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Inspired him. and yet at the end of dave ear's career, david letterman was far more influential on the comedians around him. johnny carson didn't change the way young comedians address audiences the way dave did. >> carson to letter man and now kimmel and fallon. and carson was the voice of the face of the greatest generation. letterman was the ultimate face of the boomers and now the faces of genxs. and no coincidence, it's not built for this box, items built for us to go on youtube and whatnot. people never watch late nature the night the way we watched it. basically the way people a consume...

This. >> so what do you think about dave signing off? >> i want to know how they almost killed them. >> there was a prop piece and like rejected by the fda where dave would say, hey look here is something that is no longer allowed on shelves, king ford's edible charcoal briquettet. we always make sure to ask the the question afterwards -- >> if dave wants to eat that is it fine. oh yeah it's fine. sbl and they said yes and it was fine. and then on the air, he took a bite and people came running back to the production shack where we were and they were like, oh no, no there is too much food colo...

Prolific, but he didn't change the map of the country. letterman was our voice for a generation. just his cynical but yet still at the same time he was establishment and anti-establishment, which is kind of what the boomers are. and he was more than anybody the voice of the boomer generation. >> and to position how bigthink how big he stayed when media broke into a million pieces. carson had his turf, but it was a much small are playing field. >> johnny carson had a monopoly. dave did not. and yet i love the tina fey line that every guy she ever dated had some of dave's personality in him. guy...

Interviewer and it made an hour long show -- some maybe you can watch at the top and that's it. but i think one of the top five or seven comedy figures in history. >> and we have some of the top ten list. check it out. >> top ten things i've always wanted to say today. number ten, alec baldwin. >> of all the talk shows, yours is most geographically convenient to my home. >> thank you, alec. >> dave did you know that you wear the same cologne as moammar gadhafi? >> yes barbara. >> your extensive plastic surgerynecessity. and a mistake. >> dave, i have no idea what i'll do when you go off the ai...

>> thank you, jerry. >> honestly dave i've always found you to be be a bit of an overactor. >> number five chris rock. >> i'm just glad your show is being given to another white guy. >> thanks for letting me take part in another hugely disappointing series finale. >> dave, you are to comedy what i am to comedy. >> thanks for finally proving men can be funny. >> dave i'll never have the money i owe you. >> oh, no. >> very nice. >> wow. are you a letterman fan? >> i am. i've never been more nervous -- >> than when you were on