Because Japanese men are known for their dancing skills? :dubious:
It’s Leno’s job to poke fun at the President, regardless of party. Also candidates. He is supposed to tell jokes in a lighthearted manner late at night to ease people into sleepy time. Mr. Weaver, the fellow who thought up the Tonight Show thought of it as light just before bedtime entertainment. Not edgy. Unlike his daughter, Sigorney, who is synonymous with wet your pants scary entertainment. At least that is what Sigorney claimed when she hosted SNL.
I gave up on Leno in about 2003 when it was apparent that he was going way too easy on Bush’s moronic tendencies and still telling Clinton’s penis jokes instead. I think Clenis jokes are funny from time to time, but he shouldn’t thrust them in where they don’t belong. The monologue isn’t a humidor, but topical humor.
I’m pretty sure that Leno is actually a fairly liberal Democrat, or at least he was prior to 9/11 as he was personally chummy with more Democrats than Republicans and went to more Democratic fundraisers and donated to charities that appealed to liberals. Whether he still is, I don’t know. Heck, Ronald Reagan and Charlton Heston were once very liberal Democrats.
Obama is a ninja??
Actually, it is the job of his writers, right? Let’s not give chin-dude any more credit then he is due.
Not me. Cleanish jokes leave me all :dubious:
Leno played a big role in launching Schwarzenegger’s political career, whatever that might indicate.
Yes, Leno will (pretty gently) mock whoever lives in the White House at any given time. Remember that Obama was the first incumbent President to appear on late-night TV, and he did it on Leno’s show. I don’t think he would’ve if he thought Leno was hostile to him.
Leno is also one of the writers. Or at least he was for many years. He works almost all the time. His writers certainly are entitled to a lot of credit. For the ten years or so I watched him it was pretty clear he sat in on several hours of writing every day.
The only people I know of that Leno has ever pissed off is the Catholic League. Well, them and humor fans.
How does the Dancing Itos sketch lead you to conclude Leno is racist?
I thought it made him justicist. Or Itoist.
I can’t answer the President-thing but let me just hijack to say that it isn’t the writer fault that he mugs for the camera after every lame joke, in order to try to pretend that it was meta-humor and funny because it wasn’t funny.
G’wan! Get out of here! Since when has that ever been the case???
I’m a card, I am.
Well put,** hopesperson**. Their blood is on his hands!
Here, here! Come on now you folks, no more posting about anything that not everyone on the dope is privy to.
Yeah but his jokes arent even remotely funny. They feel like such a strech.
Actually, Dukakis is Greek for McGovern.
Just coming in to 3rd this. I hate Letterman! He’ll tell a joke, and then laugh at it, to make sure SOMEBODY did.
Any sign of the Higgs boson then?
Hardon collision are frot with danger.