The last time I wrote about Jay Leno a bunch of people rushed to his defense like an enraged pack of Mrs. Lenos. Relax, you guys. Jay Leno has over one million dollars, twice as many fans, and an airplane hangar full of obnoxious cars. He doesn’t care about what anyone on the Internet* has to say about him, and he certainly doesn’t need you guys to take his side. Hush now. In any case, I do think that there is one thing that we can all agree on, and that is that Jay Leno is not a substitute for a healthy diet and exercise.

Oh, and even if laughter was the best medicine–which it is not, medicine is the best medicine–Jay Leno would be a placebo at best. Sugar pill. Horrible horrible sugar pill. Spit it out. Yuck. (Thanks for the tip, Joe.)

*Outside of http://www.jaylenosgarage.com, the one True Site.

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Comments (33)
  1. That’s why my grandmother died from congested heart failure. Sorry, Grandmomma, but apparently instead of medication and doing our best to make your last days comfortable, we should have plopped you down in front of Jay Leno. BOOOOOO.

  2. Can someone help me figure out the connection between the laughter info on the left and the Jay Leno ad on the right? I must be missing something here.

  3. An apple a day keeps the terrible late night “comedian” away?

  4. Hey did you hear about this?? do you know about this?? Leno SUCKS!!!!

  5. Watching Jay Leno will also make your grandchildren call you at least once a week, and he will prevent people from tailgating your Buick when you are driving 20 miles per hour.

  6. Jay Leno clogs hearts. it’s a known fact.

  7. fisharpegio  |   Posted on Aug 28th, 2009

    ahhaahahaa, i love how blatantly this is marketed to senior citzens, who make up almost all of his 2 million fans. the rest are your respective boyfriends and girlfriends.

  8. But he makes a great replacement for Epicac, anyhow.

  9. Did anyone see Leno on Bill Maher last week? Pretty much an ugh front colliding with a the worst front to form a devastating :( tornado.

  10. I can’t even laugh at his foot face.

  11. Laughing too much? Take a dose of Jay Leno. That’ll stop your laughter dead in it’s tracks.

  12. Thanks for this post, Gabe. I was running low on LOLpoints today until “like an enraged pack of Mrs. Lenos” happened.

  13. Rocky O Bannon  |   Posted on Aug 28th, 2009

    Jay Leno is probably the last person I`d go to for medical advice.

    Also,he`s giving medical advice for free?To people without insurance?
    Jay Leno is a CommuNazi!

  14. OingoBoingo  |   Posted on Aug 28th, 2009

    If laughing at Jay Leno is the only way to stop heart disease and cardiovascular issues then I am heading for one hell of a coronary some time very soon.

  15. I think they mean that Jay Leno has heart problems and he needs to pump money directly into an IV for relief. Hence, you must laugh at him or he’ll have to grind up a ridiculous looking car to put in his blood. To stave off heart disease. I’m like 99% this is what they meant.

  16. Jay Leno can also feed five thousand people with five loaves and two fishes.

  17. I watched Jay Leno on Bill Maher (talk about a room full of awesome dudes!), and while discussing one point, Mr. Leno said, “No, I’m not being funny.”

    At which point I yelled at the TV, “So you admit it!”
    And then I laughed and laughed, the only time he’s ever made me laugh in my life!
    And then I realized that I was alone in my dark bedroom on a Friday night watching Jay Leno on Bill Maher.

    The moral of the story is Jay Leno wins, that fucking bastard.

  18. Thank you so much Gabe for linking to http://www.jaylenosgarage.com, because I’m sure that if you’d simply mentioned it without providing a link you would’ve put us through the hassle of having to find it ourselves. Thank you for this convenience.

  19. Hey dude, make fun of Jay Leno all you want. I’m sure you can come up with 2 thousand hi-fucking-larious ways to say that Jay Leno is not funny, without it ever once getting boring. You are the most cutting edge of the comedy people. You are like their president.

    My primary issue was with your characterization of Leno as an asshole, which all available evidence suggests he is not, but I only defended him because I love him so much, and he is my boyfriend, and I thought he needed my help. Now I finally understand that he is rich, so never mind. I have no real problem with you continuing to make the same joke about how hacky and outdated you find him. It’s not at all tired, and I was wrong.

    All hail Gabe, the king of telling me what’s what.

    • You seem very angry about someone else’s opinion of a late night comedian. To quote CNN: just sayin’.

      • Nope. I have a problem with being told to “hush now” by a blogger who is too used to being surrounded by sycophants to take honest criticism. I don’t even think Jay Leno is funny.

        • Thank you, Godsauce. Gabe’s incredibly talented and one of the funniest writers I’ve seen on the interwebs, but this beating up on Jay Leno thing is getting old. Like Kurt Vonnegut said of critics, “Any reviewer who expresses rage and loathing for a novel is preposterous. He or she is like a person who has put on full armor and attacked a hot fudge sundae.” Hey Gabe, “Duh Aficionado Magazine: Jay Leno’s Humor Is Middle of the Road and Unfunny.”

          I saw Jay Leno on Bill Maher last week, and, yeah, he is an alright guy. The Tonight Show was unwatchable, but so what? I simply didn’t watch it. Out of mind, out of sight. There are much more interesting things out there to mock.

  20. bigfatmeanie  |   Posted on Aug 31st, 2009

    “this beating up on Jay Leno thing is getting old”. Nope, it’s not. You can choose what to read here. If you think it’s tiring, then STOP READING IT and STOP LOOKING FOR IT. Why do you insist on pissing yourself off?

    • Absolutely, I can most certainly stop reading Videogum. And that’s what’s bugging me. As I mentioned, I’m a big fan of Gabe, and I don’t want to stop reading. But as of late, he’s been doing much too much complaining about people like Jay Leno and Jerry Seinfeld. It’s getting harder and harder to find posts on people actually deserving of ridicule like Chris Dane Owens and Jersey Shore douchebags. The signal to noise ratio seems to be going down. And the trolls certainly aren’t helping (not that that’s Gabe’s fault).

      And if Gabe is tiring of Jay Leno, he can STOP PAYING ATTENTION TO HIM and STOP LOOKING FOR HIM. Why does he insist on pissing himself off? See, your advice works for both of us.

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