Jay is a super nice guy in person. He sometimes comes to the MoPar Spring Fling. His show “Jay Lenos Garage” is the best show of its type and I love the fact that he actually DRIVES his cars and shares them with the public so others can see and appreciate them. Jay has done a tremendous amount to preserve antique automobiles that would have never been restored to working condition otherwise and educate the public on their history and the engineers and designers behind them.
Dave and Norm would always make it a point to tell people how Leno was #1 at the time and Dave always remained consistent when acknowledging Leno's standup prowess. What happened between them didnt take away his ability and talent. Im sure Leno respected Letterman for choosing the host path early on and was influenced by him.
maybe that was the joke? j/k i feel like jay was the comic at the end of an era before things changed. so he became misunderstood in the comedy community. i grew up with jay as host so i always thought he was a great host until he wasn't. not so much as a comic.
I generally can’t stand the style of rapid one liners, even Gilbert Gottfried, but it’s undeniable that Leno’s observations still hold up as some of the most accurate today
Maybe I’m too young approaching 30 here but like I’m half way through and haven’t managed a single laugh and I came here to see why he was such a legend I will listen to some more though. To be clear this isn’t hate I respect him for his accomplishments maybe I’m missing it or it’s just not me but I shall try more
The humor is too cheesy and mainstream. I don't get it either. I guess his technical delivery is great, but whatever. I don't find Seinfeld funny either.
@@bradleyboyer9979 now seignfeild has made me chuckle a few times, he never had me rolling on the floor laughing or dieing from his jokes, bill burr however has some of the most golden material to me. Seinfeld said something about how great isn’t so great and I’m doing a horrible rehash of the joke but it ended up with ice cream hitting the ground and what do you say OH GREAT but his build up made the punch line hit better But yeah I don’t find Leno funny in the least bit and seignfield is in this category of jokes, very pg with it. Maybe as an adult I enjoy adult humor Personally some of my favorites are Carlin, bill burr, chappelle, kat Williams in his hay day and same for Kevin Hart. And how can I leave out Eddie Murphy and prior. Also I forget his name but he died big dude named ralph something was amazing
Dude this was 40 years ago, obviously what people consider funny changes over time. Whoever your favorite comedian is will be considered by many to be boring 40 years from now.
The distance between the bottom of your nose to the top of your lip is the same distance from the top to the bottom of your visible eye. And from the bottom of your lip to the bottom of your chin is twice that length. Unless you’re Jay Leno, in which case it’s about 7.
The jokes are not outdated. He is actually super funny here. People just have a much lower social iq now -- mostly due to internet pron and social media. Edit: Actually to say lower social iq and understanding is inaccurate, more accurate is to say they have absolutely no social iq or understanding of universal human values. This is a great set.
Just watched Joe Rogan and Louis C.K. commending Jay Leno on how great a stand-up comic he was before hosting the Tonight Show. I thought, really? I must've missed something. So, I searched for "Jay Leno stand-up" and picked this. And Leno stunk. Boo=boring-as-fuck! Couldn't get past 2:00 of this video.
Comedy from 30 years ago always sucks when you watch it today. When you compare it to today's comedy, they've already pushed through like 30 years more boundaries it just will always struggle to compare. Mind you, it's also hard to make clean comedy hilarious. And he never would have been given his opportunity as a dirty comic. I didn't mind this. I chucked. but didn't belly laugh.
Are there any Jay Leno stand-up material performed & recorded at venues allowing for greater freedoms of speech? Gonna have a look-see. Back in a min.. And if you know or find any, pls. to kindly mention their links here. ... I'd much appreciate it.
Looking for his old standup cuz of CK and Rogan talking about it.
Jay is a super nice guy in person. He sometimes comes to the MoPar Spring Fling. His show “Jay Lenos Garage” is the best show of its type and I love the fact that he actually DRIVES his cars and shares them with the public so others can see and appreciate them. Jay has done a tremendous amount to preserve antique automobiles that would have never been restored to working condition otherwise and educate the public on their history and the engineers and designers behind them.
Thanks for that Jay.
What a wonderful treat to see this.
2024 is your's Jay. you'd win 35 states.
Great stuff man, thanks for the upload
Jat Leno is very talented and paid his share of dues coming up through the ranks of comics of his time. He has good morals too.
Dave and Norm would always make it a point to tell people how Leno was #1 at the time and Dave always remained consistent when acknowledging Leno's standup prowess. What happened between them didnt take away his ability and talent. Im sure Leno respected Letterman for choosing the host path early on and was influenced by him.
