25 Facts About Jay Leno

1. Jay Leno is an admired stand-up comedian, best-selling children's book author, much-in-demand corporate speaker, lovable TV and movie voice-over artist, pioneering car builder and mechanic, and.

2. Jay Leno recently had a go in it for his YouTube channel and he has more fun than we've seen him in any other car.

3. Jay Leno renewed the interest in the early 2000s when Capote's aunt, Marie Rudisill, was featured regularly on his show as "The Fruitcake Lady.

4. Jay Leno will perform his standup comedy at 8 pm Friday at the Civic Center Theater.

5. Jay Leno is here to give us a tour of his 1955 Mercedes Racecar Transporter, a replica of the official vehicle the automaker built to transport its.

6. Jay Leno has specially ordered a Lincoln Navigator Black Label and that gives it enough street cred to be shown at SEMA.

7. Jay Leno shows off his first collector car, a 1954 Jaguar XK120.

8. In a 2015 interview with The Jerusalem Post, Jay Leno said, "I always considered Israel as not only the only democracy in the Middle East, I think it's the purest, because every Israeli voter seems to have his own political party.

9. Jay Leno writes occasional "Motormouth" articles for The Sunday Times, reviewing high-end sports cars and giving his humorous take on motoring matters.

10. In August 2012, Jay Leno auctioned his Fiat 500, which was sold for $385,000 with all the proceeds going to a charity that helps wounded war veterans recover by providing them with temporary housing.

11. Jay Leno has claimed that he has not spent any of the money that he earned from The Tonight Show.

12. Jay Leno said that the situation was "all business", and that all of the decisions were made by NBC.

13. Jay Leno is the consummate professional and one of the hardest-working people in television.

14. At the time, Jay Leno stated he did not want O'Brien to leave for a competing network, adding, "I'll be 59 when [the switch occurs], that's five years from now.

15. Jay Leno has faced heated criticism and some negative publicity for his perceived role in the 2010 Tonight Show conflict.

16. Jay Leno has maintained an active schedule as a touring stand-up comedian appearing in, on average, 200 live performances a year in venues across the United States and Canada as well as charity events and USO tours.

17. In their new roles, neither O'Brien nor Jay Leno succeeded in delivering the viewing audiences the network anticipated.

18. On December 8, 2008, it was reported that Jay Leno would remain on NBC and move to a new hour-long show at 10 pm Eastern Time five nights a week.

19. Jay Leno left The Tonight Show on Friday, May 29, 2009, and Conan O'Brien took over on June 1, 2009.

20. Jay Leno celebrated by devoting an entire monologue to Michael Jackson jokes.

21. Jay Leno said in 2008 that he was saving all of his income from The Tonight Show and living solely off his income from stand-up comedy.

22. In 2004, Jay Leno signed a contract extension with NBC which would keep him as host of The Tonight Show until 2009.

23. Jay Leno continued to perform as a stand-up comedian throughout his tenure on The Tonight Show.

24. Jay Leno made his first appearance on The Tonight Show on March 2, 1977, performing a comedy routine.

25. Jay Leno obtained a bachelor's degree in speech therapy from Emerson College, where he started a comedy club in 1973.