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ben schwartz @benschwartz.bsky.social

You can't expect late night comics to "both sides" it when there's a republican White House, Congress, Senate, and Supreme Court. variety.com/2025/tv/news...

jul 27, 2025, 5:16 pm • 174 15

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Waldo @waldopolitics.bsky.social

Non political jokes like OJ and Monica Lewinsky.

jul 28, 2025, 9:05 pm • 1 0 • view
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David J. Loehr @djl.bsky.social

Seriously. I got tired of him shortly after he took over, and that hasn't changed.

jul 27, 2025, 5:32 pm • 2 0 • view
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Eccles Crisp @watersedge.bsky.social

When I saw Lenovo laptops I figured he reinvented himself as a computer

jul 27, 2025, 7:22 pm • 1 0 • view
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Rustin Richtarik 🖖 @dieseldog97.bsky.social

The guy who literally did nothing but OJ Simpson Trial jokes for 2+ years thinks today's talk show hosts are soft.

jul 27, 2025, 5:35 pm • 1 0 • view
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Cannonball Titcomb™ @cannonball-titcomb.bsky.social

Sounds like half the audience has no sense of humor.

jul 27, 2025, 5:17 pm • 0 0 • view
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Ezzy @lokaji.bsky.social

And that is why no one speaks of him warmly.

jul 27, 2025, 5:19 pm • 4 0 • view
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nictiteight.bsky.social @nictiteight.bsky.social

Comics always go after those in power. And that’s only a problem when a certain side is in power. Jay Leno may have a giant chin but he sure as hell has a glass jaw here.

jul 27, 2025, 5:21 pm • 9 0 • view
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Ann Given @missgiven.bsky.social

No one gives a shit what that lump says.

jul 27, 2025, 7:34 pm • 0 0 • view
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gnoahphungate.bsky.social @gnoahphungate.bsky.social

"Why are we focusing all of our criticism on just the Nazis?" -Leno in 1934 Germany

jul 27, 2025, 5:25 pm • 14 0 • view
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NightmareWaffle @nightmarewaffle.bsky.social

The way I view it, if you're an out and proud nazi, I don't want you in my fanbase anyway, and if I alienate you and make you leave by saying that, GOOD. Because I don't want you here anyway. I don't even care if I lose more than half my hypothetical fanbase, since who wants a toxic fanbase?

jul 27, 2025, 7:01 pm • 1 0 • view
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Don Hood @dbhidi.bsky.social

He was always a facile, glib dork.

jul 27, 2025, 5:20 pm • 2 0 • view
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John Berry @papajohnberry.bsky.social

If I ever find Jay Leno funny, that's how I know that Dr. Kevorkian will be coming by my house soon.

jul 27, 2025, 5:21 pm • 5 0 • view
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Strongbrush @strongbrush1.bsky.social

I don't want to hear about comedy advice from Jay "Captain Slutshamer" Leno.

jul 27, 2025, 7:39 pm • 0 0 • view
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The Stainless Steel Wererat @steelwererat.bsky.social

Why is it that half of the old white male comics constantly whine about how comedy is all about politics, while the other half whine about how you can't talk about anything edgy anymore?

jul 27, 2025, 7:18 pm • 0 0 • view
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Will Rosecrans @willrosecrans.com

Leno does accidentally have half a point. Broadcast network TV's audience is disproportionally older. So while nowhere near half of people in America like Trump, it might be much closer to half of a network TV show's broadcast audience, since that medium is longer representative of the population.

jul 27, 2025, 11:45 pm • 0 0 • view
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Charles Henry @realdoublea.bsky.social

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jul 27, 2025, 7:23 pm • 2 0 • view
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Derek Writes Stuff @derekwrites.bsky.social

And then they made fun of Nixon and he had them taken off the air

jul 27, 2025, 8:44 pm • 1 0 • view
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Charles Henry @realdoublea.bsky.social

Thin skinned man-babies.

jul 27, 2025, 8:57 pm • 1 0 • view
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vicvinegar2024.bsky.social @vicvinegar2024.bsky.social

Trumps the world largest maggot on the hook,and the fish are biting .

jul 27, 2025, 5:23 pm • 0 0 • view
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Breen's Writing 🇵🇸 @breensims.bsky.social

this is the same dude who hangs out with tim allen?

jul 27, 2025, 6:18 pm • 0 0 • view
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ben schwartz @benschwartz.bsky.social

If people want to see more Democrats roasted they should elect more Democrats.

jul 27, 2025, 5:20 pm • 91 1 • view
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ben schwartz @benschwartz.bsky.social

Never forget: Leno's brand of dumb-it-down comedy took the McDonald's coffee cup scalding and turned the victim into a whiny scam artist. podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/t...

jul 27, 2025, 5:31 pm • 159 18 • view
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Mina Klonopina @klonniechron.bsky.social

I think about this all the time.

jul 27, 2025, 5:54 pm • 0 0 • view
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SusanMcT ❌👑 @susanmct.bsky.social

