Do you wonder that there isn’t a huge ‘IDIOT’ stamp on the foreheads of some people?

You know who we mean… the people that think Sarah Jessica Parker isn’t rather horsey looking and own Everybody Loves Raymond box sets and use words like ‘exspecially’ and have read all of the Nicholas Sparks books. Well, these are the same people that think Jay Leno is funny – no, really, apparently there are people out there who think that – and now these people are running big huge media networks and are trying to get Jay Leno to come not be funny for them when his contract expires next year.  

Oh, forget the stamp. The closest blunt object will do. 

You know who it sucks to be right now? Conan O’Brien, that’s who. Four years ago NBC announced that it would replace Jay Leno with Conan O’Brien on the late night circuit in 2009 when everybody’s contracts were up. Conan probably grew accustomed to the congratulatory fruit baskets and Post-Its on his windshield saying ‘Can’t wait for ’09. Keep Smiling’! Now the fruit and love notes have stopped because they all wish they’d just signed Jay Leno on for more years and left Conan sobbing into the inflatable raft his giant head uses as a pillow.  

Despite the fact that Jay Leno’s jokes are so predictable and mainstream that we have to re-grow brain cells that have died from boredom, Jay Leno’s ratings are through the roof. He’s the highest rated late night talk show host. We know, we know. We were astonished as well that it was Jay and not Jimmy Kimmel that topped the list. But said ratings have created a great deal of courting for Jay Leno from big name networks like ABC and Fox.     

So, what will Jay decide to do with so many delicious career options on his plate? Besides eating them, that is. Nobody knows yet. Leno’s lawyer, said:  

“Jay will of course honour his contract obligations to NBC. Jay isn’t talking to anyone about anything and won’t be until it’s contractually proper.” 

That’s right, he will honour his obligations and at the contractually proper time he’ll make his decision rolling around in piles of money while wearing a money-suit and smoking money cigars. Probably piles of about $40 million a year, in fact.

 Still, it baffles us that Jay Leno is so popular. Maybe everyone’s afraid to not laugh. Maybe they think if they don’t laugh, people will say their prejudice against jutted-chinned people with lisps and will have to go to prejudiced-person rehab like Isaiah Washington and Mel Gibson. Yeesh.   

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