And at that juncture I was offered two other late-night hosting jobs.
Because Letterman had already gone.
So those spots at different times came open.
The CBS one was interesting to me because I respected Letterman.
I had to really consider if I wanted to do a talk show.
Again, I had the opportunity.
That was a big decision because the CBS offer was an actually big financial offer.
And my girlfriend at the time said, “Take the money.
Take the money.”
I called Roy London up and I said, “Roy, I have to make a decision here.
on a talk show?
Or can I do it on a 1992 show about a guy who hosts a talk show?”
It’s the ability to have that world within which you could tell the story of human beings.
And so it was never about a guy who hosts a talk show.
That show really became a lab for a study of human behavior.
