and all you can do is stand by and watch. >> here's bette midler. >> i can't believe it. the last. the last guest. ♪ quarter to three there's no one in the place except you and me ♪ >> this was johnny carson. this was what america knew for 30 years. there was that intimacy. ♪ and john i know you're getting anxious ♪ ♪ to close ♪ >> johnny's got a look on his face when she says "johnny, i know you are anxious to go." i thought, wow. that made me tear up. >> she was the voice for america that we all wanted to give him a serenade. how cool is that? >> and so it has come to this. i am one of the lucky people in the world. i found something i always wanted to do, and i have enjoyed