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President Obama will appear on “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno” on Thursday, part of a day-and-a-half swing through Southern California.

An NBC spokeswoman says the president will make an in-studio appearance, in what is believed to be the first presidential in-person visit to a late-night talk show. It is now a common practice for presidential candidates to reach audiences who may not be regular news junkies, but that hasn’t been the case for a sitting commander in chief. Obama’s visit is designed to win support for his economic agenda in a comfortable setting.

Previous presidents have appeared on late-night talk shows and primetime comedies and dramas while in office, but such guest spots are usually taped. President Bush taped a segment last year for NBC’s “Deal or No Deal.” President Clinton made a cameo in a 1997 CBS TV movie “A Child’s Wish.” And Gerald Ford filmed a clip for NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” in 1976, merely saying, “I’m Gerald Ford and You’re Not.”

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