Jimmy Kimmel

And I just kind of want to know why.

what they're doing.

I don't go through and read that stuff unless somebody says, Hey, this looks a little bit similar to what Conan is doing.

And then I'll, I'll look into it or a joke that was on Saturday night live this week.

But it's mostly because I think it's important to be original.

I just, I would hate the idea that people think we're stealing jokes.

So I want to make sure that we don't, even if it's an accident.

In February of 1983, when Late Night with David Letterman went on the air, I was 15 years old and lucky enough to have a little black and white TV set in my bedroom.

Every night after my parents went into their room to molest each other, I'd stay up late secretly watching Johnny Carson.

And then I started staying up later to watch the guy who went on after him.

And while I loved Johnny, I fell in love with Dave.

When I turned 16, I blew out the candles on a late night with David Letterman cake that my mom made me.

My first car had a late night vanity plate.

I drew pictures of Dave on the covers of all my textbooks.

I started a late night with David Letterman club in high school.

To me, it wasn't just a TV show.

It was the reason I would fail to make love to a live woman for many, many years to come.

Every night, I wanted to be David Letterman.

All my friends wanted to be David Letterman.

Ironically, the only person who didn't want to be David Letterman is David Letterman.