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famous presenter Jay Leno NBC closed last night 22 uninterrupted years of political criticism, interviews and TV entertainment in the United States, surrounded by famous faces such as Billy Crystal and Oprah Winfrey , without leaving aside his satire trademark.

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Obama sent a video message to fire Jay Leno in his last program U.S. President Barack Obama, who has been repeatedly invited to Leno in his legendary program, not to be outdone and although not personally farewell, sent a message to the famous presenter on your retirement night. “Jay, you’ve made a lot of jokes about me over the years, but do not worry: I’m not angry,” Obama said expressionless. “And this has nothing to do, I decided to be my new ambassador in Antarctica. Hope you have a good coat, funny man,” said the president in his speech.

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Crystal was the first guest on Leno next to Garth Brooks 22 years ago, who led the musical dismiss, which was for the personalities of the American public scene as Jack Black, Kim Kardashian, Jim Parsons , Chris Paul, Sheryl Crow and Carol Burnett.

Some faces of the old guard, like Charlie Sheen , and others that are less so, such as Miley Cyrus , appeared to give advice on what to do in retirement but it was not until the final speech that surfaced emotion and tears in the presenter.

“This is the hard part,” confessed Leno, 63, listed as privilege it has been for him have interviewed from presidents to astronauts, to the cream of Hollywood. The witness harvested from February 17 Ji mmy Fallon, who will take over the program Night ‘The Tonight Show’ on NBC.

The new program, which will start with U2 and Will Smith as guests change its headquarters from Los Angeles to New York , originally the city where he was born, and will be supervised by Lorne Michaels ( Saturday Night Live , 30 Rock ).

Fallon, Emmy and Grammy, started his television career with humor space ‘Saturday Night Live’ in 1998, where he became a crowd favorite. With ‘Late Night with Jimmy Fallon’ has been number one routinely since its debut in March 2009, with an average of 1.7 million viewers each night.The new program called ‘The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon ‘.