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Leading with My Chin

Hardcover • 1996 • English

Leading with My Chin

By Jay Leno, Bill Zehme

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About the book

In Leading with My chin, Jay recounts many of the ridiculous steps (and missteps) that have led him on what may be the unlikeliest of paths - from college campuses to Carnegie Hall to Las Vegas and, finally, to The Tonight Show. Unlike many comedians whose acts reflect broken homes and neurotic backgrounds, Jay revels in his wholesome Andover, Massachusetts, upbringing. As the product of a Scottish mother and an Italian father, he had a home life that was equal parts absurd and loving. Which is ...Show more

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ISBN

9780060186944

Publisher

HarperCollinsPublishers

Published year

1996

Language

English

Original title

Leading with My Chin

Format

Hardcover

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