Jay Leno and the American Dream

Years before he was made host of "the Tonight Show", Leno was star of this made for cable special. It's been almost 20 years since I've seen it so I can't remember most of the specifics but I remember laughing through most of it. I think Jay went around and examined various aspects of the American Dream with bits of his stand-up routine thrown in. One line that I still laugh about and have remembered all this time was when Jay was talking about the old huge cars from the 50s and being in an accident in one of them. The Cops would arrive at the scene and one would say "You can turn off the siren Bob, he was driving a Buick". Probably would make more sense if you had seen this. At any rate, if you find Leno funny like I do, you would probably enjoy this.

That was one of the lines in the show as Jay pulls up to his venue where someone with a French accent meets him at the door to let him in.

The other review mentions the large old car and Jay comments "It seats seven for dinner" (may remember this number incorrectly)

So this show was around about the same time as Gallagher's watermelon smashing routine as well as Howie Mandell. All of which are funny in their own right. Jay's humor in this special was more thought provoking so he was a an alternative to the main stream which I think was the start to accelerate his career.