Leno returns to Hermosa Beach Comedy Club, absolves steamer car that burned him
by Kevin Cody Sunday evening, one month after Jay Leno suffered face, hand, and chest burns so severe he required skin grafts, he was welcomed back to the Comedy and Magic Club with standing ovations at the start, and close of his performance. “You’d never know he had a problem,” John Bartlet, a Manhattan Beach resident and Comedy Club regular said following the show. Leno was burned November 12, when gasoline from a 1907 steam car he was working on caught fire. Asked upon his release last Monday from the Grossman Burn Center if he’ll ever drive the car again, he answered, “Sure. The car didn’t do anything wrong.” Jay Leno with fans in front of Comedy and Magic Club in 2004, when he was host of The Tonight Show. Photo by Kevin Cody Leno quipped to the Sunday night audience that he planned two shows for the evening. “One regular, one extra crispy.” But otherwise, he did not allow his injuries to distract from his performance. His rapid return to the stage was reported by media nationwide, including The Washington Post, Good Morning America, and TMZ. A phalanx of TV cameras greeted him after he backed his blue Tesla into a Hermosa Beach Police car while parallel parking in front of…
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