ELMIRA, N.Y. (WETM) - One of the greatest television personalities of all-time was in Elmira Friday.
Legendary comedian Jay Leno put on show at The Clemens Center in front of a solid crowd. Leno, who is best known as the former host of NBC's The Tonight Show for 22 years, performed a show for the first time in Elmira since September 29, 1989 which was also at The Clemens Center.
Leno was introduced by WETM-TV's own Nick Barbieri onstage to kickoff off a night to remember. For Leno, coming back to The Clemens Center is something he treasured.
"It's fun, this is a great old theatre I love these 1925 old vaudeville houses," Leno said. "So many of them got torn down, but so many are preserved like this one, it's really terrific, it's really fun. It makes it kind of interesting and adds a su