Had Jay Leno had a Malaysian audience, many a Syed Hamid Albar (to arrest Tan Hoon Cheng under ISA is to protect her safety) would have been his favourite butt of jokes.

On US airwaves last Friday, Leno hosted the last episode of “The Tonight Show”, his 3,775th, after 17 years at the helm. It’s the night spot that David Letterman dreamed of, but never got.

His final couch guest was Conan O’Brien, who is to take over from him as host.

According to New York Times, the ratings during Leno’s final week as the host of “The Tonight Show” were up each night by about 21% on average over his ratings this year.

I don’t know if I had missed Leno’s finale on our TV. We all love his Jaywalking, don’t we?

“How many commandments are there?”
“Ten!”
“Can you name any of them?
“Freedom of speech!”

“How many stars are on that flag?” (Jay points at a Star-Spangled Banner up a flagpole)
“It’s moving too much to tell”

Jay Leno is not retiring, though. He will return to NBC with “The Jay Leno Show” that will premiere September 14, hopefully US economy will still be holding up by then.

“We’re coming back at 10pm, primetime, in September. It’s a gamble, I must admit, it’s a gamble – we don’t know if NBC’s even going to be around in three months time…” Leno said in his finale.

(drum roll, cymbal crash)