Jay Leno Says 'No' to David Letterman! - Sitcoms Online Message Boards

Brian Damage · 12-17-2008, 12:36 AM

O’Brien at least won’t have to worry about a true nightmare booking scenario on his first night at “Tonight”: Jay Leno visiting David Letterman. Mr. Leno said the Letterman show had indeed invited him to be a guest that night (June 1). “I would leave the show on Friday and do Dave on Monday,” he said, relating a plan undoubtedly hatched at a time when the Letterman show expected Mr. Leno to be leaving NBC (perhaps in an eight-cylinder huff) for ABC.

Not that it was really going to happen. “It would look like an insult to Conan,” Mr. Leno said. “I would never do that.”

An appearance with Mr. Letterman “would be fun to do sometime,” Mr. Leno said. The relationship between the two late-night titans has often resembled a production of “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” But Mr. Leno is feeling mellow about it these days. He said he had recently seen YouTube clips of some of his guest shots on Mr. Letterman’s old NBC show.

“Doing his show in the ’80s, going on and zinging back and forth, that was the most fun for me of anything I ever did in show business,” he said of their relationship.

http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/16/ar...ref=television

Wreckless · 12-17-2008, 01:27 AM

I think Jay would do an appearence for Dave's show. But Dave is a shake your hand, then talk crap about you later or behind your back, kind of guy so I don't know if he would ever seriously want to do it, without looking at Jay as just another guest on his show. We'll see. But in the real sense- Jay > Dave.

catlover79 · 12-17-2008, 02:32 AM

I seriously doubt it'll ever happen, but weirder things have happened.

imo · 12-20-2008, 01:27 PM

I'd actually love to see Jay appear on the Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien as a guest. THAT would be interesting.

AKA · 12-21-2008, 09:34 PM

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Originally Posted by imo

I'd actually love to see Jay appear on the Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien as a guest. THAT would be interesting.

Sure would be, but no more interesting than was David Letterman's appearance on Late Night With Conan O'Brien in early 1994.

I'd definitely like to see Dave and Jay appear on each other's shows. It's been seventeen years. Time to bury the hatchet! I'd like to see if they work as well together in their 60s and 50s, respectively, as they did when they were in their 30s/40s.

12-17-2008, 12:36 AM	#1
Brian Damage I'm Rich Bitch Forum Icon Join Date: Feb 03, 2002 Location: What Ain't No Country I Ever Heard Of...They Speak English in What? Posts: 63,107	Jay Leno Says 'No' to David Letterman! O’Brien at least won’t have to worry about a true nightmare booking scenario on his first night at “Tonight”: Jay Leno visiting David Letterman. Mr. Leno said the Letterman show had indeed invited him to be a guest that night (June 1). “I would leave the show on Friday and do Dave on Monday,” he said, relating a plan undoubtedly hatched at a time when the Letterman show expected Mr. Leno to be leaving NBC (perhaps in an eight-cylinder huff) for ABC. Not that it was really going to happen. “It would look like an insult to Conan,” Mr. Leno said. “I would never do that.” An appearance with Mr. Letterman “would be fun to do sometime,” Mr. Leno said. The relationship between the two late-night titans has often resembled a production of “Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf?” But Mr. Leno is feeling mellow about it these days. He said he had recently seen YouTube clips of some of his guest shots on Mr. Letterman’s old NBC show. “Doing his show in the ’80s, going on and zinging back and forth, that was the most fun for me of anything I ever did in show business,” he said of their relationship. http://www.nytimes.com/2008/12/16/ar...ref=television
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12-17-2008, 02:32 AM	#3
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12-17-2008, 01:27 AM	#2
Wreckless Member Forum Fanatic Join Date: Nov 04, 2007 Location: Banned Posts: 9,406	I think Jay would do an appearence for Dave's show. But Dave is a shake your hand, then talk crap about you later or behind your back, kind of guy so I don't know if he would ever seriously want to do it, without looking at Jay as just another guest on his show. We'll see. But in the real sense- Jay > Dave.

12-20-2008, 01:27 PM	#4
imo Legendary Frequent Poster Join Date: Dec 20, 2008 Location: S.H.I.E.L.D. Headquarters Posts: 171	I'd actually love to see Jay appear on the Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien as a guest. THAT would be interesting.