Tonight Show With Conan O'Brien

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I really wish that Letterman ended being the odd man out of late night. The guy looks like he's been running on fumes since 1995. He's annoying, his comedy is lazy and out of touch and he doesn't look like he bothers to prep for his interviews. That's in addition to being a bigger dirtbag than we thought. I was pretty shocked that he ended up beating Conan in the ratings as easily as he has.
You're insulting Letterman when Jay Leno still has a show? Letterman isn't the greatest by any stretch, but Jay Leno is so awful it's offensive.
 
I guess I haven't really seen enough of Jay's new show to have seen how bad it's gotten. Jay's always struck me as somewhat likable if not a whole lot funnier than Letterman. I just find Dave unwatchable these days -- maybe's it's his particular brand of narcissism. And I used to be a pretty big fan years ago, so perhaps part of it is that my taste has changed . . .

Anyway, I think Conan blows them both out of the water.
 
Ha, I won't argue with that article. :lol:

I was just thinking too . . . I actually went to the Tonight Show in 2007 and was in the very front row -- right in front of Jay. He was literally like 6 feet away during the monologue. I remember thinking at one point, right after we shook his hand: "Crap, now I HAVE to laugh."

About 15 minutes before the show started taping, Jay came out an talked to the audience a bit about how the show works, etc. At one point he said, "And, by the way, I have to ask you . . . please laugh at the monologue, no matter how stupid it is!"
 
barring any sort of clause in his severance package, is there any doubt who david letterman's guest is going to be on march 1st, the night leno returns to the tonight show?

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I sure hope so.
 
As bittersweet as the sendoff was this evening, it's hard to grieve when Will Ferrell, Beck, Conan and the Tonight Show Band are all on the same stage performing Freebird (not even accounting for the superb and highly apropos Neil Young performance that preceded it). And then, just to break up the oh-so-monotonous level of 100% awesome they had successfully sustained, Ferrell took it upon himself whip out the cowbell, taking the level to ∞% awesome. I was only saddened upon realization that Jimmy Fallon and his ilk are all that remain. Fuck.

Truly, Conan has made an impact on me as both a writer and fanatic of comedy; his SNL sketches being of the highest pedigree, his contributions to the Simpsons being among my all-time favorite half hour segments of television, period, and Late Night being arguably the most memorable, refreshing talk show of my youth. I will miss him terribly, and I have so much respect for his work, as well as his perspective; he went out a class act this evening.

I have so, so many good things to say right now, but not nearly as many as those I wish for Conan in the coming years. Best of luck; it's been fun.
 
I can't say much, but I promise Mr. O'Brien I won't be cynical about this at the very least. He's been on these late night television shows since I was 6 years old, I've been watching since I was about 9. I don't know what I really feel, probably won't until a few weeks pass and I want to watch Coco and realize I can't. On the other hand, there are probably great great things in his future, I can't wait to see what those are.
 
Loved Neil Young. Now he's the calibre of musician to have on your last show! :yes: Earlier in this thread when names were being tossed around as last guests on his show, I posted that I hoped they could come up with better guests, especially a better musical guest. I was going to post the names of a few musicians/bands I thought would be better, but didn't bother because it was late and only one name popped into my mind that night -- Neil Young. :up:

I could have done without Freebird.
 
That was an amazing ending.

My favorite part? "To be continued..."

I'll follow Coco anywhere. :heart:

:yes:

Wow, amazing show tonight. I cried a few times.

"Nobody in life gets exactly what they thought they were going to get. But if you work really hard and you're kind, amazing things will happen." ♥ Conan

Classy ending...Can't wait to see what the future holds for him!
 
That was an incredible show. I just kept thinking, NBC wanted to get rid of this? What fools! I hope nobody watches Jay and they end up having to cancel him and have nobody. They could have at least surveyed the audience to see which host was preferred before they made such a rash decision.
 
Oh, man, I totally tuned out when I saw Will Farrell come out to play music. I hate it when comedians perform as singers; it's never funny. It was bad enough having Tom Hanks as a guest. So dull.

They should have just brought back the Walker, Texas Ranger clips and Masturbating Bear or the TV Clinton/Arafat/etc. Those were the days.

I don't have too much sympathy for Conan. He wasn't the good boy just waiting for "The Tonight Show". He threatened to leave, so NBC panicked and offered him the show. Leno accepted and he would have left to another network, but NBC wanted him, too. NBC behaved without honor, but, given how much money Conan has made ($40 million) and will make when he moves to another network, I don't feel too bad. Leno's kind of a dick, but he doesn't ask for nearly as much money and he's at least somewhat honest politically, whereas Conan tries, like Obama, to steer some bogus moderate path.

