Jimmy Kimmel as Jay Leno: Brilliant!

Tonight's episode of "Jimmy Kimmel Live," featuring the host doing a Jay Leno impression, was absolutely hilarious -- presuming, of course, that you've seen enough Leno monologues to be familiar with his tropes. From the constant musical stings to the asides directed at bandleader Cleto/Kevin (wearing a baseball cap, natch) to the "Did you hear about this?" before almost every joke, it sounds like Jimmy and his writers had a lot of fun putting this one together. Here's a sample, but it's worth watching the whole thing (check out the JKL YouTube channel).



Jimmy even did some "headlines" after the commercial. My only disappointment: that he didn't ask his bandleader, "Cleto, what do I love?" The response to that, of course: "Stupid criminals!"

Many viewers may not realize it, but this was not Jimmy's first time donning Jay's prosthetic chin -- he portrayed Leno during the E! Channel's reenactments of the Michael Jackson trial back in 2005.