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She's just good-looking. It's the sort of joke that is rapidly becoming a staple of Leno's monologue. On Monday's show, riffing on the royal baby, he confided that he was "a little bummed out, because I was the one who was supposed to deliver the baby announcement this afternoon at the hospital, and they replaced me at the last minute"—as a video clip showed Jimmy Fallon striding past a London bobby.

The year-old Leno was famously eased out four years ago by the network suits in favor of the younger Conan O'Brien. The switch turned into a legendary debacle that former NBC executive Don Ohlmeyer calls "the dumbest thing in the history of television. Now, once again, he has been asked to abdicate, this time so that the much younger Fallon—who literally was in diapers when Leno first performed his stand-up routine on The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson in March —can take over at p.

The irony—and it's a rich one—is that Leno has never been more dominant: the Nielsen ratings for the second week in July have him beating CBS's David Letterman by a 43 percent margin in the all-important "viewers 18 to 49" category on which advertising rates are set and swamping ABC's Jimmy Kimmel by a crushing 75 percent. Jay Leno: No, they're all-- every car here is on the road.

Every car here is licensed and you can hop in and go for a ride in any one of 'em. Leno does a weekly webcast out of the garage and the day we were there, Tim Allen, another car obsessed comedian dropped by for the taping and a tour. I'd been there 22 years ago, it's still Leno's only known outside interest. Steve Kroft: It's much s-- much bigger now. It's a much bigger garage. But are you doing anything else?

I mean, have you-- in the last 22 years, have you, like, branched out? Steve Kroft: You haven't branched out. You haven't, like, wanted to do new things with your time, with your life? Grand as all this is no one really believes it's going to fill the void left by "The Tonight Show. Jay Leno: I don't know what I'll do. Will I do another late night show to go against any of these people? No, that-- no. You can't recreate what we had at "The Tonight Show. It was fantastic.

And I loved it. Would I like to do things with-- oh, I don't know, History Channel? Yeah, I think that would be fun to do. But I really like being a comedian.

I mean, I like going on the road. It's really fun making people laugh, you know? Last year, Leno says he did more than stand-up performances in addition to his Tonight Show duties and that doesn't include his regular gig at the Hermosa Beach Comedy and Magic Club. Jay Leno: I've been here every Sunday night since So it's probably safe to assume this will continue.

You know, this club is good because Jay Leno: No, no. There's no contract. It's a real audience to test what works and in a real situation. Jay Leno: What's more fun? And when it's successful, it's very rewarding, There really is no greater satisfaction than the adulation and respect of other human beings.

Jay Leno: I get that every day. Most people don't get that in their jobs, you know? Every day I walk out and I get that on my job and it's-- it's very rewarding and I don't take it for granted and it's a lotta fun.

Few journalists have achieved the impact and recognition that Steve Kroft's 60 Minutes work has generated for over two decades. Kroft delivered his first report for 60 Minutes in Steve Kroft Few journalists have achieved the impact and recognition that Steve Kroft's 60 Minutes work has generated for over two decades.

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