US President Barack Obama made an unusual appearance on America's top-rated late-night variety show on Thursday.
In an appearance on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno, the first by a sitting president, Obama talked about family life, his economic plans, voiced strong support for Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner and the big bonuses AIG paid to employees after being bailed out by the US taxpayers.

Quotes from the show;
On life in the White House; "I'm making progress on the bowling," he said.
He confided that he enjoyed travelling on Air Force One. "I personally think it's pretty cool," he said, adding that his kids were "just not as impressed".
Leno teased Obama for his White House living arrangements.
"People think it's amazing that the president would take the time to leave Washington, DC and fly 3 000 miles to come to California," Leno said before Obama came on stage.
"But you know something, that happens to a lot of guys when their mother-in-law moves in with them."