Tuesday, March 2, 2010

Jay Leno - Wizard of Oz

Jay Leno is "back home" as host of The Tonight Show.

Leno's return to late night TV began with a spoof of the final scene from The Wizard of Oz.





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Transcript

JAY LENO: There's no place like home. There's no place like home. There's no place like home.

KEVIN EUBANKS: Jay! Jay! It's me. Kevin.

JAY: Kevin!

ROSS MATHEWS: You remember me. Don't you, Jay? Your old pal Ross?

JAY: Ross -- of course!

KEVIN: You had us worried. We thought you were leaving us.

JAY: But I did leave. I went away to the strangest place. It was wonderful, but some of it wasn't so nice.

ROSS: Now, there, there, Jay. You just had a bad dream.

JAY: But it all felt so real. You were there, and you were there.

JOHN MELENDEZ: How 'bout me, Jay? Was I there?

JAY: No, Melendez, you weren't there.

BETTY WHITE: Hey there! Just checking in on the little Leno.

ROSS: Well, he took quite a hit. But you're gonna be just fine.

BETTY WHITE: Wow, NBC really did cut your budget. Look at this ratty-ass barn. I can't believe you're doing your show from here.

JAY: Show!?!

I liked the opening. It was fitting and funny.

The return of John Melendez was a surprise and Betty White is always hilarious.

The entire NBC/ Conan O'Brien/ Jay Leno/ Tonight Show fiasco was truly an unreal, over the rainbow, bizarre episode.

There was a surreal quality to the show. Not the show itself. It was Leno as we've known him during the 17 years he spent hosting The Tonight Show.

Leno had his desk back and seemed completely comfortable.

Jamie Foxx was his first guest, bringing a lot of energy, getting the audience fired up, leading them in 'welcome back' and 'Jay Leno' chants. Vancouver gold medalist Lindsey Vonn and Brad Paisley were also guests.

Although it all seemed right, it was odd to think about the past months.

Was Leno ever gone? Where's Conan? What's going on? Was it a dream?

I don't know. I'm running through a field of poppies and I'm so tired. I have to stop and rest. I have to sleep.

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