The Tonight Show With Jay Leno
Melendez debuted on The Tonight Show on 29 March 2004, taking over for Edd Hall. On the show, he was identified simply as "John Melendez" as opposed to "Stuttering John". John would hold up a coffee mug during the show's opening sequence as his signature move.
In late September 2004, only six months after Melendez joined the show, NBC announced that Leno would be succeeded by Conan O'Brien in 2009. Throughout his first run on the Tonight Show, Melendez regularly appeared in the show's comedy sketches and did correspondent pieces.
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