VIDEO: More Proof Jay Leno Is Desperate
By NIKKI FINKE | Friday April 3, 2009 @ 10:44pm PDTTags: Video
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Jeesuz… new Anti-Terrorist method. Have Miley in a room talking to the terrorists. They’ll spill their guts in about 5 mins, I betcha.
Wait…isn’t this a clip from EDTV?
I thiought it was normal late night stuff…It looked fun to me. Why wouild you call it “desperate”..
Get over yourself and your vapid little click of overpaid dilettantes who’re steaming over the loss of the 10pm hour on NBC.
i know you love your Dave but there’s a reason Leno consistently beats him in the ratings. He understands that there is life between the 310 and 212
This looks like regular Late Night stuff to me. Didn’t Letterman do a segment last week where he competed w/ the grocery bagging champion? It’s not desperate as much as it’s vaguely goofy.
In the clip you have of Leno, he accomplishes his most important task: the audience gets to see a non-junket interview version of the star. Does he look cool doing it? No. But Jay’s not cool, he’s sweet. That’s why his audience likes him.
C’mon Nikki, this isn’t so bad. These comedy shows are filled with failed gags – this one at least has a mega-star. Quit picking on Leno.
Or… maybe it was just lame, Adi.
Wow…I still can’t believe they are tossing 10pm to this…only I can…
No wonder FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS is the only show I watch on NBC…and they don’t know how to treat it.
Destiny Hope, Jay? Really?
When are her 15 minutes going to be up already?
Appalling. Everything about that clip is what makes the show unwatchable. Right down to Jay’s bad acting, “You want me to learn it?” as if this hadn’t been painfully planned all along.
And this is what NBC wants going up against CSI?
Hey “Adi” aka Leno associate – the word is “clique.” If nothing else, the Leno clique is consistent in its illiteracy.
Jay looked stupid with Obama but this tops it. His writers are killing him. Jokes are stale and the Man in the Street is dumber than the people he has on. His liberal guests are just not funny when they critize our coundtry.
Arthur, LV
why is that desperate? it’s just a show. and a way better one than people give it credit for. have you ever watched kimmel? it’s way more torturous.
I’ve thought Jay Leno is awful for a long time, but I’m not understanding what merits this clip to be singled out. It seems like a perfectly normal thing to do with a guest like that. This is a man who had dancing Judge Itos on his stage so this is no cause for embarrassment.
Desperate? NBC just gave him five hours of its Prime Time real estate. Jay continues to laugh his way to the bank, and your attempt at snark is just sad and pathetic…
Reason Jay is @1 for all this time at 11:30., when he has on someone from FOX Cable,or any other network, He doesn’t attack them like Dave does. At 11:30 at night, WE want to sit back, laugh at what IS FUNNY, Jay does that. I think this clip just shows Jay being one of us. Dave stopped being one of us about two Presidents ago. Maybe even 3. Sorry when Jay moves to 10, so will I.. Can’t wait. If any local stations know whats best for their ratings, then they will have Jay on at 10. Mr C.O can take over at 11:30 and have fun and will still beat Dave. He is way more funny then Dave.
Jay Leno could spend an hour each night reading names out of the Rochester, MN phone book, and he’d still kick Letterman’s ass. Dave is done.
I dont’ see the big deal about this. Miley might be annoying, but she’s got a movie to pimp, and that’s what Jay, Dave and the rest do, they have celebs on to pimp their movies, music, or economic plans. That’s their job. And as much as I don’t want to hear anyting from Miley Cirus (I’m in a different demo), I’d rather watch her than flip over to Jimmy Kimmel who that night was talking with Ben Affleck about their “torrid love affir” and triangle with Ben’s wife — a joke that I assumed died the first time Jimmy and Sarah Silverman broke up.
Kimmel has about 2 more months on the air. By the end of June and the NBA season it’ll be bye bye Jimmy. Meanwhile, Leno will do very well at 10pm and Boston will undoubtedly come back.
After the bashing you gave the Oscars, I’m starting to think you have a problem against dancing…
i can not imagine how bored shitless jay and dave must be with having to do those nightly shows year after year. even after all their success they still have to show up for the fucking things. no matter how stale you think the shows are, i would bet they’re ALOT more stale to jay and dave.
When did MC become a giantess? She has the carriage of a race horse.
Look out Uma!
I don’t think Jay Leno is desperate. NBC is. Washed up has-been David Letterman is. Jay Leno? He’s number 1.
It’s not a program that I ever watch, but if I was forced at gunpoint to choose between him and the very bitter and angry David Letterman spewing his liberal bile, I’d take Leno.
Miley Cyrus is obnoxious. Make it go away.
Not only is Leno desperate and unfunny, not only did he kiss Obama’s ass shamelessly, but all WGA members must never forget that Leno is a back-stabbing SCAB!