david letterman made on them. >> and leno won the -- the ratings but david letterman had an impact on pop culture. >> thank you. that does it for us. stay tuned for the cnn special report, david letterman says goodbye. >> the follow is a cnn special report. >> i happen to be the most powerful man in american broadcasting. >> there really was no preparation. it was spontaneous. >> carson was the best show. jay created the anti-show. >> i have more memories show than my own life from that time. >> before kimmel, conan, seth,

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

answered in person. >> the trademark bit. it was 196-and steve o'donnell was a writer for dave's show. >> if we got a letter that was provocative enough, we would seek them out. >> just one example of how dave changes the game. >> let me see if colleen is home. five years in the run. it was clever and unconventional. >> can you show us around the place. show us your sister's stuff. >> the brother showed up and showed us the girl's room. >> and he showed us the girl's footwear. >> and he took us to where she was working in the mall. >> and that was spot tv making at the time. >> at the time that was

electric. >> conan o'brien couldn't believe it. >> it wasn't something you saw. >> the idea of connie carson going into someone's house. >> did he mow her along. >> i think he did. >> that he was going someone someone's stuff had a huge impact me. >> and all of the shows that would come after him. not bad for a boy next door from indianapolis, indiana. his dad harry was a florist and his mom dorothy a church secretary. his mom later wrote a cook book with pictures of dave and his two sisters. >> our household was pull of arthur godfrey productions.

>> and i can just remember being fascinated by -- when they would open the television part of the simulcast and there was something about the microphone and the earphones and the equipment that i found fascinating. >> dave was a good ball player but at broad ripple high school, not a good student. >> i can remember doing so poorly my mom was very upset about it and she said we'll try to get you into a trade school. >> was not able to keep up. and then one semester i took a public speaking course and when i realized this might be my life line. i might be able to do something. >> at ball state university he turned it into his major. >> he decided to be a speech major. >> arthur coffee covered the tv industry for 25 years. >> he joined the radio station and then comes out of station and becomes the goofy weather man. >> the higher up, moving the

border between indiana and ohio, making it one giant state. >> when a tropical storm would become a hurricane, i would wish it well. >> dave wasn't suited for news, he was headed for economy. >> so he married his girlfriend. >> she was supportive of his dreams. but he behaved badly right away because the young girls were so smitten with him. >> his marriage fell apart. >> i just came back from reno. we had to take turns in the water going bbbbbb. >> he talked about the struggles of standup. >> so you go into a comedy store

and you do real well and you get down and you're excited about five or ten minutes and you're like wait a minute, i just made 80 drunk people laugh. >> he had a detachment and he was very cool and verbal. >> by 1978 he hit the big time. >> here's johnny. >> a guest spot with his long time idle. >> if your dog is constipated, why screw up a good thing. >> i was his light coming out of bur bank. >> there was a fire in laurel canyon and i lost an entire set of dishes. well you know how paper burns. just like that. >> johnny carson dpel hard for -- fell hard for day.

>> there is always a former house. formerly owned by. >> i think skreeky frome lived in my old house. >> i have a feeling after a shot on this show hadn't, you're going to be working a lot. >> and after a few appearances he went from a guest -- to guest host and became a network favorite. >> it's the david letterman show live. >> and nbc execs were so smitten, in 1980 he got his own morning show. hal gurnee. >> there was no room to do musical acts and it was like a sitcom, people came in through a door. >> hitch hall with a gardening hint. >> it was inter -- inappropriate

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people watching? >> an electronic wizard. >> conan o'brien, then in high school. >> and it is hard to explain that to people today. this guy was 180 degrees different from anything you had seen in that kind of format. >> would you like a tissue? >> the whole thing felt wrong/perfect. >> mash perfect for -- maybe perfect for conan but not for the time slot. after four months he was canceled. he thought his career was over. >> he was about as devastated as you could be. i think he remained for his career consumed with self-doubt. >> but they had other plans for dave. >> david letterman. >> he landed late night, right

after his hero johnny carson. in a time slot so late he could do anything he wanted on air. >> right over there is the "today" show. >> this is my idea and i'm not wearing pants. >> it was a completely unique talk show. >> infused with dave's sarcasm. >> america's favorite summertime passtime, destruction by gravity. >> and whacky stunts. >> i just remember my friends and i watching that and thinking this is the greatest thing ever. >> the turkey is a flightless bird. i don't think so. >> brand new territory for a talk show. dave would throw, smashing the fourth wall, turning to his own team for spinirration. >> what do you do with the jacket when i'm done with? >> i add to the big ball of

