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Writing nbc felt there should be production back in new york. he had a strong affection for live programming and in the glory days of new york television. >> "the tonight show" had been on. >> yes. i was down stairs in 6 b with johnny carson. they wanted a new show. >> larry: for saturdays. >> the time period, at that point, was carson was best of carson which was reruns of the tonight show. i don't think johnny was happy with those shows, so they decided to do a new show, and dick ambersol had left sports at abc. >> larry: what were you doing? >> i was working with lilley tomlin on writing an...
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