JAY LENO GAMESHOW TV

“They don’t want the sex jokes, of course,” he said, but the reward is “getting the most number of laughs.” That logic has served him well in television, Leno said. Leno said he always considered himself a “populist.” Unlike other comics, who wanted to target niches, he pursued more of an “old-school” approach, booking venues like Oral Roberts University. And people seemed to like that.” NBC aired the original show from 1947 to 1961. This is almost exactly like the old Groucho show, because that show was about Groucho talking to people. “They all have a desk and a stage and a band. “Almost every late-night talk show is a spinoff of the original Tonight Show,” Leno said. Even David Letterman’s beloved “Stupid Pet Tricks” segment is being shopped as a series. In a sense, the syndicated show is Leno’s shot at exploiting late-night material, in the vein of Lip Sync Battle or Carpool Karaoke.

JAY LENO GAMESHOW TV

TV station owners sparked to the concept, he added, because they don’t want to “alienate half their audience.” If you don’t bring up politics, you find you have a lot in common with people you don’t agree with politically,” Leno said. The stakes are low, with contestants able to win at most $5,000. Former Tonight Show bandleader Kevin Eubanks is reteaming with Leno as his on-air (non-musical) sidekick. You Bet Your Life, whose 180-episode run will be shot over 12 weeks, is expressly intended as an easygoing viewing experience. That lasted only so long, and then people started yelling at you for not taking one side or the other.” “When I started The Tonight Show, we used to get credit for making fun of both sides equally. “Every comedy show now is just divided by politics,” he said. In an interview with Deadline, Leno said the attraction to him was the notion of trying to aim a new project straight down the middle. Paul McCartney At Tribeca Film Festival: John Lennon 'Had A Really Tragic Life'

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