I've noticed this the last couple nights in reviewing Leno. Jay has started having some pretty less-than-positive reactions when he takes shots at others.
Last night, Leno went from mentioning James Cameron on the show to a reference to the sequel that will take place around the time that NBC figures out their late night lineup. Then it takes an odd turn: "(turns to Kevin) And Letterman's been hammering me every night! Oh, going after me. Hey Kevin: you know the best way to get Letterman to ignore you? (Kevin: What?) (turns to audience) Marry him." And the audience's response is pretty mixed. After about two seconds, you clearly hear something that sounds like boos (or, at the very least, ooohs). This is after the previous night, where in doing some sort of search engine bit (side bar: you can tell whomever wrote the bit hasn't used an actual search engine in about 15 years, because he puts a plus sign between each term), he types "red hair" then "overrated," and the audience lets him have it pretty robustly, then he types "millionaire" and the audience is still on his case. The punch line is an image of Carrot Top (the "hi-larious" switcheroo) Now, the one fall back Leno has had all these years is that, even if he's a lousy talk show host, at least he's a reasonably-good comedian. If no one at his show can't notice that his own audience doesn't like these jokes. As a baseline to compare it to, Scottish Conan did a joke two nights ago on Mackenzie Phillips that absolutely bombed, and he reacted and turned it around. Leno last night: http://snipr.com/u56fz (8th video down, under III. THE JAY LENO SHOW). Leno Tuesday: http://snipr.com/u56ff (11th video down, just before IV. JIMMY KIMMEL LIVE!) Ferguson: http://snipr.com/u56el (10th video down, under IV. THE LATE LATE SHOW WITH CRAIG FERGUSON
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