{"product_id":"2940045709705","title":"Going Gently Into That Tonight Jay Leno Says Goodbye: Again","description":"\u003cp\u003e71 pages.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat a ride it's been. And I've had a front row seat for the whole thing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWell, maybe 10th row, stage left. Or on lucky nights, row 2, seat 1. As not just an avid viewer of The Tonight Show, I've had the chance to attend many a Burbank taping over the years. Mr. Leno is a wealth of 101 stories, all of them interesting -- even the ones he'd repeat to us.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs he departs -- yet again -- I wanted to chronicle the whole wild ride, from Jay's childhood, to the friendship with Letterman, to the Conan debacle, but try and pepper it with stories maybe you *didn't* know.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEnjoy this more rapid-fire, truncated version, from Jay's Boston days, to landing at that Burbank desk and into a chain of events that shook the late-night world that continue to be re-shaped everyday.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSo, from my various nights in the crowd, and culled from tons of other sources, comes the Tonight Show\/Leno book you hopefully haven't seen before. Sure, I touch on Dave and Johnny, et al, but try and leave out the redundancy. A little.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRated PG, for mild language.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hardy McDonald","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47067494940912,"sku":"2940045709705","price":0.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940045709705_p0.jpg?v=1763977659","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940045709705","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}