written recap of the penultimate (2nd-to-last) jay leno tonight show, burbank, ca

8/13/2019 WRITTEN RECAP of the PENULTIMATE (2nd-to-Last) JAY LENO TONIGHT SHOW, BURBANK, CA

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WRITTENRECAPof the

PENULTIMATEJAY LENO

TONIGHT SHOW

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So this IS actually the final "general-

audience" Leno tonight show ...galsaid tomorrow only friends & family

of staff members & emplloyees of the

show will be in the audience.& there's

a giant tent set up next to the

entrance,maybe for an "ater-

party"?its 12:16 ...we r still in the

"outer circle" waiting area,..at 130 we


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enter the "inner circle" waiting

area,,the long benches next to the

entrance..the latino gal wearingsecurty costume (she's been doing

this for a while) warned that we are

still "not guaranteed a seat"...it all

depends on how many special gueststohere are on the list.

Two ladies from wisconsin are

behind me in line..they arrived on

Monday ..went to Price is Right

yesterday..got in line at midnight for

the price..and one of them won an i-

pod..she was excited she got to kiss

Drew...apparently it was the 8000th

show..so Bob Barker sent a tapedvideo-message(she said she will be

on TV on April 7 ).Tonights guests


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are Sandra Bullock,Blake Shelton, &

one other musical group.There's

about 20 people in frnt of me. Theyapparently did give out a few counter

tickets this morning,surprise

surprise. I got an email ticket a few

weeks ago. ,

Its now 215p & were seated in the

"inner circle"..the 2 wisconsin ladies

have been sociable ..chatting with me

while we waited in the outer

circle..they r planning to visit

holland's (mi) tulip festival this year..I

told them that's where I grew up

(grand rapids & holland)..one of themgoes to nashville on a regular

basis..she likes country music...they


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stone",bonnie rait,"vintage trouble"

(who also played live),"cheap

trick",avril lavigne,& just as roy clarkjr began playing,Jay came out in his

blue work shirt & jeans as he always

does a few moments before the show

actually begins and does a littlemeet-&-greet with the audience &

says something like "This is live on

tape..we don't stop,don't go

back..everything is live at which point

he mimics lip-synching & whispers

"Britney spears" & says "most

important remember to laugh at the

monologue..." answers a few

questions...usually people ask "Can Iget a pic with u?" at which point his

staff member pulls out a polaroid


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camera & does a pic with 2 or 3

people,..& this time he chose a lady

from stockton & her husband a truckdriver,..& a few others..then he says

he has to go put on his "dorky suit" &

tells us to "order whatever we

like..everything is on the show" & hedisappears. He did NOT break this

routine on the 2nd-to-last show.

Then the usual african-american

"warmup-crowd-controldude comes

on the stage & makes a few jokes &

asks us to practice applause & laugh

& has us recite a few lines (ie black

man: Im not fast Im kinda slow, Im

not rich Im kinda po ;

...& does a "mime" routine to

entertain us ..and then the Tonight


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Show Band emerged & began

playing,when suddenly the warmup

man said "Get ready..." The TVMonitor said this was Show #4609,

and the next thing we knew, the show

was starting, & Jay came out & shook

hands..& got a LONG STANDINGOVATIONeven after the crowd

control dude tried to tell us to stop

clapping & sit down the applause

continued for another minute or so.

And jay said Where were you when I

was doing contract negotiations?

Then he started his

monologue....after which they

showed an all-or- partialparody(?) film clip of Jay's musical

participation with guests over the


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years (did he every actually sing with

some of the guests?) During the next

commercial break the Tonight ShowBand drummer did an awesome drum

solo (waiting for the break of day)

and jay was out in the crowd but from

where we were we couldnt see whathe was doing or to whom he was

talking, when suddenly he said,

Ladies and gentlemensomebody

very old is hereits MICKEY

ROONEY! (The legendary actor,

93,was sitting in the audience with

his family !) That was quite a surprise

(and I saw him, and got a brief video

clipof him leaving after the show!
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Next, Leno did a Cleaning out the

office segmentshowing odd or

interesting things he found in hisoffice as he was cleaning it

outand out of one box a live lady
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emerged & did a brief dance; then

he pulled something out &

suddenly the comic Carrot Top

came on stage and did a few of his

gags;and Kevin smith came on

and said Thats my bong, and

then Leno did a few more jokesand suddenly Arsenio Hall came

on stage !

That was truly unexpectedin fact

I thought that Arsenio had taken

some shots at Jay back in the

day maybe they kissed and

made up somewhere along the

way, apparently so.


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Then in came Sandra Bullock, and

the interview began with Jay

asking her about one of the

Speed moviesand he said

something about a crazy b----

that seemed to be Jay taunting

Sandra& Sandra said, Did you

just call me a crazy b---h? Youre

such an a-- in a jousting

mannerand everybody laughed

and the interview continued with

Jay peppering her with questions

about movie-making and her most

recentGravity (they showed aclip of the making of because

Sandra wants people to know


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I guessyou just did on national

tv..and Jay says Well, shes not

hereso that doesnt count

Blake said Actually, Im a wus,

but Im tall so apparently he is

intimidating enough to keep guys

at bay.

Jay read some tweets that Blake

wrote over the years, and they

played a game with Sandra

guessing if he was drunk or sober

when he tweeted. Shelton thanked

jay for not making the show his

personal political agenda, but

equally roasting everybody ..andthere was a lot more in their


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interchange, but you will have to

watch the show to see it all. ..

The last act of the night was the

music group Vintage Trouble. I

must confess Im not very familiar

with their music but the lead

singer definitely looked and

moved a lot like Chuck Berry .

And that was it ! It ended without

much fanfare. Jay yelled, I want a

picture with Mickey Rooney.

Meanwhi le,security kept yelling at

audience members to Put your

phones/cameras awayno

pictures in the studio! I said,

They take their job seriously,

dont they..even up to the 2nd

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last show ha ha. Looks like the

REAL FANFARE will be tomorrow

night. There was a HUGE TENT set

up next to the studio for what is

apparently going to be a big after-

show party. And I heard talk that

tomorrow there will be NO generalaudience, only invited guests, and

friends & family members of

employees, et al. Thanks for the

laughs, Jay ! Thanks forthememories !

Photos below from waiting in line; also

Mickey Rooney, et al


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jayscar-of-the-day behind the fence


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(brown Mercedes


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Theres the two ladies from Wisconsin


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Below: these are pics from this

morning, February 6, 2014, people

hoping to get a ticket for tonights

final show


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This giant tent is set up apparently for a BIG

party after the final show on February 6, 2014


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The main driveway at NBC Burbank Studios

(now named The Burbank Studios and

apparently no longer actually owned by NBC)


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