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(Photo by Ethan Miller/Getty Images) 18 Years Ago, Conan O’Brien Banned Artie Lange From His Show. Here’s Why.
The ‘Dirty Work’ star wasn’t interviewed by O’Brien for over three years over it.
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Photo: Wendy Perl/NBCU Photo Bank 21 Years Ago, Jay Leno Was Banned From Making Jokes About This Mega Celebrity
A gag order forced the late-night host to bring in other comedians to address the subject on his behalf
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NBC/Contributor/Getty Images Did Jay Leno Attend a Movie Screening With an Alleged Killer?
The ‘Tonight Show’ host claimed to have watched ‘Jurassic Park’ with the man in question two nights before his wife was killed
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Gareth Fuller/PA Images/Contributor/Getty Images How a Famous Late-Night Host Inadvertently Caused a Toilet Paper Shortage
Joking around can have serious consequences
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NBC/Contributor/Getty Images That Time Howard Stern Almost Made Jay Leno Walk Off ‘The Tonight Show’
An NBC spokesperson released a statement saying that the radio host crossed the lines of acceptability during a 1995 appearance
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Bobcat Goldthwait with Jay Leno on 'The Tonight Show' (Photo by Margaret Norton/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images via Getty Images) The Fiery ‘Tonight Show’ Stunt That Got a Famous Stand-Up Comic Arrested
The comedian holds the distinction of being the first guest in the history of the show to be charged with a crime
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Mark David Chapman on the night of his arrest in December 1980 (Photo: Bettman/Getty Images) John Lennon’s Killer Considered Shooting a Famous Comedian Instead
Mark David Chapman had other potential targets in mind before settling on the former Beatles singer
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Jay Leno (Photo: Wendy Perl/NBCU Photo Bank) Why Jay Leno Says There’s ‘Nothing Greater’ Than a Comedian’s Funeral
Comics have a funny way of looking at death
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Martin Lawrence (Photo by Chad Salvador/Variety via Getty Images) Was Martin Lawrence Actually Banned From ‘Saturday Night Live’?
The ‘Bad Boys’ star made just one appearance on ‘SNL’ in 1994
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Rodney Dangerfield with Jay Leno on 'The Tonight Show' in November 2001 (Photo by: Paul Drinkwater/NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images via Getty Images) Did Rodney Dangerfield Have a Heart Attack on ‘The Tonight Show’?
The ‘Caddyshack’ star looked a little worse for wear during his 80th birthday celebration
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Theo Wargo/NBC/Getty Images Body Count Just Covered Pink Floyd on ‘The Tonight Show’
Body Count’s cover/reimagining of Pink Floyd’s “Comfortably Numb” is the third single from their new album, Merciless.
