Jay Leno - Interviewing a President, Car Collections, and More| Interview & Lap | Top Gear 

Jonas Zeidler I was laughing for minutes! That story is hilarious! :D

Indeed!

Jonas Zeidler I agree! Lol Undercover Cops.

+Jonas Zeidler I find it hard to believe that two undercover cops would have their badges in their jacket. But nice story though

arconada They have to be able to identify themselves. Undercover might not be undercover I guess, like there are different ''levels'' of it.

Dat quote... XD

my new motto

not his quote. It comes from F1

And Clarkson's realization that James May is a better race driver than him.

"Very Smooth"

Ya that’s a shame. He mentioned a girlfriend in Grand Tour... assuming he got divorced years ago? Too bad

J_Litter Yeah he divorced and remarried

@@Barton_Motors_Ltd If I recall it was 2014/15 his wife filed for divorce, same years his mother died and BBC sacking him for twatting a producer

If you didnt knew now you know.

@Enhanced Potato money helps

Jay Leno explains America in a nut shell. All cellphones monitored, most gang banger looking folk are undercover.

+Neaple Pinchy Oh shut up, that was in Los Angeles. You should see a dentist to fix those teeth instead of being on the internet.

Assuming all brits have bad teeth eh? Where do you think most white americans came from??

Maybe Mr. Leno's imitation of a high-revving engine was just as good.

As a Brit expat, I object to the insinuation that all Brits have bad teeth. It's no more than 70%.

He was respectable until he played Conan

@@almostcertainlynotapotato6528 what did he do ?

@@roy1157 Conan was offered a deal to host the biggest late night talk show on US tv, he got the job, but he didn't manage to pull in the viewership, so they replaced him with Jay Leno, so he didn't really DO anything other than saying yes to a job offer. A lot of people criticize Leno like he backstabbed Conan for taking his job, but to be fair, Conan was getting replaced even if Leno had said no. People SHOULD be mad at the network for ditching Conan O'brien so fast and not giving him a proper chance, not Leno personally, but people love acting like the hosts were the only ones involved with the decision, even though the decision to ditch Conan came straight from the network.

@@NunYurbis Exactly. People think this was some kind of backstabbing when it was really just NBC ditching Conan and offering Leno his job back.

@@NunYurbis You missed out the fact that NBC and Jay Leno were both sabatoging the Tonight Show by trying to move it to 12:05, to which Conan refused since it's destroying the tradition of the Tonight Show, and Jay should have known that and refused. I know you said that it's all the Network's fault for ditching Conan, but Jay could have not agreed to it. Jay could have always said No, but he didn't because he wanted to host The Tonight Show again

+Eightosaurus Spelunk Left hand shifting is gotta' suck... Every car should have the McLaren F1 seating layout!

+Eightosaurus Spelunk Yeah, he's faster for U.S.A. people...u know? LOL

+Jamie Williamson. Leno owns many right drive cars, but he probably doesn't drive them as much in the twists above Malibu. Left/Right: whatever you're not used to is awkward. I find that my left is my dominant steering hand, even if I drive an automatic lease car. What I find awkward is not the hand but the shift pattern. Having low gears close and high away from your leg in non UK/Aussie cars becomes the feel I'm used to (you heard him say he'd missed a gear on a former turn) When I teach stick to a new driver in the US, I'm shifting for them at first so they can concentrate on the clutch. That feels wierd as the reverse must feel wierd to you Brits. Lap time on an airstrip rally course in an econobox re-done sedan/saloon car with straight line suspension must be a real time hole. Yes it would be better if they all drove the same car, BUT the lap isn't that important. The interview is the thing, the lap is just an excuse to have the celebrities on TG. Great interview by both men.

+Eightosaurus Spelunk Wahlberg weighs a lot less haha. Dude is like 4 feet tall.

I'm exaggerating, I think he's 5'7 or something. Still decently short.

