May 14 2009
Jay Leno Books Conan O’Brien As His Final Guest
Jay Leno announced that his final guest on the “Tonight Show” will be none other than his successor, Conan O’Brien. Leno made the announcement during a conference call Thursday morning, and also announced that O’Brien will appear on Leno’s final appearance as host with folk singer, James Taylor.
Leno had previously announced that guests during his final week will include Mel Gibson, Arnold Schwenegger, singer Lyle Lovett, Sarah McLachlan, Billy Crystal, country singer Dwight Yoakam, and Tonight Show regular, Wanda Sykes.
As Leno prepares to end his Tonight Show reign, he is also hard at work on his newest project, a 10 o’clock prime-time show that will compete against the traditional dramatic programming. Leno hope the show will bring some laughs to the time slot.
“There’s no laughs at 10 o’clock,” he said. “To me, 10 o’clock is like the new 11:30. I hear so many young people, ‘I gotta car pool. I gotta get up at 6.”
Leno’s ends his reign as host on May 29th, and O’Briem takes over beginning June 1st.O’Brien
