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It Must Have Been the Pork: Leno

Host spoofs hospitalization upon return

By Evann Gastaldo, Newser Staff

Posted Apr 28, 2009 8:26 AM CDT

(Newser) – Jay Leno was back in form last night, joking on The Tonight Show that his hospital stay started when he “ate a raw pig a friend brought back from Mexico,” People reports. The host didn’t reveal the real cause of his illness, but found time to joke about NBC’s overly dramatic nurse, Conan trying to kill him, and his “really bad HMO.” For clips, click the links below.

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In this April 7, 2009 file photo, Jay Leno performs during a stand up show billed as "Jay's Comedy Stimulus Plan" at the Palace in the Detroit suburb of Auburn Hills, Mich. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio, file)

Jay Leno reacts as he tells a story during an interview at the Palace in the Detroit suburb of Auburn Hills, Mich., Tuesday, April 7, 2009. (AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)

In this Feb. 22, 2009 file photo, Jay Leno arrives at the Vanity Fair Oscar party in West Hollywood, Calif. (AP Photo/Evan Agostini, file)

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Have you ever slept in a hospital? I spent the night. I was there for 24 hours. I had a horrible dream that I couldn't breathe. I felt like I was suffocating. Then I woke up and realized Conan was holding a pillow over my face. - Jay Leno

For X-rays, they had to take me over to Burbank Airport and put me through the baggage. - Jay Leno, on his "really bad HMO"

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It Must Have Been the Pork: Leno