sport coats. >> paul, good question, how exactly do you get out of there? >> there really was no preparation, it wasspontaneous. i love paul. >> he always has the perfect reaction. and i love the rhythm they have together. >> and here he is again. no. what is he name? paul. >> side kick, paul shaffer. >> the first shows i didn't have anything to say. so i inserted myself and just one day started talking. and dave got a kick out of it. >> you know, paul, i used to do weather on tv. >> you did? that's funny, because i used to be a swimsuit model. >> he said after the show, do more of that. >> i watched johnny carson, and you are no johnny carson.

>> sometimes we had a bigger audience than the tonight show. >> and then he started a routine with you where he would talk to you during the show. >> hal? hal? >> hilarious innovative. everyone was along for the ride. there was guest cam and monkey cam. >> they had a 360 degree show where the show slowly over the course of the hour rotated. >> we have a16 -- achieved 180 degrees. >> i felt like the heavens had opened up. >> and fan boy. >> there was a cake that you

had? >> a fan boy david letterman cake. i had a license plate that said l 8 night. it seemed like such a waste of late night television. they started a new kind of humor. >> and here is one of the smaller offices right there. >> carson had some rules that we weren't suppose to break and the request was they shouldn't talk to an announcer and do an opening mon or log. i remember thinking that is it? that is all we don't have to do. well that leaves everything. >> writer merill markoe was the brains behind so much. they were involved

professionally and romantically for more than a decade. anything in a phone book, like do you have bulbs and what else? >> do you have side bulbs? and what else. >> and what else do you get in here? >> shades. >> she developed a lot of the trade segments. >> i think i'm ground zero for dog videos. >> that led to stupid pet tricks. >> stupid human tricks. and more. >> my dream job was to work for david letterman. >> in 1985, conan o'brien tried to get a job as a writer on the show.

>> it was between me and a guy from another mass murder, a guy from oklahoma. >> steve o'donnell, though not a mass murderer, got one of the coveted writing gigs. >> it is like a college dorm type show but it wasn't clear that it would go on for a long, long time. >> they came up with most of the crazy get-ups. >> we have 3,400 tablets on this fine piece of clothing. >> we had suits that were come up with by steve alan. >> just snack your brains out. >> and the classic top ten lists. >> the top ten words that almost

rime with peas. >> and the number one word is meats. >> yes, that was supposed to be absurd. >> off the charts absurd but arguably dave's funniest materials were his remotes, pranks outside of the studio. >> i just want to ask you a couple of questions, what do you do for a living? >> i'll a mailman. >> get into the fountain. if you get fired, i'll get you a job. just get in. come on. >> nobody knew he was. because he was a guy on at 12:00 at night. and i do remember when a lady went, wait a minute, i know you. >> you mean, you need authorization for a fruit

basket. >> and that is great to drop off a fruit basket you need paperwork. >> and when he brings a gift basket to him, the guy wouldn't shake his hand. >> i'm going to ask you to turn the cameras off. >> that was an important agreement, we were all on the same side. they took it personally. >> i think he hurt his own future that way. here is dave that wants to succeed johnny carson in every way. >> here is to people who will make the decision, and you are alienating them. >> you better to g.e. >> david letterman. >> but the audience loved it. after a year on the air, he was everywhere.

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can i speak to you for a second. >> will you people leave me a loan. >> the stuff on the right side is tingling. do you know what that means? it's working. >> look who is there? >> and by the 80s, all of the cool kids wanted to hang with david letterman. >> including jay leno, who grew up with him doing standup in the 70s. >> leno was a dream guest. whatever else was coming on in a dream or month, well, we had leno coming up next month. >> it led to jay being the permanent substitute host for johnny. >> and here's jay leno.

