As if night-time dominance were not enough, Leno has also succeeded in the newest entertainment arena. Like Mr. Carson, Groucho Marx and an elite group of entertainment figures, he has been invited to have his papers installed in the Library of Congress. Nearly 45 years later at age 71, he still hosts multiple TV shows and has a full slate of stand-up comedy dates booked.
His long-standing approach toward work was shaped by something his mother said to him once when he first moved out to Hollywood in the s, Leno tells CNBC Make It. What happens when that job's out?
That logic made sense to Leno. It was all in the bank somewhere. Looking back, Leno admits that this thought process seems "ridiculous," but it accomplished something important to him: "It does keep you hungry. His very first automobile was a Ford V-8 truck, which he restored himself at the age of His wife, Mavis, is active in the Feminist Majority Foundation which helps raise funds to combat the strict Islamic fundamentalist Taliban regime that requires women to wear head-to-toe shrouds.
Met his wife while performing at a comedy club in Los Angeles. Mavis was in the audience, and she laughed at all his jokes at the right time. Son of Catherine Muir and Angelo Leno. Jay's paternal grandparents were Italian.
His mother was Scottish born in Greenock, Scotland. Under the teacher's comments of Jay's 5th-grade report card read, "If Jay spent as much time studying as he does trying to be a comedian, he'd be a big star. Had guests sign one of his Harley Davidsons the first being Arnold Schwarzenegger , after which the bike was auctioned off with the money going to help victims of the September 11th attacks. Is a "seasoned" Monopoly player; likes to play with real money and the "race car" is his favorite playing piece.
Attended Bentley College in Waltham, Massachusetts. Dropped out after only one semester. Was a writer on the s comedy series Good Times , as was his late night talk show competitor David Letterman. Although Leno's The Tonight Show with Jay Leno predecessor Johnny Carson appeared on rival late night talk show Late Show with David Letterman twice in a walk-on stage appearance soon after Letterman's show debuted, and later in a filmed segment , Carson never once appeared on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno with his successor.
Many, including Leno, took this as a sign that "Johnny likes Dave more" and would have preferred David Letterman to have been his "Tonight Show" replacement. During the Michael Jackson trial in February of , Jay Leno had been subpoenaed to testify at the trial. Judge Rodney S. Melville issued a "gag order" barring anyone involved in the case from discussing it outside court, and the comedian feared that the order would apply to his monologues on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno He was allowed to write the jokes but not tell them.
To get around this order, Leno called on his fellow comedians to tell the jokes he wrote for him. They came out and told the jokes while Leno stood beside them on stage. On March 11, , the judge had the gag order lifted. In a statement, he explained, "I am not attempting to prevent anybody from making a living in the normal way that they make their living," adding that Leno may not talk about the specific things to which he is a witness.
He and his wife were contestants on the couples game show Tattletales in the early 80s. In November , on his show, he ate a vegetable for the first time in 37 years. He has recently started a tradition for his Thanksgiving day shows. Each year on Thanksgiving Day, the entire audience is made up of men and women of the Armed Forces. He is usually the only late-night host to tape a new show on Thanksgiving Day. Billy Crystal was his very first guest on Monday May 25, When he was a child, he fell down the stairs.
As a result of the accident, his spleen was ripped and had to be removed. On an episode of The Tonight Show with Jay Leno , he claimed that he got in his first auto accident a mere 81 hours after getting his driver's license. Danny Thomas and Teddy Pendergrass were also guests. West also sat down for a brief unscheduled interview following his controversial MTV Video Music Awards incident which occurred the day before. Confessed to guest Scarlett Johansson on his show May 4, that he is an obsessive hoarder who still has every car magazine purchased since 8th grade.
Also revealed that he kept a Soupy Sub Sandwich at the studio sent to him by a lady from Rhose Island in Johansson was astounded when Leno produced the antique sandwich along with a bottle of 'brown' tomato ketchup.
Claims that after having seen his idol Elvis Presley perform "Teddy Bear" in the movie Loving You , made him determined, at the tender age of seven, to pursue a career in show business. Roomed with Freddie Prinze when both were fledgling entertainers, during which time he taught Prinze how to drive a car. Wrote jokes for Jimmie Walker 's stand-up act and his series Good Times Doesn't drink coffee, soup or any hot beverages.
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