Tonight is Jay Leno’s last Tonight Show, does anyone care?
After seventeen years, Jay Leno is FINALLY leaving The Tonight Show, a move that has been five years in the making. While there is really only one thing about Leno’s show that’s funny — Headlines — I’ve been watching bits and pieces over the last week to see just how he’s going to close things out. Conan, his replacement, closed things off with two weeks to destroying the set, classic remotes, hilarious videos and a heartfelt and classy thank you session. Leno, on the other hand, has shown a few video montages of fake interviews, politicians who have appeared on Tonight, and Leno talking to Arnold Schwarzenegger. Not exactly funny stuff or really anything all that memorable. Either there isn’t anything clip worthy in Leno’s seventeen years or the guy has no idea how to properly close things out. This, of course, might have something to do with the fact that he’s not actually going anywhere and all that’s really changing is the name and time of his show. But that horrible decision is subject for another day.
Disdain much?
So I ask, on Jay Leno’s final episode of The Tonight Show does anyone care? Or are you just happy that it means we’re only three days away from The Tonight Show with Conan O’Biren?
Update: While it may look like I have basically stolen TV Squad’s post idea here, I’ll have you know that I originally wrote this last night at 10:52 pm. So, if anything, they stole my idea. Ha! Take that interwebs!