Both Leno and Conan would be much better if they stopped putting on the facade -- the pretense for the audience. If they were more real, I'd love them again, but Leno lost me in the mid-'90s when he started using expressions like "Duh!" (in a sarcastic female teen impersonation) and Conan did the same around 2000 or 2004, when he started repeating annoying movements like running out on stage in slow motion and making fun of his appearance.

Jeff Zucker is a real prick, though. The guy brought in more reality TV, after all.
 
I don't have too much sympathy for Conan. He wasn't the good boy just waiting for "The Tonight Show". He threatened to leave, so NBC panicked and offered him the show. Leno accepted and he would have left to another network, but NBC wanted him, too. NBC behaved without honor, but, given how much money Conan has made ($40 million) and will make when he moves to another network, I don't feel too bad. Leno's kind of a dick, but he doesn't ask for nearly as much money and he's at least somewhat honest politically, whereas Conan tries, like Obama, to steer some bogus moderate path.
This is what happened, except the exact opposite.
 
I really wish that Letterman ended being the odd man out of late night. The guy looks like he's been running on fumes since 1995. He's annoying, his comedy is lazy and out of touch and he doesn't look like he bothers to prep for his interviews. That's in addition to being a bigger dirtbag than we thought. I was pretty shocked that he ended up beating Conan in the ratings as easily as he has.
I kind of agree, except I like Letterman's willingness to give voice to his liberalism. Often, Jay tries to play both sides (like Conan), but lets slip his more nationalistic tendencies, which are at least honest.

Letterman is lazy as hell, though.

When the writers' strike was on in 2007-2008, I checked out the comedy on Letterman's writers' website and some of the stuff was hilarious. Then I watched Letterman again when he came back and the same material wasn't funny, I realized, because he has such a bad delivery. He also gets paid the most. He got $14 million a year when he moved to CBS in 1993 (compared to Leno, who only got $3 million), and, last I checked, was making $26 million a year. That's a lot for almost no work.

I think I'd like him the most personally, though, but I could be wrong.

I used to love him on NBC, though. I don't know if it's because I was a kid, but I loved "Viewer Mail" and Larry Bud Melman. The "CBS Mailbag" was never as funny.
YouTube - Larry "Bud" Melman Greets Travellers, Part 1
(I've been trying to find a really funny skit, but maybe it was partly that I was young, though I do recall a sudden shift toward less funniness.)
 
It was tough watching Conan's last show last night but I felt he handled himself well and his speech was from his heart and honest. I wish him well and hope to see him on TV again. I really don't want to watch Leno or Letterman...I only tune in if there is a guest I'm interested in.
 
Oh, man, I totally tuned out when I saw Will Farrell come out to play music. I hate it when comedians perform as singers; it's never funny. It was bad enough having Tom Hanks as a guest. So dull.

They should have just brought back the Walker, Texas Ranger clips and Masturbating Bear or the TV Clinton/Arafat/etc. Those were the days.

I don't have too much sympathy for Conan. He wasn't the good boy just waiting for "The Tonight Show". He threatened to leave, so NBC panicked and offered him the show. Leno accepted and he would have left to another network, but NBC wanted him, too. NBC behaved without honor, but, given how much money Conan has made ($40 million) and will make when he moves to another network, I don't feel too bad. Leno's kind of a dick, but he doesn't ask for nearly as much money and he's at least somewhat honest politically, whereas Conan tries, like Obama, to steer some bogus moderate path.

Both Leno and Conan would be much better if they stopped putting on the facade -- the pretense for the audience. If they were more real, I'd love them again, but Leno lost me in the mid-'90s when he started using expressions like "Duh!" (in a sarcastic female teen impersonation) and Conan did the same around 2000 or 2004, when he started repeating annoying movements like running out on stage in slow motion and making fun of his appearance.

Jeff Zucker is a real prick, though. The guy brought in more reality TV, after all.


Oh, I am SO glad that you're back. I was beginning to worry that the Jews got you. Either that or you ate yourself into a lonely, diabetic coma.
 
(I've been trying to find a really funny skit, but maybe it was partly that I was young, though I do recall a sudden shift toward less funniness.)

Must've been before puberty turned your world into a black chasm
 
I used to love him on NBC, though. I don't know if it's because I was a kid, but I loved "Viewer Mail" and Larry Bud Melman.

Lila and I paged Larry Bud a number of times while waiting in line to see Late Night filmed at the Bally's, Las Vegas. Around '86

We were standing in line, in the casino. And everyonce in a while the place echoed with:

"Paging, Larry Bud Melman. Please come to the courtesy phone. Larry...

Bud......... Melman :wink:
 
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