After over 20 years on the air, Jay Leno’s Tonight Show will be airing its final episode tonight, the end of an era in late night television. Although Leno already did a “final episode†in 2009, tonight’s looks like it will stick, and America will be saying goodbye to the man who’s been America’s #1 late night host for nearly two decades and the second longest-running Tonight Show host behind Johnny Carson.
While Jay Leno may have a mixed reputation at best amongst comedy fans and his peers in the comedy community, he’s still been doing Tonight since 1992, so there are plenty of memorable moments from Leno’s 20-plus years as host. Here’s a collection of Jay Leno’s best Tonight Show moments: