By request: Jay Leno's 15th Late Night appearance, here promoting his new project, "Viva Late Night."
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@TheRealLaughingGravy11 ай бұрын
At any age, Jay Leno always looks like a caricature of Jay Leno.
@neffsam54749 ай бұрын
Wasn't there a McDonald character like him
@rondareid81979 ай бұрын
Michael McDonald
@kikarias798 ай бұрын
Best comment about Jay Leno…EVER! 😂😂😂😂
@segaboy989410 ай бұрын
Hearing someone call Jay Leno a young man is crazy.
@MrThatGuy979 ай бұрын
I like how Letterman calls him that even though he’s only three years older than Leno.
@LaurenMiddleton2810 ай бұрын
This is Almost 40 years old. Time Flies..
@igano1119 ай бұрын
So do flies.
@schrodingerscat86219 ай бұрын
Of all the comedians I’ve ever seen, he’s one of them.
@nucksfordacup9 ай бұрын
Good one, Don. Now drop your pants and fire a rocket
@donaldblankenship-ph1un9 ай бұрын
Funny funny
@donaldblankenship-ph1un9 ай бұрын
@@nucksfordacupGood one. Now give him a cookie and he'll go away.
@mrm18858 ай бұрын
You havent seen many LOL
@mr.brenman213229 күн бұрын
I'll do you one better. Of all the comments ive ever seen, this one is the most unoriginal 👏
@joekagerer9 ай бұрын
I met Jay at a bike meet a few years ago, He walked up and started talking to us!
@_PrimetimePranks2 ай бұрын
Two legends !! ❤
@janetremsing69888 ай бұрын
😂This guy does the best Leno impression I've ever seen!🤣‼️
@ParticleLarry3 ай бұрын
Jay Leno not only a standup comedian but has a side hustle as a 1980's Elvis impersonator
@philpalmer48779 ай бұрын
Voices never change...
@Shadowx01111 ай бұрын
Oh my God Jay used to be a half moon!!!
@Zlife-kz1go8 ай бұрын
I was probably 6 yrs old when this came out. I love Jay even more now after seeing this. . Thanks for the video.
@Dreamformeable8 ай бұрын
How can you remember anything when u was 6? I cant even remember what i had for breakfast today!!
@Zlife-kz1go8 ай бұрын
@@Dreamformeable Lol. Idk Maybe I was 7 just some memories stick with you I guess..
@richardstoffel65858 ай бұрын
Love jay. I was born in ‘84. And to see the pace he has is great. I got to see him live just after his accident and he put a show on! My fav
@johncamp76799 ай бұрын
The early 80’s. Those Amex commercials, I remember them. I was 12 in 84, so many things in this clip that brings up memories of the time
@MachineGunMike9 ай бұрын
The 80s were great. I barely remember the end of them, as I was so young, but those were great times!
@blakeada9999 ай бұрын
Like two young bucks, interesting to watch these two joust.
@Anne662110 ай бұрын
dang how did 40 years just zoom by at light speed it is making my mind short circuit
@gmo91729 ай бұрын
Can't believe I'm older now than both of them in this clip
@tubadude90510 ай бұрын
I watched this live when it first aired. Then a couple of years later I saw Jay at an outdoor British Motorcycle event in Worcester Mass where he was alone and looking at parts. I approached him and said Hello Beemer. He smiled and replied, "nah, not me.". Shook my hand and I left him alone. interesting to see this again almost 40 years later.
@robbiemcbobbie803010 ай бұрын
that’s cool
@SacDaddy42010 ай бұрын
Maybe he just didn't like your stench.
@jasras500310 ай бұрын
@@SacDaddy420 Did you vote yourself up? Cute.
@dinofx359 ай бұрын
That’s a pretty dumb line.
@mr.brenman213229 күн бұрын
@@dinofx35You would know.
@tunahxushi466911 ай бұрын
Super clip thank you thank you...
@TheLadsBandLive11 ай бұрын
Chris Eliot’s Leno is spot on.
@snootslobber10 ай бұрын
I was there. Met him in the hallway.
