and mr. parr, he referred to him, used to do proper interviews. then our show is hugely influenced by jimmy fallon's show, jimmy fallon influenced by ellen. ellen influenced by letterman. >> rose: johnny carson was influenced by steve allen. >> and all of those things start to start to, you know, inflins you, i think. >> rose: but it feels comfortable at least? >> i feel a lot more comfortable now, just in the manner that people, in the manner that i'm just overwhelmed the way that people have responded. >> rose: that's the reason you feel comfortable. it is the idea that you didn't step on a banana or you didn't do anything that people would have said after you have been on, how did this ever happen y did they ever think he could do this. >> yes. >> rose: they are in fact saying look, isn't this interesting, what he is doing. >> i guess so, yeah, i'm very, i'm overwhelmed by that, really. i'm incredibly relieved and grateful, yeah. >> rose: could this happen in prime time? a show like this or is it, you know, jay leno tried to do it but jay leno