Isn't Life Terrible? » Jay Leno Popular Culture, Unpopular Culture, and Tom Snyder Mon, 19 Sep 2011 19:13:00 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Chris Elliottt Does Jay Leno On David Letterman ?p=276 ?p=276#comments Sat, 06 Feb 2010 23:51:00 +0000 Don ?p=276 The post before this one has a Bob Elliott appearance on David Letterman. Bob Elliott occasionally did a pretty passable Peter Lorre impression – so here’s a great clip of Bob’s son Chris attempting to imitate another famous horror icon: Jay Leno.

]]> The post before this one has a Bob Elliott appearance on David Letterman. Bob Elliott occasionally did a pretty passable Peter Lorre impression – so here’s a great clip of Bob’s son Chris attempting to imitate another famous horror icon: Jay Leno.

]]> ?feed=rss2&p=276 0 Tom Snyder interviews Jay Leno – 1990 ?p=21 ?p=21#comments Tue, 24 Jul 2007 20:28:00 +0000 Don ?p=21 According to Wikipedia, Tom Snyder now lives up in northern California, retired from show business. Justly famous for his television work, he was equally great fun on radio. I saved some of his radio shows on cassette, and I’m working my way through “TS and the comedians.”

The hour with Jay Leno (33m) is especially entertaining ]]>
According to Wikipedia, Tom Snyder now lives up in northern California, retired from show business. Justly famous for his television work, he was equally great fun on radio. I saved some of his radio shows on cassette, and I’m working my way through “TS and the comedians.”

The hour with Jay Leno (33m) is especially entertaining – mostly stories from Jay’s youth and his days as a struggling comedian. This show was recorded at the time when Jay was “permanent guest host” for The Tonight Show on Monday nights. I remember at the time – and this is sacrilege, I know – avidly looking forward to the Monday night shows, because Carson had been coasting and Jay Leno was actually funny.

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