Tales of Jay Leno, Mr. Nice Guy
Last year, The Times published an interview with Jay Leno containing a joke I believed to be homophobic, and I complained about that in a letter that Calendar printed.
The morning my letter appeared, Jay called me at my home and apologized, saying he had not meant the joke to offend anyone. I was struck by the effort he made to clear up an issue that a potential fan had raised.
Since then, I have found that, indeed, his comedy does not pick on groups of people--a fact that is made clear in Christon’s feature.
Jay is truly a breath of fresh air in a time when it is so fashionable to bash all kinds of minorities for just being different.
JOHN THOMPSEN
West Hollywood
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