Jay Leno: The Last Hurrah (Until September)
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OK, gang. Snatches of the show, concluded not long ago, are dribbling in...Here's my starter wrap for tomorrow...
"I'm going to be going to a secluded spot where no one can find me," promised Jay Leno in his final "Tonight Show" appearance last night.
Anyone need to know what the punchline is?
After seventeen pretty good years as the host of a national TV institution that's had just four hosts, the latest one said goodbye, and, in a sense, he said "hello" as well. Jay Leno will be back in September at 10 p.m. on NBC, and if he's lucky, the jokes he told last night won't even be moldy by then.
"When we started this show," he told his final "Tonight" audience, "my hair was black and the president was white. When we started the show, Jon and Kate were both eight."
After a rapturous standing O, there were many people to thank, besides his wife, Mavis, in the audience. Monica Lewinsky. Bill Clinton. Michael Jackson. (O.J. Simpson, too: "I was cleaning my room today and I found O.J.'s knife. I had it the whole time.") He noted that former presidents George W. Bush and Clinton were about to meet for a debate in Toronto. “Oh, just one more day, just one more day” to host the show.
He thanked NBC, too. Sort of: "I'm betting everything that NBC will still be around in three months," adding: "That is not a given." (The network is deep in fourth place, one reason he gets the 10 p.m. shot.) He said his boss, Jeff Zucker, even offered to let him buy his robe in his dressing room for forty bucks.
Guests tongiht were Conan O'Brien, who takes over the whole shebang over on Monday, and James Taylor.
So, a sad, sentimental departure for the man who hosted 3,775 editions of "Tonight" through Friday? Hardly: He'll be back and in a better time period almost before you know it. What? Jay worry?
Meanwhile, when I get the vid clips, you know where to find 'em.
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Comments (8)
So very sorry to see Jay go...
I was at the aJay Leno Show in Chicago show years ago with Harry Carey, Oprah, Mark Grace and the Cubbies...
Jay and all the producers, musicians and writers came into the audience after the show to meet us..they were really great and gave alot of their time.
I will NEVER ever, ever be tuning in to Cone-head...most if us will ignore you.
You will never cut it on this time slot.....!
Will be tuning into other channels...
Much too big shoes for Conan to fill...he is not at all classy or truly funny.
He is just a goofy dude that belongs in a time slot that that most are not awake to view...like at 4am.
See his interview with Jay on Jay's last show...so NOT funny...
He thinks he is much funnier than he is...
Go away Cone-head...!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Looking forward to the return of Jay in prime time.
Go Jay....!
So very sorry to see Jay go...
I was at the aJay Leno Show in Chicago show years ago with Harry Carey, Oprah, Mark Grace and the Cubbies...
Jay and all the producers, musicians and writers came into the audience after the show to meet us..they were really great and gave alot of their time.
I will NEVER ever, ever be tuning in to Cone-head...most if us will ignore you.
You will never cut it on this time slot.....!
Will be tuning into other channels...
Much too big shoes for Conan to fill...he is not at all classy or truly funny.
He is just a goofy dude that belongs in a time slot that that most are not awake to view...like at 4am.
See his interview with Jay on Jay's last show...so NOT funny...
He thinks he is much funnier than he is...
Go away Cone-head...!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Looking forward to the return of Jay in prime time.
Go Jay....!
So very sorry to see Jay go...
I was at the aJay Leno Show in Chicago show years ago with Harry Carey, Oprah, Mark Grace and the Cubbies...
Jay and all the producers, musicians and writers came into the audience after the show to meet us..they were really great and gave alot of their time.
I will NEVER ever, ever be tuning in to Cone-head...most if us will ignore you.
You will never cut it on this time slot.....!
Will be tuning into other channels...
Much too big shoes for Conan to fill...he is not at all classy or truly funny.
He is just a goofy dude that belongs in a time slot that that most are not awake to view...like at 4am.
See his interview with Jay on Jay's last show...so NOT funny...
He thinks he is much funnier than he is...
Go away Cone-head...!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Looking forward to the return of Jay in prime time.
Go Jay....!
So very sorry to see Jay go...
I was at the aJay Leno Show in Chicago show years ago with Harry Carey, Oprah, Mark Grace and the Cubbies...
Jay and all the producers, musicians and writers came into the audience after the show to meet us..they were really great and gave alot of their time.
I will NEVER ever, ever be tuning in to Cone-head...most if us will ignore you.
You will never cut it on this time slot.....!
Will be tuning into other channels...
Much too big shoes for Conan to fill...he is not at all classy or truly funny.
He is just a goofy dude that belongs in a time slot that that most are not awake to view...like at 4am.
See his interview with Jay on Jay's last show...so NOT funny...
He thinks he is much funnier than he is...
Go away Cone-head...!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Looking forward to the return of Jay in prime time.
Go Jay....!
So very sorry to see Jay go...
I was at the aJay Leno Show in Chicago show years ago with Harry Carey, Oprah, Mark Grace and the Cubbies...
Jay and all the producers, musicians and writers came into the audience after the show to meet us..they were really great and gave alot of their time.
I will NEVER ever, ever be tuning in to Cone-head...most if us will ignore you.
You will never cut it on this time slot.....!
Will be tuning into other channels...
Much too big shoes for Conan to fill...he is not at all classy or truly funny.
He is just a goofy dude that belongs in a time slot that that most are not awake to view...like at 4am.
See his interview with Jay on Jay's last show...so NOT funny...
He thinks he is much funnier than he is...
Go away Cone-head...!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Looking forward to the return of Jay in prime time.
Go Jay....!
Jay by reading this article we knew about you that you are doing excellently.
I'm curious to see how he does in the 10 slot.
The Tonight Show is going into capable hands. Conan is just as funny as Jay but with a different style.
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