Leno back on the stage, joking about illness

Leno is back on NBC`s "Tonight" after missing 2 shows because of illness.

California, April 28: Jay Leno is back on NBC`s "Tonight" after missing two shows last week because of illness.

In taping his monologue for Monday`s show, the comedian made the most of his absence — and of the swine flu outbreak dominating news headlines. According to NBC, Leno told the Burbank studio audience he`d had a 103-degree fever and joked that it may have been a mistake to eat the raw pig a friend brought back from Mexico. Another Leno quip: His HMO was so bad, he said, he was sent to the Burbank Airport baggage area for X-rays. Bureau Report