It all comes back around to Jay Leno today.

It doesn’t take a journalism degree to realize that this week public outbursts achieved the Rule of Threes, making them an official trend. Joe Wilson yelled “You lie!” at President Obama; Serena Williams had a foot-fault freakout at the U.S. Open; and last night at MTV’s Video Music Awards, Kanye West crapped all over Taylor Swift’s moment by grabbing the mic from her to say that Beyoncé’s video for “Single Ladies (Put a Ring On It)” should have won.

It didn’t take long for someone to connect at least two of the dots, above, on YouTube. Congratulations, jerks, spoilsports and drama queens! You win! The country is yours now!

So: what does this have to do with Jay Leno?