You just know that at some point someone (maybe his wife; she’s smart) briefed him on the actual facts of the case but he made a deliberate choice to ignore reality and stick with the bit.

jul 27, 2025, 8:49 pm • 1 0 • view
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ben schwartz @benschwartz.bsky.social

Conan's 12:30 show was apolitical and genuinely funny for as long as it was on. You can do that, but you have to have Conan's particular absurd genius for silly and smart, and nobody but Conan does these days.

jul 27, 2025, 6:08 pm • 94 1 • view
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ben schwartz @benschwartz.bsky.social

Then Conan did an apolitical 11:30 show and ... Jay killed it.

jul 27, 2025, 7:11 pm • 57 0 • view
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Ultra Mugnus @mkn1ght.bsky.social

He certainly didn't take it on the chin.

jul 27, 2025, 7:16 pm • 1 0 • view
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roneface.bsky.social @roneface.bsky.social

Also helps if you have the Walker lever: youtu.be/K2_SvX4PEbU?...

jul 27, 2025, 6:11 pm • 24 2 • view
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anthropomo @anthropomo.bsky.social

And you don't (and they didn't) hire the host of the Colbert Report to run an apolitical talk show

jul 27, 2025, 6:20 pm • 3 0 • view
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Not Jeff @ughfineifihaveto.bsky.social

Let's also remember how gleefully Jay Leno punched down on Monica Lewinsky.

jul 27, 2025, 5:44 pm • 15 1 • view
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John Pontoon, dissident rando @johnpontoon.bsky.social

I’m cursed with doing and knowing everything too soon. bsky.app/profile/john...

jul 27, 2025, 6:04 pm • 0 0 • view
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James Benton @jamesbenton.bsky.social

Also never forget all the scheming he did to get The Tonight Show, and then the crappy way he treated Conan. youtu.be/VaJgLYyKbFQ

jul 27, 2025, 6:29 pm • 2 0 • view
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James Benton @jamesbenton.bsky.social

So in short, I care what Leno thinks about Late Night as much as I care what Kid Rock thinks about the current state of music. youtu.be/SqiClteVP4c

jul 27, 2025, 6:31 pm • 3 0 • view
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Laurel @laurelfynes.bsky.social

This episode made me so, so angry. I forgot I was mad at him too… 🤬

jul 27, 2025, 5:39 pm • 3 0 • view
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Duncan Watson @duncanwatson.bsky.social

Fuck Jay Leno

jul 27, 2025, 5:43 pm • 0 0 • view
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aarswft.bsky.social @aarswft.bsky.social

I appreciate the irony here considering this take will surely alienate some of the 12 Leno fans out there.

jul 27, 2025, 11:07 pm • 1 0 • view
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moonwalkerranch.bsky.social @moonwalkerranch.bsky.social

Fuck Leno. Only old people liked him when he was on air and now they’re mostly gone. So is he.

jul 27, 2025, 5:39 pm • 1 0 • view
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Cate Eland @romancingnope.bsky.social

How many jokes did this man crack about Monica Lewinsky? He can go crawl back off into his garage filled with supercars and leave the rest of us alone.

jul 27, 2025, 6:40 pm • 10 0 • view
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Nisa 🏳️‍⚧️ @nisaxg.bsky.social

Hoping he shuts all the doors and leaves the cars running.

jul 27, 2025, 7:01 pm • 2 0 • view
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Charles Henry @realdoublea.bsky.social

This. Those jokes were a cornerstone of his shtick for a while.

jul 27, 2025, 7:21 pm • 1 0 • view
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carl barxist @vrunt.social

if leno had his way they'd give the tonight show to some dippy goof who tousles the president's hair

jul 27, 2025, 5:38 pm • 7 0 • view
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tension352.bsky.social @tension352.bsky.social

Combining humor that plays best for boomers in rural Idaho and a zero-sum attitude to career success makes for a regressive asshole. Who knew.

jul 27, 2025, 5:24 pm • 2 0 • view
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Kuni Joon @kuniesque.bsky.social

his potato shaped head makes me nervous

jul 27, 2025, 5:18 pm • 1 0 • view
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Amanda @electrichyena.bsky.social

fuck Leno. he was always an unfunny hack

jul 27, 2025, 8:55 pm • 0 0 • view
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Eric Bjork @jpgr1964.bsky.social

Never found him funny. Boring, yes. Funny? no.

jul 27, 2025, 5:38 pm • 2 0 • view
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fanciestofcats.bsky.social @fanciestofcats.bsky.social

Conan was the best. Masturbating bear > politics

jul 27, 2025, 11:59 pm • 0 0 • view
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fanciestofcats.bsky.social @fanciestofcats.bsky.social

Jay made 19,000 jokes about Monica Lewinsky being fat

jul 27, 2025, 11:58 pm • 0 0 • view
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Art Of Coop @artofcoop.bsky.social

He wants Colbert’s slot

jul 27, 2025, 6:13 pm • 9 0 • view