What happened to jay leno

From the time he started hosting The Tonight Show on May 25, 1992, to the time he handed the mic to Jimmy Fallon on February 6, 2014, Jay Leno hosted more than 4,600 episodes of the NBC late-night show, even more than predecessor Johnny Carson.

With the 30th anniversary of his Tonight Show debut upon us, we’re revisiting 10 memorable moments from the Leno era, everything from an on-air proposal to a stalker encounter to a go-kart face-off.

Scroll down to see these headline-making moments.

Bobcat Goldthwait lights a chair on fire

In his 1994 appearance on the show, comedian Bobcat Goldthwait took a lighter to one of the guest chairs on the Tonight Show set.

He was later given a fine of $3,888 after he pleaded no contest to a charge of recklessly causing a fire, according to the Los Angeles Times. (And as you can see here, the moment made it into an episode of The Larry Sanders Show, an HBO comedy about a fictional late-night show.)

Hugh Grant talks about lewd conduct bust

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