Jay Leno jokes about layoffs in ‘Tonight Show’ monologue
Jay Leno worked in some jabs at his bosses at NBC and its corporate parent Comcast on Monday’s “Tonight Show,” the first show taped since the late-night program had to lay off roughly two dozen employees and Leno himself took a pay cut.
Leno kicked off the program telling the audience, “Welcome to ‘The Tonight Show,’ or as Comcast calls us, ‘The Expendables!’”
He continued, “As you may have heard, our parent company has downsized ‘The Tonight Show.’ And we’ve been consistently No. 1 in the ratings. And if you know anything about our network, that kind of thing is frowned upon around here.”
-- Patrick Kevin Day, Los Angeles Times