the person who deserved to get it was david letterman.ed ego about the way the 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 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 fortune. and they put our backs to the wall. >> i can only tell you it's been an honor and a privilege to come into your homes all these years and entertain you. and i hope when i find something i want to do and i think you will like and come back, that you will be as gracious inviting me into your home as you have been. i bid you a very heartfelt good

he went on this national tour, he went on david letterman and david letterman is like what are you doing here? >> he's like i am an innocent man put upon. all i was doing with politics and people always log roll and trade. talk about different positions. >> he ended up being a contestant on celebrity apprentice. this is when we found out he couldn't type. had to use a computer for one of the things on his show. he couldn't really type it was so funny but he was shameless and going around the country and saying this is not my fault. i did nothing wrong and clearly the judge didn't like that. he is still in prison. his wife patty has gone on fox news a couple times to talk about help terrible it is, prosecutors railroaded my husband for just doing political work and trying to be good. i think we are hoping that donald trump might commute his sentence or pardon him. hasn't happened yet. maybe on a slow news day . >> first of all, we talk about corruption in illinois there is certainly a lot of decent, honest people in public office in illinois. well-intentioned then you've got in both parti

he was on david letterman. david letterman is like, what are you doing here? he's like, i'm an innocent man that's put upon by the powers that be. all i was doing was politics. and people always trade, talk about different positions. he ended up being a contestant on "the celebrity apprentice." this is when we found out he couldn't type. he had to like use a computer for one of the things on the show, one of his projects, and he couldn't really type. it was so funny. but he was shameless in going around the country saying this is not my fault, i did nothing wrong. clearly the judge didn't like that. he's still in prison. his wife patty has gone on fox news a couple times to talk about how terrible it is that these prosecutors railroaded my husband for just doing political work and trying to be good. you know, i think they were hoping that donald trump might commute his sentence or pardon him. it hasn't happened yet. maybe on a slow news day. >> we talk about the culture of corruption in illinois. there are certainly a lot of extremely decent, honest people in

his distant relatives did appeared on the david letterman show in 1995. celebrity. >> we were taken by the man's name. i don't know i don't know that i've ever met a man with that name. but he spent a minute or two here on the show getting to kno him. hello, who is this? >> first of all, i am missed that david letterman that was before he was all caught up in politics. this sparked something called also mean yeah now his relative dave can't get local authoritie to allow him to put his family name on his license, they claim and i quote the committee must abide by a set of guidelines regardless of if the word in someone's name is pronounced differently than the offensive version. because it appears offensive to people, they will not put it on the license. i am deeply offended for him because what if your name is yo can't have a license? >> apparently. you know what i'm offended by? i'm offended by what i'm offended by people he used vanity plates at all. in seinfeld has a similar reference. >> i think there's been a mistake. >> i am not that man. >> as far

>> okay, first of all i missed that favor -- david letterman. but this barks something called and his relative dave cannot get local authorities to put his family name on his license and they claim, the committee must abide by a set of guidelinesf regardless if the word in someone's name is pronouncedrs differently than the offensive version so because aes a -- it appears offensive to people they will not put on the license but i'm deeply offended for misters asman because what if your name is buba man. you can't have a license? b1 apparently, you know what i'm offended by? i'm offended by, well, offended by people who do vanity plates at old. >> raymond: seinfeld had a similar episode in effect the same asman reference. >> asman, these don't belong to mehe i'm not the asman come i think there is a mistake. >> what is your name, cosmo kramer? you are the asman. [laughter] no, i'm not the asman. well, as far as the state of new york is concerned, you are. >> laura: . ca laura: welcome my parent late saskatchewan a real asman cannot put his name o

please. >> one of my hits. >> jimmy: but then you went on to be a sidekick and band leaderor david lettermanrst meeting with him, he said, "you know i used to see you on 'snl' doing those bill murray lounge sketches." >> jimmy: yeah. >> he -- that's where he knows me. i think that may have been what got me the job was just you know, myork with billy in those things. >> jimmy: and do you remember being in this studio, and in this building?>> star wars" -- absolutely, coming in here. i remember how we come in in the basement now. >> jimmy: ye exactly, yeah. >> it reminded me of the day that we had the big sonny & cher reunion on letterman. do you remember that? >> jimmy: of course. >> they hadn't been together, and they sang "i got you babe" e for the first >> jimmy: yes. >> and afterwards i'm down in the basement, and there's no limousine for me or my band. we're trying to get out to california for a rehearsal the next morning. i know questlove knows what i'm talking about. >> questlove: you're on tour, yeah. >> because you're always on a a flight. and the limo company just left, d there was

