Jay Leno and the Monologue 20 Minutes

"He would have steam rolled everyone if he was that guy hosting that show," she says. "It's not his fault. He made a calculated decision." Letterman wasn't used to a long monologue because at the time Carson said you couldn't do a monologue, but no one else had that connection to the audience like Jay Leno did. 'I think it's just why did they turn on him? I heard that he said he was political'