Jay Leno on Political Correctness - Late Night with Seth Meyers

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Jay Leno on Political Correctness - Late Night with Seth Meyers
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[@1supersoniccontrol]

"Being Anti-Guacamole isn't racist!" ROFL

[@wolfstar675]

It isn't. Lol

[@OpeningSalvo]

+1supersoniccontrol Is being anti Leno racist?

[@1supersoniccontrol]

***** No. lol

[@FuckGoogle2]

Everyone must like everything, like it, LIKE IT!!!

[@michaelbishop5819]

@@wolfstar675 thing à•

[@BlueHooloovoo]

“Political correctness is America's newest form of intolerance, and it is especially pernicious because it comes disguised as tolerance. It presents itself as fairness, yet attempts to restrict and control people's language with strict codes and rigid rules. I'm not sure that's the way to fight discrimination. I'm not sure silencing people or forcing them to alter their speech is the best method for solving problems that go much deeper than speech.” - George Carlin

[@tomservo75]

Jay Leno was always an equal opportunity offender. Joke about Bush, then Clinton, then McCain, then Obama. I never had any idea what his politics were, that's the point.

[@jjcooks7401]

"Being anti-guacamole is not racist, okay? You have no idea what racism is, that's not racist you idiot! you moron!" Best Jay Leno quote ever

[@MarkDice]

Fire Jimmy Failing and bring back Leno!

[@JDoe-ne4ty]

Aren't you the dude that likes satan and illumination

[@Macaframa1]

J. Doe very funny

[@ShaneAnthony1776]

thank god they have verified names now so i dont always have to check and see if thats really Mark Dice lol

[@FrostBitey10]

Mark Dice This time it was Leno's choice to leave. You need to ask him to return.

[@adrianak.91]

Jimmy Fallon is like Ellen degeneres, they're just not funny

[@NetCerpher]

Many comics avoid colleges now. Rock, Seinfeld and others just don't play the PC game.

[@plisskin83]

I supported Conan as well, but Jay didn't kill anyone. Let's move on like adults.

[@stevedresden3318]

Leno is amazing!!! His comedy shows are hilarious, he is the improv king! And, he doesn't put down Conan, that is class! Try it people!

[@Wuudy]

Steve Dresden Why would he put down Conan? He took Conan's job....

[@thefallenone86]

Because Leno was better

[@adelezierler1547]

Always loved Jay Leno. He made me laugh more than anyone else in the comedy business. Great, he was interviewed by Seth Mayer's, because I like him too. If he only would leave out some of his politically points. I don't care if he is a republican or democrat. He has enough material to work with, without going only after the republican's. Jay Leno never did that. He went after the happenings of the day regardless of the party. That's what made him different from anyone else, besides being a brilliant, highly intelligent, & being a very funny man.

[@BigSirZebras]

Maybe I am stoned but this totally looks like a dude with a Jay Leno helmet on.

[@saintstorm7]

Lol I see it too

[@scott4398]

lol he's skullmogging Seth into oblivion

[@ericoliver1603]

Lmao!!!

[@robertcincotta8253]

I stopped watching the Tonight Show when they got rid of Jay. I watch Kimmel now.

[@constantin5509]

I'm not a fan of him, but it's so good to see another famous person talking against the cancer that is Political Correctness.

[@GARY84ROCKS]

+Christopher Smith ... Yeah, um... it's not "fighting" the Politically Incorrect are doing among themselves... it's "exploring", it's "adapting"... ya know: Instead of "finger-pointing" and "policing".

[@OneUltimateWarrior]

When you could make fun of The President with class and have other material to work with.

[@dmjdmj]

I don't care much for Jay, but this needs to be said. That hair color looks fucking amazing.

[@at1212b]

dmjdmj What's funny is on his last Tonight Show run, his hair looked ghost white.

[@mallory5872]

at1212 b white hair can change to silver naturally.

[@mstwelvedeadlycyns]

Everybody is talking about his hair! Lol

[@katieh115]

Jay Leno holds a special place in my heart. I grew up watching him. Headlines was the best.

[@katieh115]

***** also true.

[@smittywerbenjaegermanjense2350]

Katie Hoer Hahaha yes! I always loved the Police Blotter headlines...he tried to read them all seriously until he got to the error lmao.

[@vincents1261]

Katie Hoer Jay Leno is for narrow-minded idiots.

[@Hypercube1729]

fffjfjfjfjf What?? Idiot!

[@fffjfjfjfjf]

Hypercube1729 you dont find him attractive?

[@poolboyinla]

Jay's hair looks great.

