Only no longer "Stuttering", just plain old John Melendez. They did a bit right before the show with John in a bathrobe practicing his announcing skills in front of a mirror, and the camera pulls back to see Leno and Kevin Eubanks in the tub together. WTF?

I only watched for the Headlines segment, so I don't know if he was in any other sidesplitting skits.

We should have a pool to predict the first Stern bit John will do on Leno.

Mike Walker already talked about it last Friday on Stern. John is out interviewing celebrities.

This is a surprise because....?

were they bathing together?

Yes, they were bathing together. A bar of soap was even involved, for those wondering. The opening really sounded kind of different without Edd Hall, but I'm sure in about a month I'll be used to his voice.

Yes, they were bathing together. A bar of soap was even involved, for those wondering. The opening really sounded kind of different without Edd Hall, but I'm sure in about a month I'll be used to his voice.

Yes, they were bathing together. A bar of soap was even involved, for those wondering. The opening really sounded kind of different without Edd Hall, but I'm sure in about a month I'll be used to his voice.

But were they bathing together? This hasn't been established yet.

How did the opening sound?

How did the opening sound? x 2

There an echo in here?

No, just a "stutter" to welcome John to the show.

Oh heck, Leno stole that bit many moons ago.

Interviewing celebrities is a trademarked Stern bit??? Does the rest of the US and World media know this?

Sending a stutterer out to interview celebrities is a Stern bit.

Sending out a character to ask goofy questions of celebrities is indeed a Stern bit. A bit which has been copied by many other shows.

Stuttering John's "interviews" were a big part of the show a few years ago. He would ask offensive, intrusive, or just plain vulgar questions and then they would laugh at the celebs reactions. He became notorious among celebs for it, to the point where he had to wear disguises and eventually they retired John because everyone recognized and avoided him.

Another bit was to have John go out and ask really easy questions of homeless people or strippers and then they would play back the recordings on the air and bet whether the person knew the answers and laugh at their responses. Stern says Leno ripped off this bit to make "Jay walkin".

Apparently you don't listen to Stern. John had a style all his own when he did this. Read the posts below yours for what he does.

My first laugh of the day, thanks!

No no no, Steve Allen did it first.

Who's going to be the first guest on Leno to box Stuttering John?

No, no, no. Steve Allen would ask celebrities about their menstrual cycle, or their thoughts on the Jews, or their drug habits? I don't think so. Steve Allen was as safe and tame then as Leno is today.

What questions were being asked is besides the point. The fact that the bit is old and has been done by countless others in the past before stern means that stern took it from others and bumped it up a level. still doesn't mean it's not a knock off bit.

The problem I have with Stern is that everything he does he claims he did first. Really a lot of his bits are regular stuff with just a more racy addition. Such as Black Jeopardy, or Lesbian Dial-A-Date. I don't consider those very original.