I didn’t watch him much as host of The Tonight Show the past 17 years, maybe once a month. But I always found him to be topical, amusing and less crude than most late-night comedians. He has a way of poking fun at America and Americans in a way that simultaneously shows what a great and goofy place this is.
I don’t get much of Conan O’Brien’s leisurely paced humor. Much of the time he seems to be saying, “Look at me; I’m really funny.” The first half hour of his debut featured 30 minutes of video sketches and monologue featuring — just him.
Leno, who has been married for 29 years, will be back in September five nights a week at 9 p.m., when I might actually be awake to see him.
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