Leno Mocks Obama Controlling Media: Jake Tapper Reads Question From Cu

August 22nd, 2012 10:04 AM
NewsBusters reported Tuesday Barack Obama is now telling reporters what questions to ask of him. NBC's Jay Leno must have seen this news for the Tonight Show aired a mock video of ABC's Jake Tapper reading a question at Monday's press conference from cue cards held by the President (video follows with transcribed highlights and commentary):

Jay Leno on Tonight Show Layoffs: 'We've Been Taken Over By Bain Capit

August 21st, 2012 10:18 AM
Jay Leno on Monday addressed the recent announcement that there have been numerous layoffs at NBC's Tonight Show forcing him to take a pay cut to save some of his staff. Feeling the need to take a cheap shot at presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney, Leno quipped, “Turns out now we've been taken over by Bain Capital" (video follows with transcript and commentary):

Leno to Gold Medalist Ryan Lochte: 'Somebody In the Olympics Was a Vir

August 17th, 2012 5:07 PM
NBC's Tonight Show host Jay Leno asked gold medalist Ryan Lochte what some would consider a rather personal question Thursday evening. "I know somebody in the Olympics was a virgin. Was that you?” (video follows with transcribed highlights and commentary):

Kelsey Grammer: Emmys Snubbed Me Because 'I Am a Declared Out-of-the-C

August 15th, 2012 11:19 AM
Award-winning actor Kelsey Grammer made quite a statement on NBC's Tonight Show Tuesday. When host Jay Leno asked how he won a Golden Globe for his performance in the new hit series Boss but didn't even get nominated for an Emmy, Grammer said, "I am a declared out-of-the-closet Republican in Hollywood" (video follows with transcript and commentary):

Leno: Romney's Gotten Thousands of Emails Demanding Palin Speak at Con

August 15th, 2012 10:18 AM
Jay Leno took some cheap shots at America's leading Republicans Tuesday. During his Tonight Show monologue filled with jokes about the GOP's presumptive presidential nominee, Leno said, "Ever since it was announced that Sarah Palin will not be speaking at the Republican convention the Romney campaign has been flooded with thousands of texts and emails demanding she be allowed to speak - all…

Michelle Obama Scolds Olympics Hero Gabby Douglas for Eating an Egg Mc

August 14th, 2012 8:52 AM
America's newest Olympics gymnastics star Gabby Douglas got scolded Monday night by first lady Michelle Obama for eating a celebratory Egg McMuffin at McDonald's after the competition was over. This occurred on NBC's Tonight Show with host Jay Leno acting as the devil on Douglas's shoulder congratulating her for the splurge.

Leno Cheap-Shots Palin With Juvenile Stripper Joke

July 25th, 2012 10:14 AM
NBC's Jay Leno seems to be taking a misogynist page out of rival David Letterman's joke book. On Tuesday, the Tonight Show host during his opening monologue cheap-shotted former Alaska governor Sarah Palin with a juvenile wisecrack involving a stripper look-alike in Tampa, Florida (video follows with transcript and commentary):

Leno to Michele Bachmann: 'When the Guy Who Picked Sarah Palin Says Yo

July 20th, 2012 10:13 AM
Jay Leno on Thursday took a cheap shot at Congresswoman Michele Bachmann (R-Minn.), Sen. John McCain (R-Ariz.), and former Alaska governor Sarah Palin. Referring to McCain's admonishment of Bachmann's comments regarding Hillary Clinton aide Huma Abedin, the Tonight Show host quipped, "When the guy who picked Sarah Palin says you are crazy, you are crazy" (video follows with transcribed…

Snooki Asks Gingrich 'Did You Have Strippers' At Your Bachelor Party

July 19th, 2012 6:21 PM
Newt Gingrich and Jersey Shore star Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi were quite the entertaining couple on NBC's Tonight Show Wednesday. During a humorous discussion about her eventual marriage to the father of her son Jionni LaValle, Snooki asked the former Speaker of the House "Did you have strippers [at your bachelor party]?" (video follows with transcribed highlights and commentary).

Newt Gingrich Schools Jay Leno: 'I'd Love to See Obama’s Columbia Un

July 19th, 2012 10:41 AM
Jay Leno on Wednesday got a much-needed education on tax returns, college transcripts, and the double standard by which the media treat such things for Democrats and Republicans. When the Tonight Show host pushed guest Newt Gingrich about wanting to see more of presumptive Republican nominee Mitt Romney's tax returns, the former House Speaker marvelously countered, "I'd love to see President…

Leno: Condi 'Perfect Choice Because of the Fact She’s a Woman and Sh

July 14th, 2012 1:18 PM
NBC Tonight Show host Jay Leno took what some might call a cheap shot at presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney and Condoleezza Rice Friday. After he mentioned the rumor about the former Secretary of State being considered for vice presidential nominee, a mock ad for "Rice and Romney: The New American Treat" was aired which included the lyric, "She’s the perfect choice…

Jay Leno Cites Soros-Funded Liberal Propaganda Machine Center for Amer

July 13th, 2012 5:11 PM
NewsBusters reported Thursday that the co-author of last weekend's Tea Party-trashing episode of HBO's The Newsroom actually thanked the George Soros-funded liberal propaganda machine Think Progress for help with "vital" research on the script. Hours later, NBC Tonight Show host Jay Leno cited a report from TP's parent, the Center for American Progress (video follows with transcript and…

Leno: 'No Word' Yet If Romney's 'Rooting for Switzerland, Bermuda, Lux

July 13th, 2012 2:17 PM
Obama-loving news outlets aren't the only ones hyperventilating over presumptive Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney's international investments. NBC Tonight Show host Jay Leno insultingly jumped on the bandwagon during his monologue Thursday (video follows with transcript and commentary):

Tonight Show Airs Mock Video of Obama Dancing in White House After Hea

June 29th, 2012 10:39 AM
Barack Obama, in his statement after Thursday's Supreme Court ruling upholding the individual mandate in his healthcare legislation, did his best not to appear that he was spiking the football. The folks at NBC's Tonight Show clearly weren't pleased with the President's reserve and created a video of their own showing a jubilant Obama dancing in the White House before he addressed the nation…