I'm working on a Celebrity Socks Collection.
Posted on 11/07/2007 5:56:34 PM PST by doug from upland
NOTE: today I had the pleasure of spending about three hours with Jay Leno looking over his incredible car collection. Actually, it was beyond incredible. Yes, really. I'll have a few photos when my brother sends them to me. This was arranged because my brother is editor and published of GREEN CAR JOURNAL, the premiere alternative fuel vehicle magazine. He is often quoted in the media for his expertise. His magazine will again be naming the GREEN CAR OF THE YEAR at the L.A. Auto Show next week. Listening to Jay talk about cars was an amazing automotive history lesson.
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Jay Leno Says Funniest Thing in Years
Photo: Getty Images "I've been working with these people for 20 years. Without them I'm not funny." —Jay Leno on his picketing writers [LAT]
"I was telling my husband that we need some new and better chants, but he reminded me: 'No writing. None.'" —Striking writer Amy Sherman-Palladino, creator of Gilmore Girls and the upcoming (maybe!) Jezebel James [NYT]
"Network bosses, rich and rude. We don't like your attitude!" —WGA West picketers, exhibit A [LAT]
''I worked with a production designer and other people I've never worked with before. It's nerve-racking and exciting and … you have to be more polite." —Paul Thomas Anderson discussing his new film, There Will Be Blood [EW]
"I kinda made a wisecrack about it, saying, 'I always knew the jacket would wind up in an institution,' and they said, 'You can't make fun of the Smithsonian,' and they sent the thing back. There's no sense of humor at the Smithsonian." —Barry Manilow on his infamous "Copacabana" jacket [OK!] —Stan Park
Why do I get the mental pic of three hot neopagan chicks stirring a cauldron?
Wow! That sounds like fun!
Did you get to talk politics with Jay?
“Network bosses, rich and rude. We don’t like your attitude!”
Eww. Maybe you shouldn’t get paid anymore for writing if this is the best you can do.
Doug, that link doesn’t go to USA Today.
I'm working on a Celebrity Socks Collection.
It does not compute.
He made one brief mention, but Jay is a stand up guy (ha ha). He jokes about both sides and doesn’t put his politics in your face. This was my brother’s day so I behaved myself.
Jay has massive solar panels on his warehouse and uses no electricity from the grid. He practices what he preaches and is really getting into alternative fuels. He wants a balance between the fun gas guzzlers on the weekend and lowering emissions during the week. His attitude is very good.
Whoops. I tried to post something from USA today, but we can’t do to copyright. The link is from NY MAG.
Admin Mod - please change the name to NY MAG. Thanks.
I thought that line was cute. Of course, it doesn’t come close to the 2000 recount in front of the Fed Bldg in Los Angeles -—— ALGORE, WE ARE GETTING MAD...YOU CAN KISS OUR DIMPLED CHAD.
That’s worth writers’ residuals!
The Dusenberg and Bugatti room was amazing. Wait until you see the tank car.
DFU: How many cars do you have, Jay?
JL: You sound like my wife.
(He has about 100 plus loads of motorcycles.)
It’s not hard to understand why Leno kicks Letterman’s tail in the ratings every night. Letterman has become a bitter, cranky old man, and he gets more and more partisan as he ages.
Leno seems to understand that the country may not agree with his every political insight, so he keeps any partisanship to himself. I wish more people did the same.
And kudos to Leno for living off the grid. I respect people like that much more than certain fat ex-Vice Presidents who live in 20,000 square foot houses and fly corporate jets all over the world while telling me what kind of car I’m allowed to drive.
Wow with those creative juices, TV industry is missing out! Who will write the kick in the crotch jokes? Who will write all the "its Bush's fault" movies? On second though, I hope all you picket line b@stards starve to death!
I liked him. If my brother didn’t have to catch a train, we would have taken him up on his offer of lunch.
Those who work for him restoring and maintain the vehicles have a dream job.
Michael Jordan understood and once commented that half of his shoes are bought by Republicans. It is a good lesson to not insult half of your customers.
I hope that was one room for both types of cars - a room for each type would just be over the top! ;)
Yes, one room. I think he had four separate very large rooms for the vehicles. It seemed that the Dusenberg/Bugatti room was kind of private. Others who were around today from a few other organizations did not get to see them. Jay left us in there alone to wander and drool for about 10-15 minutes.
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