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...great American marketplace produces certain legendary commercial rivalries: Coke vs. Pepsi, Leno vs. Letterman, Republicans vs. Democrats. Now we welcome the first digital-age combatants: Netscape and Microsoft, the David and Goliath of the Internet...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE FIRST WEB WAR | 9/2/1996 | See Source »

...genius Unabomber type. Only one of the three pipe bombs in the duct-tape-clad package actually detonated. Match this criminal klutziness with a Southern accent and down-home demeanor, and the composite portrait was enough to inspire a spasm of dark humor. "The Una-doofus," joked Jay Leno. "Unabubba," a federal agent said...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: FROM FAME TO INFAMY | 8/12/1996 | See Source »

When I heard that Bill Clinton might seek protection from Paula Jones' lawsuit under military law as an "active duty" Commander in Chief [Nation, June 3], I thought one of Jay Leno's joke writers had gone berserk. DON A. ELLIS Overland Park, Kansas

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Letters, Jun. 24, 1996 | 6/24/1996 | See Source »

...wishes he still held his old crown: most influential. That's what he was a few years ago, when his "stupid pet tricks" and Top 10 lists were undoing the conventions of the late-night talk show. But influence can lose its cutting edge, especially when others (see Jay Leno) begin to copy...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: YOU'VE READ ABOUT WHO'S INFLUENTIAL, BUT WHO HAS THE POWER? | 6/17/1996 | See Source »

...LENO Car-happy comic discovers that rising gasoline prices have put a tiger in his monologues...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Notebook: May 13, 1996 | 5/13/1996 | See Source »

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