Posted on 06/15/2019 4:21:04 AM PDT by sodpoodle
News is leaking out from Hollywood executives in-the-know that the Obama White House had been leaning on, pressuring executives at NBC for two years to replace Jay Leno because the comedian was criticizing Obama every night. Obama didn't like it and considered it a racist attack on him.
After data came to light that $100's of millions had been spent on First Family vacations during a recession, Mrs. Obama's unpopular new laws that changed food in America's schools and other negative news including the disastrous Obamacare roll-out & website mess, Jay Leno took his comedy to a new level and his ratings skyrocketed -- none of the other comics were so bold. NBC couldn't stomach the fact that Leno's jokes about Obama were always right on target about the first black president.. And left-leaning Democrat executives at NBC were being harassed by Obama himself who thought the comedy was a racist attack on him.
GOLDEN OLDIES FROM JAY: "I was going to start off tonight with an Obama joke, but I don't want to get audited by the IRS."
On NSA surveillance: "We wanted a president who listens to all Americans -- now we have one."
On a new IRS commissioner: "He's called 'acting commissioner' because he has to act like the scandal doesn't involve the White House."
On closing the Guantanamo prison for terrorists: "If he really wants to close it, turn it into a government-funded solar power company. The doors will be shut in a month."
Concerning the Benghazi, Associated Press, and IRS scandals: "Remember in the old days when President Obama's biggest embarrassment was Joe Biden?"
On saying he didn't know about the IRS scandal: "He was too busy not knowing anything about Benghazi to not know anything about the IRS."
"The White House has a new slogan about Benghazi: Hope and change the subject."
"It's casual Friday, which means that at the White House, they're casually going through everybody's phone calls and records."
"It is not looking good for President Obama. Today his teleprompter took the fifth."
"Fox News has changed its slogan from 'Fair and Balanced' to 'See, I told you so!'"
On commencement address: "He told the young graduates their future is bright unless, of course, they want jobs."
On a Chicago man who set a record for riding a Ferris wheel: "The only other way to go around and around in a circle that many times is to read the official report on Benghazi."
On White House claims of ignorance on the scandals: "They took 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' out of the Pentagon and moved it into the White House."
Now the last and I think best..... "These White House scandals are not going away anytime soon. It's gotten so bad that people in Kenya are now saying he's 100 percent American."
Balanced late-night political perspective was the victim. But it was obvious they were gunning for him for other than ratings, since he had the ratings.
made me smile this morning. What makes you smile in the morning? A saline solution enema?
Obama is hate. It amazes me people still don’t get this. And he hates America unless it’s turned into something of his creation. His disgusting wife has said she was only proud to be American until Obama was elected president.
I recall this one from Leno: If Jesus were to come back now and see everything done commercially in his name, he’d start throwing up and never stop.
His disgusting wife has said she wasn’t proud to be American until Obama was elected president.
bump
I’d wager that he’s right.
Nonsense. He wanted to leave. Not everything is politics.
I heard aliens were landing soon. I got it from an email. Should I post it?
What time is he on?
I like 17 year old single malt enemas. How do you do it?
But he’s a regular on Tim Allen’s “Last Man Standing”, which tends to make me think he’s been welcomed into the equal opportunity potshot club. Full disclosure: I LOVE LMS.
When? When it was first announced that O’Brien would be taking over the show? Or months later, when they announced that Jay would have a new 10 pm show after he stepped down? Or when O’Brien said he’d leave if they pushed Leno back to 11:35 and O’Brien after midnight? Or, maybe after all that and the Olympics when they brought Leno back with a new theme song, etc., and he had low ratings then? (Yes, I do believe he wanted to leave at that point!)
Why am I not surprised?
Did Leno write those himself? Either way, they’re pretty good.
I don’t recall him ever telling an Obama joke. He told an occasional joke which featured Obama, but never one where the joke was pointed at him. I must have quit watching too soon.
In his later years, his monologue got quite trite and expected until his writers went on strike. He was funny until they came back.
"The likeable, lantern-jawed comic has long been known for avoiding edgy political material. But in recent months, Leno has turned considerably more political, making pointed jokes aimed at Democrats, liberals and President Obama.
A monologue last month was typical: “President Obama says he’s renewing his efforts to close Guantanamo Bay. Guantanamo Bay? How about closing the IRS? How about that?”
Thunderous applause. Leno’s never been better.
Indeed, virtually every night now, he has something sharp and funny to say about Obama and the big-government Democrats in Washington.
They’re not used to being the butt of jokes that sting — or that ridicule the left’s absurd PC culture wars.
But that’s just what Leno did last April when he riffed on his show: “The Associated Press, the largest news gathering outlet in the world, will no longer use the term ‘illegal immigrant.’ That is out. ... They will now use the phrase ‘undocumented Democrat.’ “
A two-fer, liberals and the media. Ouch.
“The irony — and it’s a rich one — is that Leno has never been more dominant,” Newsweek said recently. “The Nielsen ratings for the second week in July have him beating CBS’s David Letterman by a 43% margin in the all-important ‘viewers 18 to 49’ category ... and swamping ABC’s Jimmy Kimmel by a crushing 75%.”
Irony? Leno has 3.3 million viewers, vs. 2.6 million for Letterman and 2 million for Kimmel. Leno, as Newsweek further notes, has led all competition for 17 seasons out of the 21 he’s hosted “The Tonight Show.”
Ordinarily, such powerful ratings would be rewarded with a lengthy, multimillion dollar contract and a public attaboy from the network. So why are they axing Leno and replacing him with Jimmy Fallon next February?
Could it be Hollywood’s left-leaning power players want to clip his wings? Or is it that, unlike Leno, Fallon fawns over the liberal elite — as he did during an embarrassing on-set visit from Obama, who lost more than a little presidential dignity by joining in on unfunny skits.
Replacing a winner with the so-far unproven Fallon doesn’t seem to be a brilliant business move. They tried it four years ago with Conan O’Brien. It flopped.
If the solidly centrist Leno is now too controversial for the lefty executives that run the networks, maybe he’ll find a new job waiting for him next year — on Fox TV.
https://www.investors.com/politics/editorials/why-is-nbc-so-darned-keen-on-getting-rid-of-leno/
Geez, calm down. Are you Jay’s mother?
Nothing of the like—but no reason for you to be trashing him out of ignorance.
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