LENO IS A LYING SACK OF CRAP
01.13.10
Haha, good one Jay
Listen, I’m tired of writing about this late-night stuff, and you’re tired of reading about it. But bear with me, this one’s actually not about Conan for once. It’s about Jay Leno and his scheisty ass going into damage control now that Conan has rejected NBC’s plan to bump “The Tonight Show” to midnight. Check out this twisted version of reality from Popeater:
Sources close to former ‘Tonight Show’ host Jay Leno tell me he is furious with the way NBC has treated him and Conan O’Brien and is considering walking away from the entire mess with his head held high. “Now that Conan has made it clear he is leaving the troubled network, Jay is considering doing the same. They have put Jay in a terrible position. It looks like he is the reason that Conan is now without a job. Jay is a great guy and it’s not fair that due to NBC’s stupidity he looks like the bad guy,” a TV insider tells me.
“Plus, what happens when Jay does return to the 11:35 slot if his audience doesn’t immediately follow? How can he possibly trust the same network that canceled Conan after only seven months?”
Yes, poor Jay Leno. How can he possibly trust NBC after he helped convince them to push Conan out? Really, when you think about it, Conan’s the real bad guy here for having a spine. What a jerk.
(Full recap of all of last night’s relevant late-night clips at Gawker.TV)
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You guys are all gay. Do you have jobs?
Just curious, but if he helped push Conan out of the Tonight Show, why didn’t you report that anywhere?
You can practically hear Letterman salivating at the prospect of Slaughtering Leno in ratings. Conan fans will flock to letterman and boycott leno.
Leno is a douche.
Team Conan!
Followed him from Late Night now to the Tonight Show and where ever he lands my DVR will find him
We do not need laugh at all before going yo bed!!
I believe NBC must kick out both these tow clowns of night programs !!
Instead they show the Los Angeles Philharmonic playing classic music and put audince in calm sleep
Adios to both of them!
Jimmy Fallon can take over the tonight show just fine!
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If Jay had an ounce of decency he would retire (again) and let Conan host the tonight show. Why is Jay bitching? He had the Tonight show for 17 years, makes $30 million a year, had his own prime time show, etc.. What else does he want? To ruin the lives and careers and Conan and his staff?
Leno is an UNFUNNY HACK. He had great leadins for years.. What Lead-in does Conan enjoy? Leno. He’s exposed for the lack creativity and humor. F Leno and NBC. Go Conan!
Somebody needs to make a decision and stick with it…
You should really tell Conan that he’s not feuding with Leno, because he’s been ripping him a new asshole 3-4 times per monologue.
And “THIS SITE BLOWS” (creative name, by the way), Jay publicly stated that he would like to have the Tonight Show back and would take the job if it was offered to him. Now, granted, he didn’t demand anything, but that’s just such a classless thing to do when Conan is trying to make a go of it at 11:30.
Make no mistake, NBC is the villain here, but Leno is enjoying the fruits of their villainous behavior.
I love how children think that they can just make claims and they become facts.
Jay Leno hasn’t done anything other than continue to work. Nothing else. It is not his fault that NBC knows that if they dump him he will get snatched up by ABC or Fox and will make Conan’s ratings even lower.
It is hilarious that stupid fucks like you are trying to turn this into a Leno/Conan feud when in reality, they are not feuding at all.
Yeah, this is just to set Leno up so he can take back the show, but play it off as, “Well, I really don’t think it’s fair what NBC did, but I just had to save the show, couldn’t let it go off the air, blah blah blah.” and come out looking like a hero.
Wow. Someone deleted my post.
Either the site mod or author didn’t like getting called out on their bullshit.
“Yes, poor Jay Leno. How can he possibly trust NBC after he helped convince them to push Conan out? Really, when you think about it, Conan’s the real bad guy here for having a spine. What a jerk.”
YES! Baseless conjecture! Someone find me the article where Jay Leno DEMANDED he get his 11:35 time slot back. PLEASE.
NBC is to blame, not Leno. Jesus.
The author and this website suck dick. I’m not even a big Leno fan. I just can’t stand people posting their own opinions as facts.
Only reason I came here is because of digg.
Jay and Conan are both victims of NBC management. Jay is not the bad guy, and neither is Conan. Both of them have said they blame NBC management for the mess. The anti-Leno stuff is unfortunate because it is undeserved.
Somebody needs to make a decision and stick with it.
