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joshcryer

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35. I watched Leno and Conan pretty religiously.

Fri Feb 7, 2014, 05:29 AM

Feb 2014

There were times when I was in school or moving or working that I couldn't stay up to watch them both, but I really admired them both. But then I think that Leno was a jerk for accepting the Jay Leno Show or whatever it was called which ate into Conan's ratings (Conan never had a chance to succeed and build his audience). Sure, he was forced to quit the Tonight Show 5 years earlier than he wanted to quit, that's shitty, but he should've taken the paycheck and walked, and not tried to do his own show at an earlier date. He should've said "How much to pay off Conan? I'll take it." There. Deal.

It only saved NBC a few tens of million dollars, and I will never forgive him for that pettiness.

edit: I'm so sorry, I replied to you twice (didn't realize you were the OP, I just read posts and respond). I didn't mean to reiterate my post #33.

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Nice and fitting goodbye to Jay Leno [View all] Mira Feb 2014 OP

Is he gonna STAY GONE this time??? blkmusclmachine Feb 2014 #1

I think he probably will this time LostOne4Ever Feb 2014 #3

I must admit Mira Feb 2014 #5

Before the haters get here LostOne4Ever Feb 2014 #2

Video links below Tx4obama Feb 2014 #4

What a great piece of work, Mira Feb 2014 #6

Two more VIDEO links from the show Tx4obama Feb 2014 #21

"I'm proud to say this was a union show." - Jay Leno tonight. nt Lex Feb 2014 #7

Entertainers are liberal in nature DemocraticWing Feb 2014 #8

I stopped watching Leno when he pissed me off during the Bush years Mira Feb 2014 #11

I watched Leno and Conan pretty religiously. joshcryer Feb 2014 #35

Didn't Leno support Bush? 1000words Feb 2014 #9

Leno on Bush: Nye Bevan Feb 2014 #19

loved the post! Sunlei Feb 2014 #64

Bush was the greatest thing to happen to Leno. joshcryer Feb 2014 #34

Regarding Jay's politics, I remember when Jay was accused of being a right winger. alp227 Feb 2014 #10

Leno is a pro-union fiscal conservative and social liberal. LostOne4Ever Feb 2014 #12

his idea of conservative could mean santorum but not Bush JI7 Feb 2014 #14

Very true (nt) LostOne4Ever Feb 2014 #16

Since he and his wife are deliberately childless, maybe not Santorum.... nt MADem Feb 2014 #28

More like Huntsman. joshcryer Feb 2014 #32

I found Leno's humor hackneyed and formulaic fujiyama Feb 2014 #13

+ 1000. Thanks for sharing your knowledge. I share the same sentiments. nt adirondacker Feb 2014 #77

Jay Leno did his job and did it well. TheMathieu Feb 2014 #15

I liked Jay Leno. Vashta Nerada Feb 2014 #17

On air, Leno equated being a conservative with being a patriot, as if no one else is a patriot. merrily Feb 2014 #18

Jay Leno has never joked about things like mass murder. Nye Bevan Feb 2014 #20

Bullshit. I watched that night and I am not misrembering. merrily Feb 2014 #22

Of course he didn't say that. There would have been an enormous outcry. Nye Bevan Feb 2014 #23

Bullshit. He did. I heard it and you're speculating that a quick joke would have merrily Feb 2014 #25

I knew you wouldn't be able to find a link (nt) Nye Bevan Feb 2014 #41

I live in the Northeast. I have no other special reason to remember this story for 21 years, except merrily Feb 2014 #29

Again. No link. (nt) Nye Bevan Feb 2014 #42

LOL. I gave you one link. More than your post merited. Your turn. merrily Feb 2014 #43

A link that never once mentions Jay Leno. Nye Bevan Feb 2014 #45

More crap you made up that is not true. You have a link merrily Feb 2014 #50

STILL no link (nt) Nye Bevan Feb 2014 #53

You forgot. It was your turn to provide a link for merrily Feb 2014 #51

If the poster is right, the joke they heard would have been in 1993. morningfog Feb 2014 #46

Something so disgusting would have been mentioned many times subsequently. Nye Bevan Feb 2014 #48

Maybe, maybe not. morningfog Feb 2014 #49

Maybe it was mentioned many times. I have no idea. merrily Feb 2014 #52

Still no link (nt) Nye Bevan Feb 2014 #54

That's okay. You don't have to look anymore. merrily Feb 2014 #55

Yes, still no link from you and it's still your turn. merrily Feb 2014 #56

OK. Here's a link from a July 8, 1993 article that talks about the mass shooting and Jay Leno, Nye Bevan Feb 2014 #58

Not the link that I asked you for, but thanks for verifying merrily Feb 2014 #65

OK. So you're the only person on the internet to remember Leno cracking this horrible joke, Nye Bevan Feb 2014 #66

More dishonesty and, oh, look an emoticon, too. merrily Feb 2014 #67

Oh and BTW, your claim about Letterman's monologue "the night Carson died" was also false. Nye Bevan Feb 2014 #68

Thanks again for proving me right, buddy. merrily Feb 2014 #71

Have you already forgotten that you said "we're done for this thread, buddy"? Nye Bevan Feb 2014 #72

Nope. Didn't forget. But you did me such a huge favor, how could I possibly ignore it? merrily Feb 2014 #74

This video clip mocking Leno supports merrily's argument qwertyq Feb 2014 #69

Sure does. Thank you so much. But I hope you didn't hurt Nye merrily Feb 2014 #73

I guess Bevan has nothing to say about this. qwertyq Feb 2014 #76

I'm sure he'll be posting his apology to me and his kudos to you merrily Feb 2014 #79

I believe I saw it posted eleswhere here at DU qwertyq Feb 2014 #82

welcome to DU gopiscrap Feb 2014 #78

I don't find Jay particularly funny ohheckyeah Feb 2014 #24

Who? R. Daneel Olivaw Feb 2014 #26

Letterman is much funnier. nt awoke_in_2003 Feb 2014 #27

So are Kimmel, Fallon and Green. merrily Feb 2014 #30

Good riddance. He really stunk up the joint eShirl Feb 2014 #31

Nice OP. Just saw it. Not a big fan of Jay. Especially after Conan. joshcryer Feb 2014 #33

This message was self-deleted by its author davidpdx Feb 2014 #36

I like Leno madokie Feb 2014 #37

Fuck Jay Leno. Does anybody remember when he was funny? Egalitarian Thug Feb 2014 #38

Nobody gives a rats a$$ about HawkeyeLibkid Feb 2014 #39

I'm sorry, the dollar signs distracted/confused me. Egalitarian Thug Feb 2014 #40

I must remember that one. merrily Feb 2014 #47

He still telling Monica Lewinski & Bill Clinton jokes? B Calm Feb 2014 #44

So it was unfunny? TransitJohn Feb 2014 #57

I still miss Johnny ... TBF Feb 2014 #59

Leno's show was like the Morning Joe of late night TV. Walk away Feb 2014 #60

+1 Instead of turning him off, I would switch to Letterman. B Calm Feb 2014 #63

Wow... a few people need to go back to bed or drink a little bit more coffee... ScreamingMeemie Feb 2014 #61

Late night tv for me has not been the same PowerToThePeople Feb 2014 #62

What most people don't know is that it was a robot Jay Leno who retired last night. RadiationTherapy Feb 2014 #70

Class act Boom Sound 416 Feb 2014 #75

He should have had Bill Clinton's dick on the show as a farewell guest Tom Ripley Feb 2014 #80

Kick n/t Dalai_1 Feb 2014 #81