Jay Leno Keeps It Civil in First Post-Conan Show

By PopEater Staff Posted Jan 26th 2010 07:03AM

Over the past two weeks, Jay Leno and Conan O'Brien traded barbs and insults at each other in the run-up to Conan's eventual dismissal from 'The Tonight Show.' And, now that Conan has been forced out, Jay seems to have forgotten about the rivalry altogether, making essentially no mention of Conan or the scandal in his monologue save for one joke against NBC executives.

Leno's monologue was almost entirely politically-based, perhaps as a sign to viewers and NBC that the feud is over and things can go back to a sense of normalcy. Following jokes about John McCain, John Edwards, George W. Bush and President Barack Obama, Leno's only reference to 'Tonight'-gate was when he was talking about John Mayer's recent Rolling Stone interview in which he talks about how masturbating got him out of many bad situations. "I think he has what it takes to be an NBC executive," Leno joked.

The easy route could have been a tie-in to Conan's "masturbating bear" skit, but with O'Brien out of his way, Leno kept things civil.

As part of his termination deal, O'Brien was forced to sign a non-disparagement clause, which prohibits him from talking negatively about NBC. So, maybe Leno doesn't want to hit a man who can't hit back?

Tags: conan obrien, ConanObrien, jay leno, JayLeno

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Tuesday 26 January

By leroy

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Why would Jay mention Conan for ?? Jay got what he wanted he screwed Conan big time , now all he cares about is himself and ratings. I hope Jay gets the same ratings on prime time so then NBC can see what a mistake they made and is never....UH UH UH FIRST AGAIN !!! YEAHHHH DOGG UH UH UH

By Sue

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Get a life Leroy.

By Tim

Wow, you sure are "first" quite often. Good for you, I'm glad that's working out for you. Your family must be very proud. Jays ratings will be the same as before he left the Tonight Show. He is liked much better than Letterman and has proven so. NBC screwed up making him leave for the wannabe Conan.

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AWWWW Sue are we upset cuz you`re not first ?? Get over it WOMAN..Get back in the house and make the bed and clean the house and wash the clothes. bECAUSE THATS THE LIFE YOU HAVE...UH UH UH YEAHHHHHHHH LEROYS FIRST AND YOURE NOT !!!

By lisbeth cohan

to Leroy- oh, pleeeze... Leno did not screw Conan-he lost his time slot because ratings DIVED when he took Jay's show-you may like Conan better, but facts are facts, and he just wasn't funny to the majority of viewers-

Friday 29 January

By The Barbarian

Conan got the best of the deal by far. Whether you like him, or don't, he did not do well in the ratings, so he was paid a lot of money, to not do a job, that he couldn't do well, anyways!

By Walter Kovacs

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Which is different from getting your old job back for getting ratings so bad that the affiliates demanded you get pulled off the air and, in the process, eliminated your only "in house" replacement, making you even more invaluable for NBC, how?

By mike

Conan did fine in the end. A boatload of cash and a few months to rest up. How well would Leno have done if Carson had immediately opened up his own show like Leno did? Carson had the sense and grace to retire and enjoy it but I've always wondered why Leno would retire so early in the first place.

By RL

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That is really big of you Jay....happy now?

By danmar216

Good use of English Leroy.......NOT.....idiot

By Analyze This

Jay NOT mentioning Conan might have been part of O'Brian's exit deal.

By legeagle2

The only place Leno is going is to the top of the late night ratings, exactly where he was before. The unfunny, gap-tooth, pervert, Letterman, has had his little run, and now it's time for him to shrink back into the second place loser position, exactly where he deserves to be.

Wednesday 27 January

By RD

From the head to the tail, NBC sucks (include yourself Jay). Conan received a blessing in disguise and now so will FOX.

By k

On the pics: who are these people? Is there some parallel universe where someone actually knows who these people are?

By John Collins

NBC does not exist in my household anymore. They are history.

By Doug

It looks to me like NBC would have been playing it smart if they had gotten rid of what's his name that took Conan's place and moved Conan back to his original spot and Jay Leno back to his original spot. It would have at least been the cheapest thing to do. I blame all of this on Leno for "retiring" when he had no intent of retiring. It's kind of like certain rock bands that go on farewell tours but never leave...lol

By ag

Leno has never been watched , and never will be watched on my television. NBC HAS LOST ME FOR GOOD. IT GOES TO SHOW YOU THAT YOU TO CAN BE A MORON AND BE A TV EXECUTIVE.

By leedanna

I guess my tv picks up different programs,i got a conan rerun and a letterman rerun on the other ch,so i went to the history ch

By sue

Hey Leroy, at least I have a job and know how to use punctuation.

Yeah..i guess prostitution is considered a job...UH UH UH and we know when you say you know how to USE punctuation you always dot the i`s with your mouth.YEAHHHHHH BOYYYY

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