@shawni3213 жыл бұрын
Aw jeez, I liked them so much when they were friends
@DouglasRichardson-er4ky8 ай бұрын
They played the same 🐀 🕳️ clubs then struck it rich chatting on TV lol
@mr.brenman213229 күн бұрын
@@DouglasRichardson-er4kyJay didn't even need the Tonight show. He was one of the most successful touring comedians around. Who could turn down that Tonight show money though?
@jasras500310 ай бұрын
My dad's only 18 years older than me and swears one of the best comedians on the live LA club circuit around this time in the early 80's was Leno. It boggled my mind because i only really knew him as a talk show host. He saw some greats at these smaller venues and swears Jay always killed it live. He's not a huge fan now but goes to show you he was a killer on stage back then.
@basedsoothsayer9 ай бұрын
I saw him live maybe 4 years ago in south Florida. It was alright. No side splitting laughs or anything, just chuckles. But seeing him young here I can envision him being pretty great back in the day.
@Jerry-oo8hd8 ай бұрын
Mmm. Yeah. I saw Jay on stage in 1987. He was great! And here he’s great. Dave and Jay were just good for each other until they weren’t. This is a great clip not only for its content but also for a glimpse into how it once was in their halcyon days.
@jimreily75385 ай бұрын
He was the comedians' comedian. Seinfeld and many others looked up to him as a mentor and idol. He worked very hard. And he was very well recognised too, as a great club comic in those days so you're Dad is spot on correct.
@st.charlesstreet98769 ай бұрын
Both of them….So Young.
@andypike123410 ай бұрын
Elvis Leno
@DSToNe19and838 ай бұрын
I bet even back then, he was as driving something cool! Jays a “people’s champ”, and a real car guy!
@retrobros96849 ай бұрын
Jays a good talker for sure
@davidsthubbins17611 ай бұрын
I almost forgot that Jay and Dave were once young men.
@caiusjulius98368 ай бұрын
Without Letterman, we wouldn't have Leno of today.
@ninjanerdstudent693710 ай бұрын
The early Chandler Bing character has many of the same mannerisms as this guy.
@USAAF9 ай бұрын
Thank you for sharing. Great footage from the good old days. Love Leno and Letterman. Two great legends
@rsz901829 ай бұрын
No wonder Jay is where he is today. He was full of talent!!!
@importon8 ай бұрын
"Where he is" you mean his portrait on the Count Chocula box?
@bearrights2738 ай бұрын
Yeah he knocked dave out of his spot for the tonight show a few years after this, then "retired" and gave the show to conan then came back and took it from him
@keithkoenig53205 ай бұрын
Seriously?? The eternally UNFUNNY Jay Leno??
@RonWolfHowl21 күн бұрын
You’re a decade or two off, but you’ve got the spirit.
@user-xj8os4cr1l21 күн бұрын
NBC didn’t want to keep Dave. Then when Conan had five years left ,NBC forced Jay to announce he would retire in five years even though Jay didn’t want to. Five years pass by and Craig Ferguson was beating Conan. NBC panicked. Conan took over and was flopping. They asked Jay to come back and do a show to lead into Conan (with the news break between shows), so it would boost Conan. Then Conan’s producers heard about the show offer to Jay and demanded Jay only have one guest so that guests wouldn’t chose Jay’s prime time show over a 11:35 pm show. Jay said he’d do the show but demanded NBC pay his staff for the entire year if it got cancelled. Jay’s prime time show didn’t work. It didn’t help Conan either. Conan was a bomb. Loyalty has nothing to do with business. The only reason networks make their shows is to make money. Jay was number one every year other than Dave’s first year on CBS. Knock Jay all you want but you don’t know the real story.
@rsuriyop8 ай бұрын
It’s weird how his voice sounds even higher here than I’ve ever remembered it.
@michaelwatson933310 ай бұрын
I miss the good ole days
@TheRealCCSmith8 ай бұрын
Back when Jay didn't have one of every motorcycle and car! 😂
@pleasebaws Жыл бұрын
Very interesting seeing Jay Leno go over cars and bikes before he got the big money
@mr.patrickaloysiusbartholo472711 ай бұрын
I live close to where Jay lives now and I heard from others that he frequents the local chili cheese Hot Dog joint quite often. I think he’s even the same guy today that we see here inspite of his fame and fortune.
