[laughter] nesteroff: in jay leno's first few months, people didn't like him. his element. leno: you know, from the beginning of vietnam-- uh, the vietnam war until today, our military used more explosives than-- than were used in lethal weapon 1, 2, and 3 combined. unbelievable! all three combined. [laughter] eubanks: sometimes there was nothing to laugh at, and he'd look at me and he would say "thanks for that one." littlefield: i did wonder at times if i had made a mistake, fighting for and believing in jay. leno: one out of every three men is afraid of long-term commitment. if you ask me, i think one out of every three tv networks is afraid of long-term commitment. vickers: jay started with this huge pressure, a lot of nerves. behind the scenes it was dramatic. littlefield: jay's manager, helen kushnick, was the executive producer. to say helen was not collaborative is an understatement. that was war. leno: and now that his trial is over, suicide doctor jack kevorkian says he wants to buy a brand-new car, says he's gonna get a new car. he said he's sick and

because he came out gangbusters and he was beating jay leno in the ratings. - there are some people who. - well, it's true confessions time for actor hugh grant, who's trying hard to put his recent encounter with a hollywood prostitute behind him. - when hugh grant was arrested, it was big, live action news. and hugh grant was supposed to do "the tonight show" that night. - what the hell were you thinking? [laughter] [rimshot] - it all came together in that moment, and everyone saw it, and that's it. we were never number two again. [cheers and applause] - hey, hey! - for us, it was a fun experience. hey, we got our own theater, we got an unlimited budget, we've got access to every star in the business who wants to do the show. - somebody bring me the jaws of life! - so i think going to cbs was heaven sent. it really was. - good night, everybody! - in the mid-1990s, if you took a look at the list of the 50 most-watched shows on cable, at the top would be nickelodeon. - [screaming] - "rugrats"... - oh, bye-bye, bye-bye. - "blue's clues." - don't you know cartoons will ruin your mind? - "r

he was going toe-to-toe with jay leno, all the big shows.ts. - he was able to kind of conquer that in late night space and he was able to give us people like prince and michael jackson as guests, which led that to be a great show. (all laughing) (upbeat music) - minister louis farrakhan, the controversial leader of the nation of islam. he's been called enlightened and inspirational. he's also been called racist and anti-semitic. many people are thrilled that i'm having him here tonight. others are furious with me. - arsenio's interview with louis farrakhan was groundbreaking, and controversial, and advertisers and networks were like, "we can't have this guy on tv". - so he brings in louis farrakhan, and he sits the minister down for an hour and he lets him talk. - if fear is that nobody will oppose me, and as a result, truth will get out and people might be made free. - america may not have been ready for a sit-down, hour-long conversation with louis farrakhan on late night television, and that's unfortunately, the demise of "the arsenio hal

jay leno you wouldn't see them doing a fundraiser with -- >> johnny carson would make fun of both sideship has sailed. they act like this is a new thing with joe biden. but for president barack obama, the press and the comedians couldn't have been more gentle. if they were going to mock obama, they would mock how awesome he was. you know, that was their thing. and we've got plenty to do with, with joe biden. to tell you the truth, i don't mind the other comedy shows because we've got a show called gutfeld and a he allows me to mock joe biden all the time. that's why we're cleaning up in the ratings. >> you're part of the number one show in late news. no one else will tell the vocation we -- jokes we tell oe fox news channel. this is from last night. this is from s saturday night live. >> your daughter must feel so supported when these out there. >> what's that now? when who's daughter is out there. >> at the protest. >> no, man. you bugging. alexis vanessa roberts better have her butt in class. let me find out she's in one of them damn tents b instead of the dorm room i paid for. i'm su

