Jay Leno's guest 2nd night back - Sarah Palin

[RamboLiberal]

Just in: Here are Jay Leno's guests for the first two weeks of his return to the Tonight Show. What do you think?

Monday, March 1 – Guests include Jamie Foxx, Olympic skier Lindsey Vonn and a musical performance by Brad Paisley

Tuesday, March 2 – Guests include Sarah Palin, Olympic snowboarder Shaun White

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/entertainment/post/2010/02/jay-lenos-first-tonight-show-guests-announced-/1

[monmouth]

1. Haha, I just finished reading that. Did you read the comments? Poor

Jay, a loser before he even gets going. I'm glad she's on with Shaun White though, he's the one that will get the audience going...LOL.

[BrklynLiberal]

2. Biiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiig mistake on his part.

Not surprising about the Olympic folks since NBC aired them..

[joeybee12]

11. Yeah, NBC has them by the b**ls...

...they gotta show.

[lpbk2713]

3. I think Leno is an asswipe.

And he can have whatever guests he can scrape up. I still won't watch his sorry ass show.


Go Conan. Go Dave. Fuck you Leno.

[Mugsy]

22. Unfair

That's not really fair. A lot of people brand Jay as being on the Right because Dave is clearly on the Left. But it's not true.

I've been watching Jay for years and it is fairly clear he doesn't agree with the Far Right. He tries to play it down the middle, ribbing both sides, but no one could savage Bush like Jay did for years. One of his most favorite guests was Bill Maher, whom he defended when ABC canceled his show after 9/11.

When Jay went Primetime, I don't think his usual writers joined him because the jokes definitely shifted more to the Conservative side, and he had on guests like Limbaugh & Beck.

But when they were on, Jay challenged them on some of the things they had been saying and he clearly didn't agree with them (watch his Palin interview and I suspect he'll have at least one "uncomfortable" question for her), but he didn't push the issue because he doesn't want anyone to label him.

He had Maher and Michael Moore on his Primetime show, and typically is not as critical of them as he is with the wingnuts.

The Conan debacle was a mess, but it wasn't Jay's fault or due to anything Jay did. The ratings were simply better with Jay in that timeslot than with Conan.

[Fleshdancer]

4. my condolences to Shaun White. n/t

[BrklynLiberal]

7. LOL. Does he remind anyone else of Napoleon Dynamite?

[Blue_In_AK]

5. I hope Sarah brings Trig's birth certificate with her. n/t

[chelsea0011]

6. Hey, maybe she will announce for President.

[onehandle]

8. Ahnold's buddy has Palin on his first week? What a surprise. Leno is a Dinosaur.

His audience is aging like Fox News' audience is. They are the same people.

He should go there.

[WI_DEM]

9. He had better even it out in the week to come.

[nc4bo]

10. How has The Tonight Show's ratings been doing? nt

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

12. Aka: Cara-Boopsie

[pokerfan]

13. I only have this to say about that

[npk]

14. Does Leno pick his guest or does the Network

I always assumed it was the producers of the show who were in charge of scheduling guests. I don't too much care for his show, but he may not have much of a choice if his producers tell him who's going to be on the show.

[KamaAina]

15. What's the difference between Sarah Palin and Shaun White?

One's the Flying Tomato, and the other one's a vegetable in a helicopter!

[Rick Myers]

16. Bring on the dancin' monkeys!!!

Ack!

[Raschel]

17. Well that's really stupid. Palin has only 7% of the Repub vote.

Maybe he's counting on her to say something really stupid before March 2. It could happen.

[dems_rightnow]

19. They don't care how many will vote for her.

It's all about ratings. If 93% tune in to see a train wreck, that's money in their pockets.

[Raschel]

20. Good point. There is the rubbernecking factor.

[DebbieCDC]

18. Leno is a dick

never watched his show; never will

[Initech]

21. Will Palin be using the redneck teleprompter?