Former Saturday Night Live funnyman Will Ferrell will be the first guest to sit on The Tonight Show sofa when Conan O’Brien takes over hosting duties on June 1, NBC announced on Monday.

Veteran rockers Pearl Jam will be the first musical guest.

Will also appeared on the final Late Night with Conan O’Brien in February.

Jay Leno has revealed the identity of his final guest on The Tonight Show– Pay attention. This will be a trivia question someday.

Jay’s final chat as host of The Tonight Show will be with none other than his successor, Conan O’Brien.

Conan will appear as the last guest on Jay’s final show, which will air Friday, May 29 on NBC, Jay — who is leaving The Tonight Show after a 17 year run — made the announcement during conference call on Thursday morning.

The week of May 25th will be Jay Leno’s last as the host of The Tonight Show, and in what was likely his final chat with Ellen DeGeneres as the face of NBC’s late night lineup, the comedian spoke about transitioning the legendary show over to former Late Night host Conan O’Brien. Read the rest of this entry »

The week of May 25th will be Jay Leno’s last as the host of The Tonight Show– and but it looks like the comedian with the classic chin will welcome a host of exciting guests as his seventeen year bag of laughs comes to an end.

Here’s A List of Jay’s Final Week of Guests:

Monday, May 25: Look for Mel Gibson and Lyle Lovett, who will be making his 25th appearance.

Friday, May 29: The guests for the last episode of The Tonight Show with Jay Leno will be announced later this week.

Conan O’Brien — who is set to take over hosting duties on The Tonight Show when longtime host Jay Leno ends his reign on the late night series at the end of this month — has an important message for Tonight Show fans.

Jay Leno missed two days of hosting The Tonight Show last month – his first in 17 years of hosting the late night show — due to exhaustion.
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A previously hospitalized Jay Leno continued his first week back at work this week by welcoming comedienne and New York Times Best-Selling author Chelsea Handler to The Tonight Show on Tuesday.

After a brief hospital stay, Jay Leno returned to The Tonight Show on Monday night.

The comedian was hospitalized for suspected dehydration last Thursday, but joked that his first leave of absence in 17 years as the face of NBC late night to the swine flu outbreak.

Jay, who was discharged on Friday, is celebrating his 59th birthday today.

After missing his first day of work in his 17 years as host of The Tonight Show due to an illness, Jay Leno has been released from the hospital.

Jay stayed overnight at St. Joseph’s Hospital in Burbank for precautionary measures after falling ill early Thursday. While the funnyman cancelled his show on Thursday and Friday, he is expected back on stage on Monday night.

“We [are] happy to say that Jay Leno is feeling much better and has been released from the hospital,” a rep for NBC said Friday. “He’s anxious to return to work on Monday.”

Jay Leno had to cancel today’s taping of The Tonight Show With Jay Leno due to an undisclosed illness, Associated Pres reports.

“A repeat of ‘The Tonight Show with Jay Leno’ will air tonight as Mr. Leno is not feeling well,” a rep for the show said in a statement Thursday. “He took himself to the hospital because he wasn’t feeling well,” the rep added.

According to Access Hollywood, Jay has been hospitalized at Providence St. Joseph Medical Center in Burbank since Thursday. Doctors are keeping him overnight for “observation.” Rumors have surfaced that the late night host may be suffering from food poisoning, but no one’s talking.

Scheduled guests were X-Men Origins: Wolverine actor Ryan Reynolds, celebrity animal trainer Jules Sylvester, and Big Bad Voodoo Daddy.

Jay Leno turns 59 next Tuesday.