[@ConcernedResident_GiantStack]

I MISS JAY LENO!!! That was hilarious lol

[@pettypettywoodchuck2]

Jay is a much better guest than host. Not an insult by any means. His old appearances with Letterman back in the '80s were awesome.

[@kz1000ps]

Very true. As a guest, he's a great storyteller and he really has a whole load of old school showbiz stories to tell. He went on Joe Rogan's show a while back and was fantastic.

[@BLUDDYknucklez]

Fallon is garbage

[@harrykuheim6107]

Obama and all Democrats use P.C. as a Terror Weapon....

[@finchborat]

And the SJWs serve as their army.

[@GiantSandles]

I think an actual terror weapon would be like a bomb or something

[@finchborat]

GiantSandles I see where you're coming from, though you don't have to have an actual weapon to cause mayhem somewhere.

[@GiantSandles]

finchborat So you're saying political correctness causes mayhem on a par with actual terrorist attacks?

[@finchborat]

GiantSandles SJWs have made it possible. May not be textbook terrorists (at least outside the internet), but they cause mayhem.

[@lynnturman8157]

Amazing. He makes the same point about colleges being too PC as Seinfeld.

[@at1212b]

Lynn Turman I work with a recent grad and he says that all the time.. "That's racist.. that's discriminatory". I'm just like "Sheeesh.. what is up with this guy". But this makes sense now.

[@at1212b]

***** It's also because all these students are so sheltered and so sensitive, they mentally break at a much higher rate hence why their suicide rate is so high, mass school shootings happen almost daily.

[@consumeredition7838]

+at1212 b The cocktail of psychiatric meds can't help either.

[@farismag]

They are students of education. Therefore, once you are educated person that you learn how to respect other ethically and culturally by avoiding making fun of them and et cetera unless if you are friend with them and they accept your jokes on them.

[@w104ssc]

Missing Jay Leno... He was fun, laid back and not shoving politics down my throat every night.

[@faboze]

Nice to see him again

[@CoolsBreeze]

I miss Leno's stand up jokes especially his Bill Clinton ones.

[@dorr221]

This was great on Jay's part, Was surprised that Seth Meyers is still on tv.

[@NintyFan56]

"Being anti-guacamole isn't racist"....now I'm not a big fan of Leno but ROFL that was fucking hilarious

[@jesse7747]

love the Tonight with Jay and Leno's Garage too, I hate these people that attack him

[@jimmyz7218]

Leno is such a great showman

[@kahos007]

Team Coco.

[@JDela10]

Oh come on man, that was like 6 years ago now and it's strange that people are so one sided against Jay to this day. In fairness, NBC decided in 2004 IIRC to give the Tonight Show to Conan in 2009. At the time, Jay was host and doing very well but the BRILLIANT execs at NBC didn't think he'd be able to keep the Tonight Show at the top. Well, he did, and when he handed it over to Conan in 2009 it was still number 1 and like it or not, Jay was America's favorite late night host. Jay was reportedly very angry in 2004 with the arrangement NBC made with Conan but he saw out his contract and Conan took over. NBC had plenty of time to realize that its SUPER BRILLIANT decision in 2004 turned out to be a nightmare and they asked Jay to host a new show at 10 o clock, which is prime time, meaning Jay had to clean it up a bit and was no longer competing for late night. After the honeymoon period, things changed fast for Conan, he lost a huge amount of the audience and Jay's 10 o clock show didn't make much of a difference. Here's where people seem to get lost when they take sides... network affiliates threatened NBC over the declining viewership and NBC knew Conan wasn't going to work, so they made a proposal.. a stupid one. They proposed that Jay host a half hour show at the time slot of the Tonight Show, which would be pushed forward to after 12. Conan shot it down. His contract was bought out and NBC asked Jay to return to the Tonight Show, which he did, for five years before it went to Jimmy Fallon. Jay got all the outrage from the public and the "team coco" brigade, even though it was Jay that was initially forced to give up a show he had at number one due to the NBC executives decision making in 2004. It was the NBC execs who tried to keep Leno in the fold and then panicked when affiliates threatened the network over Conan's poor numbers. Conan has made a hell of a lot of money out of this little scandal and he's doing well for himself now on his own show. He has an established audience, a strong presence outside of TV viewers and so on. He did well out of it, and Jay has done fine for himself too. People act like Conan is a helpless victim that lost everything, but in reality he took a shot at the Tonight Show and only lasted months because he hemorrhaged viewers. People said he needed more time and that might be true, but things had changed a lot in TV and entertainment by 2009, nobody had "time" to get it right anymore, not with the growth of the Internet and other forms of entertainment the ongoing decline of TV viewership. When he left NBC, his PR people made Jay look like a really bad guy, because they had to, because Conan as the victim of a greedy Jay Leno is a better public image than Conan who knocked the Tonight Show off the top of late night as the host. Jay, on the other hand, handled it more like a professional and then stood aside in 2014 for Jimmy Fallon, who in my opinion is not as good as Jay and not as good as Conan either. That's the thing, I like Conan a lot, I watch his show and he seems like a genuinely nice guy who loves his job, but that doesn't mean I have to go all tribal on it and start hating Jay Leno because he took his job BACK when NBC realized they made a huge mistake five years beforehand. Don't cry for Conan, he's doing just fine!

