Jay Jokes About Britney, *NSYNC, Backstreet Boys & Mariah

Several pop jokes in Friday night’s Jay Leno monologue. First up was his cloning lightning round where he cracked, “Hey, Kev, what is a – what do you call a Backstreet Boy’s clone? Kevin, “What?” Jay, “‘N sync.” Next on his pop target list, “Well, Britney Spears said in an interview this week she is still a virgin. You know, we should get a vote. Who do you think’s gonna hold out longer — Osama or Britney? Who do you think’s gonna last — I don’t know. She said in this interview she would like to get married and have a family, but not for another 15 years but she also says she wants to save herself for marriage, so her boyfriend, Justin Timberlake, he better think about getting a hobby, all right?”

Finally, Jay apparently misunderstood a Liz Smith item saying security wasn’t good enough for a Mariah Carey performance… She wanted to go, the government turned her down, but Jay joked, “According to gossip columnist Liz Smith today, Mariah Carey wanted to do a show for our troops on an aircraft carrier, but she felt security wasn’t good enough… Hello! You’re on an aircraft carrier! Missiles? Bombs? Planes? ‘This isn’t enough. I’m sorry.’”