>> and the pivotal point was hugh grant coming on in 1995. he had been busted for solicitation. >> and everybody was watching and anxious about what was going to happen. >> what the hell were you thinking? >> jay delivered that night, and it disarmed everybody, and it felt like, oh, we can be relaxed to this guy, and talking to a person who got busted with a prostitute, and feel relaxed with jay asking the questions. >> although i have never been one to blame my own compass as they say -- >> that hugh grant booking did turn the tide. >> and everybody said that jay was good, and so it was a crucial thing for him, and not that he had hugh grant, but that he paid it off, and he had monster audience that night, jay. >> and that night, leno seizes nu number one, and pretty much never looks back. as the years go by, memorable moments keep on coming, and one with the future governator. >> and this is why he needs to be recalled.