Check out this great collection of Jay Leno impressions from Mental_Floss. Something about the Chris Elliott version I found to be extremely surreal. Maybe it was just the quality of the video or maybe it was Chris Elliott's creepy, creepy eyes.
Also, it was neat to see that Dana Carvey had Steve Carrell, Stephen Colbert, Robert Smigel, Louis C.K., Dino Stamatopoulos, Jon Glaser, and even Charlie Kaufman (!) all on his show at one point or another.
I'm finding myself to be more and more of a comedy-nerd, appreciating good stand-up and well-executed bits with more passion than ever before. That being said, my interest in the whole NBC post-primetime isn't particularly high, except I feel bad for all involved. Even Jay Leno. It's unfortunate that despite being successful at what he does (and seemingly a nice guy--screw you, Dane Cook), he could end being the villain in this saga. It's really NBC's fault for the poorly thought-out "The Jay Leno Show" that was destined to fail. All in all, I hope Conan O'Brien continues a long productive comedy career as becomes as much a legend as Steve Allen, Johnny Carson, and Dave Letterman. Some new voices often push comedy forward, but it was an amazing few months envisioning a television late shift of Conan, Jon Stewart, and Stephen Colbert for years to come.
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How very 90s. They both look so young. I love it. By the dress and musical guest, Urge Overkill, I'm going to guess 1994.
Trivia time: Urge Overkill had a hit song off the Pulp Fiction movie that year and I only saw it about a billion times.
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