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Not even testifying in a child molestation trial is enough to flip Jay Leno's "off" switch, as the gloriously bechinned talk show host cracked wise as a defense witness for Michael Jackson:

"We have Renée Zellweger on the show tonight," he said when the judge excused him after his 25 minutes on the witness stand. [...]

The boy, then 10, left several effusive voice-mail messages, telling Mr. Leno that he was his hero. Mr. Leno said the messages aroused his suspicion because the calls sounded scripted and unusual for someone so young. "I'm a comedian in his mid-50's," Mr. Leno said. "I'm not Batman." [...]

Mr. Leno said that in his line of work he heard from "a lot of crazy people," as well as people seeking money. "Sometimes you get a call like, 'I'm a farmer, our tractor's broken, our crops aren't doing well,' and the return address is Brooklyn, New York," Mr. Leno said.

Some felt that Leno went too far when he strolled up to the jury box and hilariously exposed each juror's ignorance with a series of questions about world affairs, but sidekick/bandleader Kevin Eubanks howled with appreciative laughter in the gallery.