Jay Leno Says Goodnight

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This past Friday marked the end of another era in Tonight Show history.  Jay Leno, after 17 years, said “goodnight” for the last time on this legendary show.  Leno took over after the original anchor Johnny Carson bid adieu in 1992 to retire from television.

Leno made a logical choice for Carson who wanted his show to go on; he started it in 1962, and couldn’t see it end.  Leno was a fill in for him on many nights during the 30 years he anchored the show, so he had the experience and talent that Carson trusted.

Jay Leno was known for his witty one liners that Carson was famous for, and that helped keep the Tonight Show a hit for another 17 years.  On Friday, the show will have a third anchor in Conan O’Brien.

O’Brien has many of the same qualities that Leno and Carson did.  He had his own celebrity late night talk show self-titled, “Conan O’Brien.”  Like many talented celebrities, he too was a guest on numerous occasions on the Tonight Show with Jay Leno in the last 17 years.

Many believe Conan O’Brien will do a great job on the show, and that Carson will be proud of his next successor.  If O’Brien is as witty and funny as he is on his old late night show, he will have no trouble pulling the reigns on this one for another 20 years.