“Leno isn’t damaged goods. NBC is. Conan is right to go. But the nastiest move could be Leno’s. Howard Stern used to always talk about Leno’s dark side, calling him Evil Jay. Well, if that persona exists, Leno could go to Fox and do a show at 11 pm or 11:30 pm that would force NBC to stick with Conan. Jay would clobber both Conan and Dave and have the sweetest revenge of all.

“I’m a Letterman fan but I’m just sayin’ — Evil Jay, come out come out wherever you are! But hurry. That Lexus passing your Pierce Arrow on the 405 is Conan driving to the Fox lot.” — received from Forbes.com‘s Bill McCuddy a couple of hours ago.