@BigJonkulous10 ай бұрын
He's always loved them
@drzaius84410 ай бұрын
Couldn’t even afford a Guzzi at that point. Crazy.
@DouglasRichardson-er4ky8 ай бұрын
🙋🏼♂️ once a gearhead always one I had a motorcycle addiction growing up also old VWs I made to 51 🎅🏼 somehow tomorrow I drive a Prius w 175k on it now I swear I used to be cool 😎👍🏻 The new electric VW Bus 🚐 has my attention they should do a camper model from the factory driver's seat a toilet 🚽 w a curtain system for semi containment lol 😉
@aarfeld10 ай бұрын
The laughs before the tears.
@jamesjannell87069 ай бұрын
Love this old Leno stuff
@jrb566710 ай бұрын
I was 4 days old
@BradfordtheEclectic9 ай бұрын
So, you don't remember most of this show?
@jkker0510 ай бұрын
What a great era before we started hating each other like we do now. Everyone's a victim nowadays
@PJJ1969 ай бұрын
What a force.. you could see how an executive thought this guy would be a perfect host
@markjackson64317 ай бұрын
if that was the case why did Letterman have to vouch for him to get the guest hosting gig when Carson and the executives were apprehensive?
@PJJ1966 ай бұрын
@@markjackson6431 well you still need help.. but you still need to showcase the charisma and vibrancy to be a good host.
@andy42x10 ай бұрын
His head is a crescent moon 🌙
@47mphill9 ай бұрын
Back in the day when they were friends 😂
@nathanforester5993 Жыл бұрын
I'd say it's more than a concidence that they played the Ghostbusters theme for Jay's entrance considering Jay auditioned for Louis in the first Ghostbusters movie.
@mizmo2110 ай бұрын
It was new drug 😂
@adamr86289 ай бұрын
"new drug". By Huey Lewis..
@kolst84066 жыл бұрын
The actress playing the evil twin on Magnum PI was Sharon Stone.
I watched all these when I was in college when they aired, I forgot Jay used to be skinny.
@ritamarie44539 ай бұрын
The" Hapsburg Jaw" on full display.
@bart666a5 жыл бұрын
Jay Leno has literally the largest chin i have ever seen on a human being.
@TechTVusa3 жыл бұрын
It has it's own postal code.
@jameshudson169 Жыл бұрын
that's a pointed observation.
@dizzotizzo69 Жыл бұрын
He also probably has 10,000,000x your $$
@dingdongdickweed6288 Жыл бұрын
@@dizzotizzo69 You'd think he use some of that $$$ to fix his freakish chin, though...
@dizzotizzo69 Жыл бұрын
@@dingdongdickweed6288 It's what he was born with. Live with what you have and don't change for anything or anyone.
@fcv196711 ай бұрын
Damn, young Jay Leno reminds me a lot of Doug DeMuro.
@earlosandwich743311 ай бұрын
Yup, he does. I call DeMuro, Discount Jay Leno.
@havefunbesafe Жыл бұрын
Man Leno on a roll 😂
@ArmenChakmakian10 ай бұрын
Always my favorite guest on Letterman
@rodrigues56396 ай бұрын
❤❤❤❤❤
@samzach205710 ай бұрын
Funny that a few years later, Lay Leno would get the Johnny Carson spot, and David Letterman would leave NBC in protest.
@kingly719 ай бұрын
tbh to watch this interview alone you'd agree with the decision... one has way more charisma. Both have great comedy chops, though David is funnier imo... and prob a better dude. Though Jay seems like a good guy too, just don't like how he did my boy Conan
@soulscanner666 жыл бұрын
Wow, Leno was funny!
@kouroshhariri81244 жыл бұрын
He was before he got the tonight show
@jameshudson169 Жыл бұрын
@@kouroshhariri8124 he was the HOST on the tonight show. he's at least as funny as conan.