Uhh, the US Series' format doesn't have guests anymore.

I think this significantly predated the US series.

US tg wasn't a thing when this episode was aired I think

Alex Higham Doesn't it seem that us Americans will admit that other countries have better so and so than us but other countries will never admit we have better so and so. Seems like a lot of countries have hate for the US.

Alex Higham Agreed. Americans do make really good car shows, but it's better if they can chose their own style and technique. I like Roadkill - those guys are funny, and really good. It isn't a Brit show transplanted, it's an American show. I'm an Australian. We have a TopGear Australia. It's pretty much rubbish. We can do car shows, and a few of them have been pretty good, but TG Au isn't.

Actually they've already been in a sense; the show's monthly magazine was invited out to L.A. a few years ago to do a feature on Jay's car collection.

top gear is cancelled

☺

Agreed 9999999999999999999999999999999999999%.

@@wonderwall135 Top Gear cancelled soz

didnt see the tom cruise one?

how with that quality?

Aaron Paul?

Must be American

@@cromulentparty ever watched a movie on youtube?

He also wanted no manager which saved him a lot of money, but probably cost him the Tonight Show in the end, with no one doing the lobbying for him.

***** maybe, but also he repetitively states that working in his garage is far more enjoyable then the comedy, and that he'd rather do that.

Also he made tonnes of money doing gigs and private events while working the tonight show. Apparently all his cars were bought with money he made from comedy and the money from the Tonight Show just went into the bank.

Leno only did the comedy gigs and such to fund his love for cars, he never wanted to make a career out of it, it was just a hobby for him. He loved doing it, but it wasn't his true love.

*HALF!*

Oh, I hate your dad! SOB

same. hes a saint.

Lobe lemo

Remember what he did to Conan?

@@actually-will1606 Conan did it to himself

I'd watch that!

Him and Tim Allen

Jay Leno doesn't really replace Clarkson, though. He's also not much like James May.

I'd watch that too.

SirJamesDTech wow that would be awesome! :O So we need one more, who would it be to fill the 3rd spot? Someone in their 30s-40s.

My two favorite car guys having a chat

content nirvana

jeremy isnt even 1/16th of the car guy leno is. jay works on his own stuff knowing wrenching is 1/2 of the part of being a gearhead jeremy crys and complains when he has to check his oil (if he even knows how [doubtful]) as evident by the diy caterham episode where he bitched and moaned the whole time.

euroaaRON1 Clarkson changed his oil and spark plugs faster than May or Hammond. I get your point that he sucks with tools but he can definitely check the oil if he can change it

Clarkson is an actor (like anyone in tv or radio), during the show he act really good

T. Sorochinsky 5:59

DeniM

T. Sorochinsky I though something looked a bit off

Dressed up for the brits lolll

He does when he drives the lap

Guy from LA talks guns with the guy from UK. I found that to be ironic considering both are disarmed.

@@240pixel right?? 😂

*Jeremy thinking* "Silly Americans, always want to shoot everything. It would be far better to..." *Internal light bulb illuminates*

240pixel I thought the same.

@@ScathingMobile is this because the uk banned guns lol

Me too. it's so easy to tell that cars are his life's passion and the tonight show was just his job

The story about his father buying the Ford Galaxie is one of the funniest bits ever.

He should host Top Gear US imho

There's a longstanding (though unconfirmed) story that actually, Jay's never spent ANY of the money he made from all his years hosting the 'Tonight Show' and instead used the money he got from his comedy tours and endorsement deals to help fund his garage/collection. So along with his statement of 'having only one woman and 150 cars', I respect his financial sense to not blow his fortune in pursuit of his passion for all things motoring.

But nobody ever does.

