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Jay Leno’s mom jokingly took her son down a peg when he took over The Tonight Show—and slightly altered the history of the long-running franchise in the process.

In a recent interview on Dystopia Tonight with John Poveromo, Leno revealed that when he replaced Johnny Carson, he initially planned to call the program The Tonight Show Starring Jay Leno. Ultimately, his mom convinced him otherwise.

The use of the word “starring” in the title would have matched the format of the franchise’s previous iterations: Tonight Starring Steve Allen, Tonight Starring Jack Paar, and The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson.

“The Tonight Show, when I started, was The Tonight Show Starring Jay Leno,” the host recalled before launching into a Scottish-accented impression of his mother, Catherine.

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Dana Carvey, the great impressionist and comedian from Saturday Night Live, The Dana Carvey Show, and much more, suffered a terrible tragedy back in November. As he announced in a joint statement on Instagram with wife Paula Zwagerman on Nov. 17, “Last night we suffered a terrible tragedy. Our beloved son, Dex, died of an accidental drug overdose. He was 32 years old. Dex packed a lot into those 32 years. He was extremely talented at so many things — music, art, film making, comedy — and pursued all of them passionately.” His full Instagram post from then can be found below.

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The rest of the message reads as follows:

"Dex packed a lot into those 32 years. He was extremely talented at so many things — music, art, film making, comedy — and pursued all of them passionately. It's not an exaggeration to say that Dex loved life.

A star-studded memorial show in honor of Bob Saget is set for Netflix this June, The Wrap is reporting. The tribute event features appearances from many of the late comedian and actor’s pals, including his Full House costar John Stamos, plus Jim Carrey, Chris Rock, John Mayer, and more. They were among a host of big names who appeared at The Comedy Store in West Hollywood following Saget’s death on January 9, his longtime friend Mike Binder told the Dystopia Tonight with John Poveromo podcast. “It was a magical night,” Binder said. “And we filmed it. And I showed it to Netflix. I said ‘Look at this! Just look at 16 minutes of this.’ And Robbie Craw, the head of comedy at Netflix, he just said ‘This is remarkable.’ And they bought it as a special.” Binder went on to say the Saget Netflix tribute will debut the first week...

A memorial special for Bob Saget is coming to Netflix this Summer, according to one of his oldest friends.

Shortly after Saget’s death, a slew of his famous friends and co-stars came together at the The Comedy Store in West Hollywood to pay tribute to the actor and comic. The night saw performances from people like Jim Carrey, John Stamos, Chris Rock, John Mayer and more. During an appearance on “Dystopia Tonight with John Poveromo,” Saget’s longtime friend Mike Binder revealed that he actually filmed the show, and it’s now set to release on Netflix in June.

“It was a magical night,” Binder told the podcast. “And we filmed it. And I showed it to Netflix. I said ‘Look at this! Just look at 16 minutes of this.’ And Robbie Craw, the head of comedy at Netflix, he just said ‘This is remarkable.’ And they bought it as a special.