this morning i wake up and next to me in bed is the head of a peacock. so i don't know. >> broadway's ed sullivan theater. >> it's a marvelous, wonderful edifice, and we couldn't be happier to be here. >> august 1993. >> the thing more than anything else, it was the double balcony, and it was enormous. >> ladies and gentlemen, we have a wonderful program tonight, bill murray, billy joel. >> dave's first night on a new network. >> welcome broadway, baby. >> in a new time slot. >> when the dust of the late night war settled, jay leno had "the tonight show" and dave had a multimillion-dollar deal with cbs. it was a risky move. >> cbs did not have anything in their history of late night. so letterman comes on, and his first few months on the air was absolute can't-miss television. >> it's a joke, okay? >> it is me, you jerk.