who deserved to get it was david letterman. network wavered in its support for him. >> when we found out that leno was going to get "the tonight show," we were all obviously depressed. we felt like we were being punished for making fun of them and not cooperating and not being as collaborative as we could have been. and we also felt like we were being disrespected because we did 11 years of great shows. >> just how pissed off are you? [ laughter ] [ cheers and applause ] >> by all rights, david letterman should have taken over for johnny carson, but his agent took a very, very aggressive stand. we're going to really control all of late night. it's going to cost you a fortunate, and they put our backs to the wall. >> i can only tell you that it has been an honor and a privilege to come into your homes all these years and entertain you. and i hope and i find something i want to do and like and come back and you'll be as gracious inviting me into your home as you have been. i bid you a very heartfelt good night. [ cheers and appla

sources tell the reporter, peter dinklage, david letterman, and bradley cooper are set to appear in thelm, which is headed to netflix. in hollywood, i'm david daniel. (robin) and here's a live look outside... at the bay bridge toll plaza. we'll be back with more of your kron 4 morning news after the break. welcome back. checking in on your morning forecast. after some heavy overnight rainfall showers will linger throughout much of the morning with a few stray showers possible into the early afternoon. bits of sunshine are likely to peak through the clouds late in the day before sunset tonight, daytime highs peaking in the 50's. no major hot spots. bay bridge wb 80 is less then 30 min from the maze to sf. san

. >> david letterman originally had a one-hour daytime show, and nbc, after like 13 weeks, decided to-- [ booing ] have these people been frisked? >> it was a dismal failure in terms of the ratings, but not in terms of introducing us to letterman. >> david, thank you for being with us tonight. >> thank you very much for having me, i appreciate it. >> in spite of all this nonsense that goes around in the background, stay with it and don't give up. stay with us here in new york. >> dave is back in new york. you're going to host a late-night television program that premieres monday night. what are critics likely to say tuesday morning? >> i don't much care because i found a way to deal with that, pills and whiskey. >> david, you're on. >> oh, i'm on? >> proceed. >> i'm enjoying listening to you snort. >> they gave him "the late night show" after "the tonight show."" and at the time, people thought who is going to watch television at 12:30 at night. who is up? i'll tell you who is up. young people. college people. >> i know this is the first show and i think this guy needs a little suppor

for 36 days so the country was left to stare at this map every day and it was somewhere around david letterman and cband cbs might show he saie got a solution to this whole recount why don't we just let al gore be president of the blue states and george w. bush the red states split its become i think in the 20 years since her 18 years since election 2000 it's not just for the parties but almost for the cultures like using the term tribalism. the difference between red america and blue america current democratic and republican america it's not so much this is what one side thinks about taxes and agriculture subsidies, it is a cultural separation between the two parties and has a distinct host red america culture in blue america culture and that is something that is new to the politics. when we look back the tech boom, economic growth, seinfeld was a show about nothing, bill clinton playing the saxophone on arsenio hall and america just kind of try and so for everything. your book feels countercultural because for you this was a pure code that laid out these big divisions. why do we sort of misr

. >> he was booked on the late show with david letterman in 1993, and he did his set, which had been what's annoying me is these pro-life people, you ever look at their faces? i'm pro-life. they don't look it, they just exude it. you see them trying to go to an orphanage to adopt a kid. we're pro life. we're here to adopt. kids are like don't pick me. >> did fine in front of that audience, and then after the set, robert morton, got on the phone, some conference upstairs and they decided to cut it from the episode. they said it was too offensive. >> the bill hicks incident on letterman became the thing of legend. so when we talk about clean comedy and dirty comedy, it was completely within the parameters of what is acceptable on network television. >> if that's who you're bringing onto your show, that's what you're going to get. if you're not wanting that, you're going to get, probably, a terrible version of that person. >> bill hicks felt violated. he never did the letterman show again, and it haunted dave. >> i want you folks to enjoy this, honestly. >> years later, after hicks had

or not, belonged to a woman who you will know, who used to come on "the tonight show" and on "david lettermanresembled people. >> elizabeth tashian. and we actually bought that house. the house kind of inspired you, i think. because of that. >> yeah. it's a really beautiful gothic victorian. my parents have always set dressed our homes to look like haunted houses. i was terrified growing up. >> we wanted our kids to be frightened. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: yeah, and that is the through-line of the movie is that there is a ghost. >> a ghost haunting my mother, who's the only nonperformer, and her drunk, self absorbed family doesn't realize what's happening. >> jimmy: is the drunkenness autobiographical? >> oh, yeah. oh, yeah. >> jimmy: it is. >> certainly is with me. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: did you bring your -- >> in honor of the nut lady, bridey and i to help plug -- >> i didn't have anything to do with this. [ laughter ] >> to help plug "clara's ghost," we brought our own little nut collection. nuts that we found all around the world. some look like people. some look like other things. honey, p

