
David Letterman vies with Jay Leno and his manager to succeed Johnny Carson, retiring from "The Tonight Show."

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as Jay Leno

as Helen Kushnick

as Warren Littlefield

as Rod Perth

as Howard Stringer

as John Agoglia

as Robert Morton

as Peter Lassally

as Brandon Tartikoff

as Bob Wright

as Sandra Bernhard

as Michael Ovitz

as Alan Levine

as Rick Ludwin

as Reporter #2 Letterman Press Conference

as Reporter #2 Carnegie Hall

as Rupert Murdoch

as Michael Gartner

as Writer #2

as Robert Iger

as Debbie Vickers

as Reporter #1

as Ken Kragen

as Airport Attendant

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as Paul Shaffer

as Laurie Diamond

as Jim Brogan

as Letterman's Girlfriend

as Susan Binford

as Little Richard

as Betty Hudson

as Dick Ebersol

as Jack Welsh

as Thai Waitress

as Lee Gabler

as Kragen's Asst.

as Johnny Carson

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as CBS Executive to Howard Stringer (uncredited)

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