. >> seth: even jay leno doesn't have the ecto-1. [ light laughter ] >> eat your heart out, jay.oesn't have that. >> seth: no. do you actually -- i mean, did you actually practically drive it? >> i did. >> seth: wow. >> yeah, not on that street. >> seth: yeah. >> i wish. but i pulled it into the firehouse. i drove it for about ten feet. [ laughter ] but technically, i drove it. >> seth: how much -- is it one of those things where when you even drive it for ten feet, like a crew guy talks to you for like a full hour about how to do it? >> yes, yes. [ laughter ] and i did it a few times. and, like, every once in a while -- yeah, in movies and stuff you have to drive. and then they'll say, like, "if you want, you can get out of the car, we'll have somebody get in and they'll back it up." it's like, "i can back up a car. i know how to do it. i do have a license." [ light laughter ] and so, you know, a few times, i was -- yeah, kind of tooling around on it. it's pretty cool. >> seth: now i obviously have done a great less amount of acting than you. but i -- a few times i've had to dri

. >> jimmy: oh, jay leno? we can talk about that, yeah, yeah, yeah.immy bimmel. >> oh, okay. oh, i'm in the clear. okay, okay. >> jimmy: no, we can talk about any talk show, yeah, i don't care. >> and we was a sweetheart. and then i -- him -- we did, like, a big audition for "neighbors," the movies we did together. and we hit it off. he's canadian, you know? he's so laid back. >> jimmy: and friendly. >> he's like laid back and friendly and he's got his big pottery studio. and so we had a lot of fun on this show. >> jimmy: by the way, he's really talented. >> he's so -- and his wife, lauren, is so talented. >> jimmy: yeah, she's cool. >> they're like incredibly creative. >> jimmy: he makes those great vases. >> yeah. >> jimmy: vases? >> and you know, like a lot of pipes. >> jimmy: oh, is that what they are? [ laughter ] i'm going, "oh, what a great vase." he's like, "no, that's a bong." >> i'm beating you in the penicillin. >> jimmy: all right, cheers. [ laughter ] yeah, yeah. i don't know. i'm -- [ cheers and applause ] a vase, a bong, i don't know. h

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.>> >> and remember is the most boring interview used to sell his movies on david letterman and jay lenoand then trump became president and he start saying i want to punch the president in the face. cricket piece of. [ bleeps ] and all of a sudden he became interesting during his m mediaed tours and that's the only way he gets published city for his films by cursing and saying whatever he says. yes rachel mocked them foras wearing the same thing. the democrats all wore african tribal gear and kneeled forar george floyd. not what you wouldha call an american hero. the democrats all wear whitedram during the state of the union to honor suffragettes they stilley where ukraine pins a people whee thanks to show solidarity you will likely see red dnc blue at the eagles game and you're going to see green. they said the guys sleeping he's meditating greg.me is adi meditative state when you are defensive about something you avoid something trump isn'tn defensivge of being old and tird he can shut his eyes and not feel bad about it like sleepy jo it e. jes >> kind of what jesse said but not really

this with me --remember when johnny carson -- i am old enough to remember johnny carson dash for jay leno needs to do that met on the street interviews and they would talk to people and i wouldn't know how many senators they had, who their elected representatives were, and you would think, oh, ok. and we just kind of let it go. but now we understand what happens when citizens don't understand fully their government or their democracy, and how those things interact with their lives. and we understand what that leads to when we don't have well-informed citizenry that is not only committed to a robust democratic institutions and practices, but also the democratic culture, the health of the body politic that supports those institutions and those practices. that is the focus of the work that we're doing at the institute, the work we are doing -- the work this task force is working on and that is what we want to talk about today. we want to highlight the importance of the work that lawyers can and must do is, in fact, we are to live up to the fact that democracy is not inevitable. it's not like

. >> well, three reverse order, you know, jay leno at least started with the silly wanted number ten and that lateral that's that's heresy, my friends. well, i remember three reverse this was three hours in and we're after a break, which means that they were able to regroup as a collective legal counsel team that does not include todd blanche. it includes necklace and includes beauvais as well. and collectively, they're preparing for this defense, so we're talking about type blanche as the one to provide it. >> but the idea here that they would come back and begin again with trump or daniels is very telling they have to go and undermine begun one bite at the apple numbers, number. michael cohen, he's a human embodiment of reasonable doubt or as he called him earlier in the day, literally an mvp of liars. all right. so i mean, you would you would include that one though? as know your number, you would atop three list, but you would an amendment number for no. >> i mean, that's part of if you pair that with the fact that everything rests on this meeting between cohen weisselberg, and t