. >> david letterman originally had a one-hour daytime show, and nbc, after like 13 weeks, decided tos, 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, 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? i'm sorry. >> 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's going to watch television at 12:30 at night? who's up? i'll tell you who's up. young people. college people. >> is it going well? and i think this guy needs a i know this is the first show and i think this guy needs a little support, dave letterman. >> he was anti-establishm

david letterman is like what are you doing here? he said i am in a set man put on by the powers of that be. andle always log roll traded couple by different positions. he ended up being a contestant on the "celebrity apprentice," and that's what we found that he cannot type. he had a computer for one of his projects and cannot really type. it was funny. he was shameless and going around saying it was not my fault. the judge did not like it. has gone on fox news a couple times to tell about how terrible it is that railroaded myors husband for doing political work and trying to be good. hoping that donald trump may commute his sentence or pardon him. it hasn't happened yet. and we talk a lot about the culture of corruption, there is a lots of extremely decent, honest people in public office in illinois. pointed out.e a lot of them are well intentioned. there are good people and they do not get the intention -- attention that the people have been indicted. right now, the future is in the hands of jb. he is at the helm and i am optimist

the two leading theories seem to be that ami is either doing the saudi's "david letterman" work. wed --sawedy's dirty r trump's. >> trump has had a hard on for bezos. it's no surprise that he turned to his good buddy david pecker at the enquirer to, you know, do a hatchet job on him. >> suddenly the left believes in the deep state. we can't let them bezos bear. it's hilarious. and nauseating. all right. congresswoman alexandria ocasio-cortez says her green new deal will save the planet. in exchange give up cars and airplanes and rebuild every structure in the united states. we'll also by the way need to invent brand new forms of energy that science hasn't conceived of yet. how much will this cost? that's unclear. how will we pay for it? unknown. how will make this happen? workers, obviously, anyone who is quote unwilling to work will still get paid by the government. night or day, not all oin other words, not all of the details have been worked out. law professor at cornell is advising alexandria ocasio-cortez on the green new deal and he joins us. professor, thanks very much for

remember the david letterman case in 2009 when he was being extorted. >> but there weren't teams of peoplee were specific people sending these e-mails and they on their face presented a case of extortion and had him take it a step forward and go to the fbi and have them wired for a one-on-one meeting. they could have made a much stronger case in real time. >> look at you, spy hunter. mike rogers, you guys are the best. thank you for helping my audience on a friday night. i appreciate it. it's too thhat time of the year again. president trump was once called the healthiest man in the world by his doctor. remember all of that? so how is the burger king cholesterol now? we'll find out, next. introducing e*trade personalized investments professionally managed portfolios customized to help meet your financial goals. you'll know what you're invested in and how it's performing. so you can spend more time floating about on your inflatable swan. [ding] ♪ ♪ ♪ -morning. -morning. -what do we got? -keep an eye on that branch. might get windy. have a good shift. fire pit. last use -- 0600. i'd stay clo

remember the david letterman case in 2009 when he was being extorted. >> but there weren't teams of peoplethere were specific people sending these e-mails and they on their face presented a case of extortion and had him take it a step forward and go to the fbi and have them wired for a one-on-one meeting. they could have made a much stronger case in real time. >> look at you, spy hunter. mike rogers, you guys are the best. thank you for helping my audience on a friday night. i appreciate it. it's that time of the year again. check up time. president trump was once called the healthiest man in the world by his doctor. remember all of that? so how is the burger king cholesterol now? we'll find out, next. ♪ ♪ our new, hot, fresh breakfast will get you the readiest. (buzzer sound) holiday inn express. be the readiest. (ala♪m goes off) wake up sweetie. ♪ doctor dave. see ya. ♪ here's your order. ♪ hey. applebee's to go. now that's eatin' good in the neighborhood. a book that you're ready to share with the world? get published now, call for your free publisher kit today! >> it's been about a yea

you remember david letterman had that person who very much came clean to the cbs producer who was shaking affairs that he was ashamed of instead it leaking out. and j.lo and cameron diaz who had scandalous pictures or stories and pure extortion, and that is what happened here. i don't know what legal definition this guy is trying, but it is clearly the way anybody in the court of law or webster's dictionary defines extortion. >> do you believe there is a case to be made in terms of the prosecutable case of the "national enquirer" and david pecker >> yes, he is shaken down by threats to do damage to him. and there is some lawyers who argue it has to be property damage, and reputation is considered property damage. so, yeah, i believe it is very strong and clear case on that ground. i do think that the board has some homework to do. >> and let's talk about this, because you are a management expert and somebody who is look agent the looking at these thing, and your take is that it is a mistake that got to this position, but he is getting a pass, because he has handled it well since. >> well,