Last night, 60 Minutes aired the above Tonight Show exit interview with Jay Leno. Highlights include Leno jokingly considering a History Channel show, his wife Mavis getting really mad about that whole Conan thing, and this exchange with Steve Kroft:
You would’ve preferred to stay.Well it’s always nice to keep working, sure it is. But am I extremely grateful? Yes. Do I understand the circumstances? Yes, of course.This is the part I don’t understand. I mean you’re still #1.Well I think because you have talented people who will only wait so long before they get another opportunity, you don’t want to lose that opportunity. That makes sense to me. And I thought Jimmy’s been extremely gracious and polite.You said all of the same things exactly about Conan.Huh? Did I say the same things? Yeah, probably – well maybe I did. Well, we’ll see what happens. [laughs]