Conan O'Brien gives heartfelt farewell to David Letterman (Video)

Conan OBrien gave a send off to late night legend David Letterman forhis last show which aired the same time as Conan.

Conan OBrien took some time out of his monologue to address the elephant in the room: that there were probably no one watchingConanthat nightand those who were should definitely be watching Lettermans last show.

In a heartfelt message to his mentor, OBrien addressed his crowd, diverging from his normal monologue of jokes, to give a touching send off to Letterman. In it, he addressed Lettermans impact on comedy and the state of Conans career as he knows it.

Check it out below.

Conan explains in detail how rough the beginning years of is talk show hosting career was, even revealing that he was in danger of being cancelled.

Way back in 1993, I took over David Lettermans iconic late-night television show. I was a complete unknown with absolutely no experience performing on television. I was utterly and totally unprepared for that enormous job.

I got the s**t kicked out me. Critics despised me, the ratings were bad, my skin broke out.

Just when he thought he was done for good though, Letterman stepped in and changed things.

And then something miraculous happened: After four really dreary months, out of the blue, we got a message at the show that David Letterman wanted to come on the program as a guest.

Dave wasnt just the biggest star on late-night at the time, he was the biggest thing on television. He didnt go on other peoples shows. It was like the Beatles asking Maury Povich if they could stop by and sing a couple of tunes. It was that absurd.

He later revealed that Letterman blew the doors off the place.

Of course, this gave OBrien and his staff their second wind and they came out of it like gangbusters.

OBrien and his guest Patton Oswalt would later go on to tell his viewers to switch over to Lettermans show as soon as it hit its start time.

Just goes to show you, even in the world of late night television, theres still plenty of class to be had.

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David Letterman: Antidepressants Saved My Life

As David Letterman plans to retire from a 33-year career as a late-night host, he revealed that an antidepressant saved his life.

"It saved my life," he told the New York Times. "I used to wonder how other people weren't always screaming and punching the Sheetrock. And then I started this, and I felt like, 'Ahhh, I see!' And now I don't punch Sheetrock and scream as much."

Letterman had suffered from depression for 20 years, but he was reluctant to take medication. "My friend and doctor, Louis Aronne, 20 years ago, he said, 'You should take something for this,' and I said no, because I thought it would make me loopy or make me hallucinate or make me drowsy," he told CBS' This Morning.

Letterman fought a battle with shingles, which led to him developing "nervous anxiety" along with his depression. "I was really screwed.

"I said to Louis, 'OK, OK, I'll try anything just to get rid of this depression,' he told CBS' This Morning. "Because it's different than, 'Oh, I don't feel good today.' It's different than feeling sad. It's different than feeling blue. It's really, like a friend of mine says, it's the world with 20/20 vision."

Letterman also weathered an extortion scandal in 2009 that revealed marital infidelities, and he revealed in 2013 that he sees a psychiatrist once a week.

"For a long time I thought I was a decent guy," Letterman said in an interview with Oprah Winfrey. "But yet, thinking I was a decent guy, I was still capable of behavior that wasn't coincidental to leading a decent life. That's what I'm working on. I want to really be the person I believe that I was. I wanna be a good person."

During the interview, Letterman revealed that he suffered from depression and described it as a "sinkhole" he thought he'd never escape. Medication, he said, helped him recover, and now he has compassion for others who also suffer from the condition.

"I always thought, 'Aw, you're depressed? Go do some push-ups and you'll feel better,'" he told Winfrey. "But it's not that."

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