Well, this act sucks, so I don't know what the fuck they are talking about.
Norm said every comedian was the best all time. He said countless times that letterman was the greatest too
Jay is doo doo
This is great it’s just like his monologue on the tonight show no wonder he was so good he had perfected it for years
Funny thing is Norm MacDonald thought that Jay Leno was absolutely amazing
I know that’s how I ended up here, I just heard Norm say that and searched for “Jay Leno Old Standup”
Who's Norm?
maybe that was the joke? j/k i feel like jay was the comic at the end of an era before things changed. so he became misunderstood in the comedy community. i grew up with jay as host so i always thought he was a great host until he wasn't. not so much as a comic.
You are saying it like Norm MacDonald was the greatest comedian, he was ok
@@NobodyCaresALot Norm McDonald passed away a few months back. He was in a ton of movies. Very funny guy.
.....well, Norm liked him
Lol! Mos def!!
I came here because of that.
Great job Jay. You’re really funny! Keep it up
This was like 43 years ago dude
i dont dislike this. however this type of humor is very nested in the time its from
What is this type of humor? I feel like a reverse boomer watching this.
Blessing, thanks universe
Mos DEF!! LOL!!
I generally can’t stand the style of rapid one liners, even Gilbert Gottfried, but it’s undeniable that Leno’s observations still hold up as some of the most accurate today
If only accurate was funny
Norm brought me here
Maybe I’m too young approaching 30 here but like I’m half way through and haven’t managed a single laugh and I came here to see why he was such a legend I will listen to some more though. To be clear this isn’t hate I respect him for his accomplishments maybe I’m missing it or it’s just not me but I shall try more
The humor is too cheesy and mainstream. I don't get it either. I guess his technical delivery is great, but whatever. I don't find Seinfeld funny either.
@@bradleyboyer9979 now seignfeild has made me chuckle a few times, he never had me rolling on the floor laughing or dieing from his jokes, bill burr however has some of the most golden material to me.
Seinfeld said something about how great isn’t so great and I’m doing a horrible rehash of the joke but it ended up with ice cream hitting the ground and what do you say OH GREAT but his build up made the punch line hit better
But yeah I don’t find Leno funny in the least bit and seignfield is in this category of jokes, very pg with it. Maybe as an adult I enjoy adult humor
Personally some of my favorites are
Carlin, bill burr, chappelle, kat Williams in his hay day and same for Kevin Hart. And how can I leave out Eddie Murphy and prior. Also I forget his name but he died big dude named ralph something was amazing
yeah jay leno is definitely not funny from what i watched.. hes doing that observational humor but its like hes just describing normal situations..
I came here for the same reason. I have not laughed once. I never thought him or letterman were funny.
Dude this was 40 years ago, obviously what people consider funny changes over time. Whoever your favorite comedian is will be considered by many to be boring 40 years from now.
the cookie story at the end is the same one from hitchhikers guide to the galaxy i woder which one appeared first
Yeah.........
6:46 i just watched his recovery interview on cnbc 2023
Nice Leifer upload.
I hear he is very nice in person, and perhaps even amusing. You'd never guess it from this.
i heard u r a gay man, ur mom told me
✨Great Guy !!! Jay Leno !!!✨🎭🥴🌷
im not sure that's true....
Here because of JRE
JRE is full of it!
This isn't quite as mad as Brogan's stand-up but it's pretty bad.
Money! That right there..CLASS!!
There’s a reason Jay got the opportunities he got
Because he wrote a soild set once 40 years ago?
Please let me in on the reason.
Judging by this performance,
It wasn’t his comedy.
Yup this is crazy He probably had one car here. No collection yet
That illuminated club
@@gandar54 he is regarded as an all time great standup by his peers
Thanks a ton for sharing this. Not to sound dumb, but can anybody tell me the name of the host?
The legendary Merv Griffin
@@Mark-sj3xb Thank you, sir, for helping me piece this together
Mos def! Thank you!
When drakes out of jail they should do the show together again.
Odd that the music kinda sounded like The Tonight Show theme. Lol
Mos def!
Jay looked like a real guido in his earlier days.
The distance between the bottom of your nose to the top of your lip is the same distance from the top to the bottom of your visible eye. And from the bottom of your lip to the bottom of your chin is twice that length. Unless you’re Jay Leno, in which case it’s about 7.
Mos def! Lol
Leno was likable
Mos def
That’s funny!
Mos def!!! Lol
The host is Merv Griffin.
