Jay Leno Offers Advice on Staying Busy During Pandemic

Jay Leno Offers Advice on Staying Busy During Pandemic

Jay Leno Offers Advice on Staying Busy During Pandemic TV for Grownups

Jay Leno s Tips for Handling Life During the Pandemic

TV host makes face masks and drives classic cars

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1 Go to War

Dr. Fauci says we have to fight like a war. And a reporter asks, “How do we do that?” Fauci says, “By staying home and watching television.” And I thought to myself, I have been training for this war my entire life!

2 Help Out

I have a 3D printer, and my wife, Mavis, and I are , turning out about 100 per week. We give them to local firefighters and police. SHAYAN ASGHARNIA/The New York Times/Redux

3 Make Em Grin

My parents had a 1949 Plymouth. So I thought, That's what I should drive now! At the market there was a line of glum-looking people, 6 feet apart. All of a sudden, my green ‘50s wagon with wide whitewall tires pulls in. A guy yells out, “My mom had one of those!” and they all start smiling.

4 Eat Comfort Food

Look at our support staff: Chef Boyardee, Ben & Jerry, Colonel Sanders — I'm on the same terrible diet I've always been on.

5 Visit Jay s Garage

Jay Leno's Garage is about people and their cars. I ask, “What was your first car? What did it mean to you?” Martha Stewart owns Edsel Ford's old house in Maine, so she drives a ‘58 Edsel station wagon. (Speaking of isolation, she's tough and funny; when she went to prison, I made her a shiv cozy in a Laura Ashley print as a gift!) We made a big fuss over Adam West [TV's Batman] when he came on the show, shortly before he passed away. This season has included Billy Joel — we did some singing in the car — and Craig Ferguson. A fun part of doing the show is the connections I make. —As told to Natasha Stoynoff Former Tonight Show host Jay Leno is back on CNBC with his prime-time series, Jay Leno's Garage.

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