Mid Negotiation News Today

love it and well give you an award for it. carson: and so it has come to this. fallon: i thought that johnny carson came with the tv set. leno: what the hell were you thinking? ray: dave was the new johnny, for me. letterman: im not exactly a computer. slow down. meyers: it felt... edgy before i was probably old enough to appreciate what edgy was. man: you better be as good as letterman. obrien: ill give it a shot. obrien: my heart dropped through my butt. it exited my butt. stewart: h...

11:30 show. and then the battle began. >> david letterman started getting offers from other networks. >> letterman was the king. >> you are pretty cocky in the middle of this 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 year. a...