[msb-alumni] Jay Leno broke bones in a recent motorcycle accident and now his Garage is canceled
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- Date: Sat, 28 Jan 2023 17:13:03 -0500
BlankJay Leno broke bones in a recent motorcycle accident and now his Garage is
canceled By
Nardine Saad Los Angeles Times
Jay Leno broke his collarbone and several other bones in a motorcycle accident
last week,
the comic revealed in an interview published Thursday night. The revelation
comes less than
two months after he suffered second-degree burns in a car fire in his Burbank
garage and at
the same time Jay Lenos Garage would be ending its run on CNBC.
While preparing for his March return to stand-up comedy on the Las Vegas Strip,
the former
Tonight Show host told the Las Vegas Review-Journal that the November gas fire
was only the
first of his recent grisly mishaps.
"That was the first accident. OK? Then just last week, I got knocked off my
motorcycle," the
72-year-old TV icon said. "So Ive got a broken collarbone. Ive got two broken
ribs. Ive got
two cracked kneecaps. But I'm OK!"
Leno said. Im OK, Im working. Im working this weekend.
The motorcycle accident happened Jan. 17 while the Jay Lenos Garage host was
working on
another vintage vehicle, he said. The car and bike enthusiast told the
Review-Journal that
he was test-driving a 1940 Indian motorcycle and noticed the scent of leaking
gas.
"So I turned down a side street and cut through a parking lot, and unbeknownst
to me, some
guy had a wire strung across the parking lot but with no flag hanging from it,"
he added.
"So, you know, I didn't see it until it was too late. It just clotheslined me
and, boom,
knocked me off the bike. The bike kept going, and you know how that works out."
The comedy legend said he didnt mention the accident because of the whirlwind
of coverage
that accompanied his accident in November, when a car fire at his garage landed
him in the
hospital with burns on his face and elsewhere.
"You know, after getting burned up, you get that one for free," he joked.
"After that,
you're Harrison Ford, crashing airplanes. You just want to keep your head down."
Last November, Leno said he had been working to repair a clogged fuel line on
his 1907 White
steam car one of many vintage cars in his collection when gas shot out and
ignited.
"And my face caught on fire," Leno said in December on NBCs Today show. The
longtime
late-night TV fixture was hospitalized at the Grossman Burn Center in Los
Angeles, where he
underwent multiple surgeries and hyperbaric oxygen therapy.
"Eight days later, I had a brand new face," he wrote in a column for the Wall
Street Journal
about his reconstructive procedures. "And its better than what was there
before."
Lenos motorcycle accident revelation comes amid CNBCs decision not to renew Jay
Lenos Garage
for another season as the cable network doubles down on its business news and
personal
finance information content, the Los Angeles Times confirmed Friday. Meaning,
the longtime
NBC star will end his 30-year run at NBCUniversal, as first reported by the
Hollywood
Reporter .
Lenos reality show "Jay Lenos Garage," which has been a prime-time offering on
the cable
network since 2015, will be pushed out of the lineup as CNBC launches a new
program called
Last Call, anchored by Brian Sullivan, and business-centered shows (and reruns
of) Shark
Tank and Undercover Boss. The network will also offer original business
documentaries,
according to a Thursday employee memo obtained by the L.A. Times.
"Taken together, this lineup will deliver our audience a fast paced, inside
look at market
movers and influencers throughout the day," KC Sullivan, president of CNBC,
said in the
memo. Representatives for Leno did not immediately respond Friday to the L.A.
Times request
for comment.
Leno, who hosted two tenures at NBCs Tonight Show from 1992 to 2014, landed at
the sister
cable channel after his departure from late-night TV. Jay Lenos Garage featured
the comedian
working on vehicles while also interviewing celebrity guests, the likes of
which included
Tim Allen, Gabriel Iglesias, Elon Musk and President Joe Biden.
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