The comedian and host of The Tonight Show offers a hilarious collection of anecdotes about growing up, his careers as a mechanic and stand-up comic, life on the road, and success. 1,000,000 first printing. $500,000 ad/promo. Tour.

Leading With My Chin

Humor & Entertainment

Leno, Jay

Zehme, Bill

Humor

HARPER/COLLINS

Leading with My Chin

The king of late-night television and America's hardest-working comedian delivers the monologue of his life.
Against the odds Jay Leno has emerged as the undisputed king of late night television as host of the # 1 -rated The Tonight Show. His twenty-year stand-up career; working alongside the likes of Jerry Seinfeld, Carry Shandling, and David Letterman, was a long, hard, and laugh-filled battle to the top. In this entertaining, anecdote-filled book, Leno delivers the monologue of his life, leaving readers admiring his unstoppable wit and tenacity.

HarperTorch

Modeled after the regular guest host's popular sketch on the "Tonight Show," this collection samples the ridiculous side of newspapers--ludicrous headlines, laughably inappropriate photo placements, and absurd ads

Headlines

Arts & Photography

History & Criticism

Grand Central Publishing

Compiled by the regular "Tonight Show" guest host, this collection lampoons strange headlines, photos, and ads that somehow manage to find their way into America's newspapers

More Headlines

A collection of ridiculous yet real headlines from America's newspapers includes "Post Office Paychecks Get Lost in Mail" and "Animal Rights Group to Hold Meeting at Steakhouse"

Headlines III: Not the Movie, Still the Book

Yet another compilation of today's goofiest and most illogical newspaper headlines features "Man Forced to Cook Spaghetti at Gunpoint," "Man Gets Probation for Violating Probation," and "Quarrelling Disrupts Violence Conference." Original.

Headlines IV: The Next Generation

The new host of NBC's Tonight Show uses sharp wit to shred some absurd yet real headlines from the nation's newspapers in a hardcover collection of three of his best-selling paperbacks.

Jay Leno's Headlines: Real but Ridiculous Headlines from America's Newspapers (Books I, II, & III)

Wing Books

The Tonight Show's Jay Leno draws on a true story from his childhood to make a generation of young readers laugh out loud. 
 Little Jay's mom is maniacally thrifty, his dad is extravagant, and little Jay always seems to be caught in the middle. So when Jay's dad decides that his next big "project" is going to be an ENORMOUS barbecue patio, the only way it's going to happen is if Jay, their neighbors, and Bruce, the laziest dog in America, help him out. 
 When the party to launch the patio arrives, there's more food than anyone could eat, and at the center is a HUGE roast beef that Jay would do anything to get a taste of. No one will notice if he sneaks a bite, will they? That is, until Jay's secret plan backfires! 
 What is Jay's secret weapon to sample a bit of the roast beef? Will he keep his dad from finding out? And finally, what could make a roast beef fly? 
 The Tonight Show's Jay Leno draws on a true story from his childhood to make a generation of young readers laugh out loud. 
 Little Jay's mom is maniacally thrifty, his dad is extravagant, and little Jay always seems to be caught in the middle. So when Jay's dad decides that his next big "project" is going to be an ENORMOUS barbecue patio, the only way it's going to happen is if Jay, their neighbors, and Bruce, the laziest dog in America, help him out. 
 When the party to launch the patio arrives, there's more food than anyone could eat, and at the center is a HUGE roast beef that Jay would do anything to get a taste of. No one will notice if he sneaks a bite, will they? That is, until Jay's secret plan backfires! 
 What is Jay's secret weapon to sample a bit of the roast beef? Will he keep his dad from finding out? And finally, what could make a roast beef fly?

Jay Leno: If Roast Beef Could Fly

Children's Books

Biographies

Simon&Schuster Children's Publishing

Long before he became host of The Tonight Show, Jay Leno was dubbedby media and peers alike as the Hardest Working Man in Show Business. Performingcomedy at a breakneck pace, he fulfilled over three hundred dates a year.In Leading With My Chin, he recounts many of the ridiculous steps(and missteps) that led him on what may be the unlikeliest of paths--fromcollege campuses to Carnegie Hall to Las Vegas and, finally, to TheTonight Show.Unlike many comedians, whose acts reflect broken homes and neurotic backgrounds,Jay revels in his wholesome Andover, Massachusetts upbringing, which isplain to see in Jay's heartwarming stories about his parents.Out on the comedy circuit-a virtual battle zone for Jay-he encounters everyhumiliation any performer has ever known: the nights when he was literallymugged onstage, and when he was merely punched out. And also that romanticnight at The Comedy Store--working amid the likes of David Letterman, RobinWilliams, Andy Kaufman and Steve Martin--when he met his future wife Mavisoutside the ladies' bathroom!Brimming with stories heartwarming and endearing, humiliating and justdownright embarrassing, Leading With My Chin demonstrates the sillythings you have to go through to make someone laugh.

HarperAudio

The comedian and host of The Tonight Show offers a hilarious collection of anecodtes about growing up, his careers as a mechanic and stand-up comic, life on the road, and success. Read by Jay Leno. Simultaneous.

See the best price to sell, buy, or rent books by Leno, Jay. BookScouter helps to compare book prices from 25+ online bookstores and 30+ buyback vendors with a single search.

Books by Leno, Jay

See the best price to sell, buy, or rent books by Leno, Jay. BookScouter helps to compare book prices from 25+ online bookstores and 30+ buyback vendors with a single search.

Leading With My Chin

Leading with My Chin

Headlines

More Headlines

Headlines III: Not the Movie, Still the Book

Headlines IV: The Next Generation

Jay Leno's Headlines: Real but Ridiculous Headlines from America's Newspapers (Books I, II, & III)

Jay Leno: If Roast Beef Could Fly

Leading with My Chin

Leading With My Chin