I don't notice this.

Man that was a sad read. Really makes the other hosts & comics look small.

example pls

I love vanilla ice cream. My other favorite flavors are…wait for it…chocolate chip, and chocolate.

Give me an example of a "lazy" and "non-lazy" joke.

hate speech police

Yes, none of Leno's celebrity interviews were ever anything other than product pitches. The entire interviews were spent describing the plot of the film or TV show, when they will be airing, and where one can see these. After these questions were answered there was immediately an abrupt commercial break.

Comparison is a thing, yes.

But pageclicks!

I am proud to say I attended a taping of The Tonight Show last June and enjoyed it immensely.

Yeah but critics are different, cuz they're smart.

There's nothing inherently wrong with laugh tracks.

Perhaps in a few decades talk shows will be rendered moot. But for now there's still an older demographic that (if my parents are any indication) enjoys ending their day with a dumb joke or two. And I see nothing wrong with that.

Don't worry, the author will never address any inconsistencies.

I rarely watched anything on Leno besides the monologue.

What's wrong with a dumb laugh or two after a long day? Not everything needs to be highbrow, all the time.

True, but that's like me being annoyed with Todd VanDerWerff for thinking he knows exactly how I feel about a particular scene of Homeland. This is what critics do - extrapolate their own perspective onto everyone else - and as much as I'd be more comfortable with expressed acknowledgments that "this is only my…

Leno was a hit because he appealed to wide swaths of people (read that as 'lowest common denominator' if you will), was relatively safe, and translated well to Middle America. Perhaps people's distaste for Leno is more a reflection of what they think about his audience.

Yeah, but this wouldn't make for as interesting an article.

I'm pretty sure Headlines never went anywhere.