You didn't see this on Friday night because you stopped paying attention to Jay Leno a long time ago, but Kevin Eubanks ended his stint as bandleader on The Tonight Show after 18 years -- and yes, apparently NBC is folding the five-month sojourn to The Jay Leno Show into Tonight Show history. Who knew?! Anyway, as Leno is prone to do, his goodbye speech to Eubanks was filled with faux-sincerity, but you do get the feeling that Jay will really miss him. If only because it's doubtful that Eubanks' replacement, American Idol band leader Rickey Minor, will be a ready-made laugh track and comedy foil. After the jump, watch the tribute video The Tonight Show put together for Eubanks, which -- surprise! -- is actually kinda funny. Well, for Jay Leno.
Apropos of nothing, the next time someone says Conan O'Brien was just too "racy" for The Tonight Show audience, direct them to either the happy ending joke or the masturbation stuff.
[NBC via E! Online]
