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Jay Leno has said he would be open to the idea of a reunion with fellow late-night legend David Letterman but revealed it could be “awkward.” Appearing on the latest episode of In Depth with Graham Bensinger, Leno was asked about the potential of reuniting with Letterman for a future project. “I would like to do that,” Leno said. “I have no problem with it. I think Dave might be awkward.” As for what it would take to make it happen, the former Tonight Show host said, “I have no idea! It’s just… Dave’s a quirky guy. I don’t mean that in a bad way. [We’re] opposite sides of a coin.” Leno then recalled a story about riding motorcycles with fellow comedian Wil Shriner when they stopped by Letterman’s Malibu home. “‘We’ll just surprise him at his house,'” Leno remembered saying. “It was the most awkward day.

More than 30 years later, Jay Leno is open to putting his past with David Letterman aside for a potential reunion.

The late night host recently said if a reunion was in the cards, he “would do it,” but he doesn’t want to “instigate those kind of things” after having his own “awkward” encounters with Letterman.

“Oh, yeah. I would like to do that. I think I have no problem with it,” Leno said on In Depth with Graham Bensinger. “I think Dave might be awkward.”

Explaining that Letterman is “a quirky guy,” Leno clarified he doesn’t “mean that in a bad way.” He acknowledged that he’s also quirky, “but opposite sides of the coin.”

Leno recalled riding motorcycles with fellow comedian Wil Shriner when they decided to stop by Letterman’s Malibu home for a visit. “‘We’ll just surprise him at his house.’ It was the most awkward.

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Digging through some old tapes, I found newly-minted Republican Senatorial candidate (for the state of Delaware) Christine O’Donnell’s first two appearances on Bill Maher’s Politically Incorrect. Here’s the 05-16-1997 episode, featuring O’Donnell, Al Franken, Rick Schroder, & Star Parker, Part 1…

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And here’s her second appearance, from 07-09-1997, featuring O’Donnell, Clive Barker, Sophie B. Hawkins, & Wil Shriner, Part 1…

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Carl Hiaasen's environmentally minded young people's best-seller about burrowing owls whose Florida home is being turned into a construction site makes its big-screen transition as a blandly generic family film.

The plight of the wise old birds of "Hoot" has been dumbed down in the hands of writer-director Wil Shriner, who makes his feature debut here after building a successful career behind the camera helming numerous sitcoms.

While co-presenter Walden Media would like to think it has another "Holes" on its hands, the picture, rated PG for "mild bullying" (as opposed to, say, tepid bullying) isn't likely to come close to reaching those $67.3 million heights, though its target audience may give more of a hoot when it lands on DVD shelves.

Shot extensively in the Sunshine State, Hiaasen's story is told through the eyes of middle-schooler Roy Eberhardt (Logan Lerman), whose peripatetic family has recently moved from Montana to the sleepy Gulf Coast town of Coconut Cove.

One day, while finding himself once again in the school bully's line of fire, Roy becomes intrigued by a mysterious golden-haired, barefooted boy (Cody Linley) who runs past his school bus.

After doing a little detective work, Roy finds out that the kid, called Mullet Fingers by his tomboyish stepsister, Beatrice (Brie Larson), is the perpetrator behind numerous acts of vandalism that have been occurring on the proposed construction site for the newest member of the Mother Paula's All-American Pancake House family.

But Mullet Fingers' bad-boy behavior has been driven by a higher motivation: The site happens to be home to a local population of endangered owls, and if over-reaching executive Chuck Muckle (Clark Gregg) has his way, their nesting place soon will be flatter than one of Mother Paula's flapjacks.

With all its broadly played characters (add Tim Blake Nelson's hapless foreman and Luke Wilson's overly earnest cop to the mix), "Hoot"'s noble ecological cause ends up having little real effect, treating those cute little owls into mere window dressing as other high jinks ensue.

Behind the scenes, "Raging Bull" cinematographer Michael Chapman effectively soaks up all that ambient sunshine, while longtime Floridian Jimmy Buffett contributes breezy songs to the soundtrack in addition to playing the part of Roy's teacher.

Now there's a class you'd want to attend!

Hoot

New Line Cinema

New Line Cinema and Walden Media presenta Kennedy/Marshall Co. production

Credits:

Director-screenwriter: Wil Shriner

Based on the novel by: Carl Hiaasen

Producers: Frank Marshall, Jimmy Buffett

Executive producers: Toby Emmerich, Kevin Reidy, Gregg Taylor

Director of photography: Michael Chapman

Production designer: Stephen Lineweaver

Editor: Alan Edward Bell

Costume designer: Christopher Lawrence

Score: Phil Marshall, Michael Utley, Mac McAnally

Songs: Jimmy Buffett

Cast:

Officer David Delinko: Luke Wilson

Roy Eberhardt: Logan Lerman

Beatrice Leep: Brie Larson

Curly Branitt: Tim Blake Nelson

Mullet Fingers: Cody Linley

Mr. Eberhardt: Neil Flynn

Chuck Muckle: Clark Gregg

MPAA rating PG

Running time -- 90 minutes...

Luke Wilson is boarding Hoot, Walden Media and New Line Cinema's adaptation of Carl Hiaasen's Newbery Award-winning book of the same name. Brie Larson also has joined the cast of the picture, which is being produced by Frank Marshall and Jimmy Buffett. Written and directed by Wil Shriner, Hoot centers on a young Montana boy who moves with his family to Florida, where he uncovers a plot to systematically destroy a local population of endangered owls. The boy ends up battling unusual creatures and eccentric adults in order to save the owls. Wilson will portray David Delinko, a bumbling cop whose investigation is stymied by the boy and his friend (Larson). Logan Lerman already has been cast as the boy.