Dave responded to Jay's "Don't Blame Conan"

every day I wake up when I say I'm gonna keep my mouth shut about this NBC Tonight Show thing because honestly folks I don't have a dog in this fight but here's the deal I've known a Jay Leno for I don't know 35 years a long long time and we used to buddy around in the old days and what we're seeing now is kind of vintage Jay and it's enjoyable for me to see this it's it's like hey there is there's the guy I know and I just thought well I better keep my mouth shut because I you know if lord knows I got my own problem I really I got I got my own problems but I just can't help myself [Music] and and while it's true I don't specifically have a dog in this fight I think that in some way I and Paul are responsible for the mess that's taking place over there now we're responsible yes because because we because of the big stink that we created when we left and we left the big years and years ago they said okay well that'll never happen again right so well that's what Jay says he was gonna retire five years ago just to avoid that that's right they wanted to avoid another transitional brouhaha if I can invoke a little French please do so last night Jay gave his State of the Network speech he did and state of the network state of the net and and he said that we should not blame Conan for what's going on don't blame Kohn don't blame Conan for what's going on and I said to myself no one is blaming and he further elucidated that what who who we should actually blame our conan's agents and managers we should blame them because this is what they do and then Jay pointed out that he himself has no agent or manager so I'm begging you ladies gentlemen on behalf of everyone involved please don't blame blame corn please okay I know a lot of you people think that Conan pushed himself out of a job I don't blame him he's not that kind of guy he would never do that to himself you're saying this is vintage Jay please don't blame oh okay that's all I got no tonight all right that's [Music] J also let us know last night that the Conan is a family guy apparently yeah he said he was a good family a good family a good family man that's right I hope you're not planning on blaming Conan are ya why was I I mean in the thousands and thousands of words that have been printed about this mess who has blamed Conan no one I don't think so no one has blamed Conan so when five years ago when NBC said to Jay you know what Conan's gonna take over your job in five years that's when you say okay fine no hard feelings you call ABC you call Fox you try to get my job you leave you don't you don't hang around you you you go across the street and you punish NBC and you make them eat your words right and and then and then then Conan has a job Jay has a job I have a job that what's his name Lonnie Donegan what's his name yeah the guy before Alan Jimmy Fallon has a job line Lonnie Donegan and and then he has a job - yeah and and Jimmy Kimmel has a job yeah see that's the way that things are supposed to work it's just part of evolution okay it's a Darwin it's an early dirt with Freesat Island you get fired get another gig don't hang around waiting for somebody to drop dead well I feel I've gone too far yet again [Applause]

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Keywords: David Letterman, 'Late Show', Jay Leno, Conan

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Length: 5min 1sec (301 seconds)

Published: Wed Jan 20 2010