1:24
Watching this 21 years after 9/11 is Interesting to hear the take on airline security 21 years before 9/11
I've never found him funny.... have been looking for more of his material to see if he can get a chuckle. Any ideas?
Iconic genius comedian! LOL!
I forget that much like Steve Martin, Jay had black hair once.
06:40 That aged well…
Reminds me of a grown up Mike TV from Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory.
Chris Rock and Eddie Murphy had just started doing stand-up around this time
No one cares
I wonder how old he was here, must not have been over 23 years old.
He reminds me of Doug DeMuro, "This is a ..."
I wonder if Jay has a 1972 Pinto in his car collection?
👍
Ha...
y'know the style, the delivery, it's all there
It just needs to... bake in that oven for a bit more to perfection.
People say Jay Leno is a great stand up comic. I haven’t seen it yet
agreed, this was awful
That's why I came here. I keep hearing about how great he was before he was famous, but I've yet to see anything even slightly above average.
Since I only hear this from fellow comedians, I wonder if it kind of a sarcastic running joke among the standup comedians
Shane then you must be the problem
Well that was nice. I'm Brittney.
crap stand up , good chat show host , brilliant car programme host
Mos def!! Lol! Best ever!
He talks about spitting now you can get arrested for spitting lol
He also talked about an exploding gas tank and now he had a gas explosion in his face.
Should have just said "no" to NBC to replace Conan.
What’s on his wrist
What the fuck... they had X-ray machines back then??.. or did he mean metal detectors??
A different time, I guess
This is supposed to be funny? This was the funniest guy of the 80s? This is who they chose to host the tonight show? WTF!!!!
Pretty sure there were a lot better comedians in the 80s. Carlin?
he looks like jake paul!
Haha I see it
Not. Funny. AT ALL
I never liked jay leno but I like his car channel on you tube
Wow… I don’t know if his joke are outdated or he is just not that funny…🎉
The jokes are not outdated. He is actually super funny here. People just have a much lower social iq now -- mostly due to internet pron and social media. Edit: Actually to say lower social iq and understanding is inaccurate, more accurate is to say they have absolutely no social iq or understanding of universal human values. This is a great set.
I just don’t get why so many successful comedians love Jay’s standup. His jokes are terrrrrible
That's what brought me here, I have to agree.
Very sienfeld esk
What a weird lookin dude
not funny tho
cringe
He stole " man on the street" thing from Howard.
Leno was good but not timeless; he was leashed by time
ooof. and people say Seinfeld talks to much about airports.
Terrible
Just watched Joe Rogan and Louis C.K. commending Jay Leno on how great a stand-up comic he was before hosting the Tonight Show. I thought, really? I must've missed something. So, I searched for "Jay Leno stand-up" and picked this. And Leno stunk. Boo=boring-as-fuck! Couldn't get past 2:00 of this video.
Lol same reason I’m here. I don’t hate Leno but geez this wasn’t good
Same reason I’m here
Comedy from 30 years ago always sucks when you watch it today. When you compare it to today's comedy, they've already pushed through like 30 years more boundaries it just will always struggle to compare.
Mind you, it's also hard to make clean comedy hilarious. And he never would have been given his opportunity as a dirty comic.
I didn't mind this. I chucked. but didn't belly laugh.
Are there any Jay Leno stand-up material performed & recorded at venues allowing for greater freedoms of speech?
Gonna have a look-see.
Back in a min..
And if you know or find any, pls. to kindly mention their links here.
... I'd much appreciate it.
Holy crap, me too! 😂
NOT FUNNY
He was bombing because he’s not funny and never was.
Are these what they considered jokes back then? This is just sad
Never funny.
People keep saying his standup was hilarious? Wrong AF
Sorry, but he was a mediocre funny guy wannabe.
He's not very good.
That's just how much comedy has evolved. The bar is high now! Back then, he was one of the very best.
pretty sure his jawline is his entire career
@@Taliyon wasn’t Dangerfield performing back then he’s still great
Fkn right! Hahahaha. This is awful.
What u say???😮
Leno's not funny 40+yrs ago.
Great on the tonight show and his car show but jays standup is a failure
He’s as bad as I thought he would be.
This is appalling.
Jay Leno is not funny, on any level.
He’s bombing so bad. Hes never been funny and never will be.
I genuinely tried to watch this and see the humor but he''s so unfunny it's painful I don't get it
He was bombing so bad.
I mean it’s funny just not in this time reminds me of Shane Gillis but he’s funny af