>> 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

months before. would i like to have the show? oh, sure. i'm likely to be looking at new upholstery now. and looking to inherent -- inherit the chair. >> that is what he was looking for. >> but nbc executives had another comedian in mind. >> when did it become clear that dave that he was not going to get this dream job. >> they came to new york to talk to him, we love you and we want to keep you where you are and he said that is unacceptable and i want out of my contract and walked out of the room. >> making it even worse, the comic they liked was jay leno, who dave had boost to success. >> bill carter wrote a best-selling book about the battle for late night and saying

nbc execs had doubts. >> can you do the tonight show format and jay had a guy would do anything, any they asked times ten and said we'll give leno tonight and keep dave. >> but dave would have none of us and public jostling for the tonight show went on for months. >> we were on at 12:30 and we did okay and it was this odd dynamic, and nbc and jay leno and you had an on going soap opera and the strategy and the politics and the one guy did get the job and one guy didn't. >> leno got the gig and dave was crushed. >> he was devastated. people said jay was this wild comic and decided to become a mainstream comic and if you

think at 11:30, dave wanted to win. dave didn't play the game and jay got the show. >> you're lovely. >> enjoy yourself. i'll be right back. >> jay's relationship with nbc became fractured and all of the other networks came according. >> i think what made the difference is this woe bring in plates of fresh fruit and it was first-rate produce. >> and that impressed you? >> not me but every other bone head that came in. >> and he gets the most powerful sergeant in hollywood to represent him. >> and that is where if he doesn't play at 11:30, there is a penalty and that is how they got around that. >> we're going to make you the star around the network. you are going to be the guy for us. >> coming up, dave rolls the dice? >> he was worried about going to

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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.

>> it is me, you jerk. >> every single night, he just killed it, killed it. >> ladies and gentlemen, that is not a promo. this is the actual show. >> dave amped up his monologue and had more a-list guests. >> such as drew barrymore, who gave him an unforgettable birthday gift. >> we had madonna on. one of my favorite reaction shots and she thought it would be funny if she used the f word over and over and over again and she thought it would be funny. >> and i thought it would be

funny to -- -- >> turn the volume down immediately, she can't be stopped. >> nonstop laughs. but dave never thought it could be good enough. >> i have saved dozens of little notes on his stage. >> and even as he woiry -- worried about his suck said, he paid it forward just as carson had done for him. >> conan o'brien was a virtual unknown when he replaced dave on late night. unt >> i was being pummelled to death every night and i had only

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

counter all of that momentum at nbc. >> if you want to influence a congres congressman, you have to send him a full beer can. >> and gradually dave made peace with him. >> he is more comfortable with the hipper and slightly screwed attitude than being at number one. >> it doesn't matter what the ratings are. it doesn't matter. the fact of the matter is dave is the best there ever was. dave started something. >> in 2000 dave showed a much softer side after emergency heart bypass surgery and five weeks off the air, giving a much tribute to the hospital staff that helped him. >> these men and women right here saved my life. >> and when dave shows his human side, it's a real treat. you're like, oh, what is going

on here, who is this person we didn't know. >> and it earned an emmy nominati nomination. >> days after 9/11. >> he was pacing and trying to figure out what he would say. >> if you live to be a thousand years old will that make any sense to you? will that make any god damn sense. >> he was the first host back on air. >> he made it okay to start laughing again. >> fatherhood also changed him. >> in 2003 he and his girlfriend had a son harry named after dave's late father. >> it has been sweet to see the big moments in his life, from the heart surgery to the birth of his son and then we got to know him. >> hur life doesn't begin in the important ways until you've had a child. >> when we come back, a cheating scandal turns dave's world

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thank you very much for being on the program. it was three years since the last time you were on the show and i will say right off the top, you look different from what i remember. >> the late show, january, 2009, walk even phoenix was acting different. it was like watching a really good surgery. >> what can you tell us about your days with the unibomber. >> he told you without specifically telling you that he thought that person was a nut. >> when i see somebody on the the show, i have an idea whether he's going to like them or not. and it really influences me. if he likes them, i like them. and if he doesn't like them, they're idiots. >> and joakim, i'm sorry you can't be here tonight. and more than 25 years and he

could still nail it. and when he left -- >> we just have two more shows left to do. >> and ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the tonight show with conan o'brien. >> there was much brauma with o'brien getting the tonight show and then resting it back from him and they both laughed about it, both denied by a screaming leno. >> he's getting a live feed in a satellite truck right now. he's watching every second. >> it is like here are two guys. very successful, nobody should feel bad for them, but they've both been through the same hellish experience because of this other guy. it was one of those -- it was a nice moment that comes along

every now and then where everybody lines up. >> how about your relationship, you knew him before he wanted his show back. >> i was assured none of this would come back. >> one awkward moment for sarah palin, her daughter was knocked up by alex rodriguez. >> dave had messed up and targeted the wrong daughter. >> i think some people think it is over the line. >> i told a bad joke, a joke beyond flawed. >> but it was nothing compared to what came next this year. >> i have a story i would like to tell you. >> the host confessed to a cheating scandal soon after he and long time girlfriend tied the knot. >> it was secret that he had

