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Leno was funny in the 80s but there was a different standard for comedy back then. he probably struck a cord with older people and that's how he managed to hang around.
His appearances on Letterman in the 80s were pretty funny but if you watch it now you realize comedy then and now are two different things. There are very few old comedians who still stand up today. You have Carlin, Pryor, Dangerfield, maybe Don Rickles, and that's about it.
I recently youtube'd Seinfeld's appearances on johnny Carson. If you watch his early 80s bits they are mildly funny. By the end of Carson they were much funnier, still funny today. Maybe he just got better at delivering lines.
His appearances on Letterman in the 80s were pretty funny but if you watch it now you realize comedy then and now are two different things. There are very few old comedians who still stand up today. You have Carlin, Pryor, Dangerfield, maybe Don Rickles, and that's about it.
I recently youtube'd Seinfeld's appearances on johnny Carson. If you watch his early 80s bits they are mildly funny. By the end of Carson they were much funnier, still funny today. Maybe he just got better at delivering lines.