WEEKEND.
WEEKEND. THEY HOPE TO INSPIRE KIDS TO READ AND DRAW WHILE MEETING SOME
HEROES.
>>> JAY LENO IS SAID TO BE
WORTH $350 MILLION ACCORDING TO
MSN 4@MONEY.
HE COULD EASILY RETIRE BUT HE
TRAVELS THE COUNTRY DOING MORE
THAN 200 STAND UP COMEDY SHOWS
A YEAR AND FILMING FOR HIS SHOW,
J4@ LENO'S GARAGE. 4@
>> EVEN WITH MORE THAN 100 4@HE
CARS AND 60 MOTORCYCLES IN HIS4
GARAGE, HE LOVES MEETING NEW
PEOPLE AND LEARNING ABOUT THEIR
COLLECTIONS AND THEIR LIVES.
>> SHE STARTED TO GET SOME HEAT
IN HER NOW!
>> YOUR COLLECTION IS UP TO
WHAT?4@
>> I DON'T KNOW.
A LOT OF CARS AND A LOT OF
MOTORCYCLES.
AND THEY ARE NOT ALL EXPENSIVE.
SOME ARE JUST ODD OR
INTERESTING.
IT IS A 4@FUN HOBBY.
IT GIVES YOU AN APPRECIATION OF
HOW EASY4@ IT IS TO MAKE A LIVI
TALKING.4@4@4@
WHEN YOU REALIZE THAT SOME
PEOPLE WHO WORK 4@ON CARS, WE
WERE TALKING DURING A
COMMERCIAL AND A PERSON WANTED
TO KNOW WHAT'S 4@REALLY4@ COOL
TO BUY AND HE SAID A FERRARI4@.
AND HE SAID EVERYBODY HAS ONE.
AND I SAID4@ YOU HAVE GOT TO GE
OUT OF HOLLYWOOD AND GO TO THE
VALLEY.
THERE ARE NO FERRARIS THERE.4@
IF YOU LIVE IN A PLACE WHERE
EVERYBODY HAS A FERRARI YOU ARE
SO OUT OF TOUCH. 4@
THAT IS WHY I4@ GO ON THE ROAD
EVERY DAY.
YOU NEED TO GO OUT AND TALK TO
REAL PEOPLE AND SEE WHAT THE
SITUATION 4@REALLY IS.
>> WHAT WAS IT ABOUT CARS THAT
HOOKED YOU FROM THE BEGINNING?
>> CARS, YOU CAN GO PLACES
VIRTUALLY.
NOWADAYS, TEENAGERS SIT IN
THEIR ROOM AND THEY CALL THEIR
GIRLFRIEND AND ASK FOR A
PICTURE.
BUT4@4@ THERE WAS SO MUCH MORE
IN THE PAST.
YOU HAD TO CONVINCE A GIRL TO
LET YOU TAKE THEIR PICTURE AND
YOU WOULD HAVE TO TAKE THE
PHOTO AND HAVE IT DEVELOPED
SOMEWHERE.
AND NOW IT'S LIKE A WHOLE
DIFFERENT WORLD.
>> NOW, YOU ACTUALLY4@ HAVE 4@Y
OWN GARAGE TO WORK ON CARS?
>> YES.
YOU CAN4@4@ LITERALLY RIP THROU
THE WOODS AND IT IS PRETTY
AMAZING.
EXPECTED YOU LET LOOSE ON IT?
>> YES. 4@
IT WAS A LOT OF FUN.
IT WAS GREAT.
>> HOW OFTEN DO YOU GO AND TALK
WITH SOMEONE ABOUT THEIR
AMAZING CAR AND YOU KNOW MORE
ABOUT IT THAN THEY DO?
>> WHEN YOU TALK TO A LOT OF
RICH GUYS THAT HAPPENS.
THEY BUY SOMETHING BECAUSE4@ TH
ARE TOLD IT IS THE BEST ONE TO
GET.
THAT IS WHY I LIKE TO TALK TO
THE PLUMBER THAT HAS A CORVETTE
OR SOMEBODY THAT HAS THEIR OWN
CONSTRUCTION4@ COMPANY.
