When two legends of late-night TV came together, the results were hysterical. David Letterman welcomed Johnny Carson to his show. David welcomes his first guest to the show, and he is very excited as he pumps his fists and Johnny Carson walks out to thunderous applause.
Johnny returns as if he forgot something and returns with his own portable desk! Johnny tells Letterman that it feels wrong to be sitting in the guest chair and looking the other way at the host. But Johnny says it’s nice because he can be cruel.
David asks Johnny if he remembers his first appearance on TV. Johnny takes some time to think about it. He says, “Believe it or not, I played a milkman in a documentary called The Story of Underlined Fever about unpasteurized milk.”
He asks Johnny if he ever thinks about returning his show to New York. Johnny says he’d love to, but there aren’t any more facilities back there, and the only studios are news spots.
Then, Johnny asks, “Do you mind if I do something?” Johnny explains how he loves it when David calls an audience member’s relative. He thinks it’s so funny and asks David if he can do that on the show.
Johnny asks a quick question: “Has David ever told you that he hopes that I get run over by a Sparklett’s water delivery truck so that he can get the 11:30 time period on NBC?” David’s mother says he brought it up frequently.
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