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Leno: ‘Not Looking Good for Obama - Today His Teleprompter Took the Fifth’

By Noel Sheppard | May 24, 2013 | 10:42

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Jay Leno continued his humorous attacks on the current White House resident Thursday devoting much of his opening monologue to the various scandals plaguing the Administration.

At one point, the NBC Tonight Show host joked, “It is not looking good for President Obama. Today his teleprompter took the fifth.”

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Leno: Obama Knows Nothing Because They Moved ‘Don’t Ask, Don’t Tell’ to the White House

By Noel Sheppard | May 23, 2013 | 18:01

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Jay Leno continued his humorous attacks on Barack Obama Wednesday.

During a series of opening monologue jokes about the various scandals plaguing the Administration, the NBC Tonight Show host said that with all the President appears not to know about what's going on around him, it means "They took 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell' out of the Pentagon and moved it into the White House."

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Leno: Obama Holds Press Conferences to Find Out What’s Going on Not Explain It

By Noel Sheppard | May 22, 2013 | 11:10

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Jay Leno on Tuesday continued his humorous attacks on the current White House resident.

The NBC Tonight Show host concluded a series of opening monologue jokes targeting the administration saying, “That's why President Obama holds press conferences: not to explain what's going on, to find out what's going on” (video follows with transcript and absolutely no need for additional commentary):

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On Leno: Kids Ask Obama the Darndest Questions

By Geoffrey Dickens | May 21, 2013 | 09:47

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Ever since he announced he was stepping down as Tonight Show host Jay Leno has seemingly been harder on Barack Obama. Well on Monday's Tonight Show with Jay Leno that trend continued as Leno featured a clip of schoolchildren peppering the President with the tough questions that the press should be hammering him with on a daily basis.

Watch and laugh. (Video after the jump)

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Leno: It’s Gotten So Bad for Obama Fox News Changed Its Slogan to ‘See, I Told You So!’

By Noel Sheppard | May 18, 2013 | 13:43

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Jay Leno on Friday continued his humorous attacks on the White House.

The NBC Tonight Show host finished a string of opening monologue jokes aimed at President Obama saying, “Let me tell you how bad it's gotten: Fox News has changed its slogan from ‘Fair and Balanced’ to ‘See, I Told You So!’" (video follows with transcript and commentary):

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Romney: ‘I’m Not a Fan of the President’

By Noel Sheppard | May 18, 2013 | 11:53

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Former Republican presidential nominee Mitt Romney was Jay Leno’s guest on the Tonight Show Friday, and he didn’t have kind things to say about the current White House resident or former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

At one point in their discussion, Romney said, "I'm not a fan of the president - in case you didn't know that."

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Leno: GOP Should Repeal ObamaCare By Naming it Conservative Non-Profit and Letting IRS Take it Down

By Noel Sheppard | May 17, 2013 | 12:19

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Jay Leno continued his humorous attack on the White House Thursday.

At the beginning of a series of opening monologue jokes about the various scandals plaguing President Obama, the NBC Tonight Show host said, “If Republicans really want to do away with ObamaCare, they should endorse it as a conservative non-profit - let the IRS take it down” (video follows with transcript and absolutely no need for additional commentary):

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Leno: 'I Was Going to Start Off Tonight With an Obama Joke But I Don't Want to Get Audited by the IRS'

By Noel Sheppard | May 14, 2013 | 11:13

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Not surprisingly, Jay Leno on Monday had a lot of jokes in his monologue about the various scandals facing the White House.

Right off the get go, the Tonight Show host said, "I was going to start off tonight with an Obama joke but I don't want to get audited by the IRS."

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Leno: ‘Today at a Press Conference Even a Non-Fox Reporter Asked About Benghazi'

By Noel Sheppard | May 11, 2013 | 15:15

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Jay Leno on Friday continued mocking the left's handling of new revelations concerning last year's attack on our consulate in Benghazi, Libya.

During the opening monologue of NBC's Tonight Show, the host joked, "Today at a press conference, even a non-Fox reporter asked about Benghazi" (video follows with transcript and commentary):

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Leno: ‘The White House Has a New Slogan About Benghazi - Hope and Change the Subject’

By Noel Sheppard | May 10, 2013 | 11:27

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Jay Leno continues to show why folks at NBC want him off the air despite his first place ratings.

On Thursday’s Tonight Show, the host joked, “The White House has a new slogan about Benghazi: Hope and change the subject” (video follows with commentary):

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Leno on CNN Reporter Robbed in Atlanta: ‘It Was on CNN So There Weren’t Any Witnesses’

By Noel Sheppard | May 08, 2013 | 11:11

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Jay Leno took a humorous swipe at the so-called most trusted name in news Tuesday.

