Former Tonight Show host Jay Leno just can’t keep his greedy, denim-wearing, engine oil-filled paws off of the NBC program he once called home. While Jimmy Fallon has established himself as a strong replacement for Jay Leno, one could not help but remember the fate of the last host that replaced Leno on the Tonight Show.
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The Jimmy Fallon gag injury paved the way for Jay Leno’s second appearance back on the Tonight Show since he left the show in February, 2014. “Because the show makes you arrogant”, Leno explained. I don’t miss a lot of publicists. I mean, quid pro quo.
If you took David Wooderson from “Dazed and Confused” and then replaced his charm and charisma with smarmy millionaire arrogance and defensiveness, you would have Jay Leno.
Of course, the Kardashians were also included in Leno’s routine. Jay Leno was telling jokes. Carson replied that he has cousins who were killed by gun violence in Detroit, and that “as a doctor, I spent many a night pulling bullets out of bodies”.
Leno’s visit was timed to promote his new CNBC series “Jay Leno’s Garage”.
Leno, the man who hosted “The Tonight Show” for decades, took over for Jimmy Fallon after the oft-injured host pretended to be hurt during the show’s opening monologue.
While he’s serious about the subject, Leno approaches it in his typically lighthearted way as he travels cross-country for the new show.
“Oh, I think I pulled a hammy on that last one”, said Fallon. “He comes from that radio vibe and it’s a typical radio versus standup comic situation”. Vehicle lust will endure, Leno says, predicting that “soon enough, Ferraris and Lamborghinis will be like snowmobiles and recreational vehicles”. You’re 65 years old, man. Act like a grownup.
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While the first Garage episode looks back to the mid-1960s to early ’70s muscle-car era, Leno isn’t looking only in the rear-view mirror.
