Jimmy Kimmel’s biting spoof of embattled late night veteran Jay Leno was so popular that ABC’s airing an encore presentation of it! On Kimmel’s Jimmy Kimmel Live Tuesday, the comedian donned a salt and pepper wig and prosthetic chin to parody Leno for an entire hour. Even guest Chevy Chase got in on the gag, appearing on stage in costume as Conan O’Brien.
In case you missed, a repeat airing of Jimmy taking the stage as Jay will air this Monday, Jan. 18 @ 12:05 AM on ABC.
In related news, last night’s edition of The Jay Leno Show was downright brutal! Jay invited Jimmy to appear on the program’s question-answer segment, Ten@Ten; presumably to reassure viewers that there were no hard feelings over Kimmel’s spoof…..Let’s just say things didn’t go quite as planned. Kimmel viciously ethered television’s strongest jaw — on his own show — in support of fellow late night presenter Conan, who will likely be replaced by Leno as host of The Tonight Show next month.