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>> number five chris rock. >> im just glad your show is being given to another white guy. >> thanks for letting me take part in another hugely disappointing series finale. >> dave you are to comedy what i am to comedy. >> thanks for finally proving men can be funny. >> dave ill never have the money i owe you. >> oh, no. >> bill murray of course the first guest in 1982. i still remember. what a way to end it. lets go to iowa and your focus groups and an abrupt turn here. the jeb bush -- what you ...

Letterman. you were funny. >> that was the worst day of my life. and the best. whats so funny? >> you were deemed a young lucille ball. >> we have to tell people. >> ive heard a lot of people, jimmy pal lonfallon said that the other night. you go on dave its a nerve-racking experience. >> yeah. >> got to bring your a-game. >> yeah. bring your a-game. >> im going to do the news. >> no youre not. i think we have to say -- >> its up to mika. >> what? i will do the news. where is the news? >> what i...

Thank you very much. so youre kind of as a republican, you know -- can i work at cbs now? because it will be tough going back to 30 rock. >> there you go. oh my gosh. >> mika was so nervous. ive never seen her that nervous in her entire life. i loved him. hes a hero to me. i mean donny, we were talking about this last hour. this is a guy who idolized car so that son, but he was more the hero. actually, you remember carson. but johnny carson was extraordinary. dave somehow managed to be more infl...

Scarborough attire. >> id never wear that. it looks good. you just went brown loafers. >> well, lettermans last night. how did it go? >> that was morelhorrible. how was dave? >> i thought it was terrific. if you loved dave you got exactly what you you loved about him. there werent any hugs. it didnt all of a sudden turn into a sentimental showbiz pow wow. it was him still making fun of position after all these years. i thought -- i mean how can you go wrong when you open with jerry ford saying l...

Every guy that is on now thanks him, cites him as an inspiration. >> category of his own. >> he opened up the door for them. he showed with a was possible. the talk show was sort of the phone any show business construct. and he ploou it apart and allowed people to be themselves and bring different things to it. and plus you have to remember before dave came organization there was nothing on after 12:30. he had the venue to himself for so long which is why we know him so well. and it proliferated...

And like hes the quickest funniest guy. and he remembers everything. like there was something where like back in 2000 or something justin told him to watch the x files. >> eric is in to sports. im into sci-fi. if you have any star trek question please, im ready. >> i see. >> youre killing the story. so justin gave him a videotape of the x files and dave was like im not going to watch. and justin said given it a shot. sgr and it was a funny episode, too. >> then like five years later, live goes o...

>> he welcomed ten surprised guests who one by one delivered the nights top then list. >> number ten, alec baldwin. >> of all the talk shows yours is most geographically convenient to my home. >> thank you, alec. >> dave did you know that you wear the same cologne as moammar gadhafi. >> yes, barbara. >> your extensive plastic surgery was a necessity. and a mistake. >> dave, i have no idea what ill do when you go off the air. you know i just thought of something. ill be fine. >> thank you, jerry....

Dad and older friends were talking about. and i thought last night, although it wasnt a big explosive emotional finale, it was perfect for him. there was no crying. no real sentimentality. he thanked the right people. it was very funny. top ten was great. and it was perfect dave. i thought it was a great way to go out. >> i think mark halperin the thing that was so shocking about letterman when he first exblowedploded on to the scene, it was almost kind of like "mad men." remember when "mad men"...

It was a big moment. >> it was a big moment. our kids would come into work. man the cameras and go walking around. my youngest, shes eight now she would just walk in on daves office and say hi. other staffers would be like oh my god, why is she doing that. but -- >> can they pitch some things while theyre in there? >> the side of letterman you never hear about. congratulations to you on a great run at letterman too. eric and justin. >> next time you see me with an did dering around the town in s...

Eric eric has one daughter, i have two. dave is the first to call when you have a baby. but our dad who is a doctor and health nut, while on vacation he had a heart problem so we got the on a plane and we were flying down. dave was on the phone can us, are you all right, check with me as soon as you land. and they had to do surgery on our father. everything was fine. but dave was like i have my team of heart surgeons that saved my life. if i can help you, let me know. he said check in with me ev...