After a three month hiatus, Conan O'Brien is back, ladies. And for the rest of the summer, he will have late night television virtually to himself (no offense, David Letterman). I just mean that he won't be dealing with Jay... CONTINUE READING THE TONIGHT SHOW WITH CONAN O'BRIEN: SO IT BEGINS»
Posted on June 2, 2009 in Late Night
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Tags: Conan O'Brien | The Tonight Show | Will Ferrell | Yeah Yeah Yeahs
There will be a long article about Conan O'Brien's ascension to the Tonight Show in this weekend's New York Times Sunday Magazine, but it's available on-line now! Because it's the future! Anyway, it's an interesting article, you should learn how... CONTINUE READING JAY LENO IS AS BAD AT METAPHORS AS HE IS AT HOSTING A LATE NIGHT TALK SHOW»
Posted on May 21, 2009 in Behind The Scenes, Late Night
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Tags: Conan O'Brien | Fucking Liars | Jay Leno | The Tonight Show
It was announced today that Jay Leno's final guest on the Tonight Show will be Conan O'Brien. Hopefully they will do a special off-site interview in the Thunderdome.... CONTINUE READING THE TORCH IS ABOUT TO BEEN HAD PASSED»
Posted on May 14, 2009 in Wait For It...
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Tags: Conan O'Brien | Jay Leno | The Tonight Show
Conan O'Brien is better than Jay Leno. WELCOME TO DUH TOWN, POPULATION: DUH. We already know this simple fact. The world has not changed, I cannot feel it in the water. But with the imminent transition of power at the... CONTINUE READING DUH AFICIONADO MAGAZINE: CONAN O'BRIEN IS BETTER THAN JAY LENO»
Posted on May 4, 2009 in Free Advertising
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Tags: Conan O'Brien | Jay Leno | The Tonight Show
If you watched Conan O'Brien's final episode of Late Night last Friday, then you saw his earnest and heartfelt goodbye speech at the end of the show where he thanked David Letterman for paving the way for absurdist late night... CONTINUE READING ANDY RICHTER ANNOUNCES THE UNIVERSE»
Posted on February 24, 2009 in Late Night, What America Wants, Where Are They Now?
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Tags: Andy Richter | Conan O'Brien | Late Night | The Tonight Show
Gabe has a good point about certain people's obsession with Conan O'Brien's last week in his time slot. I don't dispute it, and in fact I feel a little sheepish (but not that sheepish) for staying up every night this... CONTINUE READING WE'RE NOT ACTING LIKE CONAN DIED, WE'RE ACTING LIKE THIS WALKER, TEXAS RANGER CLIP DIED»
Posted on February 20, 2009 in Creepy
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Tags: Conan O'Brien | Haley Joel Osment | Walker Texas Ranger
Tonight, Conan O'Brien will tape his last episode as host of the Late Show before taking over for Jay Leno at the Tonight Show in Los Angeles. All week long, he's been airing classic segments from the 16 seasons he's... CONTINUE READING WHY IS EVERYONE ACTING LIKE CONAN O'BRIEN DIED?»
