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Can i speak to you for a second. >> will you people leave me a loan. >> the stuff on the right side is tingling. do you know what that means? its working. >> look who is there? >> and by the 80s, all of the cool kids wanted to hang with david letterman. >> including jay leno, who grew up with him doing standup in the 70s. >> leno was a dream guest. whatever else was coming on in a dream or month, well, we had leno coming up next month. >> it led to jay being the permanent substitute host for joh...

>> more than 25 years in the bis and dave still nailed it. and when jay leno left the "tonight show" a few months later -- >> we have just two more shows left to do. >> dave crushed his competition for the first time in more than a decade. >> ladies and gentlemen, welcome to "the tonight show" with conan obrien. >> there was much drama with conan obrien getting "the tonight show" and then wresting it back from him. they both laughed about it, both denies by a screaming leno. >> hes getting a liv...

Nbc execs had doubts. >> can you do the tonight show format and jay had a guy would do anything, any they asked times ten and said well give leno tonight and keep dave. >> but dave would have none of us and public jostling for the tonight show went on for months. >> we were on at 12:30 and we did okay and it was this odd dynamic, and nbc and jay leno and you had an on going soap opera and the strategy and the politics and the one guy did get the job and one guy didnt. >> leno got the gig and dav...

Been on a couple of nights and dave come on as a guest. >> when i first got this job, i came here to 30 rock -- >> how did you get this job? >> dave delivered ifr where he went and for a couple of years he was golden. and going head to head with his old palate 11:30 and winning. until a shocking celebrity scandal in 1995. a gigantic get when leno landed hugh grant after his arrest for soliciting a prostitute. >> what the hell were you thinking? >> that epic interview. plus nbcs monster prime tim...

Could still nail it. and when he left -- >> we just have two more shows left to do. >> and ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the tonight show with conan obrien. >> there was much brauma with obrien getting the tonight show and then resting it back from him and they both laughed about it, both denied by a screaming leno. >> hes getting a live feed in a satellite truck right now. hes watching every second. >> it is like here are two guys. very successful, nobody should feel bad for them, but theyve...