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And the reason these didn't become more of a pornl indictment was because he went on his showed and talked about all of them. he brought the scandal out in the open. he brought the audience into it. he explained it to the audience. i'm not saying it was right. and i -- but i think that that's why he got away with it. he wasn't engaged in this cover-up. he didn't go on his show the next day and pretend like nothing happened. >> right. and he made an apology a few days later after some people thought he had taken it too lightly. now, the big question has been, who is taking over the show next ye...

David letterman, i didn't see mentioned something i spent a lot of time covering in 2009. that was the sex scandal that he was embroiled in. he would have been the target of a $2 million extortion plot. let's take a quick look at what letterman said to his audience when he revealed this. >> the creepy stuff was that i have had sex with women who work for me on this show. now, my response to that is, yes, i have. >> and those women included an intern. how was it when so many other politicians and corporate leaders are brought out with this sort of thing that dave was ultimately able to escape? ...

So you know, i went back to rick stengel's great article in "time" magazine when jay took over the "tonight show" and he kind of -- conveyed exactly how important johnnie was to the show. but the headline, i looked at again today in "time" magazine. jay leno, midnight's mayor, and it made me think, yeah, that kind of might have been the stylistic problem for jay, is that he kind of did it a little bit like a mayor, meaning he wanted everybody to like him, and he wasn't the guy who took chances. with comedy the way the other people have. >> well, i don't know. i don't know if you could sit back...

Back and really analyze jay's problem in that respect, because he's, you know, been often in first place. >> oh, there's -- i forgot. he is number one in the ratings. there's that thing that everyone forgets in the story. >> yeah. even the demographic. but he's -- but, you know, they're all neck and neck. they're right there. dave is -- and kim. listen. i mean, you do a job for 22 years, he's done it -- he's done a great job. he's played -- he's been a loyal servant to nbc, absolutely. and i think he's to be congratulated and i hope it works out perfectly. i think the main thing is that all th...