Remember that time...

when it looked like Jay Leno and his lack of being funny was going to be leaving late night TV and making room for someone who is actually funny?

and then they decided to give him an even earlier slot on NBC 3 months after he leaves the tonight show?  

As much as I don't care for Leno, I think that he taught Carson (and I don't mean Johnny) everything he knows, and for that I am eternally grateful.