Commenting about CNN anchor Carol Costello recently getting robbed of her iPhone while walking down the street in Atlanta, the Tonight Show host quipped, “Unfortunately, it was on CNN so there weren't any witnesses" (video follows with commentary):

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NBC's Guthrie: Obama 'Deeply Disappointed' By Gun Bill Failure, But At Least He Passed ObamaCare

By Kyle Drennen | May 07, 2013 | 17:10

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Appearing on Monday's Tonight Show, NBC Today co-host Savannah Guthrie told Jay Leno that President Obama was "deeply disappointed" by gun control legislation being voted down, prompting the late night host to complain: "Why do you think he's not able to close a deal? This seems to happen a lot....how come Obama hits this wall sometimes?" [Listen to the audio or watch the video after the jump]

Guthrie acknowledged: "I think the criticism is that he hasn't quite learned how to work with Congress to get some of his initiatives through." But then she offered a defense of Obama by touting his supposed accomplishments: "I know if he were sitting here he'd say, 'Wait a minute, what about health care reform?' There have been big parts of his agenda that he has gotten through."

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Leno Tells Obama How to Close Gitmo: 'Declare it a Small Business and Tax it Out of Existence'

By Noel Sheppard | May 01, 2013 | 09:05

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Barack Obama during his Tuesday press conference said once again that he wants to close the terrorist detention center at Guantanamo Bay.

NBC Tonight Show host Jay Leno offered the President some advice Tuesday saying, "He should do what he always does: declare it a small business and tax it out of existence":

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Leno: 'My Leaving the Show Has Nothing to do With Baby My Housekeeper Had a Couple of Weeks Ago'

By Noel Sheppard | April 05, 2013 | 11:28

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Jay Leno continues to have fun with his looming departure from NBC's Tonight Show.

In a series of jokes about the subject during Thursday's opening monologue, Leno quipped, "My leaving the show has nothing to do with the baby my housekeeper had a couple of weeks ago."

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Letterman: 'Jay's Got Another Job on a Network That Has Higher Ratings - Univision'

By Noel Sheppard | April 04, 2013 | 10:56

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David Letterman had some fun Wednesday evening with the announcement that Jimmy Fallon will be replacing Jay Leno on NBC's Tonight Show.

The Late Show host began his opening monologue with a series of jokes about the issue including, "I happen to know Jay's got another job on a network that has greater viewership, higher ratings - Univision. He's going there."

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Leno: AP Replaces 'Illegal Immigrant' With 'Undocumented Democrat'

By Noel Sheppard | April 03, 2013 | 01:23

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The Associated Press announced Tuesday that it will no longer use the term “illegal immigrant.”

On NBC’s Tonight Show, host Jay Leno said, “They will now use the phrase ‘undocumented Democrat’” (video follows with transcript and absolutely no need for additional commentary):

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Leno: 'NBC and I Have Reached a Peaceful, Amicable Agreement...April Fools!'

By Noel Sheppard | April 02, 2013 | 01:24

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Tonight Show host Jay Leno continued his string of comedic attacks on NBC Monday.

This time he began his opening monologue saying, "Before we get started, let me say NBC and I have reached a peaceful, amicable agreement that is both beneficial to both sides.”

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Leno Strikes Again: 'NBC Is a Big Number Two'

By Noel Sheppard | March 28, 2013 | 01:24

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Jay Leno continued his public feud with the Peacock network Wednesday.

The embattled Tonight Show host practically began his show with the tremendously derogatory remark, "NBC is a big number two" (video follows with transcribed highlights and commentary):

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Leno Strikes Back at NBC Executives

By Noel Sheppard | March 23, 2013 | 10:17

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Jay Leno really went after NBC executives during his Tonight Show monologue Friday.

First he joked about having a knife stuck in his back for three years, and then said NBC wants to make up with him by sending him and his wife on a Carnival Cruise (video follows with transcript and commentary):

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Leno: History Channel Considered Dick Cheney as Satan, Decided He Was Too Evil

By Noel Sheppard | March 20, 2013 | 10:50

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Will Dick Cheney is evil jokes ever go out of style?

On NBC's Tonight Show Tuesday, host Jay Leno joked that the folks at the History Channel considered casting the former Vice President in the role of Satan in their hit miniseries The Bible, but they decided he was too evil (video follows with transcript and commentary):

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Morgan Freeman: I Can Get Obama on the Phone If I Want To

By Noel Sheppard | March 19, 2013 | 10:39

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Barack Obama is considered to be one of the least accessible presidents in decades.

