Jay Leno Latest to Grovel to Woke Brigade

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March 25th, 2021 8:48 AM

The Media Action Network for Asian Americans (MANAA) has been targeting comedian Jay Leno for almost 15 years and they finally got him this week.

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Lefty John Oliver Lashes Out at Jay Leno: ‘Go F**k Yourself’

March 18th, 2019 1:16 PM
Lefty HBO host John Oliver lashed out at Jay Leno on Sunday, trashing the former Tonight Show star after he called for more balance in political comedy. Instead of focusing on Leno’s call for more fairness, Oliver attacked the comedian as a hypocrite. In a segment on public shaming and Bill Clinton’s affair with Monica Lewinsky, the Last Week Tonight host noted that some comics regret their ‘90s…
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Jay Leno: Comedy Was ‘Easier’ With Obama as President, We ‘Liked’ Him

March 13th, 2019 1:47 PM
Former Tonight Show host Jay Leno tried to walk back some of his comments he made this week about late night comedy, on The View, Wednesday. Perhaps because President Trump seized on the comments, Leno clarified to the hosts that he “loved” the anti-Trump lineup on television and peppered his interview with high praise for President Obama.
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Leno Laments ‘One-Sided’ Late Night ‘Politics,’ Calls for ‘Civility’

March 12th, 2019 11:15 AM
Appearing on the third hour of NBC’s Today show on Tuesday, former Tonight Show host Jay Leno lamented how “everyone has to know your politics” now if you’re a late-night comedian. He mentioned that he prided himself on not letting viewers know his political views and feared that many comedians have become too “one-sided” when it comes to politics.

NYT's Itzkoff Shows Critics Can't Forgive Fallon for Humanizing Trump

May 17th, 2017 8:19 PM
The liberal media will never forgive Tonight Show host Jimmy Fallon for momentarily treating Donald Trump like a normal guest when the then-presidential candidate appeared on the show last September. New York Times culture reporter Dave Itzkoff returned to the subject in a long profile of Fallon, with particular focus on the crime of Fallon playfully mussing Trump’s hair as a harmful humanization…

Four Political References in Season Finale of ABC’s ‘Last Man Standing

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April 1st, 2017 9:33 AM
During the March 31st season finale of ABC’s Last Man Standing, Outdoor Man store manager Mike Baxter (Tim Allen) was able to work in four quips with a political nature.  Mike’s daughter, Mandy (Molly Ephraim) is fulfilling a business management class assignment by shadowing Mike for twenty hours in the store. She tests out her skills in handling conflict resolution using a textbook and jumping…

NBC Exec Slams ‘Demented’ Trump, Deletes Insulting Facebook Post

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August 17th, 2016 3:43 PM
NBC Chairman Bob Greenblatt slammed presidential candidate Donald Trump, calling him "toxic" and "demented," after his network spend more than a decade building his image. In a Facebook post he later deleted, Greenblatt lamented the “sad state of affairs” created by “pompous businessman turned reality TV star” Donald Trump. 

NBC Exec: Network Not Responsible for Trump’s Political Success

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August 3rd, 2016 4:08 PM
NBC Entertainment Chairman Robert Greenblatt disputed the notion that his network was responsible for Donald Trump nabbing the republican presidential nomination. "There's really not that much of a correlation between one and the other," Greenblatt said in reference to Trump’s appearance on television and his success as a presidential candidate.

NBC Producer: Trump Campaigned on Late Shows ‘Decades’ Before Run

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July 13th, 2016 4:01 PM
Donald Trump officially launched his presidential bid in 2016, but according to an NBC producer the campaign started “decades” earlier in NBC appearances. For years, Trump campaigned on NBC and CBS late night shows reiterating talking points similar to ones he’s used in his presidential campaign, according to former Tonight Show producer Dave Berg’s July 11, USA Today op-ed.
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Leno Mocks Clintons, Trump’s Dislike of Megyn Kelly in Guest Monologue

February 18th, 2016 3:39 AM
Former longtime Tonight Show host Jay Leno returned to the deliver part of the monologue on Wednesday’s show for current host Jimmy Fallon (as the show was held in Los Angeles for the week) and Leno used the opportunity to pan Republicans but also the Clintons for their countless scandals, Bernie Sanders over his age, and Donald Trump for his disdain of Megyn Kelly.

Tim Allen Gets Good Hit at Obama on 'Last Man Standing' with Jay Leno

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January 15th, 2016 11:57 PM
Jay Leno made another cameo appearance on Last Man Standing with Tim Allen, and the two were back to their old hijinks. In the episode “Mike and the Mechanics,” the comedians rip on each other through their characters Mike and Joe, joking about Allen sticking to TV sitcoms and Leno leaving "The Tonight Show," respectively.

On HBO, Leno Compares Trump to Hitler, Suggests Ben Carson 'Lies'

November 14th, 2015 11:37 AM
Appearing as a panel member on Friday's Real Time with Bill Maher, comedian Jay Leno compared GOP presidential candidate Donald Trump to Adolf HItler as the group discussed Trump's talk of requiring all illegal immigrants to leave the country before being considered for reentry.
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Jay Leno Joins Tim Allen on Obama Bashing 'Last Man Standing'

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October 23rd, 2015 11:34 PM
Two comedians walk into a garage... No joke, that's exactly what happens in the most recent episode of the ABC sitcom Last Man Standing, featuring a cameo appearance by former Tonight Show host Jay Leno. In "The Road Less Driven," Leno, who is a car fanatic, plays a mechanic named Joe who has sold an old Impala to Tim Allen's Mike Baxter, also a known car enthusiast back from his days of playing…
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Jay Leno Returns to Tonight Show to Pan the Economy, Hillary, O’Malley

October 7th, 2015 2:51 AM
Promoting his new car show set to premiere Wednesday night on CNBC, Jay Leno made his return to NBC’s The Tonight Show on Tuesday night to give a portion of the opening monologue. He poked fun at Hillary Clinton, Martin O’Malley, Republicans, ObamaCare, and the economy to name a few targets.