How the Oprah, Letterman, Leno ad came to be

Posted Feb. 8, 2010 at 6:16 a.m.

op.jpgJay Leno, Oprah Winfrey and David Letterman in a CBS promo for the “Late Show.” (AP Photo/CBS)

By Phil Rosenthal | So how did David Letterman and archrival Jay Leno wind up together on a couch with only Oprah Winfrey between them in a promo for CBS’ “Late Show with David Letterman” that was the biggest surprise of Sunday’s Super Bowl?

Picture Leno in a hooded sweatshirt, big sunglasses and a fake mustache walking in the front door of New York’s Ed Sullivan Theater on Broadway last Tuesday afternoon during Letterman’s regular 4:30 p.m. taping while paparazzi and autograph seekers manned their regular positions by the 53rd Street stage door and office entrance.

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