Former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer appears on "The Tonight...

Former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer appears on "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" on July 12, 2013. Credit: NBC / Paul Drinkwater

Eliot Spitzer, disgraced former governor running for NYC comptroller, has taken his campaign national (for some reason), and first stop is "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno;" he'll be up in an hour. 

Pull quote from Jay: "How could you be this stupid?"  

Evoking Jay's famous line to Hugh Grant a century ago: "What the hell were you thinking?" (Well, not quite a century but 1995 - the moment when "Tonight" began an end run around "Late Show with David Letterman" and is still running...)

 Have posted that clip below, for a trip down memory lane.

 But first, Spitzer:

SUBSCRIBE

Unlimited Digital AccessOnly 25¢for 6 months

ACT NOWSALE ENDS SOON | CANCEL ANYTIME