Tonight will air the last show of the The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. Mr. Leno has left a remarkable record of being on the set night after night for 17 years and has only missed just about a couple of shows as recent as last month when he was reportedly ill and taken to the hospital. To summarize Mr. Leno’s record, we have calculated 54,712 hours of Time and Attendance for his daily routine (14 hour days) and 3,908 shows airing 46 weeks 5 nights a year for 17 years. This is a stellar record not to mention that he travels country on most weekends for stand-up comedy. Mr. Leno’s monologue was expanded from 4 minutes in his early years to 12 minutes - that would be 782 hours of monologue . But this is not really over - Leno is in reality moving his show to a 10 pm slot and marketing it under a new brand while passing the torch of the late night to Conan O’Brien. Could he ever surpass his own record at the Tonight Show in this new show?
May29
You forgot to mention how many babies were conceived while the Jay Leno show played in the backgroun…so the lesson we take away is that if you have perfect attendance and don’t slack off, you can contribute to the population of the world.
No one thought Leno could fill the shoes of Johnny Carson and although he didn’t, Leno carved a nitch for himself. Lets give Conan the same chance~