Here were my favorite monologue jokes from last night’s Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien:

Big news, this is exciting, earlier today the Nobel Prize for Economics was awarded to a woman for the first time ever. So congratulations Michelle Obama.

This weekend in Washington, D.C. there was a huge gay-rights rally, and one of the most popular chants was, “Hey Obama, let mama marry mama.” Yeah, historians are calling this the best gay-rights chant since, “Hey Dwight D. Eisenhower, let Mike and Steve share a shower.”

A former employee of Oprah Winfrey is claiming she was wrongfully terminated and is suing Oprah for $75,000. After hearing about it Oprah said, “Seventy-five thousand dollars? That is adorable.”

The majority of the desk segment was an update on Conan’s feud with the Mayor of Newark:

Jamie Foxx was the first couch guest. I think Jamie is a very talented comedian and actor, but I honestly enjoy him in small doses. The first part of the interview was good, but I’m going to skip posting the second part. You can see it here is you need a bigger Foxx fix.

Jason Alexander was the second couch guest. I’m a big fan of Jason from his days on Seinfeld. The interview was fun to watch:

Grizzly Bear was the musical guest. I had never heard of them before. They mellowed me out with a nice performance.

Good show. I give it:

- Woody

Well, Jay Leno is back at the helm of the Tonight Show. Let’s see how he did his first night back. Here were my favorite monologue jokes and bits:

We were off for the last couple of weeks…kinda like the Russians as the Olympics.

Keanu Reeves has signed to star in Speed 3. Remember the original there was a runaway bus. Then the second one was a runaway boat. This latest one will star a Toyota.

The desk segment was Jay’s search for a desk. I actually really enjoyed the segment and think it’s worth watching:

Jamie Foxx was the first couch guest. Between getting the crowd to do the wave and various chants, spraying people with champagne, signing, playing air guitar, telling jokes and pretending to speed skate, he was a complete bundle of energy. It was an entertaining interview.

Lindsey Vonn was the second couch guest. She gave a pretty decent interview and did a nice job holding her own between Jay and Jamie. Plus, she’s really tall.

Braid Paisley was the musical guest. He rocked a Country beat.

A good first show back. I give it:

- Woody