Joan Rivers-First appearance on Tonight Show in 40 years.

And ???

I saw that....what a nice surprise. Great opening with all of the stars plopping down their $100 bills. He did a great job.

Its about time!! That ban was ridiculous!

On 2/18/2014 Perkup said:

And ???

And...it was a very nice moment!

I didn't see the show.

What was with the $100 bills?

And IIRC the ban was because she dared have her own night show (against Carson) on FOX...back in the day. Right?

esmerelda, it went something like this----Jimmy was saying that he had a bet with a friend who told him he would never be a Tonight show host. They bet $100. Then he said, would you like to meet that friend? One by one, the "stasr" came out to give him their $100 bill since each one lost the bet. It was funny since you thought it was only one person who bet him. Funny way to get all the celebrities involved in the first show.

susan kay...thanks! That is funny!

I never really liked Leno...now I know why.

What a SMALL man to ban Joan for all those years!

On 2/18/2014 susan kay said:

esmerelda, it went something like this----Jimmy was saying that he had a bet with a friend who told him he would never be a Tonight show host. They bet $100. Then he said, would you like to meet that friend? One by one, the "stasr" came out to give him their $100 bill since each one lost the bet. It was funny since you thought it was only one person who bet him. Funny way to get all the celebrities involved in the first show.

The funniest was Colbert - he brought out a pail of change and poured it all over Jimmy!

They will be up against each other now!