2/6/14
AT
STUDIO ENTRANCE, LAST JAY LENO TONIGHT SHOW,and it is RAINING ! This is the
first significant rain we've had around southern Cal in a long time.Its raining
on Jay's parade! Tonight is the final Jay Leno Tonight Show & the final
show in Burbank. It moves to New York after today, to be hosted by Jimmy
Fallon...& I'm outside the main entrance to the studio. There's about 20
others hanging around just trying to get a feel for the end of an era...lots of
memories. One fellow flew in from Toronto without tickets to the show,,he just
wanted to be near the studio as it came to an end..he did the same when Conan
show reverted back to Leno. He's a die-hard. Another guy flew in from
Detroit,also without a ticket to the show. People,near & far, have emotions
& memories intersect with this show & with Leno. The Tonight Show
became personally signifcant in my life in the late 70's & 80's when Johnny
Carson was still alive & well...and I would take friends to the show when
they visited from Michigan (where my family moved from when I was in high
school).And we came to the show as a family at least once,maybe twice. And in
the past ten years I've regularly come to the show maybe once a month or so
...and faces became familiar after a while. Its a "family" of sorts
here at the Tonight Show..Some have been around here a LONG time. And now Its
3:40pm(pst) here. Show starts in about 20 minutes, & party will probably
start around 80 minutes from now (5pm?) . We know the final guests are Billy
Crystal & Garth Brooks, but what other "surprises" will there be?
Last night (I was at the show) the surprise appearances by Arsenio Hall, Carrot
Top, & a few others, as well as Mickey Rooney in the audience. Stay tuned
for more updates!
