The comedy of funnyman Jay Leno took on an air of poignancy Wednesday night at a special show in Las Vegas to benefit the flood rebuilding effort in Cedar Rapids...
It wasn’t until the end of the show that Leno mentioned Iowa, when he thanked the audience for coming out so late. All proceeds from the 10 p.m. shows on Wednesday and Friday nights will go to the Greater Cedar Rapids Community Foundation. The Wednesday show was nearly sold out, and at $90 a ticket that means about $100,000 for the rebuilding effort from that night alone.
Leno called Iowans “our own friends and neighbors.”
“I don’t see anyone in Iowa asking for money,” he said. “These people are not looking for favors. I don’t see anybody whining. I see people working hard, with shovels and brooms trying to clean the places. So hopefully the money from tonight and Friday – just thanks for coming out so late. It’s great to do this kind of show. Thank you for what you did folks.”
Wow!
3 comments:
I'm counting down the days until Conan replaces his unfunny ass.
That said, this was classy.
It wasn't just classy..it was down right Iowan. I say invite him out here..do some benefit shows here too..
you guys are complaining about him not being funny? how about you live during that flood...see your house get filled with water and loose everything. At least someone in the world is nice enought to give some donations to us. How would you like it if a flood took everything you had in life, and then someone said that Jay Leno isnt classy enough. What does that have to do with it? Hes right we never asked for money, all we wanted was help. Because we are working nonstop trying to clean up this city, while you guys are probley at home sitting on your ass, doing nothing except for saying "Oh now doesnt that suck!"
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