he picked dave garraway who was perfect.amera as if he was talking to you. >> how about those "today" show girls? what was going on with that? the girls were being chased around the table. how did that come to be? >> like the marx brothers. >> estelle parsons was the woman's editor on the "today" show and would fill in for dave garraway. after that, there was a succession of "today" girls who were not given respect or any of the serious stories on the program for years. barbara walters was the one who changed all that. she was a trailblazer. >> even in her bunny outfit. >> that is tough, too. she was hired as a writer. she wasn't able to write for any of the men on the program for years. she had to forge her way and eventually became the first female co-host. >> it was really a chimp who saved the day. let's be honest about it. it took a gorilla. >> people still didn't think the story was going to work. there were stories about it possibly being canceled. the chimpanzee was brought on to the show. it became instantly a hit w