Since Jay Leno only has two weeks left I thought I’d review some of his final shows as a late night host. I’ve always liked Leno, especially when he would guest-host for Carson. I think he’s a good entertainer. But as my reviews have shown, I tend to choose Letterman over Leno for the 11:30 time slot. It’s just how I roll.

Anyone see The Tonight Show with Jay Leno last night? These were my favorite monologue jokes:

I’m sorry if I seem a little tired. I was on the phone all night talking Conan through his first earthquake. They say the earthquake lasted fifteen seconds. That’s what guys say. Women say it was more like two seconds. It’s really true that animals can sense earthquakes. Just before the earthquake hit my cat sent me a Twitter.

Well, some sad news, even more people out of work this spring. But enough about the Houston Rockets.

The economy is so bad that the Pope went to see Angels and Demons just for the free air conditioning. The economy is so bad that FedEx is now shipping everything UPS.

Cameron Diaz was Leno’s first guest. Have you seen her biceps lately? Wow. She must be doing the Michelle Obama workout. I don’t remember the actually interview. I was just transfixed by her arms. I kid. The interview was good. Cameron is a nice person and it was neat to watch her and Jay talk about cars, speeding tickets and fear of heights.

Kirk Fox was the second guest. His standup was good.

Blink-182 was the musical guest. I’m a big Blink-182 fan it was it was good to see them reunited and playing music again.

Overall, the show was a B.

- Woody

Anyone see The Tonight Show with Jay Leno last night? These were my favorite monologue jokes:

President Obama has found a way to quickly close Guantanamo Bay. He’s going to turn it into a Pontiac Dealership.

The economy is hurtin’, everyone is doing bad. You know the Cheesecake Factory? Now it’s the Cheese Whiz Factory. The economy is so bad Amy Winehouse is now just snorting diet coke. It’s so bad that Bill Maher went to church for the free bread and water. It’s so bad Michael Vick is working at Pet Co.

According to a recent poll, when asked if English should be America’s official language, 85% of the people said “Si”.

I so so so wish I could embed the Best of Celebrity Correspondents segment. They showed a ton of clips, including Chapelle (“Nothing says Black History Month like Utah.”), Mo Rocca (“Do you like football?”) and Brad Pitt (“I would do anything to get you to see this movie.”) which almost brought be to tears because it was so funny. I totally recommended watching it.

Bill Maher was Leno’s first guest. It was his 50th appearance on the show. I don’t watch Maher generally, but he was as smart, feisty and funny as I’ve heard. He doesn’t let up on anyone, including Leno. It was a good interview.

Adam Richman was next. He’s a pretty happy guy. I guess I would be too if my show was all about traveling around the country and eating as much bad food as I can every week. Lucky son of gun.

Mandy Moore was the musical guest. Meh.

- Woody

Anyone see The Tonight Show with Jay Leno last night? There were plenty of good monologue jokes to choose from. Here were my favorites:

Today was the running of the LA Marathon. If you’ve never run the LA Marathon it’s a little tricky, cause you have to keep on changing gang colors as you go through different neighborhoods.

Osama Bin Laden’s former chef is coming to New York to face charges. You know we’ve also got his driver.  Here’s the good news. I understand we are closing in on his pool boy and his aroma therapist.

In Boston police raided a drug deal that was going down in the parking lot of a Costco. They seized 543 pounds of marijuana. 543 pounds! I didn’t even know Costco sold marijuana.

A new study shows that french kissing increases the risk of sexually transmitted diseases. But doctors say it’s still healthier than french fries.

Leno’s first guest was Mel Gibson. Gibson was open, honest and quite funny. He gets in trouble once every few years, but he’s still pretty darn charismatic and dreamy. He took Jay’s ribbing very well on the divorce and pregnant girlfriend. Here’s an example:

Mel is an old friend of the Tonight Show. Jay put together a “best of” clip segment. It was pretty funny:

Lyle Lovett was Leno’s musical guest. I’m not a big Lovett listener, but he’s a talented musician and it was a nice performance.

Overall, a solid B+ show.

- Woody