[@keepplayingnice]

JDela10 it'd be a pity if nobody were to read that long comment

[@TheZombieoutbreak]

JDela10 thanks for the breakdown

[@PeterBondeVillain]

JDela10 Thanks for the breakdown of society, buddy.

[@gallery7596]

+JDela10 Personally, I think those who cry "TEAM COCO" in response to a video that has nothing to do with Conan O'Brien need to read a book called "The War For Late Night: When Leno Went Early And Television Went Insane" by Bill Carter.

[@tarantino900]

TEAM COCO!!!!!!

[@suzawilo]

Hell yeah!!!!

[@MrSEAMUS21]

Leno won

[@ramanujbaruah2200]

Coco sold out

[@Sebbefilmerchannel]

Leno is right on political correctness tho.

[@stevenvictx]

Its sad people have to take sides on everything.....I like them both.

[@joseveijanen3715]

Team Coco.

[@jordanjames1994]

Wow, I miss Leno. He really is the best of the best.

[@Sshoestring63]

Said no one ever

[@mike10dude]

Sshoestring63 lots of people thought that he was one of the very best stand up comedians before he took over the tonight show

[@Patrick-po6vx]

Sshoestring63 *Said no Butthurt communist ever.

[@gallery7596]

+Sshoestring63 Wow, I miss Leno. He really is the best of the best.

[@TonyVega123]

+Sshoestring63 He was a phenomenal stand up and has always had a very good reputation. I never understood the hate he got. He's probably the most misunderstood person in show business.

[@gulinotm]

I love jay. He's even better doing what he TRULY loves and thats his car show, Jay Lenos Garage

[@justint.3053]

leno is hilarious. give him another show.

[@WoWo37]

He has his car show on CNBC and on KZbin.

[@kuziokundera]

I never click on Seth Meyers videos, but for Jay I did it. I wish he could host... Meyers is terrible.

[@alexkirschenbaum1207]

Mr. Beef shout-out!

[@moakley]

The only Italian people I know are actually from Italy not Americans who think they are Italian.

[@patriotictoast8539]

moakley their are Italians in the us im 3rd generation Italian

[@juanaltredo2974]

Im not leno fan but I thought he was actually funny there

[@fobbs69]

I always loved Jay. Always seemed like such a nice guy

[@harapanong]

And I thought Ted Cruz was the worst guest Seth could have had on his show.

[@AD-df5tm]

its weird how much more entertaining Leno is when he is not on his show.

[@RonWolfHowl]

Forgot how anti-PC everyone was back then. Glad to see that people have settled down a bit since then.

[@LunaticTheCat]

Not all college kids are PC!!!! It's just the PC ones are always making all the noise, they make it look like there is more of them than there actually are.

[@madromeo7693]

Trump 2016 to crush PC

[@AldoApachi-]

ummm ... I'm not from US, what is is PC?

[@avadakedavra69]

To put it in the simplest terms I can, "Political Correctness" is a form of speech that seeks to not hurt people's feelings. Look up Jimmy Carr's short skit on political correctness. It's a short joke that pretty much sums it up in a nutshell and dissects it.

[@alexanderchenf1]

So it all starts with Jimmy Carter. Now I see. Leftists are hypocrites after all

[@Bob-zx7io]

So basically Jay Leno didn't understand it was a joke.

[@broandjoe854]

TEAM COCO!

[@martinrusso409]

So... in the mind of that idiot intern, Jay Leno should lie about his tastes and say that he likes Mexican food?

[@blockmasterscott]

Dang, from reading these comments, it looks like Jay triggered some hypersensitive SJWs. Good for him!

