Fiorello LaGuardia, arguably New Yok's most beloved mayor .....

[Stinky The Clown]

.... read the comics on the radio every Sunday morning during a newspaper strike. It increased his popularity. Being funny for a few moments a week was a good thing then .......

..... and it is a good thing now.



Those who criticize Obama being on Leno .... are you serious? This matters ...... how?

On the other other hand, my only criticism is that it should have been Letterman ...... but whatever.

[YOY]

1. I read in the news paper 29% had a problem with him being on Leno...

29%...now where did I hear that number before...???

[Stinky The Clown]

2. Tracks pretty reliably, huh?

[YOY]

3. Dead on, babee!

n/t

[TheCoxwain]

5. I bet it was the same 29% that would have continued to approve Bush he was making us drink

Arsenic laced cocktails inside a gas chamber ....

[Freddie Stubbs]

4. The choice of Leno over Letterman was likely deliberate

More people watch Leno than Letterman.

[Captain Hilts]

6. It was brilliant for the P to be on Leno. And, yes, reading the comics was THE

biggest thing LaGuardia ever did.

Style usually wins out over substance. So, might as well have good style.

[Stinky The Clown]

7. LaGuardia was a funny guy

He was a Republican who was in the FDR administration.

He has an over the top Italian name, but he was not Catholic and his mother was Jewish and he was raised in Arizona, not NY, although he was born in Greenwich Village.

His is an interesting story.

[Captain Hilts]

8. Very true - he was a fascinating man. I think he flew airships in WWI.