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Tonight show" very first on this show. also actor comedian and owner of the john lovetz comedy club and -- his first job was writing for jay when jay filled in for johnny carson. a trifecta of comedic genius. wonderful to see you. >> i hope this will be the first of many appearances. >> i hope it will be the first of the next 99. here's my experience with jay leno. i've done his show maybe nine, ten times. always unbelievably friendly, courteous, respectful to me with my kids. i hear from other comedians constant yap yap yapping that he's a bad guy. >> no, i think his one complaint is he doesn...

I never heard anyone say jay isn't funny. jerry seinfeld, everyone they were influenced by jay. they love jay. and the way he crafts a joke, it should be a -- he could do a lecture. it could be a comedy course on how he takes a joke. just the way he -- >> he's the ultimate -- i always think he's the ultimate boom boom gag merchant. sort of a boom boom. >> exactly. >> this one's how sandra bullock reacted last night. got quite tearful. >> i'm going to start crying. but you've always been so kind. and that's saying a lot in this business because we like to be mean [ laughter ] >> there's not bee...

Taping with his guest billy crystal. here to talk about the end of an ear remarks actor fred willard has made 100 appearances on "the tonight show" very first on this show. also actor comedian and owner of the john lovetz comedy club and -- his first job was writing for jay when jay filled in for johnny carson. a trifecta of comedic genius. wonderful to see you. >> i hope this will be the first of many appearances. >> i hope it will be the first of the next 99. here's my experience with jay leno. i've done his show maybe nine, ten times. always unbelievably friendly, courteous, respectful to m...

With his cars. he had a great line he gave you about the mechanics of money and how to make money. >> i met him in college then "saturday night live" he hosted it. i met him in '85-'86 again. i said that was the guy that interviewed you. that was you? i can't believe it. a lot of comedians, you should be a standup and all this. i said, jay, do you think i should be a standup? he goes do it. john, write joke, tell joke, get check. that's it. and he had that ability. and he's right. to boil it down to simplicity, he's not neurotic and he works hard. and he really enjoys it. >> spike, i want to p...

>> i think the day after his show goes off he's flying to florida to do one nighters. >> of course. >> so that's great. i'm not going to lay awake tonight worrying about jay. although he did send out an e-mail saying could you contribute a few bucks to jay leno's retirement plan? i said jay -- the one thing about jay, i know a lot of people who have had sicknesses in their family. jay will get on the phone and call them. i know a writer, teshon shannon, jason their birthday would call them in texas and say hi, how you doing? he's a real guy. i wish him the best. i feel bad that he's not going ...