A long time ago, NBC realized that its programing was so bad
**How bad was it?**
So bad that the only way it could lead in the ratings was to put programming on later than any other channel. The Tonight Show was born.
Tonight, Jay Leno takes the stage one last time after hosting for seventeen years, when he picked the job from the bucked teeth of David Letterman, who then seceded to CBS. Yes in this metaphor, the Abraham Lincoln is being played by Conan O'Brien, because he is lanky and would look very good in a stove pipe hat.
The host of the Tonight Show is like the president of comedy, in that he is over worked, over-rated and no one likes him until he has left. In a certain way he represents the country's sense of humour, and it marks the end of an era when he leaves. After so long it is hard to believe that Jay will no longer be there delivering his own particular brand of mediocre least common denominator comedy.
...That is until this fall when he will have a slightly earlier time slot. It is almost like I have moved to the central time zone.
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