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Jay Leno Made Another Shitty Joke at NBC's Expense Last Night

by | March 20th, 2013

The NY Times reported this weekend that Jay Leno's boss, NBC Entertainment chairman Robert Greenblatt, complained to him about jokes he's made about the network, but Leno is not letting up. Here's a thingie from Leno's monologue last night:

"Did you hear about this? A 28-year-old woman from Serbia has a rare brain condition where she sees everything upside down. The good news? She’s now been given a job at the White House as President Obama’s economic adviser. Isn’t that crazy? It’s unbelievable. She sees everything upside down. In fact, she thinks NBC is at the top of the ratings."

Sure, it's a tame joke, and it would [...]

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Here's Part Two of the Latest Installment of Jimmy Fallon's 'Downton Sixbey'

by | February 7th, 2013

Jimmy Fallon's Downton Abbey parody Downton Sixbey aired the shocking conclusion to its latest story story last night. If the biggest thing missing from Downtown Abbey for you is bathroom humor, then this is the late night talk show British period drama miniseries for you.

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Jay Leno Calls NBC Executives "Snakes"

by | March 19th, 2013

Earlier this week, The NY Times reported that Jay Leno had upset NBC chairman Robert Greenblatt by making some jokes about the network being in fifth place. According to the story, Greenblatt emailed Leno to complain, and Leno responded by defending his right to make jokes about NBC. On last night's show, he continue to bite the hand that feeds with a joke about NBC in his monologue:

You know the whole legend of St. Patrick, right? St. Patrick drove all the snakes out of Ireland, then they came here to the United States and became NBC executives.

Sure, it's a typically tame, lame Leno joke, [...]

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NBC Executive Offended by Jay Leno's Jokes About the Network

by | March 18th, 2013

Hot on the heels of reports that NBC wants to replace Tonight Show host Jay Leno with Jimmy Fallon comes a New York Times story about NBC Entertainment chairman Robert Greenblatt being offended by some of Leno's monologue jokes about the network. Late Shift author Bill Carter, who wrote the Times piece, reports that three executives say Greenblatt was so offended by Leno's jokes about NBC falling to fifth place that he emailed the Tonight Show host to complain. Leno and Greenblatt exchanged emails debating the issue, with Leno standing by his zingers and arguing that making fun of one's network is a late night tradition. [...]

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