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

said no, i'm not doing that and he went to the cops. and i want to thank the people at the special prosecution bureau and the district attorney's office. >> this personal spent four months in jail. a week after the scandal, dave apologized to his wife on air. >> my wife regina has been horribly hurt by my behavior. and when something happens like that, if you hurt a person and it is your responsibility, you try to fix it. so let me tell you, folks, i got my work cut out for me. dave called this the lowest point in his life. the couple did reconcile and they are still together. >> talk about electric television. it is just television like nothing else you've ever seen. >> his ratings went up. >> his ratings went up. but they have never recovered much from the early days because

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dave and pop star, lady gaga. >> hello, new york! >> nice to see you. >> there was no stomping me. my mom was really supportive and i've been doing this for a long time and i have a lot of rejection. >> when i got fired at nbc, my mom brought me here to cbs. >> that was 23 years ago. >> is it weird that it's lasted this long? it's 2015. >> i think it's weird in the sense that he felt it was going to be canceled all the time. i heard about that endlessly. and i would like to go back to that version of him and just go, you! what's wrong with you?! you're going to be on for the rest of your life. >> here's johnny! >> or at least longer than his idol, johnny carson. >> i bid you a very heartfelt good night. >> in 2013, david letterman became the longest running

late-night host in show business history. >> my name is david letterman. the one fixed point in the ever-changing late-night sky. >> he's had more than 18,000 guests. >> howard stern. many of them, regulars. >> no! >> a little play right in there. yeah! >> julia roberts! >> you know, there was a time, dave, when i asked you on a date. >> wait a minute, turn off the cameras! clear the audience. turn off the cameras! >> jerry seinfeld. >> i'm not going to mexico. why would i? their food is already here. >> after more than 30 years on-air for letterman, his younger rivals are grabbing

those coveted younger viewers. ♪ i want to rock right now >> you know, you're not surprising anybody at this point by being letterman. we all know what david letterman is, but he's still doing things you absolutely have to see. >> it's too damned hot! there you go! >> late-night observer bill carter has been seeing signs that dave has been winding down. >> he really hasn't done any of the bits he used to do. he doesn't really, he doesn't even go to rehearsal and there are people who would say he probably should have left when he was closer to the peak. but i think it's really been very hard for him. >> when this show stops being fun, i will retire ten years later. >> then, last april, letterman made a shocking reveal about a phone call he had with cbs head

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.

she said, that's great. who is on the show? i said, i don't remember. so that's when i started thinking in terms of, how long does a guy want to do a tv show? >> in 2012, david admitted to battling depression with medication and even with meditation. he had a steady dose of fatherhood seems to be the most powerful elixir. >> so i was goofing around with harry and i said, harry, what if i retire? then i would be able to spend more time with the family. and harry looked at me and said, which part of the family? >> oh, boy, here we go. ♪ there simply is no better man ♪ ♪ than good old david letterman ♪ >> thank you for everything. thank you! >> dave's celebrity friends, however, have been less understanding. >> you know, i've had this

number prepared for some time, to be honest, dave, i wrote it for your funeral. >> believe me, you're going to have nothing to do pretty soon. >> i know. >> this whole quitting idea is the stupidest thing i have ever heard. horrible, horrible! >> and you are still an [ bleep ]. >> well, i was thinking you and me, we can play some dominos together. >> dominos! >> even president obama gave dave a heartfelt sendoff. >> i think dave will have the same kind of legacy that, that richard pryor and george carlin. i think that he's up there with those guys. >> you look at all the other shows, and you see david letterman's influence. >> how are you? >> i love his set. we should do our show -- >> yeah. >> dave not being on television just doesn't feel right to me. then let's follow it up by people pointing out to me that

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!

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