when joan rivers got her shot over at fox, there s the need to find another, recurring sub. and johnny was comfortable giving jay a shot as a guest host. i hope you had a speaking role in this part. yeah but i speak more with my eyes sometimes. you speak more with your eyes? uh-huh. yeah. i don t think your eyes can get a word in edgewise. when jay was first asked to guest host the show, i remember he was sitting in his hot tub. and jay says, to me, you know, i think maybe i could take over the show. after johnny leaves. maybe, i can do it. and the more he did it, the better he got. so, jay leno took over as permanent-guest host. and i thought he was a natural. kind of a snappy dresser now. this is looks like fashions by davy krcrockett apparently. jay broke out on the