When the Jay Leno show runs the opening credits, we see some famous American landmarks. But there is one that I can’t identify. It looks kinda like a flying saucer supported on two arches that are at right angles to each other. And these days, it’s the last landmark shown just before we see the American flag. Can anyone tell me what it is? I’d also like more info on it, but I guess I can do my own web search once I know its name.
Crap! Here I thought you were talkiing about the Ed Ames/tommhawk incident. Oh, well…
Seattle’s Space Needle? (Don’t watch Leno, so I’m not sure)
Yes, I can tell you exactly what it is and where it is. See, taping the tonight show every night for the past 10 years is quite useful.
L.A. airport, it is some kind of lounge designed to look like a spacy control tower.
Even on a Sunday, it doesn’t take long here. 
DPWhite has nailed it. If you want to see a picture of it, click here.
There’s also a shot of LA Airport in the opening credits of dragnet
Just the facts, ma’am.
The only thing I ever saw in the opening credits of “Dragnet” was a big LAPD badge.
That “thingee” at LAX is called The Theme Building.
It has a restaurant inside of it, although I imagine that is likely doing very little business.
It wasn’t mentioned which “Dragnet” it was: The 1950s series, the 1950s theatrical movie, the 1960s revival series, or the 1980s movie.
However, having said that. . .
Every intro to the 1960s series had a different introduction by Jack Webb, which would segue into something like “. . . Sometimes they go outside the law to accomplish this. When they do, I go to work. I carry a badge.”
The intros featured various shots of LA, both past and contemporary. Although the LAX building was not in every intro, it did show up a number of times.
I have always wonderd what that thingie was…
What is the Ed Ames/tommhawk incident?
You may want to cross your legs for this. . . .
Ed Ames was an actor on the “Daniel Boone” show, and on the Johnny Carson Show, he displayed his woodsman prowess by demonstrating how you throw a hatchet. He aimed at a board that was painted with the outline of a man, and he hit a most uncomfortable spot. The woodman was sporting a woodie, you might say.
It was supposedly one of longest uninterrupted laughs in TV history. And I think Johnny’s comeback line was: “I didn’t even know you were Jewish!”
[This is a rewritten version of a post by The Great Wazoo]