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Threw a pencil through the window and he walked in these are still good pencils. >> what do you think david lettermans lasting legacy will be? >> in one way he was a great, conventional broadcaster, competent in front of the camera an increasingly good interviewer, an interesting thinker. at the same time he kind of turned the whole talk show format upside down. he sort of let -- maybe he came at the right time. we were just becoming familiar enough with television and media that letting the beh...

Youre when they came over here and talking about when you have two options to do the weird thing or the conventional thing, you struggle over it but obviously in retrospect you want to do the weird thing. did the convention, did the ratings pressure do you think, affect what this show became? >> it did partly because there was a period of time they looked so closely into what "the tonight show" was doing. if "tonight" booked somebody they would try to book somebody different and similar. it was ...

Natural, is to be calm. the adrenaline kicks in and people that are really good at it -- carson was the master, coolness, letterman is, to me, the most remarkable thing as a broadcaster. >> no doubt. >> he sits there and its become truer and truer. if you look at early stuff, its much -- he has much more nervous energy. now at this stage in his career he sits there. ill never forget about the monologue after 9/11 where he came out and just talked. >> unscripted. >> and hes just so present. and t...

Tonight show" was doing. if "tonight" booked somebody they would try to book somebody different and similar. it was too splashy in some ways. a lot of the best ideas why small, small ideas. they tried to do bigger and more elaborate ideas all the time. i dont think that was his strength. i think it was much more him being clever and witty. >> what strikes me now that i couldnt appreciate before until i became a television broadcaster was the hardest thing to do on tv is to be natural, is to be c...

With a full future in front of him. i want to remind those of you who are watching around the world, he was arrested with absolutely no probable cause. so his life was snatched away senselessly. so we dont know what it is that his life could have become. he could have become the next governor or the next mayor or even the next broadcaster. it was snatched for absolutely no reason. we are in pain because of limitless possibilities that have never been touched and well never know what they become....

Were in allowing us to do that, but we wanted to take the president live. >> okay. >> thank you so much, senator. appreciate it. president obama, a word from this broadcaster to you, i will put my credibility up against any broadcaster in this country. i supported you big time. i was the first liberal talker to support you. ive carried your water big time when it comes to health care ive carried your water on the economy and defending your move on the automobile industry but mr. president, you c...

This. so we didnt have blogs or the internet. and this will be the biggest event. >> the glamour? >> yes. >> youre a great broadcaster, im excited you get to have this opportunity. take a look at mayweather 47-0, never lost. and youve got pacquiao who is going to win this fight? >> i believe that floyd mayweather is going to win the fight. he does nothing in his history giving me any indication. and many pacquiao is

Daughter were reported missing after they didnt return from a week long trip to manhattan. they were recognized by someone who saw their story on television. he may soon be back in the game. tim tebow is set to sign a one-year deal with the philadelphia eagles. he hasnt played in a regular season game since 2012 and traded a role of quarterback for broadcaster but he maybe back. jeff is here from "the wall street journal." why the eagles and why now? >> the eagles have had a lot of unorthodox ...

Well logging is lag. one of the least desirable jobs is a lumber jack. they released their best and worst careers based on income outlook and environmental factors and stress and physical demands. and at the bottom it is broadcaster, cook, enlisted military personnel and newspaper reporter. biomedical engineer status tigs, mathematician, awed yule gist and actuary. what is that? it seems reversed. >> i have had three of the worst jobs broadcaster enlisted military personnel and lumber jack. i ca...

Down? mathematician is boring. >> lumber jack thats what i order at dennys. >> where do you think your trees come from? >> i thought it was a machine. have you seen paul bunyon? you get to see people make out. you are on a calendar and you are on a truck, dalmatian, pole mail carrier. except for the dogs you are all right. out in the sun and you have a satchel. >> things like lumber jack you are outside. it seems like a good job. lumber -- lumber jacks you are with man -- manly men -- >> you don...