And on the second day of the encore iteration of the Tonight Show with Jay Leno, Sarah Palin made her stand-up debut. A "big get" booking by Leno's talent department that was rivaled on CBS by David Letterman's interview with another Republican expected to run for presidential consideration in 2012, Mitt Romney. Both potential candidates were charming, both took swipes at themselves (Palin explained the writing-on-her-hand incident, Romney explained scuffle he had on a flight home from Vancouver) and both stayed on air for two lengthy segments. Click through for those clips, as well as the other highlights you missed while searching the Jackson compound for a stash of stun guns.
5. Stand-Up Palin/Sit-Down Romney
Last night the former Alaskan governor made her stand-up comedy debut on the Tonight Show (at 2:39) after two-interview segments in which she discussed Fox News' "unbiased reporting," her kids' admiration for the Tonight Show's other guest Shaun White and that unfunny Family Guy sketch. Meanwhile, Romney entertained the Late Show audience with tales of in-flight fights.
4. Ultimate Mustache Fighting
Somewhere in New York City, there is a an actor who will add the credit of "Adolf Hitler's Mustache" to his IMDB profile today. This role-of-a-lifetime was brought to him by Late Night with Jimmy Fallon, which staged a match between Burt Reynolds' '70s mustache, Tom Selleck's '80s stache and the dictator's infamous facial do last night.
3. Guidotar
DJ Pauly D took his turn at the "Throw A Guido Into an Oscar-Nominated Film Reenactment" game with this nod to Avatar.
2. The Pattinson Dilemma
Being a Twilight heartthrob is not the cake walk you'd think -- what if Robert Pattinson wanted to quit acting and become a dentist or dabble in forensics? Not so easy, is it? Last night, Pattinson discussed this quandary on the Daily Show and disclosed where he has been staying in New York.
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1. "Killin' Brain Cells"
In the most impressive fist-bump to an Academy Award-nominated film yet, Snooki tried the role of Lt. Aldo Raine on for size.