File this under: Leno is NOT a regular guy

[Kevin M.]

Everything about this story made me sad. I applaud Leno’s work ethic, but what is the point of working hard and achieving things if you can’t at any point enjoy it? Sure, he indulges his passion for cars, but even that is just another series of projects to keep him busy. 

One aside: In the article, Leno says he only gets food from places with guys in paper hats and never has room service. To the best of my knowledge, Leno never drove off the lot for lunch the entire time he hosted The Tonight Show, and he didn’t walk across the Midway to the world famous (-ly bad) NBC commissary, so somebody delivered his food to him daily for  over a quarter of a century.

I’ve never understood his insistence on maintaining this pretense that he’s just a blue collar working man. He has told the same 25 jokes for over 40 years. He hasn’t worked since I was in diapers. 

https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2021/12/01/jay-leno-refuses-to-splurge-on-expensive-food-room-service.html

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Kevin M. (RPCV)

[Bob Jersey]

Maybe he's owed the writeup under his contract for "...Garage" ?     B

Kevin M, in part, Dec 1st:

[Kevin M.]

On Wed, Dec 1, 2021 at 2:13 PM 'Bob Jersey' via TVorNotTV <tvor...@googlegroups.com> wrote:

Maybe he's owed the writeup under his contract for "...Garage" ?     B

Maybe, but again I didn’t find the piece flattering… he came off as manic and unrelatable.

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Kevin M. (RPCV)

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Yesterday while listening to the Maintenance Phase podcast I heard the phrase, “celebrity performance of authenticity” and that describes what Leno is doing here. It’s strange how much effort he puts into maintaining his Everyman persona even though there would be no consequences to him if he did enjoy fine dining or spend his Tonight Show money. He’s not going to be losing any bookings for it and I can’t imagine who would care. What the fact he brings this up publicly tells me is that he’s driven by a deep insecurity.

On Dec 1, 2021, at 7:21 PM, Kevin M. <drunkba...@gmail.com> wrote:



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