July 25, 2003Lester Cohen/WireImage.comUs Magazine
Talk about a smooth transition!
Jay Leno announced that his final
Tonight Show guest will be his successor, Conan O'Brien.
See more stars being funny.O'Brien -- whose hosting gig on
Late Night was recently replaced by
SNL alum
Jimmy Fallon -- will appear as the last guest on Leno's NBC show on May 29,
Access Hollywood reports.
During his final week as host, Leno will also welcome
Mel Gibson, Lyle Lovett, California Governor
Arnold Schwarzenegger, new mom
Wanda Sykes, Sarah McLachlan, Dwight Yoakam and Billy Crystal.
See photos of today's top news stories.O'Brien will take over the
Tonight Show on June 1. As for Leno's new primetime show, he said he hopes to bring some humor to an ordinarily dramatic time slot.
"There's no laughs at 10 o'clock," Leno said. "To me, 10 o'clock is like the new 11:30. I hear so many young people, 'I gotta carpool, I gotta get up at 6.'"
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