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Deadline Hollywood ^ | February 6, 2014 | LISA DE MORAES, TV Columnist

Posted on 02/06/2014 11:28:48 PM PST by onyx





LENO SIGNS OFF



“I don’t like goodbyes – NBC does – but I don’t care for them,” an emotional Jay Leno said, kicking off a star-studded final broadcast show as host of The Tonight Show. “Tonight is our last show for real. I don’t need to be fired three times — I get the hint,” Leno joked to a friends-and-family studio audience as he ended his 22-year run Thursday night. It’s his second very-last-time-as-host — having been pushed aside in 2009 by NBC to make way for Conan O’Brien, who lasted seven months.

“I’ve got to tell you, the outpouring from people has really been touching. Anthony Weiner sent me a photo of his ______ looking really sad.

Oprah singingIn sharp contrast to the “last” time Leno celebrated his very last night as host of Tonight Show in 2009 — when, ever the team player, he had O’Brien as his final night’s guest — tonight’s show was packed with celebrities including President Obama. Longtime pal Garth Brooks performed his hit “The Dance.” And a cast of A-listers including Oprah Winfrey, Jack Black and Carol Burnett performed with Billy Crystal and The Shut Your Von Trapp Family Singers, the Rogers & Hammerstein tune from The Sound Of Music, “So Long, Farewell” with lyrics changed to suit the occasion. (Watch a clip below.) The show ended with Leno in tears as he thanked the audience, calling the Tonight Show crew his family and wishing his successor Jimmy Fallon well.

But first, Leno mulled exactly how long 22 years is.

- “Here’s how long ago it is. When I started hosting, marijuana was illegal and you could smoke cigarettes anywhere you wanted.”

- “Twenty two years ago, guys actually had to go to newsstands for porn, can you imagine?”

- “So much has happened. You know the saddest part – OJ never found the real killers.”


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1 posted on 02/06/2014 11:28:49 PM PST by onyx
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3 posted on 02/06/2014 11:36:02 PM PST by onyx (Please Support Free Republic - Donate Monthly! If you want on Sarah Palin's Ping List, Let Me know!)
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To: F15Eagle

I forgot that tonight was Leno’s final show, but it came on after my local news!

I didn’t really pay close attention after his monologue. Those guests of his bore me.


4 posted on 02/06/2014 11:38:45 PM PST by onyx (Please Support Free Republic - Donate Monthly! If you want on Sarah Palin's Ping List, Let Me know!)
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To: F15Eagle

OH, and BTW, you’re right: Jimmy Fallon will take the show to a new low for ratings.

I’ll NEVER watch that IDIOT.

I don’t think he’s amusing at all.


5 posted on 02/06/2014 11:39:49 PM PST by onyx (Please Support Free Republic - Donate Monthly! If you want on Sarah Palin's Ping List, Let Me know!)
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To: onyx

Fallon’s gonna fallon his ass.

That line was funnier than anything HE ever did!!


6 posted on 02/06/2014 11:40:22 PM PST by djf (OK. Well, now, lemme try to make this clear: If you LIKE your lasagna, you can KEEP your lasagna!)
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Yeah ... lol.
You’re right.
NBC has lost its way.
Leno has several more years in him.


7 posted on 02/06/2014 11:43:36 PM PST by onyx (Please Support Free Republic - Donate Monthly! If you want on Sarah Palin's Ping List, Let Me know!)
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To: F15Eagle

Just one of the reasons I stopped watching several years ago. Jimmy Fallon will take the show to a new low for ratings.


But they don’t care if they lose tons of viewers and money. Ideology trumps everything.


8 posted on 02/06/2014 11:51:40 PM PST by chessplayer
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To: onyx

He’s no Johnny Carson, but, in truth, there could be only one. Still miss him.


9 posted on 02/06/2014 11:52:20 PM PST by jocon307
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To: onyx

This reminds me of way back in the Johnny Carson days, and in his last years the early 1980s I first saw Leno a few times as a guest on the late night David Letterman show that came afterward, (1 am) and my immediate reaction was that Leno was much funnier than Letterman was.


10 posted on 02/06/2014 11:54:44 PM PST by sickoflibs (Obama : 'Any path to US citizenship for illegals HERE is a special path to it ')
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To: jocon307
I quit watching TTS when Carson quit.

Ironically, best laugh I saw wasn't his. Johnny was setting up a joke during the Jimmuh Carter gas crisis and said "Where can you get gas?"

Someone in the audience yelled "Taco Bell". I guess it was too funny to edit out.


11 posted on 02/07/2014 12:02:58 AM PST by 867V309 (I love potatoes-except, of course, Lena Dunham)
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To: onyx

I miss Carson. It was never the same without him.


12 posted on 02/07/2014 12:04:28 AM PST by fieldmarshaldj (Resist We Much)
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To: jocon307

Beat me to the punch.


13 posted on 02/07/2014 12:05:55 AM PST by fieldmarshaldj (Resist We Much)
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To: djf

one of his best things was spoofing breaking bad.

i won’t watch. didn’t watch leno either.


14 posted on 02/07/2014 12:25:02 AM PST by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: onyx

Who did what and why should I care?


15 posted on 02/07/2014 12:34:30 AM PST by Organic Panic
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To: onyx

I never made a point of watching Leno, but if I happened to be watching the news I would switch over to him instead of Leno. His monologues were okay, and he wasn’t afraid of taking a swipe at Obama. I enjoyed his “News Headline” bit, and his man-on the street interviews where so many people were idiots. I always wondered how many people they had to ask before they found someone that didn’t know who the Vice President was? Agreed on the guests - I usually turned it off when it came to them.


16 posted on 02/07/2014 12:45:39 AM PST by 21twelve (http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2185147/posts 2013 is 1933 REBORN)
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To: 21twelve

“instead of Letterman”


17 posted on 02/07/2014 12:46:16 AM PST by 21twelve (http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2185147/posts 2013 is 1933 REBORN)
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To: onyx

I’ll get a lot more sleep in the future, fallon really sucks!


18 posted on 02/07/2014 1:25:06 AM PST by dalereed
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To: jocon307
in truth, there could be only one. Still miss him.

Highlander!

19 posted on 02/07/2014 1:37:42 AM PST by wastedyears (The Ender's Game movie was a stupendous, colossal, galactic failure to me.)
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To: chessplayer

Did they fire him because he made Obama jokes?


20 posted on 02/07/2014 2:17:42 AM PST by JohnnyP
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