Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article

To: Blonde
I thought Sarah was wonderful !

Class act from Leno.

Bingo!

See also, from www.allyourtv.com:

...When I began doing stand-up in the 1980s, I wasn't very funny. Looking back, I was pretty horrific in a way that's embarrassing to recall.

When I had been doing shows for about three months, Jay Leno came into the small suburban Chicago club where I was working. He had appeared earlier in the evening at a private corporate show down the street, and when he walked into the club a bit before midnight, everyone was thrilled to see the guy. It was a Tuesday, there were more comics than patrons and until he appeared, it had been a very tough night.

I was the last act of the evening, and in a show that included seven or eight acts, that is not a prime position. There were maybe a half-dozen people in the audience and naturally the club owner bumped me back so Jay could work out a few new minutes of material.

But when he was finished, he asked the MC for the name of the next act, introduced me and then purposefully sat down at an empty table in the middle of the room.

He didn't know who I was or if I was even remotely talented.

But he showed me respect as a fellow comedian and it was one of those moments that gave me a sense of who Jay Leno is at heart.


440 posted on 03/02/2010 9:56:28 PM PST by RonDog
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 424 | View Replies ]


To: RonDog

very cool story. I’ve heard he’s like that in other cases.


586 posted on 03/03/2010 2:23:03 AM PST by JApost
[ Post Reply | Private Reply | To 440 | View Replies ]

Free Republic
Browse · Search
News/Activism
Topics · Post Article


FreeRepublic, LLC, PO BOX 9771, FRESNO, CA 93794
FreeRepublic.com is powered by software copyright 2000-2008 John Robinson