I don’t understand the people that say Conan was a dick first by demanding a promotion. First off, he had paid his dues and had more lucrative offers to leave NBC for an 11:30pm show on Fox, but he was loyal to NBC and gave them a first right of refusal by assuring contractually that the Tonight Show would be his in 6 years when Leno’s contract was up. NBC could have said “No” and kept Leno. They didn’t. They opted to play out Leno’s contract & hand over The Tonight Show.
I think NBC should man up and honor the deal they made. NBC is the villain, not Conan. And Jay is NBC’s villainous sidekick in this because he willingly petitioned for his old time slot back, completely backstabbing Conan. Jay graciously took part in the passing of the Tonight Show Torch, and he should have honored it. I repeat, NBC and Jay had 6 YEARS to figure this all out. They FAILED. Conan just did his job… and well I might add.
Why is it such a big deal what time something airs? If we want to watch something, we download it at our earliest convenience, otherwise we don’t. I don’t care if it airs before I go to bed or not, I’ll just watch it the next day if I’m sleeping when my show is first broadcast.
That scumbucket said a few weeks ago that, gee schucks, he would think about taking the job again if NBC thought it was the right thing to do. Not only did he set things in motion, he knew that show would be aired at the same time as always. He also had to have known that Conan would never settle for going backwards.
A douche for the ages…
It’s been all downhill for Jay ever since he tagged with Diamond Dallas Page to go up against Hulk Hogan and Eric Bischoff.
Jay knew his time was up….he just didnt want to retire, and the only reason NBC retained his services is because if they DIDNT, then he was going to go elsewhere and keep working. There was a clear cut time frame on Leno’s exit and Conan’s promotion, Jay fucked it all up from his last day.
WOw, this is way cool dude. Good stuff.
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If he actually sacks up and leaves NBC, he will have earned a lot of my respect. However, I don’t believe he will. This is what he has wanted for months. He’s making jokes about NBC and claiming that he’s angry just because he looks like the bad guy in this situation — and he IS the bad guy in this situation. He has nothing to be indignant about. He publicly asked for this job months ago and he’s finally going to get what he wants. He’s not going to leave and he’s doing his best job at damage control right now.
Uh, do any of you remember 2004? Conan threatened to leave NBC if they didn’t give him the Tonight Show. So Conan was a jackass then, and now it’s biting him in the ass. Leno isn’t funny, but Conan’s getting what he deserves.
You talk about the way PopEater “twisted reality”, but then you go and do the exact same thing with your ending paragraph.
People like you are the death of journalism.
Hopefully this whole thing will lead to the downfall of NBC
They did put Jay in a terrible position by pushing him out of the Tonight Show spot in the first place. I prefer Conan by miles and miles, but they screwed Jay before they screwed Conan, so they BOTH have a right to not trust NBC,
Jay Leno: A Haiku by Brock N Roll
Think Back to the 80′s.
Remember when Leno was Funny?
Yeah, Neither do I.
Tried watching Fallon last night to see if he had the balls to mention the Tonight Show Wars, which he didn’t.
His delivery is horrendous and he spends half the night with the Roots in his mouth.
If Jay Leno was in the sharpshooter in a pool of sulfuric acid his ratings would triple. That’s a brilliant idea DG. Someone should write NBC immediately to pitch this idea.
Jason, John Stewart isn’t on during this time slot.
Leno’s going to walk away? Oh, great, then Conan can stay. Problem solved.
P.S. I’m not tired of reading about it.
Jay Leno is a victim…of Feline AIDS.
I agree with Grimey, but then again I tend to blame Mexicans for ruining every thing in this country.
You know, DG, if NBC thought it would be a ratings booster, they might just do it.
This whole thing is pointless. If you want real comedy during this time slot, you’re going to watch Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert. Besides, Craig Furguson is by far the funniest of the traditional late night hosts.
“They have put Jay in a terrible position.”
Getting what you wanted all along is not a terrible position to be in. Being placed in The Sharpshooter inside a kiddie pool full of sulfuric acid would be a better example of a terrible position for Leno to be in.
It is also a good example of something I would watch with endless delight.
Wait, NBC didn’t cancel Conan. Conan didn’t make it clear he’s leaving, he just said he wouldn’t move time slots.
I like how you worked Kevin Eubanks into the banner pic.
sigh…
Can’t we just blame George Lopez for ruining late night altogether?
I’ve gone to this well before, but Bill Hicks had it right about Leno more than a decade ago:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWB-kd09GXY