Fallon and Leno, Reconciling Through Song
BERMAN: Welcome back, everyone. So Jimmy Fallon versus Jay Leno. A lot of buzz over who will win the battle to host "The Tonight Show."</s>BALDWIN: And a little singing, as well, here as you'll see. The two late-night stars may have settled the feud thanks to" West Side Story."</s>JIMMY FALLON, TALK SHOW HOST: Hey, Jay.</s>LENO: Hey,kid. How you holding up?</s>FALLON: Okay, I guess. You?</s>LENO: I'll live. I've been through this before, you know. Got to admit I'm getting a little sick of all this.</s>FALLON: Jay, can I ask you something? We're still friends, right?</s>LENO: Yes. Of course, of course we're still friends.</s>FALLON: That's good.</s>FALLON (singing): Only you every night you throw to me Jay Leno. In the news all they do is say I'm replacing you they think I can woo the demo</s>LENO (singing): Oh, the network said here's an idea pack your bags take a hike and see ya.</s>FALLON (singing): Tonight, tonight, who's gonna host tonight? Is it gonna be Jimmy or Jay? Tonight, tonight, where will they tape tonight in New York, will it stay in LA?</s>LENO (singing): Tonight, tonight, my ratings were all right. 20 years and I'm still in first place. Tonight, tonight I've got Fox on the line or maybe I could take over for Dave.</s>FALLON AND LENO (singing): Tonight, tonight, why do they say we fight. I like you, you like me, we're okay. Tonight, tonight who cares who owns tonight . People just want a line the next day (ph).</s>BERMAN: So -- It's incredibly well done, I think. Incredibly creative. But my question for you guys, is it really funny or is there some kind of underlying --</s>BALDWIN: Sort of melancholy almost tone?</s>BERMAN: Yeah.</s>BALWDIN: That's what some of us were saying. Obviously this is all addressing the rumors and the speculation that Jimmy Fallon would take "The Tonight Show" gig. I don't know. It's sort of brilliant in terms of the PR from NBC. Like Jay Leno said, he's been through this before. This is a way to say we're buddies.</s>ROMANS: It was super well-written. Obviously those guys have ranges as showmen. And harmonizing. Gosh. Come on.</s>BERMAN: Look --</s>ROMANS: Funny, but more sad than funny I thought.</s>BERMAN: You would never have seen Jay Leno doing this with David Letterman back in the 90's. Jay and Conan wouldn't have been doing it last time he went through this, so the fact the two of them are doing it now maybe that means something in and of itself.</s>ROMANS: Well, they're stirring up publicity for both of them.</s>BALDWIN: And showing there's no bad blood.</s>BERMAN: And you'll never go wrong with "West Side Story." Which we will be singing, throughout the show.</s>BALWDIN: That's for bringing that up, because that is my take away for the morning, that this guy played a Jet in the eighth grade.</s>BERMAN: I was Riff.</s>BALDWIN: And that is when your singing should have ended.</s>BERMAN: I was the leader of the Jets.</s>BALDWIN: The leader.</s>BERMAN: Actually the leader.</s>BALDWIN: Be glad you're not here during commercial break. Still ahead this morning on STARTING POINT, a popular reality star, this is a sad one out of West Virginia. This guy was found dead, will the MTV show "Buckwild" go on without Shain Gandee? A live report on that, next.</s>BERMAN: Then? That had to hurt right there.</s>BALDWIN: Ouch.</s>BERMAN: Oh, man look at that. A man grabs a woman's purse, runs to the exit, smashes through the glass door. We will show you that video again and again and again and tell you the story behind it. After the break. You're watching STARTING POINT.