DMN Blog: Unfunny Jay Leno makes crack about Cowboys Stadium

[WoodysGirl]

7:25 AM Fri, Jan 15, 2010 | Permalink | Yahoo! Buzz
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Earlier in the season, Jay Leno had Cowboys owner and GM Jerry Jones on his show for a quick Q-and-A from the stadium as the Cowboys were getting ready for their first game at Cowboys Stadium.

For some reason on Thursday, Leno chose to take a little dig at the stadium and Jones in his monologue.

"Here's something I don't understand. If you watched the game the other night, you know the Dallas Cowboys' new "billion-dollar stadium" has artificial turf on the field. It's not real grass. Their owner Jerry Jones said "It's hard to grow real grass inside a domed stadium." Really? How come college kids all across the country grow pot in a metal file cabinet? They can grow grass. Why can't you grow grass?"

Ah, now I know why Conan O'Brien is out at NBC. This stuff is gold, pure gold. Yeesh.


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[Yeagermeister]

Not funny Jay *Bradshaw voice*

 

[zrinkill]

How was that a shot?

It was not funny at all ..... but it was hardly a shot.

Todd needs to find something else to blog about.

 

[adamknite]

I'm not sure that counts as a shot at the stadium. As a completely unfunny joke, yeah, but not an insult.

 

[Cowboy Brian]

how is that funny

 

[JohnnyHopkins]

7:25 AM Fri, Jan 15, 2010 | Permalink | Yahoo! Buzz
Todd Archer/Reporter Bio | E-mail | News tips

Earlier in the season, Jay Leno had Cowboys owner and GM Jerry Jones on his show for a quick Q-and-A from the stadium as the Cowboys were getting ready for their first game at Cowboys Stadium.

For some reason on Thursday, Leno chose to take a little dig at the stadium and Jones in his monologue.

"Here's something I don't understand. If you watched the game the other night, you know the Dallas Cowboys' new "billion-dollar stadium" has artificial turf on the field. It's not real grass. Their owner Jerry Jones said "It's hard to grow real grass inside a domed stadium." Really? How come college kids all across the country grow pot in a metal file cabinet? They can grow grass. Why can't you grow grass?"

Ah, now I know why Conan O'Brien is out at NBC. This stuff is gold, pure gold. Yeesh.


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I personally find it more offensive to comedians than Jerry Jones, but to each their own.

 

[Doomsday]

I dont think it is a shot and I like 95% of the stuff Leno says it is not even close to being funny.

 

[Big Dakota]

Too bad for NBC they can't grow good programming.

Maybe they should shoot the tonight show in that locker at Grand Central in Men in Black 2?

 

[DavidS]

Leno should get his fat *** on a diet

 

[Royal Laegotti]

Maybe Jerry doesn't want the players smoking the grass, like in the 90s.

 

[Seven]

how is that funny

More importantly......how's that a shot?

 

[DallasEast]

Leno was referring to two different things. Regardless of how good or bad the joke was, he wasn't insulting Cowboys Stadium or Jerry Jones at all. Now, if he had make a crack by calling the stadium "Jerry World", that would have been an insult.

 

[BAZ]

I hope Jerry has Jay killed for such insolence.

 

[daschoo]

off topic slightly but regarding the reason for the artificial turf why not just grow it outside? i know theres a couple of soccer stadiums in asia and i'm sure at least one in germany where they grow they grass outside the stadium. the pich is then wheeled into the stadium on game days under the stand meaning you have a natural playing surface and obviously avoid the difficulties involved with stands blocking sunlight.

 

[newlander]

Leno and his Lowest Common Denominator brand of humor haven't been funny for at least 10 years....he and Adam Sandler are multi millionaires and both suck....strange but true.

 

[Duane]

off topic slightly but regarding the reason for the artificial turf why not just grow it outside? i know theres a couple of soccer stadiums in asia and i'm sure at least one in germany where they grow they grass outside the stadium. the pich is then wheeled into the stadium on game days under the stand meaning you have a natural playing surface and obviously avoid the difficulties involved with stands blocking sunlight.

The field is 50 - 75ft below the surface so they couldn't wheel it in and out.

 

[mwj473]

off topic slightly but regarding the reason for the artificial turf why not just grow it outside? i know theres a couple of soccer stadiums in asia and i'm sure at least one in germany where they grow they grass outside the stadium. the pich is then wheeled into the stadium on game days under the stand meaning you have a natural playing surface and obviously avoid the difficulties involved with stands blocking sunlight.

They do the same thing here in the US at the Cardinals stadium in Glendale, AR.

They have a grass field that is kept out in the sunlight during the week and brought into the stadium during games.

 

[JBond]

Leno is probably a nice guy but his writers are absolutely horrible.

 

[ScipioCowboy]

Two things here:

1) I fail to see how it constitutes a "shot" at the stadium.

2) It was mildly amusing. Mildly.

 

[T-RO]

Leno and his Lowest Common Denominator brand of humor haven't been funny for at least 10 years....he and Adam Sandler are multi millionaires and both suck....strange but true.

That isn't a slam in any way at all...but it's also not funny in any way at all. IMO.

I cannot remember the last time Leno made me laugh and I stopped watching him a couple of years ago. His humor is just not my humor.