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was too frightening to try to step into the shadow of david letterman who, at that point, was the shottesthottest thing i business. >> when you are looking at people 30, there are very few people with his name or experience. so then, you go, well, who are the best people i know right now? >> lorne called me up and thought conan will have good ideas. he can be the producer. >> conan had been here, on "snl," as a writer and he's truly funny. >> but conan o'brien, since he was a boy, literally, had dreams of being a late-night talk show host. >> when you're a kid, you naturally start running through your checklist. i'm not a good athlete. i'm anxious. i have a weird name. so, when i found that i could make people laugh. >> and then, he said what he really wanted to be was host.