unbenounced to dave -- >> when did it become apparent? >> they came to talk to him.nt to keep you where you are. he just said that's unacceptable and i want it on my contract and walks out. >> dave helped boost to success. >> bill carter wrote a best selling book and said they had doubts about letterman. >> they thought he's so experimental. can he do "the tonight show" format? they had a guy who would do anything. anything they asked times 10. they looked at that and said why can't we have both? >> public jostling went on for months. >> i guess it was this odd dynamic. and you had like an ongoing soap app ra and politics about the strategy and the big guy and the middle guy and the guy who didn't get the job. >> ultimately leno got the big. dave was crushed. r. >> he was devastated. jay was this wild comic who was a mainstream comic. jay calculated what you need to do if you think about a late night show, jay wanted to win. dave didn't play the game. jay got the show. >> enjoy yourself. i'll be right back. >> dave's relationship with nbc was fractured, but all the o