Posted on February 20, 2009 in Late Night
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Tags: Conan O'Brien | Late Night | The Tonight Show
This is pretty much the most famous thing that has ever been on the internet, but for good reason. Last night Conan re-ran Triumph The Insult Comic Dog's visit to the line of costumed Star Wars: Attack Of The Clones... CONTINUE READING BEST OF CONAN: TRIUMPH THE INSULT COMIC DOG INTERVIEWS STAR WARS NERDS»
Posted on February 19, 2009 in Late Night, Viral Video
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Tags: Conan O'Brien | Triumph The Insult Comic Dog | Yeah Yeah Yeahs
As we all know, this is Conan's last week at late night, and The Stars have been dropping by to celebrate him. Last night, after Conan tried to encase his classic character The Masturbating Bear in carbonite Han Solo-style to... CONTINUE READING CARRIE FISHER SAVES THE MASTURBATING BEAR»
Posted on February 18, 2009 in Cameos, Late Night
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Tags: Carrie Fisher | Conan O'Brien | Jack McBrayer
Last night's Conan was so good there will be two posts about it today (there was another Very Special Surprise Guest), but first: after Stephen Colbert announced on his show that he had stolen the invisible strings Conan uses to... CONTINUE READING COLBERT SURPRISES CONAN WITH AN INVISIBLE STRING DANCE-OFF»
Posted on February 18, 2009 in Fake Feuds, Late Night
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Tags: Conan O'Brien | Dance-Offs | Dancing | Stephen Colbert
It's the last week of Late Night with Conan O'Brien before he packs it up and moves to LA to take over for Jay Leno, kind of. Whatever, we don't have to get into that. Jay Leno is a chin... CONTINUE READING THE REAL HOUSEWIVES OF NEW YORK HAUNT THE REST OF US»
Posted on February 17, 2009 in Animals On Film, Late Night, Reality TV
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Tags: Conan O'Brien | Girl Talk | The Real Housewives Of New York City
Alec Baldwin promoted 30 Rock and his SNL hosting gig tomorrow night (so excited!) on Conan last night, and, after starting the show off with a Joaquin Phoenix impression, launched into the differences between New York and Conan's new home... CONTINUE READING ALEC BALDWIN'S "CHARACTER" GETS KILLED OFF ON CONAN»
Posted on February 13, 2009 in Interviews, Late Night
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Tags: 30 Rock | Alec Baldwin | Conan O'Brien
If you missed Norm MacDonald's final appearance on Conan before the big move last night, it was a classic example of why Norm is Conan's most memorable guest. When Norm shows up, he's less like a celebrity interviewee and more... CONTINUE READING NORM MACDONALD'S LAST APPEARANCE ON LATE NIGHT WITH CONAN O'BRIEN IS AN INSTANT CLASSIC»
Posted on February 11, 2009 in Interviews, Late Night
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Tags: Conan O'Brien | Gordon Ramsay | Norm MacDonald
Jon Hamm was on Conan last night, promoting his first appearance as a recurring guest-star on 30 Rock tonight. As a Hamm-head (yeah, no, that's not going to catch on), I was a little disappointed that Conan only asked Jon... CONTINUE READING JON HAMM BLINDS CONAN WITH HIS HANDSOMENESS»
Posted on February 5, 2009 in Interviews, Late Night, Sitcoms
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Tags: 30 Rock | Conan O'Brien | Don Draper | Jon Hamm | Liz Lemon | Mad Men | Tina Fey
Look, I didn't watch the SuperBowl, I just enjoyed the margaritas at a SuperBowl party. But if someone had told me that Paul Rudd (and Tina Fey!) would be in a SuperBowl commercial (well, an NBC promo for Conan), I... CONTINUE READING HAVE YOU TRIED CONAN O'BRIEN?»
Posted on February 4, 2009 in Commercials, I Love Paul Rudd
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Tags: Conan O'Brien | Martha Stewart | Megan Mullally | Paul Rudd | Tina Fey
Just a few days before The Cutest Couple In The World surprised everyone last week by getting engaged, Fred Armisen appeared on Conan and told a story about how he invited the girl he "recently started dating" to watch SNL... CONTINUE READING FRED ARMISEN MADE OUT WITH PAUL RUDD ON HIS FIRST DATE WITH ELISABETH MOSS»
Posted on January 28, 2009 in Celebrity Gossip!, Interviews
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Tags: Conan O'Brien | Elisabeth Moss | Fred Armisen | Mad Men | Paul Rudd | Saturday Night Live
Conan O'Brien mentioned in an interview with Ricky Gervais in November that he was going to be on Inside The Actor's Studio. It's happening this Monday, it turns out. Here's a clip of Conan talking (seriously!) about his SNL days:... CONTINUE READING THE GREAT ACTOR CONAN O'BRIEN SHARES HIS CRAFT ON INSIDE THE ACTOR'S STUDIO»
Posted on January 21, 2009 in Interviews
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Tags: Conan O'Brien | Inside The Actor's Studio | James Lipton | Nine Inch Nails
Finally, someone I pay attention to speaks out against the Fox Sports robot, who is apparently named "Cletus," because an annoying green-screen graphic that's the visual equivalent of fingernails on a chalkboard needs a name. Tuesday night, Conan O'Brien spoke... CONTINUE READING CONAN KILLS THE FOX SPORTS ROBOT»
Posted on January 15, 2009 in Backlashes
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Tags: Conan O'Brien | Robots | Sports
Judging from this interview on Conan last night, Joel McHale's 3-year-old son Eddie is on the fast track to turning The Soup into a McHale dynasty, with his un-PC quips about little people ("What is THAT?") and his own baby... CONTINUE READING JOEL MCHALE'S EVIL GENIUS SON SAYS THE DARNDEST THINGS»
Posted on December 10, 2008 in Interviews, Late Night
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Tags: Conan O'Brien | Joel McHale
Fuck Jay Leno.... CONTINUE READING AND WHILE WE'RE AT IT...»
