Posted: Tuesday 28th April 2009 at 1:09pm by Paul
Following his discharge from hospital, Jay Leno returned to hosting duties at The Tonight Show last night.
Jokingly, when talking about his time in hospital, he said “I had a horrible dream that I couldn’t breathe… I felt like I was suffocating… then I woke up and realised Conan was holding a pillow over my face”.
Jay said he suffered from a “fever”.
Conan O’Brien takes over The Tonight Show at the start of June.
BBC News – “Leno returns to show after fever”
BBC News – “Jay Leno released from hospital”
Click here to watch some video clips from last night’s show
Posted: Friday 20th March 2009 at 9:00pm by Paul
Barack Obama’s appearance on The Tonight Show With Jay Leno last night has been much talked about today. Mr Obama made TV history – making it the first time that a serving US President has appeared as a guest on a late-night talk show.
The US President’s interview on the programme attracted a huge ratings boost for The Tonight Show – according to the ArtsBeat blog on The New York Times website, The Tonight Show “matched its highest rating in the last 11 years… based on the measure available Friday, from the country’s 56 largest cities, Mr. Obama’s visit with Jay Leno produced an 11.2 rating”. The interview on the show lasted much longer than most guest interviews – almost 30 minutes.
President Obama discussed the important subject of the economic downturn including what he thinks about the executives at the huge financial company AIG taking bonuses at these tough times. Obama said “who in their right mind, when your company is going bust, decides we’re going to be paying a whole bunch of bonuses to people?”.
The President also talked about the publicised Whitehouse dog, which he announced he was going to get for his family after he won the election last year – “they say if you want a friend in Washington, get a dog”.
Speaking about Washington, he said “it’s a little bit like American Idol, except everybody is Simon Cowell”, and when asked about the difficult economic times he stated “I welcome the challenge”.
BBC News – “Obama banters on Jay Leno’s show”
The New York Times – ArtsBeat blog – “Yes He Can (Boost Jay Leno’s Ratings)”
Bloomberg – “Obama Tells Leno He Was ‘Stunned’ by AIG Bonuses”
Click here to watch the interview in full
Posted: Friday 12th December 2008 at 9:52pm by Paul
Tom Cruise was a guest on The Tonight Show With Jay Leno last night. He did an impression of Elvis Presley when Jay asked him if he’d ever appeared in any musicals. Tom said “I’ll do a little Elvis”.
Metro says the “impromptu performance came after he revealed he would like to follow wife Katie Holmes on to Broadway and star in a musical” and when he told Jay he’d never sung on TV he said “we should do that right now”.
This edition of The Tonight Show airs at 11pm tonight on CNBC for viewers in the UK/Europe in a cutdown 30 minute timeslot.
Digital Spy – “Tom Cruise dances on ‘Tonight Show’”
Metro – “Tom Cruise turns into Elvis Presley on US TV”
Click here to watch Tom Cruise’s appearance
