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Club Random with Bill Maher · September 17, 2026 · 1h 33m

Jay Leno | Club Random Classics with Bill Maher

Jay Leno

Bill Maher revisits his July 2022 conversation with Jay Leno for this Club Random Classics installment. The two comedians trade stories from Leno's long career in show business, from his unvarnished take on the Jimmy Kimmel feud to the paranoia and backroom maneuvering of the Tonight Show succession drama. Leno recounts taking toilet paper as payment for an early stand-up gig, a dinner with Mikhail Gorbachev, and a story about a blind man who climbed Mount Everest.

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Highlights

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Jay Leno's Feud with Jimmy Kimmel
Leno shares his candid feelings about his long-running feud with fellow late-night host Jimmy Kimmel.
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Toilet Paper as Payment for a Gig
Leno recounts an early stand-up gig where he accepted toilet paper as payment.
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Eavesdropping on NBC Executives During the Tonight Show Drama
Leno describes hiding in a closet to eavesdrop on NBC executives during the Tonight Show drama, and discusses what NBC told him when they fired him.
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The Blind Man Who Climbed Mount Everest
Leno tells a story about what made the blind man who climbed Mount Everest furious.
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Dinner with Gorbachev
Leno recounts a dinner he had with former Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev.
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Misc

✧This conversation originally aired July 31, 2022, before being re-aired as part of the Club Random Classics series.
✧Leno accepted toilet paper as payment for an early stand-up gig.
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