[@RommelEGH]

i miss jay

[@exxodas]

I miss Jay

[@keepplayingnice]

I'm die hard TEAM COCO but cut the guy some slack.. he's a decent host as seen in Jay Lenos garage .. his standup comedy is of an age gone by which hasn't stood the test of time.. pretty sure he'd be better than seth meyers honestly.. seth meyers is downright terrible. And having been a dedicated fan of the long running Late Night with Conan O Brien , after Meyers took over I forgot the show still exists.. meyers is an all time low as far as talk show hosts go

[@NetCerpher]

Karthik Nair you said... "his stand-up comedy is of an age gone by which hasn't stood the test of time" When was the last time you saw Jay Leno in a club, doing stand-up? Just curious.

[@peepthezoobazz]

NetCerpher On Sunday..... in fact every sunday since like 1970something

[@dannomack6783]

Karthik Nair Leno is one of the (if not THE) best standups ever. He's a hacky talk show host because that's what made him the most money.

[@j2times2006]

Karthik Nair myers has the personality of a hairbrush

[@frankievelasco1738]

Karthik Nair Im pretty sure you didn't watch Conan 20 years ago, he often says he was dying on the show. Same for Seth he just started calm down. Why would you even watch any of his vids on his channel.

[@TONYASIASMOM]

Al's Beef is my fav here in the city but now I have to try Mr. Beef! Portillos is good too!

[@magschann1154]

"The trouble with fighting for human freedom is that one spends most of one's time defending scoundrels. For it is against scoundrels that oppressive laws are first aimed, and oppression must be stopped at the beginning if it is to be stopped at all."- Henry Louis Mencken (1880-1956)

[@constantin5509]

+Mags chann Wise Words.

[@realBrianCars]

Conan O Brien forever

[@ra9772]

He is a entertaining guest.

[@Tsnore]

And his grandfather was probably only eating American versions of Italian food and probably would have disliked the "real" Italian food eaten in Roma at the same time.

[@bobbutts4402]

Tsnore yeah, cuz Italians just forget how to cook, after they cross large bodies of water.

[@Tsnore]

Ye miss da pt. entirely Buttocks.

[@spamwithrice]

+Tsnore a little too late bro

[@JudoLover71]

Beef List: 1. Portillo's 2. Mr. Beef 3. Al's Beef

[@craigchastain7016]

+Judo Lover I gotta disagree about number 1. Just my opinion.

[@the1987dude]

Jay Leno stopped being funny when NBC fired Conan O'Brien and rehired Jay.

[@KibaDragonRanger]

NBC didn't really fire Conan. Conan left because he didn't want to be on at 12:05 when his show is called The Tonight Show. They never really fired Jay either. He was still under contract with them for awhile longer when he ended his first tenure at The Tonight Show in 2009.

[@the1987dude]

***** they still took jay back..and the fact that they did proves that both them and jay leno don't care about integrity..they only care about ratings.

[@KibaDragonRanger]

Joel Thievin You pretty much summed up EVERY television network, EVER. If a show doesn't do the ratings the network and/or affiliates think it should, it will get pulled. Even if Leno decided to just up and leave after he was done with The Tonight Show in 2009, NBC would've gotten someone else to replace Conan.

[@okjoe5561]

Joel Thievin Welcome to the real world. We've been waiting for you...

[@the1987dude]

***** late night is different than regular television..it's like a king ascending to a throne..you don't fire the host just because you aren't getting the ratings you expected. If that were the case other late night talk shows would have replaced their hosts when underperforming.

[@KRALTAIR47]

Miss Jay Leno

[@Kcrekow]

Leno was the last true show host with a backbone. The rest are yes men put in place to spread political correctness and liberal agenda. How can Seth Meyers even come close to replacing Leno? The answer is in what he says even if it's cringe worthy, Seth will say it for the gig Leno would not.

[@paulbaker4811]

I wholeheartedly agree!

[@Oooo-bi7bi]

My two favourite comedians and TV presenters .

[@michelevitarelli]

Jay needs to get back on late night.

[@GH-oi2jf]

michele vitarelli - Are you kidding? I guess you haven’t listened to interviews that touched on that subject. He doesn’t need or want that at all.

[@bloodyhellghost]

he's in New York, might as well do Letterman.

[@NetCerpher]

bloodyhellghost No, he didn't. JL did not respond to DL's invitation. Likewise, DL did not respond to JL's invitation at his end of run last year.

[@michaelburke7742]

Torben Otten That would of been awesome. That really would of sealed the deal in late night. I really hope they make up and do something down the line.

[@ArabicAlphabetc]

It's not like they were raised in Italy. Italians firm? Lol. We Muslims beat their asses in like a few years and took the power of the world from their their hands they are oppressive not firm and can't fight man to man. They make great pizza though.

[@gracieambrosio4967]

CONAN!! WE LOVE U MORE

[@godlike51]

Look at the SIZE of Leno's head......

