Jay Leno in 2004 on the Tonight Show Transition: "Here it is Conan. It's yours!"

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Uploaded by on Jan 17, 2010

Leno's original speech discussing handing over the Tonight Show to Conan O'Brien, saying that he wanted to end the show "on top" and retire before he was in his 60s, as well as avoid the broken friendships and bad blood that happened when the show went from Johnny Carson to Jay Leno, which many people viewed as a sleight to David Letterman

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  • How is he a liar? Did he hand over the show to Conan? YES. Did Conan quit The Tonight Show when NBC asked him to move to 12:05? YES. How does that make Jay a liar?

  • "Did Conan quit The Tonight Show when NBC asked him to move to 12:05? YES." He did not quit. He refused, NBC decided to stick with Leno, and Conan got bought out.

    That would have been the first time in the over 50 year history of the Tonight Show it started after midnight, which would mean a big drop in ratings and the death of the Tonight Show as a cultural icon as we've known it, just to feed Leno's ego. Conan wanted no part in that, and no self-respecting comedian would.

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  • I'm still with Coco.

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  • LOL! I don't want to see all the fighting again, in 5 years, Conan it's yours! LOL!!!!!!!

  • I think we all know how that turned out ;)

  • Conan is awesome.. i love his Walker Texas Ranger clips... lol.. I just seen his documentary not to long ago.. good watch..

  • @sinatrasinger727 ... LOL, yeah, you're clearly "over it." HAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

  • @emantabrizi Fuck You. Fuck You. It may have been one year ago but this is youtube and people are free to comment if they want. So fuck you...FUCK YOU...I am over it...Just posted a comment stating my feelings whether its one year later or 100 years later you fuckin' jerk-off cock-sucker!!!

  • @sinatrasinger727 ... One year ago. ONE YEAR AGO. Get over it, and get a life.

  • @emantabrizi LENO IS A JERK-OFF!!! I HAVEN'T AND WON'T WATCH HIS "TONIGHT SHOW" AND KNOW MANY PEOPLE WHO HAVEN'T AND WON'T...LENO IS GARBAGE!!!!!!

  • @brinmat friggin' A. Conan is way funnier then Leno anyway. I find Leno mildly amusing at BEST. I miss the Walker Lever. LOL

  • @ap327145 They paid Conan 45 million to leave...so thats a little more than <40,000,000

  • @JimBisceglia go get a life

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