Leno said in his farwell "We are a union shop,and proud of it."

[Swede]

:toast:

[aquart]

1. His finale show was a class act all the way.

[lonestarnot]

2. Sorry I missed dat!

:toast:

[smalll]

3. Nice. Although I like Dave, I've always liked Leno too -- 'tho he's always been persona non grata

amongst the hipper-than-thou bicoastal elite who think they're worth their weight in arugula and way too "hip" for Jay.

[earth mom]

4. Wow, that's a shock. I've always thought of Leno as closer to the right.

:wow:

[Chulanowa]

6. He probably is

But he's one of the "normal" ones if so. Some right, some left, you know the deal.

[CreekDog]

12. he did a long interview in 2004 and said that he was a Democrat

and he was supportive (and rightly so) of his writers during the strike.

[XOKCowboy]

5. That's way cool. Kudo's to Jay

I never liked Jay as the host of the Tonight Show. I always liked his stand up better and I think that Dave is funnier in that setup. That being said I never bought Jay as a Neocon. Glad to see he's standing up for his crew.

[Control-Z]

7. I detected some

stifled tears at the end there. He fidgeted with his chin and face a bit, sitting at his desk. Looked like he was trying to distract himself from really thinking about his good byes. It was a nice last show.

[spoony]

8. Cool guy, k/r

He did a really nice thing putting on some free shows here for out-of-work folks.

[ColbertWatcher]

9. He may SAY he's a union shop, but that's not how the WGA saw him during the Writers' Strike.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/22493526/

[SOteric]

13. You might want to reread that article. Obviously they DID see him as a union shop,

or they wouldn't have been giving him grief about breaking union rules. (Which, to be fair and objective had some valid points on both sides so I see his writing his own material as an issue prime for mooting about.) Whether he wrote his material in violation of union rules specifically presumes he is, in fact, a member of the union. 'Cuz the union rules jus' frickin' don't apply to people who aren't members.

If he'd not been a member, they might have denounced him as a scab, or an unsupportive turd or something. Of course, that didn't happen.

One final point to consider, he was a member then, albeit one with whom the union had some disagreements: He is a member now. So obviously the union and Mr. Leno have resolved their disagreements in the ways that reasonable people do.

[ColbertWatcher]

15. True, but he crossed a picket line and that was what the dispute was about.

Tonight Show may be a union shop, but that doesn't mean Leno didn't fuck them over when it suited him.

[JeanGrey]

10. I can't believe that CONAN is going to take his place.

Not only is he NOT funny, he's weird looking. Count me out.

[grace0418]

11. Different strokes... Jay was good with animals but I thought his jokes were terrible. Conan is

waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay funnier imho. And weird-looking? Maybe, but Jay is a bit odd himself.

[SOteric]

14. I saw the show on Hulu this morning,

I've always been a fan of Leno and I will miss him on the tonight show. Conan's fun and I'll give him a shot. Leno's final show was a classy testament to a really great human being. I wish him well in his new endeavors.