Oh yes they do. www.redditmirror.cc/cache/websites/www.speedcam.co.uk_adyvb/www.speedcam.co.uk/gatso2.htm

Dogurasu lmao

Burn baby burn

A guy here in italy had a system that could rotate the plate numbers and set a fake one up, although after some times he used this method the police was waiting for him, and the he got arrested

Bluefin Tuna the duprees

The duprees

There is no real direct correlation between owning x amounts of cars and being a phenomenal driver.

Or it was just for the giggles.

Well as anyone who watches Top Gear knows, Brits are (for some strange reason) resentful towards people that are proud of their accomplishments and want to flaunt their success in any way. I guess it's that typical intellectual moral superiority that occurs when people are well educated in information, but have relatively little in the way of diverse life experiences, causing them to unintentionally act REALLY judgmental towards anyone not like themselves. Jay is definitely uncomfortable in that moment because he can feel the people in the room starting to judge him for being too 'flash', so he asks them to be honest with themselves. I think what he's done is more than just collect cars, he's created his own historical museum and even place of worship for motoring enthusiasts out of a genuine passion for cars. He could've used that insane sum of money for more altruistic purposes, but instead followed his heart and created an inspirational collection of vehicles that is possibly only eclipsed by the Sultan of Brunai, but that still seems better than the Sultan's because he has made his collection so much more available to anyone with the same passion for petrol that he has.

DottyLomax It cracks me up every time too. When Jay blows the headphones off the sound guys imitating the McLaren F-1 revving. It makes me proud to be a loud obnoxious American.

UndeadRanger Now that would be worth watching! Especially now that Jeremy is a free agent. Great idea!!

UndeadRanger The best idea I've heard in a while. Gold star for you.

UndeadRanger No problem.

Jay Leno is dead

UndeadRanger for sure, the show will be hilarious.

+Kanan clarkson may and hammond are finishing filming their 1st season of their new show on amazon prime. they arent gone. they just arent on bbc anymore. no clue as to what will be on it or when it comes out. just know filming is almost done.

+Kanan cant really excuse clarkson at this point

+dip.C As popular as he is clarkson is a racist douche.

he isn't racist. making jokes about fat americans isn't racist. it's funny. and he never said the n word. he hummed a rhyme. he is a violent thung tho.

There boring. Us top gear way better.

could watch the grand tour...

neither should the british say dude

mopar man dude, I'm british and say dud all the time :P

WeStandToFight neither should the british say "for sure"

Are you a massive leno fan or a massive fan of leno

I was sure he wouldve been in the top 5

maybe he hasn't spent a lot of time in FWD econoboxes *grin*

John Cahill lol good point

John Cahill It was a chevy though.... admittedly not a 69 camero....

ev3nflow Yes.. But a chevy with a manual gearbox and steeringwheel on the ''wrong'' side. Try finding a new car for sale in america that DOESN'T have an automatic gearbox and i'll honestly be amazed.

150 keys

The teleporting magic of television

Probably one of my favourite RU-vid clips..so sincere from both Jay and Doug...Jay is a legend and Doug is brilliant at what he does, in a few years he may be up there too.

Yup

me

no

mike WIZZ quirks and features of Doug’s foreskin?

Now THAT i could watch to the end.

Leno and Leblanc I could stand. Just so long as they don't have Evans.

BBC doesn't deserve him. Let Jay do his own show, it's way better this way.

Maybe BBC doesn't, but Top Gear yes, hovewer Jay Leno has kind a other style so, he wouldn't fit to the Top Gear's show tone.

bee22r Top Gear is BBC

I mean he made his money as a comedian and talk show host. What do you expect?

@@Trainmaster909 but not all people who are paid to be funny are funny

It's a shame that US Top Gear could never really afford to get Leno. It would have rocked.

OH YEAH, that would have been an outstanding gose line up

It seats three, one in the middle and two flanked behind the driver

TRUE

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Yeah i know... One seater that thing, isn't it ?

Apparently not, its a 3 seater, the driver is in the fron t(middle) and two passengers are on the sides a bit behind the driver(left & right) Very interesting indeed.