Jay Leno Cold-Calls Radio Show

He really does listen to Tim Conway Jr.

Here’s a fun media daisy chain.

It began Friday with the publication in the Los Angeles Times of a profile by Charles Fleming of podcaster, car collector and IPA brand man Adam Carolla. Later that same Dec. 9 evening, at the top of the KFI 640 AM radio program The Tim Conway Jr. Show, the host referenced the article, roped in Jay Leno and mentioned that both Carolla and Leno are listeners.

Two quick minutes later, Leno was patched through and on-air, calling in from his 1959 Oldsmobile:

“I heard my name.

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