I dont care what snobs say; I like Jay Leno..Over his career, Leno has certainly reached a wide audience, particularly the mainstream market known as Middle America. This skill made Leno the commercial king of late night. It also turned him into a punching bag. Letterman, crushed when passed over in favor of Leno when Johnny Carson retired in 1992, takes swipes at him from his perch at CBS...Jerry Seinfeld, a longtime Leno friend, still bristles at the attacks. There’s no story, says Seinfeld. Conan’s [low] ratings on The Tonight Show are not a secret...The reason Jay Leno lost his job twice when he was number one is because he had nobody whispering into the ears of those idiots at NBC, said [Bill] Maher. Whereas Conan had somebody saying, Hey, you’ve got to get rid of that old guy... Jay Leno doesn’t act like a star. He travels alone, carrying his own garment bag with his suit. In his typical uniform — denim shirt and jeans...He is approachable and warm to all, partly because that’s just his nature...Seinfeld, who also tours relentlessly, said that he and Leno consider stand-up a lifestyle...If Jay Leno has a vice...[its] his garage, where Leno and a handful of master mechanics restore and maintain the comic’s impressive collection...steam engines and racing cars, 130 automobiles in total and 92 motorcycles...If you’ve read the attacks on Leno in recent years, you may be shocked by one undeniable truth. Jay Leno is still funny. Very funny...says David Steinberg...He is as good as it gets at the craft of stand-up.”
Posted on: Sat, 18 Oct 2014 22:15:30 +0000
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