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>> now, with that in mind let'sing with the opening remarks. >> it was just a little off and looked like a talk show kind of. sometimes he wore sneaker which was weird. then they talked about the events of the day to a certain extent. it was more focused on weirdness than the newspaper. >> david's passing out ham. >> dave was a very new york centered show. so jay could be monica lieu win ski and o.j. trial and jay would be like there's a squirrel today in the park. some bizarre off beat thing. you're not going to get monologue jokes off the front page it's whatever dave wants to do. sometime i...

Over and over and over again. >> there are certain things that i don't think will ever go way. people are always going to want it hear jokes about the news of the day. >> this is very exciting for me. i didn't really watch late night television before i started doing it. then i didn't watch it before i was doing it. i just did things to entertain myself. >> great day in america. >> one of the real problems with broadcast television is trying to make a show, you know, which was the broadcast, which was okay for everybody. that seems like -- it seems almost an impossible job. >> hosting "the ton...

Saying, do i care about the stuff that really mat sners if i do then that's fair game for comedy too. >> john oliver has come out of the jon stewart mold of a very specific sense of humor. he does cover a lot of week's topics from his point of view then turns the show into one topic. which is kind of great. because no one is doing one form like that. >> our main topic tonight terns concerns debt. i would like to talk to you about drugs. our main story tonight is income in equality. a good way to figure out which side you're on is to figure out if you're paying for hbo or stealing it. >> comedy...

Every single minute of it. i bid you a very heart felt good night. [ cheers and applause ] >> certainly true that with johnny out a vacuum was created. >> a big decision that had the entertainment industry buzzing, that's jay leno and david letterman. >> "the tonight show" without johnny carson as the regular host made its debut last night. jay leno emerged from behind the curtain. >> oh, i don't care if you laugh. i got the job. >> look at this. they are getting more press than the president. so start up your remote controls. a late night race is about to begin. >> jay was a brilliant standup...

Long hours deep into the night, constantly revising the script. revisions made necessary by last-minute changes in the changing world. >> bob hope was the first guy to utilize an actual staff of writers to give you topical material of the day. >> he raily did intent the idea of the comedian being the head writer, managing editor, and having a bunch of writers. >> trat digs of stand-up comedy in the '50s were still really derived from vaudeville. those performers like bob hope had nothing more on their mind than just getting laughs. that was plenty. the guy who really came along and changed all...