"I'm Not Getting The Tonight Show"; Watch Letterman's Final Monologue

Tonight is David Letterman’s last show after 33 years of hosting late night television. Here’s his final opening monologue, in which he looks back on his decades of work.

“Half the people said this show doesn’t have a chance. The other half said this show doesn’t have a prayer.”

It also featured a cold open with several U.S. presidents—including Obama—announcing that our long national nightmare is over:

[CBS]

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