jay s crossed us. this had a very big impact on on the mood of of of dave and the show, in general. it was the only time that i ever thought he was uncomfortable on the air. i just think he felt that people didn t want him there, anymore. and i said, you re johnny carson today. and when you tune into johnny, you expected him to stand there, confidently, and tell jokes. okay. time to fly the cards. and i think that he started to realize, you know what? yes, this is not getting me anywhere. and i went through this for ab about-six months and, oh, my god. how are you able to work every day, being depressed? i had to push through it. could you be funny? well, as funny as you can, when you re depressed. nobody ever disliked anybody. i mean, dave did a lot of jokes
arrested earlier this morning in hollywood for allegedly picking up a prostitute on sunset boulevard. the most important element of hugh grant showing up on the ton tonight show with jay lenos that he showed up. we all assumed that he would cancel the appearance. jay anticipated that. and jay called hugh grant. and said, i think, ultimately, this story goes away if you don t hide. please, welcome, ladies and gentlemen, hugh grant. instead of our having usual, whatever it was, 4 million viewers watching that night. we had over 10 million. let me start with question number one. everyone wanted to know, what is hugh grant going to say? what the hell were you thinking? oh, my god. you couldn t have said it better.
colleagues at nbc. what are we going to do about jay leno? i was really worried that the show was not going to make it. let me ask you a question here. when prisoners watch shows like cops, do you think they root for the criminal? come on, get over the fence. oh, man. on the worst day of the tonight show, and the worst, horrible conditions, you re still writing jokes and you re laughing. and i said, all right. let s see what we have to do to bring this thing out of the hole. jay has this ability to plow forward, like nobody i ve ever seen. i have to hand it to jay leno, that he is the one who said we re going to we are going to win this thing, and i m going to work harder. at that point, helen kushnick had been fired. and we promoted ebby vicars as another example of a woman behind the scenes who, really, is the formative person in a show. jay and i have, in common,
and members of congress are set to get a pay raise this year. [audience booing] isn t that like fixing a plumber for fixing a toilet he blocked up in the first place? [ laughter ] tucker, what you will come to learn is that clayton doesn t always find our jay lenos funny. that was good. that was good. that was an apt analogy. chuck our floor manager chuckled at that. much is made. i remember us slamming the iranian government on the show for adding in. remember that missile launch they added in where they photo shopped in extra missiles to show they actually launched them. they photo shopped in extra missiles. this is what we did. kind of like what the federal government has done over the past few days and nancy pelosi will be releasing this class photo of all the new congresswomen who have been members who are now the new members of this new
i feel fabulous. i love it when i m mom s there at the end of the race and i get to hug her, because i feel like every big thing i ve ever had i ve turned and my mom was there. and i got to give her a big hug and know that she s there supporting me. now it s time for the awards and jay lenos on hand to present them. you know for guys who won the race, you re moving awful slow. thank you gentlemen s. thank you guys. thank you! get ready to cheer for the women! finally the female celebrity division, and in places, one, through 11, there is just one winner, from the biggest loser, season five, ali vincent! two hours, nine minutes! ali congratulations, very good, very good. maybe you re used to triathlons but you were still nervous and excited about it, it was a different experience. and yes, i loved it a lot more, i wasn t as nervous and i think that i m just