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Did any of these stars carry out their vow to boycott Leno for Conan?

posted 10 years ago by AlphaQSilly
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Did anyone of these celebrity friends of Conan appear on Leno after he kicked Conan out?

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[–] yodboy007-1 10 years ago

Will Ferrell hasn't appeared on TTS with Jay Leno since 2008, according to his IMDb profile.

I don't feel like looking up the others right now, but I don't think Jay was hurt by not having them over the past few years. Most of them are hacks, especially Poehler.

[–] tyler-92 10 years ago

Poehler has appeared a couple times, but she has a show on NBC so she might be contractually obligated to do so. Shatner appeared once. The others have not done Jay's show since, with Ferrell being the most conspicuous snub. He had done the show thirteen times prior and had a good relationship with NBC from SNL.

edit: Also, Tom Hanks has not been to the Tonight Show since Conan left. He has one credit from an episode since Conan left but he never did an interview or anything. He has done Conan a few times since. He has always been a big supporter of Conan, even giving Conan the nickname Coco.

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[–] tyler-92 10 years ago

I was counting interviews, but I see that he's been hosting a regular segment.

Anyway, these people never vowed never to do Leno. It was just the author's idea of people who he thought might not do it. Shatner will pretty much do anything for a few bucks, Star Trek stuff excluded.

[–] a_l_i_e_n 10 years ago

Shatner will pretty much do anything for a few bucks, Star Trek stuff excluded.

Is that ever the truth. Conventions, commercials for Priceline.com, computers, more fiber in your diet. The guy just...never...stops.

[–] what-ever 10 years ago

Interesting.

Conan was the one F'd over, so I respect those who supported him.

Jay's contribution to The Tonight Show was to lower its prestige.

[–] scgary66 10 years ago

Tom Hanks has only two listed appearances on TTS since 2008 - one was a prerecorded bit with Rove McManus, and the other seems to be a red carpet appearance in a Ross Mathews segment. Hanks seems pretty close to Conan; he was the one who gave him the Coco nickname, and he's been on with some regularity.

Edit: Tom Selleck also hasn't been on Leno since 2007, after about a dozen appearances in the previous decade; he's been on Conan a couple of times, and has also appeared a few times on Letterman, Ferguson and others. Interesting.

Gary Krause

[–] a_l_i_e_n 10 years ago

And, somewhat ironically, Jay and Tom sat next to one another at the service for their friend Michael Clark Duncan.