. >> yeah, so i actually met him again several years ago doing the david letterman show.u probably don't know who i am." he's like, "yeah, i know you." i said, "no, no. but i was the little kid that lived across the street that you used to play catch with." and i said, "i used to look inside of your apartment." and he kind of wasn't sure, and i starteout the things i saw in the apartment and the furnishings, and he's like, "oh, you did." [ laughter ] yeah.d --o yeah, i got to grow p playing catch with joe namath.t. >> i had a very strange childhood. >> seth: you had, yeah. i would say every part of your life has been very interesting. and that's why it's always lovely to have you here. thank you so much and please come back again. >> oh, it's a pleasure to be here, man. [ cheers and applause ] >> seth: thank you, man. lenny kravitz, everybody. "raise vibration" is out now. we'll be right back with anthony atamanuik. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ with the roomba robot vacuum. only roomba uses 2 multi-surface rubber brushes to clean all your floors. and with patented dirt detec

think about in the past, johnny carson, david letterman, billy crystal, they all hosted this thing.now the oscars which will be held on february 24th. according to "variety" they are exploring options. maybe it is not one person but a whole bunch of people. maybe "saturday night live" style. they're looking for great big, movie and television stars to introduce various awards or have some buzzy person as they describe it throw it to commercial. ainsley: people don't watch a ward shows because they get too political, they are one-sided. if you watch it, i watch it to see who wins. i want which musician is winning. i don't watch for the host. i'm okay with there not act host. steve: given the all award shows have preaward shows red carpet things, they talk about the clothes people are wearing. people are interested in what they're wearing or saying before they go inside. ainsley: true. brian: the last one i watched cover to cover, when chair rots of fire was -- chariots of fire was movie of the year. it was shocking. they always ran in slow motion. it is crazy. factor that with a heis

after an unhappy few months writing on "late night" with david letterman, she went on to create the hitrina the teenage witch" for abc. my favorite part of the book, she wrote a script for "the simpsons" which she deconstructs for us here in minute detail. her personal motto, that which doesn't kill me allows me to regroup and retaliate. i'm barry mitchell and i'm an insomniac who reads in bed. >> how about that? >> an insomniac that reads in bed. >> barry also wrote this book, "you're not wearing any pants: my crazy nights with the world news polka." how about that? are you wearing pants? >> he's a great storyteller. >> i was talking to you. >> oh, you're talking to me? >> who else? jack, are you wearing pants? barry's not wearing pants. >> this morning i am. >> good. everybody's covered. i'm in a dress. fair enough. >> stay with us. >> pants, no pants, however you wear it. ou wear it. about the colonial penn program. here to tell you if you're age 50 to 85, and looking to buy life insurance on a fixed budget, remember the three p's. what are the three p's? the three p's of life insura

sure, oscar night might not have gone great for david letterman and james franco but recent oscar hostsen degeneres. remember that selfie? and it's said to be the movies, not the hosts, that determine the ratings. >> that's the truth. >> reporter: if they're looking through linkedinfor hosts, here's a few. tiffany haddish and maya rudolph. >> don't worry, there are so many more white people to come. >> uh-huh. >> reporter: their combo platter presenting put a charge in the last oscars. >> key & peele. reuniting this comedy duo would be a major coup. justin timberlake on vocal rest but lit up the oscar open in 2017. gritty, the wildly popular hockey mascot doesn't say all that much but at least he's a yes tweeting tuesday, okay, fine, i'll do it. and whoopi goldberg, the acclaimed past oscar host on tuesday's edition of "the view." >> people need somebody to take them through things and to take care of things when they happen. now, i realize i may not be anybody's first choice, but -- [ laughter ] >> reporter: in fact, whoopi says her pick might be ken jeong seen in "crazy rich asians."