When Late Night TV Was Still FUNNY | Jay Leno Headlines

[@theHardyMonster1984]

These were always my favorite Leno segments. I used to watch them all the time 20 years ago.

[@RafaelSale]

That's what I loved about watching late with Carson and Leno back then. They're never took themselves too seriously, and they weren't political.

[@jeannemara1600]

@RafaelSale If you mean they made fun of both sides, you are correct, if you mean they didn't tell political jokes, you are wholly wrong.

[@RafaelSale]

He and Carson told political jokes, and they made fun of both sides. The difference with Carson and Leno was that it wasn't mean spirited. Also, they never took it too far, and they didn't personally attack anyone.

[@genghiscan2918]

​@RafaelSale you may want to review lenos Lewinski jokes in 97-2000s

[@genghiscan2918]

​@RafaelSale you may want to review lenos Lewinski jokes in 97-2000s

[@theOlLineRebel]

Leno made all he could out of Clinton, which was so easy. He quipped in one of his openers in 2000 or so, “I am so going to miss this guy!” As he doubled over trying not to laugh. He may have been even-handed overall but the majority was jokes and skits about Klintoon, which is exactly what he was! One of them was a comparison between him and Nixon. E.g., “couldn’t stop Kissinger/couldn’t stop kissing her” and “nickname Tricky Dick/no change!”

[@fredboat]

Very true, Enjoyed jays humor for decades. We works clean.

[@TrevorMoses312]

"Crap yourself in a blanket" 😳😅😂🤣

[@sherrihaight2724]

A headline i actually saw myself in local paper, on front page read: " Marijuana topic of joint meeting"

[@rtpoe]

I remember "Bush Needles Waffle House"

[@bghoody5665]

Bill The Cat! I used to read Bloom County all the time.

[@OrneryA]

When the rest of the family was asleep late at night I would sit in my hot tub with a big bowl of vanilla ice cream topped in chocolate syrup and watch Jay Leno on cable TV. Nice, relaxing hot tub after a long day, quiet time with everyone else asleep, a monster dessert and the Tonight Show at 11:35 pm. What an incredible time: 1991 was a great year for me!

[@kingrama2727]

Nobody believes this

[@Ed-ds3hj]

​@kingrama2727 not sure what's hard to believe about it

[@kingrama2727]

@@Ed-ds3hj it’s clearly made up. Way too much detail…

[@Classicrocker6119]

“What was the name that restaurant Jay?”. “I don’t know but I made reservations for us after the show!” Hilarious!!! I miss this segments!

[@dangeiger9796]

Best line of the video

[@blueroanspecial]

Jay's show was the best!!

[@porshaz911]

I just love his eyebrows when he gives the punchline !!

[@jasondillon6577]

The cat pictured in the ad for the vet is relaxing/sleeping in a position known as the "reverse sploot". I'm like that after eating a good meal.

[@gwesco]

Actually, Doodles our white longhair cat sleeps on his back with his paws in the air. I've often joked that the only thing missing is his smoking jacket. Obviously not afraid of attack from his companions.

[@sarissegarra9072]

God, I miss Jay Leno!😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@Elvis2TheMax]

You should watch his current car shows🤗

[@canadianclaude]

Watch those all the time when it was on.

[@JamieStLouis-tu9ml]

I laughed my ass off. This was great.

[@johnroberts918]

Especially Steph en Colbert.They're supposed to be fun and entertaining.Not a political forum.

[@MichaelSheffield-ox8yd]

Colbert's nasty show is not a forum of any kind. It's just wrong wing propaganda.

[@gophersmith]

That cameraman did an amazing job!

[@jerrydixon]

So many years now of missed headlines. It's a shame.

[@karenhall2926]

This is hysterical 😂

[@sherrihaight2724]

"Senior center holds old bag sale" Used thrift store fundraising.

[@jeremiahclark3084]

I remember watching these and laughing so hard

[@scarecrow6741]

This was when America was great.

[@ExecutiveSummary-k8b]

America still IS potentially great still, but we need to CHANGE WHO IS AT THE HELM of ALL major banks, corporations, and in key government positions! MAGA!!!

[@masteryoda394]

It was never great

[@scarecrow6741]

@masteryoda394 yes it was, the foundation of everything you own was created before 2000. It was great then.

[@scarecrow6741]

@@masteryoda394 I could name 100 things that made it great.

[@masteryoda394]

@@scarecrow6741 If you are the foundation of many technologies, you're not wrong

[@RealJackHQ]

I agree. Too many O’s can give me really bad gas.

[@paules3437]

5:18. WAIT! Kev, the famous vegetarian, eats seafood??!

[@indigowolf556]

I remember when Johnny Carson used to do this and I used to try to stay up to when he would do this and I left them and when Jay Leno took over I left them too. I appreciate the monologue and the writers are pretty good because I think late night talk shows like Seth Meyers Stephen Colbert and Jimmy Kimmel and Jimmy Fallon we have to do something to release frustration and political humor is pretty funny. But I do have to say that this was the funniest thing ever😅😅😅 Virtually yes I was LMAO 😅😅

[@cherylelinsmith743]

I miss Jay, he was funny. Now the monologues are just bashing Trump.

[@brianarbenz1329]

If you can’t stand the heat get out. Presidents and candidates get bashed. Leno did that, too.

[@abacab87]

Bill Clinton was the butt of all jokes during his time, Trump is even way more joke worthy.

[@bwolos]

​@brianarbenz1329 if you can't handle them protecting pedo Joe, get out.

