Conan O’Brien Allows Himself One Joke About Jay Leno, Makes It A Good One

Thursday marked Jay Leno’s final night as host of the Tonight Show and Conan O’Brien marked the occasion with a single wisecrack. The two comedians were famously pitted against one another in 2010 when NBC forced O’Brien out of the Tonight Show gig so that Leno — who had left the show the previous year — could return as host. O’Brien has since snagged his own show — Conan, on TBS — and on Thursday night, his opening monologue included a rare crack about Leno. “The Olympics ...

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