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And that set off a game of musical chairs for who would get the throne and there was only one late night throne. >> jay leno had been carsons regular substitute host when he went on vacation. >> only six months ago, people were talking about donald trump as a presidential candidate. thats true. since then hes had an affair, guess hes going to be running as aemocrat, huh? >> jay leno wanted to just continue doing a johnny carson type show. david letterman was the show immediately following carson...

One late night throne. >> jay leno had been carsons regular substitute host when he went on vacation. >> only six months ago, people were talking about donald trump as a presidential candidate. thats true. since then hes had an affair, left his wife, run up debt of several million dollars so i guess hes going to be running as a democrat, huh? >> jay leno wanted to just continue doing a johnny carson type show. david letterman was the show immediately following carson. they had different styles. ...

>> and on my watch, johnny decided that 30 years was a great time to take a bow and say thank you and good night. >> 30 years is enough. good time to get out while youre still on top of your game plan. >> johnny carson retiring in the early 90s was the great moment where a huge chunk of the ice shelf breaks off. something thats been there for centuries, for thousands of years, suddenly is no longer there. >> a tremendous part of history. and thats lovely to have made your mark on an era like tha...

♪ >> and on my watch, johnny decided that 30 years was a great time to take a bow and say thank you and good night. >> 30 years is enough. good time to get out while youre still on top of your game plan. >> johnny carson retiring in the early 90s was the great moment where a huge chunk of the ice shelf breaks off. something thats been there for centuries, for thousands of years, suddenly is no longer there. >> a tremendous part of history. and thats lovely to have made your mark on an era like...

On an ear like that. >> johnny told no one what he planned to do and we western prepared. that set off a game of musical chairs for who would get the throne and there only was one late night throne. >> jalen know has been carsons substitute host one he went on vacation. >> whats amazing only six months ago people were talking about donald trump as a presidential candidate. sense then hes had an affair, left his wife, reason up a debt of $7 million so i guess hes going to be running as an democra...

Can i speak to you for a second? >> will you people leave bme alone? the stuff on the right side is tingling. do you know what that means? its working. >> david letterman could seemingly find humor everywhere. >> there you go. >> look whos there! >> and by the late 80s, all of the cool kids wanted to hang with david letterman. including fellow comic jaylen know who had grew up with dave doing stand-up in the 70s. >> leno was our dream guest. whatever else was coming on in a dream or month, well,...

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...

Love/hate relationship with other celebrities. >> i can speak to you for a second? >> will you people leave me alone. its tingling. its working. thats what it means. >> reporter: david letterman could find humor anywhere. by the late 80s, all of the cool kids wanted to hang with dave. including fellow comic jay leno who had come up with letterman doing standup in the 70s. >> im not the kind of guy to brag. >> leno was a dream guest. whatever else was going on in some week or month, we got leno n...

My life changed. i went on the show the first time, seven years of struggling out of second city. on the air, he said, you will be a star and the next day, my life was different. >> the start of a 21-year professional relationship with carson and the show. she made regular appearances. eventually becoming the shows substitute host in 1983. >> heres joan rivers! >> but rivers decision to launch her own show on the new fox network in the fall of 1986, becoming the first and only woman to host a ne...

I think thats why folks like those people that the donor named so-called dont get it in that womans eyes. >> there was an odd moment. you were on fox news yesterday. it was an odd moment where they ran out of time apparently on a question for you. they were talking about mitt romneys offshore accounts and the host of the show, substitute host was reading a statement from the campaign about the offshore accounts. lets watch that. >> sure. >> this comes from romney spokesman. he hasnt paid a penny...