@dingdongdickweed6288 Жыл бұрын
@@jameshudson169 Nah. He was never as funny as Conan.
@jameshudson169 Жыл бұрын
@@dingdongdickweed6288 jay leno is 10x as slightly amusig as conan!
@RidiPwn10 ай бұрын
love that chin , all the comic elements in the right place
@lowmax44318 ай бұрын
Why was the Ghostbusters theme playing when he walked in?
@petesmitt Жыл бұрын
0:05 Dave calling Jay a young man.. Jay is only 3 years younger than Dave.
@NoName158459 ай бұрын
Good video
@WhiteWizzard10 ай бұрын
If I had those checks I could buy her back right now….genius. The 2 sharpest TV guys -amazing to see them so long ago together …What a great time to grow up in…Leno was so confident and witty.
@orbitaljellyfish8088 ай бұрын
Slay Leno holy shit 😂
@CassandraL-sp6bt9 ай бұрын
The tension in this conversation is great,love how letterman can silently ruin your jokes with fake laughs
@michaelteret47639 ай бұрын
Wow, I sure do feel old now.
@airport8626 жыл бұрын
That was just two years after David started his show. Carson had eight more years before he retired and the two here were suddenly in conflict.
@gallery75966 жыл бұрын
Yes, if Carson had left around year 25, his replacement would doubtlessly have been Dave. However, because he continued to phone it in for another half decade while relying heavily on guest hosts like Garry Shandling and, of course, Jay Leno, when he finally announced his retirement the question of who should replace Johnny was no longer obvious.
@cynthiahusband1062 жыл бұрын
They were such good friends Letterman gave Leno a chance had him on a lot. ( well , yeah ratings would go up) sad when Carson retired , the whole world wanted that Carson spot hence the conflict between Letterman , who I think the job would go to him, instead Leno was given the spot. But you could tell Leno and Letterman were good friends and Letterman clearly enjoyed Leno, made Letterman laugh a lot which was charming. To bad it all didn’t work out where everyone could be friends.
@dizzotizzo69 Жыл бұрын
@@cynthiahusband106 You don't know the real story. They were at each other's throats.
@Toosii2times Жыл бұрын
@@dizzotizzo69 I was about to say, watching this interview I can sense that Dave isn’t too fond of Jay That could be my bias, with the benefit of hindsight and knowing Dave had resentment for Jay later on.. but he has gone on record saying he never liked Jay
@CoachatCole10 ай бұрын
You can clearly see the contrasting comedic styles here. Leno is a workaholic and str8 rehearsed standup while letterman is a laidback situational improve. Jay doesn’t like to adlib while Dave loves it.
@jcr4runner9 ай бұрын
The man in the moon.
@charold311 ай бұрын
Jeez, he really was funny
@alphadog196110 ай бұрын
Letterman and Norm MacDonald made for a good show,I was never big on Leno though.
@demisx10 ай бұрын
I was never big on Letterman. Wasn’t funny to me. Leno, on the other hand, ….
@mazsroy99 ай бұрын
@@demisxexactly. Agreed. Letterman also got mean over time…
@MartinHiggins197211 ай бұрын
Ah, the old "ghostbuster" himself, Jay Leno.
@Crazy_Joe_Davola9 ай бұрын
I just found Jay is responsible for the mass spread of the term beemer. Not bad...
@asynchronicity11 ай бұрын
Great Wall of Chin
@alexanderchenf19 ай бұрын
Is Jay Leno a descendant of Habsburg?
@AA-nf2jl10 ай бұрын
A young Doug Demuro
@Kubakaiser Жыл бұрын
I bet if Dave hadn't asked him a single question, he still wouldn't have shut up for the whole interview.
@dongiller Жыл бұрын
_Every_ standup comic spends his or her time at panel with more stand-up material. Jay is no exception.
@Kubakaiser Жыл бұрын
@@dongiller I guess that's true. Dave did the same with Carson. It's just I'm always hoping to hear a real conversation, rather than rehearsed lines.
@dingdongdickweed6288 Жыл бұрын
Cocaine is a helluva drug.