[@lynemac2539]

Historically, jesters were political.

[@maxpower6905]

The genesis of memes?

[@leahshaw1447]

Me too, after Jeno left I stopped watching late night shows. Nowadays, it's all crappy humor, mean, and political. I miss Carson and Leno's shows which were fun and entertaining.

[@rhrh2025]

LOL!

[@diehardrvdfan22]

Stephen Colbert was fantastic on the Colbert Report, guess he dropped a bit.

[@maikolmaikol64]

I miss Jay the last of the greats

[@williamjones7163]

And this was before spell check.

[@JeffDeWitt]

Most of these were spelled correctly, they were just the wrong words.

[@masteryoda394]

Spell check existed at the time

[@Tori.601]

🤔 what makes you think they didn't have spell check?

[@Elvis2TheMax]

🙄

[@williambryan3346]

@4:19 I hear that Alferd Packer and Jeffrey Dahmer used to order that dish all the time.

[@67L48]

These videos need to have some disclaimer at the beginning to explain the concept of a want-ad in a newspaper. 6:18. Worst part about that isn't the future/furniture mix-up ... it's the misplaced apostrophe that made that singular possessive. I'm sure that they didn't mean the future of a single student.

[@maryroberts2099]

What happened to Kevin?

[@singleproppilot]

And then Conan replaced him, and NBC wondered why fans changed channels en masse.

[@genghiscan2918]

Local news wondered why people were tuning away from the jay leno show. Leno also got 2 years of second place ratings before he could top letterman on cbs in 1995

[@abacab87]

And Putin is still there. That was some foreshadowing there.

[@halojimmy7]

I want to find more headlines without editing!

[@David-yw2lv]

Current late night hosts are pathetic

[@sylvainbeaulieu6300]

What Johnny Carson did for 30 years Jay Leno destroyed it in an instant.

[@saintadolf5639]

Oh please!

[@genghiscan2918]

Jay Leno used to be one of the sharpest standups out there. His show was an exercise in not trying anymore

[@chha6439]

I like late night. I think it’s real funny but I’m not a Trump tard either. ..I’m American.💙🇺🇸💙

[@Jojo-fy2ud]

There is NO reason to watch late night TV anymore. ZERO.

[@A.I.Friends]

Yup, and he got fired for making fun of Obama too much. I was fired for not taking Biden's medicine. We were both fired by Democratic Presidents.

[@brianarbenz1329]

No, you were fired for endangering thousands of other people who took the steps they needed to take.

[@Tori.601]

Lol ok

[@W3RK1Nit]

Low brow humor loved by America's simpletons.

[@paules3437]

405 "Putin vows to modernize airport." Little did Jay know back then what Putin would do with his military in 2022

[@shorty7363]

Man I miss this show and Jay Leno! I haven't watched it since he was canned. Headlines was my favorite part. "It's Monday night, time for headlines."📰🗞️🤣 I also loved the segment called Jay Walking.😂💜

[@raymondsanchez4580]

late night sucks...why do they still try...no audience that i know of

[@claiborneeastjr4129]

Today's (2024) late night TV is not funny, IS boring, and not worth watching. I was re-runs of old Westerns instead. Far more entertaining. Jay's Headlines and 99-cent store items were the best. He and Kevin were a great team.

[@montana_patriot]

Good late night, back before the liberals ruined it, like they did SNL.

[@genghiscan2918]

Lol, big tears from big sky country

[@dan69052]

Today's light night is discusting

[@robertward8035]

It's hilarious still. Unless you're MAGA. But in fairness, you aren't funny, so I understand.😊

[@paules3437]

7:27. Prescient again! DIdn't Trump make that exact error in one of his speeches: furniture/future... and then, of course, he had to pretend he hadn't made an error.

[@justinhand4518]

When was leno ever funny? The Pope has a better sense of humor.

[@JamesSimmons-d1t]

Sorry. Over Reacted. Graphite Rod time. These headlines were fair to ok. But one never got the idea he did any creating or newsclip hunting. Leno was endlessly parodied, easy as falling for a log. Hmm. Moi go away now and praise where praise is due. Still sorry. Just not very. Leno was network brass dumbing it down. To their level. Brass plated. Like tramp's fools gold superficiality. Hey...wasn't I

[@Agent_Foxtrot]

You okay, mate?

[@shippo36able]

Only baby boomers find this jerk funny.

[@Chris-mb8xg]

Bitter

[@jaxflfreebird]

You're right, he never ridiculed a Republican even one time. Not a mention of the Orange Cheeto Jesus guy. Not even one mention of the end of humanity known as climate change. There was one bit of praising abortion, single women raising children with the govt as the daddy, not one spoken word of how kick ass women are how they don't need men. There wasn't one word about how Diversity is our Strength. God Damn, what a caveman Jay Leno was and is. I bet he never put his children on hormone blockers, never took them to see a drag show, never took his kids to a gay pride parade. Can you believe that there wasn't even a Gay Pride MONTH LONG CELEBRATION when that cave man was on the air. The media was far more balanced too. Just look how less scripted and politically correct Jay was. IT WAS SO WRONG. Jay's spincter should have been so tight with all of his Democratic agenda driven material. Did Jay Leno not realize that his PLATFORM belonged to the Democrat Party? Was he doing their bidding, probably not too much. God Damn it!!!

[@theHardyMonster1984]

Cry about it.

[@jaxflfreebird]

Are you off your hormone blockers again? Do as your parents tell you. Take your hormone blockers. Do it now, you are late to the protest.

[@billolsen4360]

why watch him then?