jay leno

Jay Leno, the lantern-jawed comedian best known as host of NBC’s The Tonight Show (TTS), made the first of many appearances on the show as a stand-up comedian in 1977. Over the years, Leno often filled in as the show’s guest host and took over full-time hosting duties when Johnny Carson retired in 1992.

Leno’s populist humor and “nice-guy” image made him an audience favorite. When he interviewed President Barack Obama on TTS in March 2009, however, several bloggers, (including this one), protested that the interview blurred the lines between news and entertainment.

Leno’s legendary passion for automobiles and fondness for Detroit led him to perform two free concerts for the recession-plagued Motor City’s unemployed workers in April 2009.  Bloggers gave rave reviews to both the "Comedy Stimulus Plan” shows and Leno's test-drive of the Chevy Volt hybrid.

In May 2009, Conan O'Brien will replace Leno as host of TTS (as mentioned in this blog about O’Brien’s move to LA), and Leno will move to prime time in a new show on NBC.

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• His parents are there for him no matter what, unless he does that to them!

  
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  Yesterday on The Tonight Show Jay Leno had audience members show videos of themselves pranking the person they were with. The first one was funny, but nothing that great! The second one was funny and something that would be fun to do to someone. But the third one was the best. A kid told his parents that he knocked ...
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• Video: Jay Leno Reviews the 2013 Cars of the Year

  
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  Posted on 06.13.2013 18:00 by Simona In the latest episode of his show, Jay Leno had to review Robb Report’s 20th annual Car of the Year: the Porsche 911 Carrera S . Along with it, he also reviewed the Morgan 3 Wheeler - a car aimed for those with lots of money to spent, but ...
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• Jeremy Scahill Trashes MSNBC On Leno: ‘One Long Episode’ Of Obama’s ‘E! True Hollywood Story’

  
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  The Nation’ s Jeremy Scahill paid a visit to Jay Leno on Wednesday night — where he offered his take on both the current NSA controversies as well as the world of cable news. About the latter, he was a tad critical. And the jabs were aimed at both sides of the political spectrum. “We have a totally ...
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• Meet The People Who Are Actually Furious That The Stanley Cup Finals Preemted Jay Leno’s ‘Tonight Show’

  
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• NSA: We Should Have Listened to Shia LaBeouf!

  
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  Celebrities talk a lot about stuff–and sometimes about stuff they don’t really know much about. But five years ago, as a guest on Tonight Show with Jay Leno , actor Shia LaBeouf brought up something that seems far more important now than it did then–and maybe we should have paid attention. LaBeouf was ...
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• VIDEO: JAMIE FOXX TALKS “SPIDER MAN,” “WHITE HOUSE DOWN” & MORE ON ‘JAY LENO’

  
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  On Tuesday night (June 11), comedian-actor Jamie Foxx stopped by “The Tonight Show” where he spoke about his roles in upcoming films , White House Down and Amazing Spider Man 2 . Before getting into his role in the action-thriller film co-starring Channing Tatum , he spoke briefly of his role in ...
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• HRE Wheels on Jay Leno’s Garage

  
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• Jamie Foxx Reveals the Voice of Electro in The Amazing Spider-Man 2

  
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  Jamie Foxx appeared on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno last night, to promote his upcoming action-thriller White House Down , where he also spoke briefly about his role as Max Dillon, a.k.a. Electro, in The Amazing Spider-Man 2 . Take a look at the video, as the actor speaks out about his sister, a hair stylist on ...
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• Jamie Foxx Reveals Electro’s Voice on The Tonight Show

  
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  Appearing on “ The Tonight Show ,” Jamie Foxx spoke this evening with Jay Leno about his turn as Max “Electro” Dillon in Marc Webb’s The Amazing Spider-Man 2 , revealing the voice he’s going to be using for the character. “My sister is my hair stylist and she created the ‘Django’ look,” ...
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  Jay Leno Goofs On The Tebow News : So the good news, Tim Tebow got a job with the Patriots. The bad news: now that he’s associated with the wold “Patriot” he’s being audited by the IRS. Yeah, yeah, so, little tricky. Tightrope. I am a Denver Bronco fan but I hope the New England Patriots do well ...
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• Listen To Jamie Foxx Voice Electro For Amazing Spider-Man 2 (Video)

  
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