Gagged Leno Gets Fill-In For Friday’s Jacko-logue

Jay Leno joked during his Tonight Show monologue on Friday night, “I’m sure you know, I was called as a witness in the Michael Jackson trial. I’m going to tell the jury the same thing I’m telling you — I only rode that llama once, okay? [Laughter] I had no idea. I didn’t know it was underage. … Do you know about this gag order? Well, there is this gag order. I’m not allowed to tell any Michael Jackson jokes. I can still write them. I just can’t tell them. So what we’ve done is, we’ve brought in a guest comedian to help tell the Michael jackson jokes. … Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome one of the stars of ‘Everybody Loves Raymond’, two-time emmy award-winning actor and comedian Brad Garrett, ladies and gentlemen!” So Garrett joked, “So let’s see what’s new in the Michael Jackson trial. Or as we like to call it, ‘Diary of a Mad White Woman’. … Now, they said this trial will probably last about six months, although Michael Jackson asked the judge today for some time off so he could entertain the troops. Isn’t that nice, huh? Okay, they’re cub scout troops. [Laughter] But they’re still troops, right? Troops are troops. … During the opening arguments the other day, two views of Michael Jackson actually were presented. The prosecution portrayed him as a perverted child molester and the defense portrayed him as a really talented child molester.”