[@RobertFairweatherMusic]

When in Chicago,go to Portillos. They have the best beefs! Sub sandwich? Augustinos.

[@jeffcann9159]

Jay and Seinfeld are so right. It’s a joke.

[@arytonsoliano99]

We will never forget...... #teamcoco

[@gallery7596]

And Jay was a victim of political correctness when former "America's Got Talent" judge Gabrielle Union found his joke about the Korean penchant for considering dogs to be food racist. (shrug) I'm sure everybody in Seoul considers her a real hero now.

[@chrisweidner4768]

In the beginning when Leno mentions how he campaigns for awards...... cringe.

[@felipeiglesias]

Nobody cares what Jay Leno can say about anything

[@James-hs3tu]

At least he admits it A celebrity has to work next Thursday 🤣🙂😜🤪😜 But in the real world you work every day!!!

[@raghav4973]

i cant believe i am noticing this today that leno really looks like a italian guy....especially in this video....like he mob guy in the simpsons!......i never felt or noticed this in all the years of watching tonight show!

[@RobertFairweatherMusic]

Jay is real short in person. He also has the best car collection ever. Check out his YT channel.

[@kronkron3066]

are there any straight talk show hosts..... Seriously wtf...?

[@IPlayOneOnT.V.]

I love Leno's Italian stories, especially since he's part Italian, so he automatically gets roped into the stories by ethnicity.

[@johnd1674]

Seth Myers is almost as boring interviewing a guest as Jay used to be. Almost.

[@riccardoarpea9966]

it's funny the way americans are all so sensitive about ethnicities and nationalities, and yet they dramatically fail to understand the simple truth that an italian is someone who's actually born in italy, europe, and that what they address as an italian is really just an american who may have had distant relatives from italy but hasn't even seen the place, let alone eaten the food or understood the culture. by an actual italian born in italy, europe.

[@davehwang6934]

Love Leno, can't stand Seth, he really isn't funny just annoying

[@whitedevil2]

is Jay's head still growing? he's looking more and more like a bobblehead every year

[@alexanderchenf1]

Trust me, as a millennial, I guarantee you PC is not trendy, like not AT ALL

[@415s30]

The backdrop is awful, nothing against the rest of the show.

[@cleander97]

I didn’t get his joke on why Tony Suprano was a disgrace to Italians.

[@Bruningable]

Haha - great stories, great guy!

[@tonypalmentera7752]

That's us Italians alright. We don't take no for an answer, and if we do, watch out lol

[@The_Gallowglass]

See, Leno knows good food. No NY crap. :P

[@jkeegan154]

Nice shot at the Hollywood elite with that "real world" comment.

[@James-hs3tu]

In the real world. People work every day Wish I only had to work an hour a day

[@twalker191]

Funnier than Conan

[@endezeichengrimm]

Photomax booths?

[@anthonymascia4267]

+Endezeichen Grimm Fotomat: places no bigger than a broom closet, set up in shopping malls, where you could drop off film to be developed. Very 70s and 80s. A number of them had converted to Coffee On The Go places around 20-25 years ago.

[@inkliizii]

+Anthony Mascia It's the thing that Tommy Chong's character in That 70's show worked in.

[@judyvalencia3257]

Weren't they usually one hour photo booths? Where you could leave your film and pick up the pictures in an hour?

[@CinematicComics]

he should have said food.

[@afterpodcast]

Thumbs up, if you (like me) scrolled down to the comment session as soon as the interview was done just to see the comments! Jay Leno's everyone favorite rag doll! And yes, he brought it unto himself...but if Letterman forgave him, why shouldn't we? #TeamCoco all day though!

[@landocommando8]

“He was wearing a suit made of sofa material.” 😂

[@LibertyWaxlips]

I can't believe that face..and head is real?!

[@MrCalidan69]

I like Jay, cause he's intelligent, witty and full of common sense. He can be a little condescending toward others, but over-all, he was one of the best and NBC was stupid to let him go. Love Fallon, Jimmy's awesome, but Jay should have been on the air another 4 or 5 years

[@chucknchar]

Racist jokes? Where is the joke?

[@selfiekroos1777]

Now we have Jimmy Fallon

[@uTubeMeltsYourBrain]

Seth Meyers has made this worse

[@meiyeelee800]

死人you tube, 这么多下三滥烂广告recently

[@repalmore]

I worked at Rosa's Italian Pizza when I live in Virginia. Phil had gold chains, drove a Cadalac and Maria had a mustache. Damn I miss that good pizza.

[@shivad7524]

Al's beef is way better

[@jamesdesomma3639]

misleading headline