hence the intense competition between jay leno and david letterman. >> suddenly it became about, who tterman got it and leno was like, maybe i don't have a place in show business. >> he made it very clear up front that his dream was to someday host "the tonight show." >> it just didn't seem to make any sense of having jay leno doing an hour of a talk show, then i would come on afterwards doing an hour of a talk show. i felt maybe my time had come to step out of network television i said to dave, if nbc wants to put you on at 12:30 after jay leno, you'll kill yourself. i said, i have to get you an 11:30 show. and then the battle began. >> dave letterman started getting offers from other networks. >> david letterman was a king. >> you're pretty cocky in the middle of these negotiations, you have that kind of mid-negotiation multimillion-dollar glow about you. >> there were still a number of people within nbc who felt strongly that it was a mistake to let dave letterman leave. >> they agonized over the loss of david letterman. >> they still have letterman under contract for more than a y

meet the always provocative david letterman! > let me say i have been in amusement parks all over this great land of ours. but this right here is perhaps the most exciting moment of my life. >> he came out of indianapolis. perfect midwest. did the weather. >> portions of indiana at one point yesterday were under a flash flood warning -- >> he had just driven out in like an orange-red pickup truck because he didn't think he was going to make it. >> his dream was to someday host "the tonight show." >> my best friend says to me, he goes, i want you to see this young comedian named david letterman. he says, this guy's going to be the next johnny carson. >> you folks read "the enquirer"? sometimes there are silly stories in there, like last week, how to lose weight without diet or exercise. pretty much leaves disease, doesn't it? >> and he was okay. and i said, i honestly don't see the carson thing. >> welcome, please, david letterman. david? >> it was fascinating watching letterman do his first "tonight show." >> how to lose weight,

i really only knew a world with david letterman.e is always someone who can fit into their shoes. there is none of us that's irreplaceable. >> the conversation was always about finding the very best person, and stephen was always one of the most innovative and freshest voices in the comedy landscape. >> and in fact, colbert's manager had deliberately timed the last two or three of his contracts to coincide with letterman's. >> stephen colbert, who was a correspondent on "the daily show," who then hosted the ironic "colbert report." >> can you imagine what would have happened to america if we hadn't gone to war in vietnam? that means no forrest gump and therefore no bubba gump shrimp shack mac & cheese. >> stephen had great insight as to what kind of content they should design. it has to be a little noisier, it has to be provocative in order for it to be shared and ultimately go viral. >> so now you really do have a sweeping change by 2015. colbert is preparing to take over for letterman. his cbs premiere is three months away. >> jim

the person who deserved to get it was david letterman.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 that it has 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 night. >> "the tonight show" without johnny carson as the regular

is it true that you barged in on david letterman during his doctor's appointment?ign language ] [ speaking foreign language ] >> well, i just -- i was sort of listening at the door. i heard him say, "yeah, i might want to get a second opinion." [ laughter ] [ applause ] >> jimmy: well, that is true. well, i have no idea why this is still funny, but it is. [ laughter ] [ speaking foreign language ] [ speaking foreign language ] >> okay, yeah. they don't either, i don't think. [ laughter ] >> jimmy: well, bill, thanks for being with us. i hope to see you in person next time. the movie is called "the french dispatch." it is in theaters now. the great bill murray and friends, everyone! [ cheers and applause ] thanks, bill. we'll be back with regina king! [ cheers and applause ] ♪ ♪ best of my love” by black pumas feat. sofia reyes ♪ what the holidays give, is meant to be shared. it's the new traditions that lift us up, and the way our celebrations are prepared. it's making room for all... so that our world doesn't feel so small. it's when moments of light bring us clos

love david letterman interviewing her know if you ever know about those.d to as as he was won't to do kind of give it to or yeah. in a sly fashion sense that that south year-old and that wraps up kron 4 news at night thanks for being with us all week. have a great weekend, everybody. but don't go anywhere, at least not for another hour. we have one more hour of news to go. >> ken and pam looking fresh on a friday night. that's pretty good for friday. all week. you guys have a great weekend to face the king. thank thank you both. and coming up on kron 4 news at 10 after 76 freeway shootings in the past 12 months in alameda county alone surveillance cameras are now being talked about for oakland freeways, who's pushing for the new technology and what it would take for that to happen. >> plus a tragedy in walnut creek. a mother and devoted community member killed allegedly by her own son. >> now she's being remembered ♪ i see trees of green ♪ ♪ red roses too ♪ ♪ i see them bloom for me and you ♪ (music) ♪ so i think to myself ♪ ♪ oh what a wonderful world ♪ d

it was jokes by david letterman about how garbage a city it was.ty full of ghosts [ laughter ] and yet when i watched it, i was like, "that's where i wanted to live." i mean, obviously, new york was a huge part of this film, of the first one. was exciting for you guys, i guess you'd been gone from snl about five years, to come back to the city and make it. >> oh, sure, well, any time in new york city is exciting. i love - [ cheers and applause -- love new yorkers love the architecture. not sure that i would ever really live here again full time but we had a great time. it was wonderful because we would be shooting in civilian clothes. and nobody would be really looking, and then we'd get on the packs and uniforms running down the street, and people would kind of go, "are they exterminators? are they --" [ laughter ] and then the cadillac, we'd be going all over town in the cadillac and there was hardly -- that's just another emergency vehicle, i guess. you know, new yorkers were so blase about it they weren't really impressed at all with us at the

. >>> let's talk more about the economy and the white house with nbc's josh letterman and npr correspondent david dear and admired friends both to me. david, the markets are getting crushed today on covid fears, but for consumers right now they're trying to find a way to get through their shopping list with a factor of inflation that your latest poll shows is a top concern. >> yeah, absolutely, jose. it's great to speak with you, as well, a belated happy thanksgiving to you and your viewers, as well. >> likewise. >> this is a concern for a lot of people. we heard ellison saying the reason people are giving for going to malls, the expectation that the goods they want are going to be there. indeed, over last week or two, we've gotten earnings reports from the retailers, walmart and target and the like, and they're very confident, they've had a very good quarter. there have been a lot of sales, and they're putting a rosy sheen on how things will be going into the holidays. they're saying they expect that demand to continue. there is an eagerness among americans to get out and shop ahead of the holid