In the world of comedy, there's nothing worse than stealing material. But late night TV host, Jay Leno, is under fire for doing just that.The Daily Caller reports that last week Jay Leno told a joke that was eerily similar to a joke told two days earlier by Andy Levy on 'Red Eye,' an overnight show on the Fox News channel.
Here's a transcript of both:
'The Tonight Show' on May 26
Leno: Bad news for the state of California. The Supreme Court will force the state to release something like 46,000 convicts because of prison overcrowding. But the good news ? it looks like the Oakland Raiders will have more season ticket holders. Yeah, so the stadium will be packed.
'Red Eye' on May 24
Levy: Supreme Court orders tens of thousands of California prisoners released. This actually might help the Raiders start selling out their home games again.
'Red Eye' host Greg Gutfeld: Oh nicely done. You can see, their fans are criminals.
Levy and Gutfeld discussed the possible hack job this past Saturday. "Wow Andy, I can't believe you traveled to the future, stole that joke from Jay, then traveled back to tell it on 'Red Eye,'" Gutfeld said.
"Look, what's the point of having a time machine if you're not going to travel to the future, steal jokes from Jay Leno then travel back to tell them on 'Red Eye?'" Levy said in reply.
The Daily Caller also points out that the show didn't fault Leno, just his writers. "Jay didn't steal anything except another Dorito," 'Red Eye' co-host Bill Schultz said. "His writer stole the joke. Let's be honest here guys."
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