Jay Leno Works On His Monologue Jokes As If That Was The Problem
NBC released two new promos (after the jump) for the highly-anticipated new Jay Leno show starting at 10PM this fall. Both of the promos feature Jay Leno "working" on some new material at a comedy club. The material is comprised almost entirely of monologue jokes, because of how monologue jokes are the purest form of hilarious humor and also the thing that people want to sit and listen to for an hour. You know, most people who watch late night television JUST watch the monologue jokes and then they turn it off because they know nothing will ever be funnier or more interesting than the monologue jokes. They don't fast-forward through all the terrible monologue jokes at all. AND monologue jokes are so timeless. If any of these jokes go over well, he will definitely be able to carry them over to his new show. Because you can tell the same monologue forever, because it's never entirely dependent on ephemeral news events or pop culture references with insanely short half-lives. You should hear my monologue jokes about Elian Gonzalez's trip to a Sixpence None the Richer concert. It killllllllz.
Sarcasm.
Wait a second, Jay Leno. You were just on TV for 17 years as host of television's premiere resource for hacky monologue jokes. You should feel supremely confident that when it comes to terrible, unfunny, overly topical monologue jokes, you are a professional. You should probably focus on other things, like what the fuck your show is even going to be, or, you know, a name for your show. No? Still got to get up in front of these people and knock the rust off these ham-fisted monologue jokes that will be unusable by this afternoon? Sure.
BOOOOOOO! GET OFF THE STAGE!
YOU SUCK! I AM THROWING A BEER BOTTLE AT YOU!*
To be fair, I already wasn't looking forward to Jay Leno's new show, and now I am still not looking forward to Jay Leno's new show. So it's not like these promos are hurting NBC's chances in the lucrative Me demographic.
*Heckling, of course, is awful. This was just for comedic purposes. Never do it for real.
Posted by Gabe at 9:30 AM in Late Night, Where Are They Now?
Tags: Jay Leno
the strange part is that there was a time where Leno and Letterman were the young, hip, up and coming stand ups. This was long before Leno became a tired act and when Letterman's jaded, assholeishness seemed cute and funny because he was still young.
i don't remember this time, by the way. its just a guess.
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leno was never hip. he's always been exactly what he is. a beige square.
let us never put leno and letterman in the same category again.
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oh come on. letterman and leno are not just in the same category, but they are the same category. letterman is just more of a prick, and leno is a bit more doughy.
conan > kimmel > fergeson > fallon > leno > letterman
and i'm right about that.
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my only problem with Videogum (besides Lindsay's disappearance) is the inability of Videogum readers to respect any point of view that differs from the jaded, hip, snootiness of a twenty something who gets their opinions from bloggers and whatever else they think will give them some sort of indie-cred.
-18 for saying that Letterman isn't any better than Leno? come on, you guys.
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Or it could just be that you are wrong.
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It probably has more to do with the jaded, hip, snooty way you put your opinion out there. It's not like your comment really invited a reasoned and informed debate. You catch more flies with honey than with saying "And I'm right about that." Just sayin'.
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Lindsay's "disappearance"??? SHE WAS MURDERED, YOU INSENSITIVE ASS!
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Colbert > conanlettermanlenofergkimmel > fucking daily show > SNL
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Maybe it would be better if you didn't express your "opinion" in greater or less than signs.
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boo for nbc and hulu clips. they don't play in most countries.
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A Sixpence None the Richer reference? Kiss me, Gabe.
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Careful, or Gabe will show you his bearded barley.
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So NBC's embed player doesn't work in Firefox for me, so I went to the NBC website to find the videos. But I couldn't find them there, so I opened Videogum in Google Chrome, where I could watch them. I just spent five minutes of my life working to watch Jay Leno's shitty Cher and myspace jokes just so I could try and make some funny comment on this thread. I tell all this so I can ask a question: is there a local Videogummers Anonymous branch where I live?
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A/S/L????
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Hi, tech support here. Firefox addon "IE tab' lets you right click your way to watching clips in an IE tab 'inside' Firefox. Pro: you get to watch Leno clips. Con: you will end up watching Leno clips.
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Where does this bitterness come from?
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maybe low tolerance for shitty comedians not gracefully exiting way past his prime?
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seems everyone else can login... :(
well, i'm off to watch every teen movie from the 90s to hear some Sixpence None the Richer.
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Did this remind anyone else of Jake LaMotta doing comedy in Raging Bull?
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I love how both clips end with the expectation of you sitting in silent, fascinated awe at the genius of those magnificent jokes, and then the text pops up and is like, "get ready you guys, there's going to be an entire HOUR of this side-splitting comedic brilliance. I say get ready, because there's no POSSIBLE way you could already be ready for such witty, edgy, clever comments about GM bailouts and Myspace."
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It is possible to genuinely like Letterman better than Leno without all those strings attached. That being said, liking Leno more than Letterman is an unpopular opinion with younger people so you shouldn't be shocked to get down voted on a blog which is where young people are on the internet.
The concept of voting on a comment is silly so don't take it personally, it's probably more of a difference of opinion than a judgement on the validity of holding a different opinion.
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That's @bearface btw. I don't know why the comments did that to me.
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"Excuse me, Jay, Leno, could you possibly, for the sake of your own promo, think about maybe memorizing a couple of these jokes so your eyes are up and not looking down at index cards the entire time on camera? No? Ok, no that's fine, you're the best, Jay!"
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"Excuse me, Jay, Leno, could you possibly, for the sake of your own promo, think about maybe memorizing a couple of these jokes so your eyes are up and not looking down at index cards the entire time on camera? No? Ok, no that's fine, you're the best, Jay!"
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How is it possible that there were that many midwesterners on vacation in L.A. all at the same time? Also, Titanic jokes? What, still too soon for Lusitania jokes?
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