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Bill carter is the national media reporter for the "new york times" and author of the 1994 leno/letterman book "the late shift" which turned out to be only the beginning. he's good enough to join us from burbank. good evening, bill. >> good to be with you, keith. >> was this just a good joke as leno put it? sore some sort of peace offering by letterman? put this in context. >> i think certainly from dave's point of view, it started as a joke. he liked the idea. i think when they got together, probably there was a little rapprochement in the air, it was a good scene. i mean, look, it wound up r...

Media reporter for the new york times also the author of the 1994 leno/letterman book "the late shift" which turned out to be only the beginning. he's good enough to join us from burbank. >> good evening, keith. >> was this just a good joke as leno put it? or a peace offering by letterman? >> i think certainly from dave's point of view, it started as a good joke, he liked the idea. i think when they got together, probably there was a little raproachment in the air, it was a good scene. 100 million people watching them on a couch together. it was fun. >> it was 18 years ago, that's a great deal...