Former president Bill Clinton (Getty Images)
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As Jay Leno's tenure as host of "The Tonight Show" comes to an end, George Mason's Center for Media and Public Affairs has numbered the top 20 targets of his political jokes through all 22 years.
Studying 43,892 Leno jokes about public figures and public affairs beginning in 1992, here's the rank, with former president Bill Clinton being the most frequent punchline:
1. Bill Clinton 4607
2. George W. Bush 3239
3. Al Gore 1026
4. Barack Obama 1011
5. Hillary Clinton 939
6. Dick Cheney 673
7. Monica Lewinsky 454
8. Bob Dole 452
9. John McCain 426
10. Mitt Romney 361
11. John Kerry 357
12. George H.W. Bush 343
13. Newt Gingrich 328
14. Sarah Palin 300
15. Ross Perot 288
15. Arnold Schwarzenegger 288
17. Joe Biden 274
18. Dan Quayle 260
19 John Edwards 229
20. Osama Bin Laden 216
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