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Leno recycled the same old, lame jokes
Excerpt:
Many jokes in Leno’s WHCD routine came — more
or less word for word — from
prior appearances on “The Tonight Show” and his
short-lived prime-time gig, “The Jay Leno Show.”
Among the repeats, shown in the accompanying video montage:
— From “The Tonight Show” (March 16): "If you
took all the money the Republicans have spent trying to stop health care,
and all the money Democrats have spent trying
to get health care, we could afford health care, you know that?”
— From Saturday’s routine: “If you took all the
money Republicans spent trying to stop health care, and all the money
Democrats have spent trying to get health care,
you know somethin’? We could have had health care!”
— From “The Tonight Show” (March 22): "Supporters
of the bill say the American people now get the same health
benefits members of Congress get, which is great.
See, if we could just get some of those other perks: The free travel,
the envelopes with the cash in them, the get-out-of-jail-free
cards…."
— From Saturday’s routine: "Supporters of the
bill say that the American people will now get the same health
benefits that members of Congress get, which
is great. How about some of the other perks? The free travel,
those envelopes with the cash in them, how about
some of that? The get-out-of-jail-free cards. Why can’t we get that?”
— From “The Tonight Show” (April 7): “They said
President Bush did a better job throwing out the first pitch.
But on the other hand, President Obama can talk.”
— From Saturday’s routine: “I’ll tell ya something,
a lot of critics felt that President Bush did a better job of
getting the ball over the plate, that’s what
they said. On the other hand, President Obama can talk.”
News that Leno recycled parts of his routine won’t
do much to counter the narrative coming out of the dinner
– that amateur comedian Barack Obama did better
than the seasoned pro.
NBC needs to dump this loser.
He couldn't even read his recycled jokes adequately
Saturday night.