THOSE ARE THE GUYS THAT REALLY
KNOW THE CARS INSIDE OUT.
>> IS THERE A CAR OR COLLECTION
THAT YOU 4@HAVE REALLY GEEK OUT
OVER?4@
>> WELL I SPOKE WITH ONE 4@WOMA
AND4@ THE BOOTH HIS CAR 4@IN 19
THE NEW.4@
HER HUSBAND DIED AND NOW SHE
HAS THIS.
I WENT OUT AND4@ IT IS JUST A
WORN OUT OLD CAR.
SHE ASKED ME TO BUY IT AND 4@I
DID.4@
IT TOOK ME ABOUT TWO YEARS TO
GET IT ALL FIXED UP.
AND I WONDERED IF SHE WAS STIL4
ALIVE.
I TOLD HER I WAS DONE WITH THE @
CAR AND WANTED TO SHOW IT TO
HER.4@4@
SO I DRIVE UP TO THE HOUSE.
HER KIDS HAVE HER BLINDFOLDED.
SHE IS IN THE DRIVEWAY AND SHE
FEELS THE CAR AND SHE STARTS
CRYING.
AS WE ARE TALKING4@ SHE IS
TALKING ABOUT DRIVING TO NEW
JERSEY WITH THE KIDS.
THE KIDS ARE IN THE BACK AND
THEY START POKING EACH OTHER
LIKE THIS.4@
THE THREE OF THEM ARE JUST
LAUGHING THEIR HEADS OFF.
IT WAS JUST SUCH 4@A FUN
EXPERIENCE.
THEN THE KIDS TOLD ME HOW IN 4@
THE 60s THAT DAD WAS DRIVING
THIS 1951 CAR AND THEY WERE SO
ASHAMED.
THEY WOULD HAVE THEIR DEAD DROP
THEM OFF 4@LIKE SEVERAL BLOCKS
AWAY FROM THE HOUSE THE SCHOOL
BECAUSE THEY WERE 4@SO
EMBARRASSED BUT NOW IT'S 4@A
CLASSIC 4@
>> IT WAS JUST A GREAT STORY.
I THINK SHE LIVED TO BE 104
YEARS OLD.
AND TH4@AT IS A CASE WHERE, YOU
I THINK SHE LIVED TO BE 104 YEARS OLD. AND TH4@AT IS A CASE WHERE, YOU@
BUY THE STORY BECAUSE IT IS
JUST A 4@FUN STORY.
>> NOW WE DID GET A HOLD OF
YOUR HIGH SCHOOL YEARBOOK4@. IN
YOUR CLASSES UP RELATIVES YOU
WERE THE FUNNIEST.
THAT IS NOT SURPRISING.
FOR YOUR FUTURE CAREER,4@ RETIR
MILLIONAIRE.
>> WELL, I AM NOT RETIRED.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
YOU ARE DOING4@ 210 SHOWS PER
YEAR?
>> YES.4@4@
>> YOU ARE STILL GOING AND
FASTER.
>>4@ WELL I LIKE IT.
IT IS A FUN JOB.
JUST TELL JOKES AND PEOPLE
LAUGH AT HIM.
IT COULD NOT BE MORE SIMPLE.4@
AND I ENJO4@Y IT.
THE 4@TONIGHT SHOW, THE NEWS DO
NOT CHANGE THAT MUCH EVERY DAY.
IT 4@WAS ALWAYS HARD TO COME UP
WITH SILLY JOKES BEFORE.4@
WHEN TIMES ARE SILLY YOU DO
SERIOUS JOKES.
BUT THAT WAS ALWAYS VERY TRICKY
TO DO.
NOW I JUST COME UP WITH JOKES
WHEN I NEED TO.
WITH THE TONIGHT SHOW YOU DID
DIFFERENT JOKES IN THE SAME
PLACE EVERY NIGHT.
YOU CAN TELL STORIES AND OPEN
IT UP A BIT AND ADD TO IT MAY B@
YOU THINK OF 4@SOMETHING DURING
THE DAY AND YOU CAN'T WAIT TO
GET UP THERE4@ AND DO A JOB.
>> HE HAS INTERVIEWED HUNDREDS