number nine... - letterman did place a call to johnny carson, asking for his advice, and johnny said,o b begin in eaeat on american television. david letterman is now headed for cbs. - cbs had lured him over with a salary more than four times that of leno and given him what he really wanted: the 11:30 time slot. now, as dave and jay prepare to go head-to-head, one thing is clear: late-night tv will never be quite the same. - all of a sudden, there's a talk show war. - starart up your r remote cono. the late-night race is about to begin. on monday, david letterman's new show debuts here on cbs, followed a week later by chevy chase on fox and, a week after that, by conan o'brien on nbc. these combatants join "the tonight show with jay leno," "arsenio," and "nightline." - it became a crowded space, and the competition became that much h more diffificult. - in the third corner, his ratings fading rapidly, arsenio hall. some tv writers think that arsenio could be the big loser in this free-for-all. [cheers and applause] - when letterman came in, it essentially diluted arsenio's brand becau

where is johnny carson? bring back johnny. it made you appreciate, right, uncle sam, made you appreciate the greatness of johnny carson and these guys. these three guys, they're so bad, all three of them. >> all right. where is johnny carson? bring back johnny. >> i'm a big fan of johnny. >> very good. >> that was donald at a rally yesterday. >> in pennsylvania. >> wondering why, willie, they won't bring back johnny carson. it's always a terrible thing when you meet somebody and say, "your parents must be proud of you." then you go, "yeah, they passed away 15 years ago." johnny carson, a great man, a great comedian. i'm telling you, and i knew it in real time, like, i was like, we get to see this guy every night? he's just the greatest. sadly, he's no longer with us. could you pass that along to mar-a-lago, willie? >> yeah. i read that as a, where have you gone, joe demaggio, a longing for the past, perhaps, maybe not literal. >> oh, a longing, not literal. >> three guys at the center of late night right now would tell you the

presenting for talk series marked his nearly 50 year anniversary of appearing on the tonight show, with johnny carsonrst time, giving a quick roast of the nominees. >> the late show with stephen colbert. b wonder if he's ever seen himself naked. >> and country star jelly roll, sporting a slimmed down physiqu, paid the annual tribute to those stars. we've lost over the last year. some days it ain't all bad. >> some days it all gets worse. some days i swear i'm better off laying in that dirt. >> it was a beautiful tribute and in a nod to the loss of actor bob newhart this summer at the age of 94, the emmys closed out the show with the l us at 80o to msnbc.com >> time now for the mix. starting with a scare crow. that's kind of scaring us. >> yes. this is an old mcdonald's scare crow. this house in new york. chilly just outside of rochester. kicking off spooky season with a two story scare crow. and if you look closely, they've got almost an entire pumpkin patch in their front yard. >> it is a little spooky there on the front porch. more pumpkins and yes, bales of hay. look at that with an old timey trac

of touch, these legal peril because that just kind of reflects what's going on in society even johnny carson, just roasted him for the next week. i'm going to join the cast of murphy brown become a surrogate father to that kid was just relentless and i just hid behind my curtain i mean, i was really afraid to go out because it was so there was such an energy coming that was so huge that i didn't know how to manage it. i had a great mentor and he said, just make one statement and then back off and let everybody else jump into the fray and i thought that was really good advice. and so that's what i did diane english response if the vice president thinks it's disgraceful for an unmarried woman to bear a child and if he believes that a woman cannot adequately raise a child without a father, the need better make sure abortion remains safe and legal. it was actually got frightening for me for awhile to, because we would get weird messages from people who sounded a bit deranged and, you know, you just never knew. >> so i felt like i had to be walked to my car sometimes at night and, you know, it wa

celebrities that have been in hollywood when they were conservatives like sinatra and many others, johnny carsonnow today, there's no balance. you have people like oprah, three billing dollars, lady gaga, $150 million. julia roberts 250 million. everybody going like this so they are not rank-and-file, they are not teamsters that make a set work. as a huge disconnect in terms of money understanding what the problems foundation are, the democratic party has been hijacked by an extreme will ideology from the left as we have seen from aoc on probably one of the biggest interesting combats against terrorism and criticized that. many of the left is doing that and continues to do that. >> splitting walkie-talkies and said there's a booby-trap rule when it comes to lessons of war. i'm not sure where she learned that but it's not even true so that type of thing for you, where you stand? >> i'm for donald trump and have been since the day he announced. i said donald trump would win, i wrote it did the day he came down the list escalator in 2015 i understood it. before many of the people on fox network who

important issue here in pennsylvania, but he did drift off topic as well at one point, lamenting johnny carson so laguerre being the host of the tonight show, complaining about the moderators of the last debate, and also criticizing vice president kamala harris for her interview with oprah recently but this supportive crowd here and they really ate up a lot of what the former president was saying here, including when he spent time talking specifically about immigration, take a listen she's been in office for 3.5 years. >> she's saying what she's going to do if she becomes president, but she's been there almost four years. he hasn't done anything except destroy our country with millions of people that shouldn't be here. whether she was a border czar or just the person in charge of the border it's been the worst thing ever, maybe one of the worst things ever to happen to our country. look at what's happening in springfield, ohio. now earlier than april former president trump participated in a roundtable with pennsylvania farmers where he discussed the economy. he also made a rare off the record

in 90 claims he said he got much better crowds than championshiphill and brought up johnny carson andinimself very strong and complained about the horrible commercial fox news airs after his interviews. and suggested that anybody who criticized the supreme court should be put in jail. the most generous description of a performative old man, unfocused maybe. anyone else, ex president joe biden did that for 90 minutes, there would be mountains of coverage of his cognitive decline, of course. but make no mistake, trump's recent rives on immigrants on order of magnitude more vicious and deranged and dangerous and tied to threats that we're seeing in springfield, ohio. than anything we've seen. and again, they're not without consequence. today a haitian nonprofit organization filed criminal charges again donald trump and j.d. vance over their repeated claims without evidence that haitian immigrants in springfield are eating pets. jon favreau call the rant last night, some dark, twisted adding to the immigrants in springfield, ohio are here legally and made the city for prosperous and most re

industry which started when she was a kid watching local news and late night remember this with johnny carson. we're in the presence of, ladies and gentlemen, hall of fame greatness. i mean right now. george was inducted last night. [ applause ] you had the room. this was a really good speech. >> george: thank you. >> sam: you said some incredible things about ali. hang on. watch this first. >> george: if i am a good broadcaster, almost entirely due to the fact that i have a great wife, who has made me a better broadcaster every day because she's given me a better life. i'm so appreciative for that. >> sam: there are two stars. when you look back at your career it's looking back at the history that you've had since becoming part of the broadcast industry. >> george: i have been here a long time. they've given me lots of opportunities. i'm grateful for that. >> sam: you looked pretty good last night in a tux. [ laughter ] >> rebecca: by the way, deb robert, fabulous dress. love that dress. >> sam: she did a great job, too. congratulations to the class of 2024. and that is pop news. >> george: