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Jay Leno Still Sucks. nt (Original Post) onehandle Nov 2013 OP
He's a bucket of suck. NYC_SKP Nov 2013 #1
I hate the guy. Beyond seeming like a conservative prick... Locut0s Nov 2013 #2
Word. Arugula Latte Nov 2013 #3
I agree, so does Michelle Bachmann davidpdx Nov 2013 #4
Why do you post this phallic image here? Ptah Nov 2013 #14
No, it is an ongoing joke with another member davidpdx Nov 2013 #21
Regardless of his politics, Mr.Bill Nov 2013 #5
Yes, LeftofObama Nov 2013 #6
but he has a nice car collection. . B Calm Nov 2013 #7
I will never forgive him for the way he pushed Johnny Carson out the door Va Lefty Nov 2013 #8
+ 1,000 !!! In_The_Wind Nov 2013 #10
Locking. Not LBN. KamaAina Nov 2013 #9
I don't think he ever stopped... joeybee12 Nov 2013 #11
I should've known Jamaal510 Nov 2013 #12
Ironically Leno was pretty funny when he was on Late Night with Letterman at NBC. edbermac Nov 2013 #13
Yes he actually was hibbing Nov 2013 #15
I did a gig with Jay Leno Boom Sound 416 Nov 2013 #16
I believe you that he is a nice guy OriginalGeek Nov 2013 #17
I liked Kimmel's impersonations jakeXT Nov 2013 #18
I hear you Boom Sound 416 Nov 2013 #19
When did he not? bigwillq Nov 2013 #20
I'm just watching him with Seinfeld jakeXT Jan 2014 #22

Locut0s

(6,154 posts)
2. I hate the guy. Beyond seeming like a conservative prick...
Thu Nov 21, 2013, 12:09 AM
Nov 2013

His jokes are so corny and lifeless that I expect to hear " wah wah waaaahhhh" after many of them. Actually I don't know if he is a conservative prick but he seems to give off that vibe.

Mr.Bill

(24,262 posts)
5. Regardless of his politics,
Thu Nov 21, 2013, 05:10 AM
Nov 2013

I remember him as a stand up comedian back in the 70s. He was never funny, still isn't.

Jamaal510

(10,893 posts)
12. I should've known
Thu Nov 21, 2013, 04:22 PM
Nov 2013

something was up when my Dad said he didn't like him too much, since he's normally into late-night comedy. I probably sound biased as a stalwart Bush ll detractor, but I never found Leno that funny.

edbermac

(15,935 posts)
13. Ironically Leno was pretty funny when he was on Late Night with Letterman at NBC.
Thu Nov 21, 2013, 04:43 PM
Nov 2013

And also Carson was so good that everyone else to this day looks so bad.

NBC should just rerun old Carson episodes. I don't think Fallon will be all that good when he takes over.

hibbing

(10,095 posts)
15. Yes he actually was
Thu Nov 21, 2013, 05:40 PM
Nov 2013

Hey,
Yeah, he actually was pretty funny on there. He has become so bland now I don't even bother.

Peace

 

Boom Sound 416

(4,185 posts)
16. I did a gig with Jay Leno
Thu Nov 21, 2013, 05:50 PM
Nov 2013

One of his Jay Walking segments.

He's is one of the most genuine and nicest celebrities I've met (I've worked with maybe a 100 or so A's and B's)

He would chat with anyone, passer-by or crew and signed any autograph request.

You would never know he is who he is or has what he has.

Bush interview notwithstanding, he's one of the good ones.

OriginalGeek

(12,132 posts)
17. I believe you that he is a nice guy
Thu Nov 21, 2013, 06:28 PM
Nov 2013

obviously I would defer to your direct experience but even before I knew of that I always thought he was probably a big sweetheart. And I remember his stand up being pretty funny back in the days when he worked the clubs three hundred and eighty-eleven nights a year before he was on late night talk.

But his monologues since taking over the Tonight show have been cringe-inducingly unfunny. I haven't laughed once and it got so bad that I quit watching altogether. Letterman does "so lame it's funny" perfectly and I guess that's what Leno has been trying but it's not. It's just lame. His interactions with Kevin Eubanks were just painful. I barely remember when Branford Marsalis was band leader.

Whenever I'm trolling through channels and accidentally land o the Tonight Show I watch just to see if anything has changed and I'm always sad to see it hasn't. I have to move on within minutes.

Letterman, Craig Ferguson and Jimmy Kimmel are all way funnier than Leno. I don't even understand why TTS is the top rated late night show.

The only time Jay Leno is funny nowadays is when Letterman is impersonating him.

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