this morning, i wake up and next to me in bed is the head of a peacock. so i don't know. >> the ed sullivan theater. >> aug -- august, 1993. >> the double balcony was enormous. >> and we have bull murray and billy joel. >> the first night on a new network. in a new time slot. >> when the dust of the late night war settled, jay leno had the tonight show and dave had a multi-million dollar deal with cbs. it was a risky move. >> cbs did not have anything in the history of late night. so letterman comes on and the first few months was absolute can't-miss television. >> it's a joke, okay.