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It's over. Conan is out and Jay is going back to the "Tonight Show." Conan tapes his final show on Friday, and Jay starts back up in March. What will we do without the daily raft of jokes from those two and the other late night yakkers? Well, you can start by reading our Top 20 Late Night Kerfuffle jokes, as a kind of first step in your recovery... (AP)![Conan O'Brien]()
"Hosting 'The Tonight Show' has been the fulfillment of a life-long dream for me. And I just want to say to the kids out there watching, you can do anything you want in life. Unless Jay Leno wants to do it, too." (REUTERS)![Jay_Leno_Tonight_Show_AP_6]()
"Sure you heard these rumors that NBC is talking about canceling our show. You know what that means? I didn't sleep with any of my staff for nothing." (AP)![Jimmy_Kimmel_AP_3]()
Jimmy performed his show as Jay Leno, sporting a fake chin: "Hello, my name is Jay Leno. You might have known, I'm taking over all of the shows in late night. Even this one. Great to be here on ABC. You know what ABC stands for? Always Bump Conan. That's right. Anyway, Conan O'Brien today announced he's leaving NBC. He released a statement that said, I won't participate in the destruction of the 'Tonight Show.' Fortunately, though, I will." (AP)![Conan O'Brien]()
"Hello, I’m Conan O’Brien, and sorry if I’m a little late . . . I had a job interview at Lady Foot Locker." (AP)![David_Letterman_smiles_AP_2]()
"Last night on ABC, Jimmy Kimmel did the entire show as Jay Leno. Jimmy Kimmel was so convincing as Jay Leno, they canceled him." (AP)![Jimmy_Fallon___AP]()
Fallon has stayed mostly neutral saying, "I'm happy to have a job, [...] but it's kind of weird, because these are two of my heroes and two of my friends." The late night host then likened the feud to getting married and "finally getting to know the in-laws and they are CRAZY."![Carson_Daly_NBC]()
And where is Carson Daly in all of this? Um, nowhere. Letterman joked that he’s “never even seen a picture of Carson Daly.” Ouch. (NBC)![George_Lopez_reuters_17]()
"What the hell is going on over there at NBC?'" Lopez joked on his TBS show. "What does NBC stand for: Nobody Backs Conan? ...Who would've imagined that the Mexican talk show host would have the most job security." (REUTERS)![Conan O'Brien]()
"Good evening, everybody. I'm Conan O'Brien, the new host of 'Last Call with Carson Daly'" (REUTERS)![Jay_Leno_monologue_AP_9]()
"NBC said the show performed exactly as they expected it would and then canceled us. Don't confuse this when we were on at late night and performed better than expected and they canceled us. That was totally different." (AP)![Conan O'Brien]()
"My name is Conan O'Brien, and I may soon be available for children's parties." (REUTERS)![David_Letterman_Reuters_16]()
"Simon Cowell is leaving 'American Idol,'" Letterman said on CBS’ “Late Show,” "but don't worry - we've checked and Jay's fingerprints are nowhere on this one." (REUTERS)![Conan O'Brien]()
"There's a rumor that NBC is so upset with me that want to keep me off the air for three years. My response to that is if NBC doesn't want people to see me, just leave me on NBC." (AP)![George_Lopez_AP_18]()
"Conan is like that girl in the 'Bachelor' who gets the rose but then gets the boot in the postshow."![Jay_Leno_laughing_AP_7]()
"My people are upset. Conan's people are upset. Hey, NBC said it wanted drama at 10:00 -- now they've got it!" (AP)![Conan O'Brien]()
"Hi, I'm Conan O'Brien, and I'm just three days away from the biggest drinking binge in history." (AP)![David_Letterman_AP_13]()
"I'm a little worried about Conan. I'm not worried about Jay, he'll land on his chin, he always does." (AP)![Jay_Leno_AP_4]()
"Conan O'Brien, understandably, is very upset. He had a statement in the paper yesterday. And Conan said NBC had only given him seven months to make his show work. When I heard that, seven months, how'd he get that deal? We only got four." (AP)![Conan O'Brien]()
"I've been advised that until this whole thing is sorted out, NBC lawyers have asked me to refer to this program as The Sometime At Night Show with Some White Guy." Conan then addressed the rumors flying around about his and Leno's shows, including one that involves the two of them "joining the cast of 'Jersey Shore' as a new character called 'The Awkward Situation.'" (REUTERS)![David_Letterman_AP_10]()
"At 12:05 AM, that's not 'The Tonight Show,' that's 'The Tomorrow Show'!" (AP)![Conan O'Brien]()
The redheaded comic shared on his show what he'll do with his free time: "Introduce myself to my children...Finally make good on my plan to backpack through India with 'The Situation.'...Make a big move to Fox. Megan Fox." (AP)The Best Conan-Leno-NBC Feud Jokes
Late night hosts have had a field day with NBC's late night disaster.
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