Despite this, Oscar-winning actor Morgan Freeman told NBC Tonight Show host Jay Leno that he can get the President on the phone if he wants to (video follows with transcribed highlights and commentary):

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Olivia Wilde Drops F-bombs Discussing Bieber Twitter Scandal on Tonight Show

By Noel Sheppard | March 13, 2013 | 21:36

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As NewsBusters reported Sunday, Washington Post columnist Dana Milbank believes scholars in the future will be shocked by the number of F-bombs dropped by the Obama administration.

Considering the number of identical vulgarities proudly spoken without any hesitation by actress Olivia Wilde on NBC’s Tonight Show Tuesday, maybe present day scholars should be talking about how much all this public profanity - by women nonetheless! - is impacting the society (video follows with transcribed highlights and commentary):

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MSNBC’s Rachel Maddow Mentions MRC’s ‘Stomp Out The Liberal Media’ Mats

By Jeffrey Meyer | March 12, 2013 | 11:59

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With the annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) starting Thursday, March 14, Rachel Maddow, appearing on the Tonight Show w/ Jay Leno on March 11, recalled her pleasant encounter at the Media Research Center booth at CPAC in 2010.

A few years ago, the MRC produced ‘Stomp Out The Liberal Media’ mats featuring numerous MSNBC personalities, including Chris Matthews and Keith Olberman.  Maddow recalled her experience with the MRC as such:

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Leno: Maxine Waters 170 Million Job Loss Stupidity Explains 'Why We're in This Situation in the First Place'

By Noel Sheppard | March 02, 2013 | 13:39

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Congresswoman Maxine Waters (D-Calif.) this week made another in a series of absurd comments actually claiming that 170 million people would lose their jobs if the budget sequester was enacted.

NBC Tonight Show host Jay Leno actually began his show with Waters’ claim Friday saying that it explains "why we’re in this situation in the first place" (video follows with transcribed highlights and commentary):

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Leno’s White House Sequester Ad: ‘Girl Scouts Will Be Forced To Sell Meth’

By Noel Sheppard | March 01, 2013 | 14:59

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It’s certainly clear to Jay Leno that the Obama administration is fearmongering the budget sequester.

On NBC’s Tonight Show Thursday, Leno played a mock White House ad claiming among other things that if sequestration occurs, “Girl Scouts will be forced to sell meth" (video follows with transcript and commentary):

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Jay Leno Presents 'Les Miserables' Style Sequester Negotiations

By Noel Sheppard | February 28, 2013 | 16:16

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NBC Tonight Show host Jay Leno presented a great interpretation of the sequester negotiations Wednesday.

In a mock video, many of our political leaders sang their views as if characters in the hit musical "Les Miserables."

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Leno On Obama Realizing First Term Mistakes: 'Apparently He Does Watch Fox News'

By Noel Sheppard | February 28, 2013 | 10:04

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Jay Leno took a marvelous swipe at the Obama-loving media Wednesday.

During the opening monologue of NBC's Tonight Show, the host commented on the President's claim about realizing his mistakes after being in office for four years saying, "So apparently he does watch Fox News" (video follows with transcript and commentary):

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Meredith Vieira Sings ‘Call Me Maybe’ To Jay Leno

By Noel Sheppard | February 23, 2013 | 13:05

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Former NBC Today show host Meredith Vieira actually sang “Call Me Maybe” to Jay Leno Friday evening.

As the head of her elementary school glee club told her when she was nine, she really should have mouthed the lyrics.

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Audience Cheers and Applauds When Leno Says Obama 'Doesn't Understand Economics'

By Noel Sheppard | February 20, 2013 | 10:26

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It appears not everyone in America is as enthralled with Barack Obama's economic policies as his fans in the media.

When NBC Tonight Show host Jay Leno made a joke about the president not understanding economics, the studio audience cheered, applauded, and whistled (video follows with transcript and commentary):

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Dennis Rodman Cries Over Lakers Owner’s Death: ‘Like a Dad. I Never Had a Dad'

By Noel Sheppard | February 19, 2013 | 10:45

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Basketball Hall of Famer Dennis Rodman had a tremendously emotional moment Monday evening when NBC Tonight Show host Jay Leno brought up the death of Los Angeles Lakers’ owner Jerry Buss.

Fighting back tears, Rodman said, "Like a Dad. I never had a Dad."

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