And Tim Allen has been on "Jay Leno's Garage" several times.
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."
WTF difference does it make if his gushing over commie Jane Fonda's treasonous actions during Vietnam were said in a monologue or intro??
Leno was continually making jokes about Bush (and Clinton). So it was a noticeable contrast when Leno rarely made jokes about Obama.
It matters because it shows how ignorant you people are about Carson, Leno or Letterman. It’s pathetic.
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He’s great. This man has no ego getting in the way of his behavior. He’s a good guy.
fantastic
I saw an interview with Leno about it and Leno was respectful and gracious.
Also, I don't remember Leno making a joke about Obama although there was plenty of material. I think that he knew that it was risky and that he would be labeled a racist.
If he claims to be a Liberal, I would take him at his word. Since I never watched him, it is immaterial to me.
Good show too if you are a car person. I watch it on youtube.
Your post is immaterial to me.
Agreed. Letterman got the raw end of the deal. At the time I sympathized with Letterman. However, as he got older, and in recent years he got nastier and more political. I still won’t say that he deserved his treatment but I have no sympathy for him, now.
In the earlier years of his show, Letterman’s show was very creative and funny and entertaining. I wonder how many fans he lost when he got political.
Love the show. :)
Granted, Carson did rarely go into politics (and thank God for that, given how outrageously far left his politics obviously were), very unlike damn-near every late night or daytime talk show hosts ever since, who regularly mock and attack republic presidents and other Rep politicians. Leno was practically alone in his occasional criticism of Comrade Obama. Of course the control-freak leftists would want him to go away.
And Tim Allen has been on "Jay Leno's Garage" several times.
Early years letterman reminded me of Steve Allen without musical genius. Then he went dog nuts on bush every night even after Obama elected. Angry old liberal
I loved Letterman in the 80s - his show was hilarious. He went off the deep end. I know people who worked for him at the end. They say he was mentally ill. He would ask his writers to produce 80 jokes a day and then discard them.
He’s not recognizable.
Thank you.
There you go again, being a snooty elitist, like on that Picasso thread I posted some weeks ago, implying that FReepers are stupid and/or ignorant for not being able to appreciate Pablo's...'great masterpieces'. ie, repulsive garbage.
What is it with you?
What a waste. Now I despise him. Good riddance.
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