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=== Both (1992-2009, 2010-Present) of Jay Leno's incarnations provide examples of: ===

* [[Critical Backlash]]: Against Leno.

* [[Internet Backdraft]]: Debates on whether Leno is funny or not can get heated, especially after the conflict with Conan. There was debate about his conduct during that which led to some backdraft for him, but the backdraft towards NBC was pretty much unanimous.

* [[Ruined FOREVER]]

 

* [[Broken Base]]: Conan vs. Jay, which has parallels in the original Jay vs. Dave [[Broken Base]].

* [[Harsher in Hindsight]]: Conan's first guest during his tenure on the show was Will Ferrell, who sang a ''farewell song'' to welcome Conan onto the show. When Conan called him out on it, Ferrell replied that networks are fickle, and one never knows when the show might be cancelled. Everyone took it as a good-natured gag, thinking that booting Conan off the show would not happen - at least, not as soon as it did. Ferrell was also Conan's last guest, and dressed as a hippie, played the guitar and sang a real farewell song, accompanied onstage by his wife who was pregnant and close to giving birth at the time.

** Made even funnier when that squirrel [http://twitter.com/ConansSquirrel started tweeting.]

*** "Entertainment Weekly" declared Conan to be "[[Take That|Funnier in 140 characters on Twitter than Jay Leno is hosting ''The Tonight Show'' for one hour.]]"

* [[Tear Jerker]]: Deion Cole reiterating during a sketch that Conan's staff loves him and is totally loyal to him, about a week before their tenure on the show was about to end.

** As well as Conan's speech to his audience on his [[Grand Finale]]. He told the audience that, as part of his settlement, he was allowed to say ''anything'' he wanted during the segment. He went on to thank NBC, his staff, his crew, his audience, his fans, and everyone who supported him. He advised his younger fans to shun cynicism and embrace kindness. And he did all this while choking back tears himself.