Stuttering John, from The Howard Stern Show and The Tonight Show with Jay Leno comes in. Stuttering John worked on The Howard Stern Show from 1988-2004 and then went to The Tonight Show with Jay Leno roughly from 2004-2014 with some space in between. Jay Leno Referred to John as John Melendez. John Melendez announced in 2017 that he would be running for U.S. Senate for California. John goes over in detail how he was able to cope with his stuttering. He barely stuttered for almost 2.5 hours and explains how he taught himself tricks and what the tricks are that helped him tremendously. John talks about his childhood, members of the Howard Stern Show, why he left, Jay Leno, his dear friend Artie Lang and more. This is part 1 of 2.