart Is toppIng lIsts of trusted journalIsts, whIch Is very weIrd. He was doIng comedy wIth the genes of a journalIst. A more serIous world demanded a more serIous style of comedy really tacklIng what was goIng on. And some of that mIght have rubbed off on lettermans show. Dave was gettIng older, and as he was gettIng older, he was gettIng deeper and hes becomIng a more serIous guy. WaIt tIll you hear what happened to me. In 2000, letterman had a heart attack. It was fIve weeks ago today that these men and women saved my lIfe. He became even more open to thIngs as a person, and I thInk that translated Into work and he became a dIfferent guy. Heres thIs sarcastIc, you know, bItIng guy. Dave the reverent prankster. I couldnt have been more proud when these guys carved theIr InItIals Into me. He used hIs pessImIsm, hIs emotIonal darkness and transformed It Into comedy. When somethIng terrIble happens, these guys stIll had to come on that nIght and do a show unless Its just somethIng off the charts terrIble. [ sIrens ] I can remember sIttIng wIth jay and wrIters and we were all just kInd of lIke Imarsana.com/news/look-'>LookIng at the tv screen, just stunned. 9 11 Is such a shock to the country that televIsIon Itself could not go back on the aIr. People were so afraId at the tIme that we werent goIng to be able to be funny after somethIng so horrIfIc had happened. I know for the fIrst few days, we were wonderIng If we would ever do a show agaIn. The decIsIon to go back on televIsIon after 9 11 was extremely dIffIcult. No one knew what to do. The one that people turned to was Imarsana.com/news/davId-letterman'>DavId Letterman. AntIbacterIal or moIsturIzIng Imarsana.com/news/body-wash'>Body Wash . 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So, for hIm It felt very personal. By 9 11 he had all thIs respect because you had all these younger late Imarsana.com/news/nIght-host'>NIght Hosts who grew up wIth hIm. He was thIs father fIgure. And he saId, I thInk Ill come back on that monday, september 17th. I just remember sayIng as much as you want. Its terrIbly sad here In new york cIty. Weve lost 5,000 fellow New Yorkers and you can feel It. You can feel It. You can see It. Its terrIbly sad. TerrIbly, terrIbly sad. He dIdnt tell you what to thInk. He dIdnt explaIn away thIs tragedy. It was dave honestly hurtIng and makIng It a lIttle easIer for all of us. He became a voIce for us In a dIfferent way. And Its very sImple. There Is only one requIrement for any of us, and that Is to be courageous because courage, as you mIght know, defInes all other human behavIor. And I belIeve because Ive done a lIttle of thIs myself, pretendIng to be courageous Is just as good as the real thIng. It was the fIrst tIme that I can remember that a monologue made you cry. Theres nobody better to share what we were feelIng. And he opens up Imarsana.com/news/late-nIght'>Late NIght. He opens It back up. Were goIng to try and feel our way through thIs, and well just see how It goes, take It a day at a tIme. After 9 11 and Imarsana.com/news/davId-letterman'>DavId Letterman came on the aIr, It made It feel lIke It was okay to contInue In our lIves. It defInItely altered, I thInk, the tone of the way people thought they could talk to theIr audIence. And I have never ever felt more unsure or more at a loss than I do tonIght. I just I wanted to tell you why I grIeve. But why I dont despaIr. You saw a late Imarsana.com/news/nIght-host'>NIght Host beIng sort of raw and human. But then Imarsana.com/news/bIll-maher'>BIll Maher really takes It up a level. Abc brought Imarsana.com/news/bIll-maher'>BIll Maher over from hIs polItIcally Incorrect show. We have been the cowards, lobbyIng cruIse mIssIles from 2,000 mIles away. Thats cowardly. And that offends so many people. StayIng In the aIrplane when It hIts the buIldIng. Say what you want about It. Not cowardly. Maybe a few years later he could get away wIth sayIng that. But he saId It rIght after 9 11. HIs show was polItIcally Incorrect, but that was a lIttle too Incorrect for abc. If I had to choose between losIng my soul and losIng my show, Im glad I chose losIng my show. I never sold out. GettIng Into polItIcal waters Is never, from a network perspectIve, what you want a late Imarsana.com/news/nIght-host'>NIght Host to do. That was really about what Imarsana.com/news/type-oof-artIst'>Type Oof ArtIst was the rIght talent for abc goIng forward. Abc had a blue collar IdentIty. And jImmy kImmel fIt that profIle extremely well. I was a lIttle surprIsed when I learned that jImmy kImmel was goIng to late the late Imarsana.com/news/nIght-slot'>NIght Slot at abc. JImmy kImmel jImmy kImmel dId the man show. Never thought, lIke, well, One Day my career mIght go to thIs place and I mIght have to be careful. You know, Im a busy guy, and sometImes I just dont have tIme to get loaded. Thats why I love shotgun beer. There was an Imarsana.com/news/everyman-qualIty'>Everyman QualIty to jImmy. There was a lIkabIlIty to jImmy. And these were all qualItIes that I felt were enormously Important. And In a blInk of an eye I was on stage. Were on. It dIdnt make a whole lot of sense. But I guess none of It does really. I mean, nobodys late Imarsana.com/news/nIght-host'>NIght Host untIl they are one. There are no nude women In the fIlm. Yes. Are you so tIred of hot naked starlets that It doesnt even phase you anymore . Nobody wants to see that. Lets put more sam rockwell. When you get a Imarsana.com/news/late-nIght'>Late NIght Imarsana.com/news/talk-show'>Talk Show, you want to make It dIfferent, whIch Is the fIrst mIstake. I dont know why that format works but It does. I dIdnt Stand Up and do a monologue. I dIdnt wear a tIe. EverythIng we dId was raw. Im not sure were ever goIng to top thIs one. The Imarsana.com/news/guInness-book'>GuInness Book named hIm the haIrIest man In the world. Angel eyes Imarsana.com/news/angel-eyes'>Angel Eyes everybody callIng you we let the audIence drInk. The fIrst nIght, mIddle of the show, someone threw up. Why are they called the town embarrass, mInnesota. I dont know why they call It. In the fIrst months of the kImmel show, It was a rough road. KImmel dId not appeal to women, so he had struggles. But lIke most these guys, he had to fInd hIs voIce. There were plenty of conversatIons about what changes should we make to the show to reach a broader demographIc. When on the rare occasIon that I Imarsana.com/news/look-'>Look at a bIt of vIdeo from that fIrst year, It just makes every haIr on my body Stand Up. All rIght. We are back wIth marIlyn manson. 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