Jay Leno
Jay Leno,is an american comedian and also a famous television talk-show host.He is noted mainly for his gently satirizing the mores and products of United States consumer culture. Apart from this Leno is also famous, for his passion for performing before live audiences.
He was born in 1950(April 18) as James Douglas Muir Leno in New Rochelle, New York.He was raised in Andover, Massachusetts.Jay Leno finished his studies at Emerson College.It was in mid 1970's,after finishing his studies Jay started his career in entertainment field as a stand-up comedian.He performed his routines as many as 300 times in a year in the nightclubs and also in the shopping malls.
As this got a great exposure for him, Leno soon began working in the television industry.He started his Television industry as a writer for American actor Jimmie Walker, who was then featured in the opular situation comedy called “Good Times.” I
t was in 1977, Leno first performed on the “Tonight Show,” a National Broadcasting Company (NBC) talk show which was then hosted by American entertainer Johnny Carson.The important turing point for Leno, which made him a national celebrity was the Talk Show called as “Late Night with David Letterman”.
Carson named Leno as one of several permanent guest hosts on the “Tonight Show"in the year 1986.1986 was a very good year for him as he produced and starred in special programs for NBC and the cable television network Showtime, during that year.
Apart from these activities he also performed more than 200 shows in comedy clubs and Las Vegas casinos, and he had a sold-out engagement at New York City's prestigious Carnegie Hall."Tonight Show" is the show which made Leno so popular and he wasnamed the exclusive guest host in 1987.In 1992, he became the permanent host when Carson retired.The picture below shows Jay Leno with American President Barrack Obama in Tonight Show
Apart from the TV shows, Leno also appeared in the motion pictures.Some of the motion pictures includes
1)Fun with Dick and Jane (1977)
2)American Hot Wax (1978)
3)The Silver Bears (1978)
4)Americathon (1979)
5)Collision Course (1988)
6)Dave (1993).
He also compiled four editions of Headlines between 1989 and 1992, from a popular recurring segment on the “Tonight Show,” as well as Police Blotter in 1994, all best-selling books which contains the collections of humorous newspaper headlines and articles.
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