Over a decade after leaving late-night TV, Jay Leno is chiming in from the bench.
Leno, who exited the "Tonight Show" in 2014, spoke candidly about mixing politics and humor for a mass audience in a recent interview with David Trulio for The Ronald Reagan Presidential Foundation.
"I like to think that people come to a comedy show to kind of get away from the things, the pressures of life, wherever it might be," Leno said. "And I love political humor, don't get me wrong, but what happens (is) people wind up cozying too much to one side or the other.
"Why shoot for just half an audience, why not try to get the whole (audience)?" he posed.
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