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Lucian K. Truscott IV's avatar

Wonderful. I used to go to the automobile magazine shop in Burbank, that also had model cars. Ran into Jay Leno there many times on Saturday mornings. One time he drove up in his steam powered car. A genuine thrill, because of course they had to leave it running at the curb.

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TCinLA's avatar

The Aviation and Auto Bookstore on Magnolia. Yes! (and they divided it in half so the twain didn't often meet)

Interestingly, with the Burbank House of Hobbies just up Alameda Avenue from the old NBC Studios, Jay used to come up there in the afternoons when he was on break from The Tonight Show. He's also a modeler (does beautiful motorcycle models, he brought a couple in). Nobody treated him like Jay Leno, they acted like he was what he was, another modeler. Which was why he came in. One time a bunch of us got invited to go to The Garage up at the Burbank Airport. Spent a whole Saturday there. Geek Heaven!

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David Levine's avatar

there was this small comedy club in Hermosa where Jay was required contractually to perform (once a week, I believe) even after he'd been doing the Tonight Show for years. somebody remind me what it was called...

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