Posted on December 9, 2008 in Late Night
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Tags: Conan O'Brien | Girl Talk | Jay Leno | Jimmy Fallon
John Hodgman, the only famous person who literally everyone likes, was on Conan O'Brien last night to promote his new book of made-up lies, More Information Than You Require, and to poke fun at his celebrity, striking comparisons with Jay... CONTINUE READING JOHN HODGMAN TALKS TO CONAN ABOUT TAKING HIS FAME IN STRIDE»
Posted on November 19, 2008 in Interviews, Late Night
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Tags: Conan O'Brien | John Hodgman
Paul Rudd continued his Role Models late night dancing tour with a visit to Conan last night. He also did his thing again where he sets up a clip from the movie he's promoting, and then the clip turns out... CONTINUE READING PAUL RUDD DANCES SEDUCTIVELY WITH CONAN O'BRIEN»
Posted on November 14, 2008 in I Love Paul Rudd, Late Night
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Tags: Conan O'Brien | Mac And Me | Paul Rudd
In Ricky Gervais's continuing quest to humiliate Conan O'Brien on his own show (last appearance, Gervais convinced O'Brien to crawl on all fours for iPhone photos), on Friday night's show, Gervais convinced O'Brien to play Superman. For iPhone photos. What... CONTINUE READING CRANK DAT CONAN O'BRIEN»
Posted on November 10, 2008 in Late Night
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Tags: Conan O'Brien | Ricky Gervais | The Decemberists
There's a reason that we made the Videogum "Tracy Morgan Promise" and the reason is Tracy Morgan. The man is nuts. Seriously. Like, "let's ask that police officer for directions to the nearest hospital." If the thing about him running... Late Night With Conan O'Brien'">CONTINUE READING THE VIDEOGUM "TRACY MORGAN PROMISE": LATE NIGHT WITH CONAN O'BRIEN»
Posted on October 30, 2008 in Late Night
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Tags: 30 Rock | Conan O'Brien | Late Night With Conan O'Brien | Tracy Morgan
Tina Fey was on Conan last night, where she shared the behind-the-scenes story of Sarah Palin's SNL appearance, including the fact that Palin offered to have her pregnant daughter, Bristol, babysit Tina's toddler. She definitely puts to rest those rumors... CONTINUE READING TINA FEY SAYS NICE THINGS ABOUT SARAH PALIN. BLECH.»
Posted on October 29, 2008 in Live TV
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Tags: Conan O'Brien | Sarah Palin | Saturday Night Live | Tina Fey
Carrie Prejean turned the video camera off, put on some clothes, and stepped out of her house. It was a beautiful day outside. The air smelled like apples, and the late morning light hit the world in just such a...
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If you are a sassy and sarcastic young man in an American sitcom who represents the sitcom writer's desire that a nerdy Jewish teenager can somehow be the desirable romantic hero in this world, then eventually you will get a...
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I shouldn't even be here right now. I SHOULD BE GETTING INTO MY COSTUME! If I don't hurry, my facepaint won't be dry before I get to the MOONVIE theater, and everyone will be like "hahah, you look like you're...
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The Challenge: I had to go on a 3.5 hour bus tour of totally random TV and film locations in New York City. Alone, and wearing a specific ridiculous tshirt. And I had to find someone to take my picture...
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Uh. OK. Well, first let's address what this movie did well, like the disappointed parents we are (or at least that I am), recognizing that the negative feedback won't be useful or constructive if it isn't preceded by something positive....
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