November 26, 2003

Tonight on Leno

I watched Leno for a few minutes tonight. A woman from Sea World was on with a brigade of furry, cute animals. One of them looked like a cross between a raccoon and a koala. This isn't a word-for-word transcript of what Jay said, but it's very close:

LENO [animal crawling of his shoulder]: "Now, I noticed they have very soft fur. Is that why they're endangered, because of their fur?"
WOMAN "Actually, it's because they only live in the forests in Madagascar, and 90 percent of their habitat has been destroyed."
LENO: "Do they make good house pets?"
WOMAN: [stunned pause] "Um, no. They're an endangered animal. There are only 1,000 of them left."

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