My Dad's Greatest Lesson

Comedian Jay Leno knew that his father had heart, but one woman’s memory revealed just how big it was

- Jay Leno

I had very good parents. My mother came to this country from Scotland by herself when she was 11, and she didn’t have much of an education. My dad was kind of a street kid, and he eventually went into the insurance business, selling nickel policies door-to-door. It was the 1930s, a time when America was a lot more racist and segregated than it is now.