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Doh Boyes Media.

Live. Doboy's media. Live from the NBC Studios in Burbank, California, The Tonight Show with Jay Leno.

On May 25, 1992, 16 million viewers heard this introduction as Ample Chin comic James

Douglas Muir Leno made his debut behind the desk of America's most storied talk show institution. It followed a tumultuous jockeying for the job with

then late night host David Letterman, a process that would be replicated nearly 20 years

later over the same slot with Conan O'Brien. Burbank has always lived in the shadow of its much larger

glitzier neighbor Los Angeles, a shadow that's somehow even hotter. The city was often

even invoked as a punchline under the previous tonight show host Johnny Carson.

But Leno's 22-year on and off stewardship of the franchise would help revitalize the

image of the sprawling San Fernando Valley suburb.

In addition to his nightly sign-on, Leno chose Burbank to

house his massive personal garage for his collection of nearly 300 classic cars

and motorcycles. The Burbank Automotive assemblage inspired a TV series of its own, the Emmy winning Jay Leno's Garage, which ran for seven seasons.

Leno has a designated booth at the original Bob's Big Boy in Burbank, where he regularly appears at their Friday night classic

car show and the silver-haired denim enthusiasts frequently performs at Burbank comedy club flappers.

And it's Burbank where, in 2011, Mark Colchis launched a chain to fill what he felt was an

unexplored niche, chopped salads.

The cold dish concept had a hot start in the veggie-friendly Southland and by 2016 it began franchising.

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