Jay Leno’s Audience Gets Introduced To The Jersey Shore Cast

How many of Jay Leno‘s five million or so viewers are also part of the two million or so viewers who watch MTV’s Jersey Shore? Any?

Probably not a lot – but last night the two shows converged for an especially jaw-dropping edition of Jersey Shore Jaywalk All-Stars.

Leno started out with some tough questions. Obviously, the trio of Snooki, The Situation and Pauly D had no idea who Puccini or Marconi were, but they did know Paulie Walnuts.

There was also this exchange:

Leno: Snooki where is the UN?
Snooki: United Nations.
Leno: Where is it?
Snooki: Europe?
Leno: No. I’ll give you a hint. You live there.
Snooki: Albany.
Leno: No.
Snooki: New York.

Key point: Snooki doesn’t live in Albany either.

They later use teamwork to discern the full name of the Vice President Joe Biden after looking at a picture of him. The most embarrassing part is they think Elvis Presley is known as “Ol’ Blue Eyes.” That should be page one of the “guido” handbook (also: hair gel).

It sounds like Snooki is aware of how the appearance was not their best during the group’s recent media tour. While she tweeted, “just killed it at george lopez,” she was noticeably silent about Leno.

These people are going to be big stars. There’s a good chance you will never be as famous as The Situation. Just deal with it.

Here’s the Jersey Shore/Leno experience:

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