@el34glo5910 ай бұрын
@@KubakaiserAgreed
@davidanderson56610 ай бұрын
Jay Leno couldn't mop the floor after Dave
@silversurfergw10 ай бұрын
Who would have thought that Leno would eventually replace Carson instead of Letterman.
@randomx75263 жыл бұрын
The way it should have been.
@coffeeabuse9 ай бұрын
Ha! I knew the Evil Twin thing would come up! 🤣
@tr05198210 ай бұрын
Leno sure was and still is sharp!!
@keppela110 ай бұрын
Wow, young Leno definitely had a Clooney thing going on (or did Clooney have a Leno thing going on?)
@savethisforlater10 ай бұрын
The loops on my pants hold my belt up... Who's the real hero?
@keppela110 ай бұрын
@@savethisforlater Well that gives new meaning to the term non sequitur.
@joemc19608 ай бұрын
Been so long since Jay was funny
@thegreenbean677710 ай бұрын
Why did Jay roll up his sleeves in a blazer? 😂
@jjryan135210 ай бұрын
80s
@celticgodsoriginal10 ай бұрын
It was a style in the 80s, Disco/New Wave/Miami Vice etc....
@geraldhenrickson747210 ай бұрын
That was a thing around 1980, maybe earlier...cannot remember for sure.
@kmac176611 ай бұрын
“Rider Magazine.”😝
@lisaburns85972 жыл бұрын
Who was the actor insulting Dave in Viva Late Night? He looks familiar.
@sarcasmo5710 ай бұрын
Leno got some money after this.
@Freddy_Confetti8 ай бұрын
Jay is so fkn funny
@historyiwitness59158 ай бұрын
Dave doesn't take his eyes of that chin. It is truly prodigious.
@BlowmeRoger9 ай бұрын
He looks just like his character from the movie American Hot Wax
@declanmcardle10 ай бұрын
Is it me or from certain angles could Jay be Fred Savage's Dad?
@kgsalvage63069 ай бұрын
Or Jim Carrey in Me and Irene.
@markmarsh2711 ай бұрын
Great clip Don! Historic actually. Subscribed. GIMME MORE!
@dongiller11 ай бұрын
Thanks! There’s plenty here. :)
@AGregory1288 ай бұрын
Walking out to the Ghostbusters theme
@peterle68839 ай бұрын
Noone remembers this guy. Everyone remembers Carson.
@elijahcason18 ай бұрын
For some reason he reminds me of jimmy from South Park 😂
@messiahmozgus8 ай бұрын
That. freakin. Chin.
@MrEric08228 ай бұрын
Forty years later, still waiting on Leno to make me laugh. Once.
@mitchross28528 ай бұрын
no one cares
@MrEric08228 ай бұрын
@@mitchross2852 Valid point.
@tiakajamir6843 Жыл бұрын
Just don't blame Conan
@ZenShroud111 ай бұрын
Conaw
@mikekranshaw3796 Жыл бұрын
I actually thought "Viva Late Night " was a real movie. lol
@josephkelley8641 Жыл бұрын
Jay's appearances on Dave always white-hot.
@Macinro1919 ай бұрын
I forgot personable conversation were main stream not that long ago...
@nadyarossi51026 жыл бұрын
I miss Jay on late night.
@gallery75966 жыл бұрын
Yes, great chemistry. Nice to know towards the end of their talk show careers that the two started speaking to one another again.
@christoc996 жыл бұрын
Me too.....wow i can't believe I am watching this...he is soooo young
@jonhohensee32585 жыл бұрын
Nadya - Are you SERIOUS???
@siggylloyd35665 жыл бұрын
Nadya Rossi buddy, you’re the only one. ;-)
@mr.brenman2132 Жыл бұрын
@@siggylloyd3566 He's 10× better then any of the woke hacks on television today and people actually watched his show.
@upfront23758 ай бұрын
Buzz Lightyear without his spacesuit!
@mykstericeferg12589 ай бұрын
Talk about the “Chin Dynasty”!😳
@francoisrivard8939 ай бұрын
Leno just commands the laughs. So smooth, just cynical enough, even Letterman is in stiches.