The Leno Wit
Subtitle: His Life and Humor
Edition: 1st ed edition
Publisher: William Morrow & Co
Published: February 1997
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 257
ISBN-13: 9780688149932
Subjects: United States; Television (Performing Arts); Comedy (Performing Arts); Humor; Performing Arts/Dance; Television personalities; General; Leno, Jay; Biography; Comedians
Description: The Leno Wit tells Jay Leno's fascinating life story, capturing the laugh-out-loud humor that has millions of viewers tuning in every night to watch The Tonight Show. In this candid look at Leno's life and career, Jay Walker reveals how America's favorite late-night talk show host rose from wise-cracking New England schoolboy to nationally known stand-up comedian, eventually beating out David Letterman to gain the Tonight Show throne. Leno's life story is here, from his.

Days as a class clown to his rough early years performing at strip clubs to his mainstream success in the eighties. Walker portrays a man who is driven by his love of comedy, who stays up late every night before his next show, fine-tuning jokes and reworking the wording until it is perfect. But there is also a family-man side to Leno, which comes out in touching anecdotes about the courtship of his wife, Mavis, his devotion to his late parents, and his love of classic.

Cars and motorcycles. Walker details all of the behind-the-scenes wheeling and dealing that went on during the notorious Leno/Letterman battle to be host of The Tonight Show that is now part of showbiz legend. Even as host of The Tonight Show, Leno has remained, remarkably, just a regular guy who has avoided the glitz and glamour of the fast lane and rarely has an unkind word to say about anyone. The Leno Wit captures this warm-hearted spirit and beguiling wit, which has.

Catapulted Leno to the top of the comedy game and made him an adored entertainer.