Coco on Twitter
Published February 24, 2010 @ 19:27 in Conan O'Brien

Look who's on Twitter.

Yes, it's really him. You can follow Conan O'Brien at http://twitter.com/ConanOBrien.

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Fantastic Advice Everyone Should Follow
Published January 24, 2010 @ 15:17 in Conan O'Brien

[via Clay Larsen's Flickr account]

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Dear Internet, Never Forget January 22, 2010
Published January 23, 2010 @ 13:54 in Conan O'Brien, Television

Last night, Conan O'Brien hosted his last Tonight Show. I'm with Coco, and not just because I attended the taping of his show. I like that guy for a whole bunch of reasons.

In the clip below from Conan's last show, he teams up with Will Ferrell, Beck, Ben Harper, ZZ Top’s Billy Gibbons, and trusty house-band drummer Max Weinberg to close out the show in style with an unforgettable rendition of Lynyrd Skynyrd’s “Free Bird.”

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Howard Stern warns Conan about Jay Leno and The Tonight Show
Published January 21, 2010 @ 14:36 in Conan O'Brien, Television

I like Howard Stern. I also like Conan O'Brien. I really like this clip from December 14, 2006, in which Howard Stern warns Conan about Jay Leno and The Tonight Show.

[via @JimRichardsShow]

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I'm With Coco
Published January 13, 2010 @ 19:46 in Conan O'Brien, Television

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How Conan O'Brien Lost His Way
Published January 8, 2010 @ 13:47 in Conan O'Brien, Television

There's a whole bunch of chatter about Jay Leno's 10pm show getting chopped and Leno going back to 11:30 once the Olympics are over. That slot currently belongs to Conan O'Brien. I'm not sure what that move would mean for Conan.

Here's something I wrote six years ago about Conan O'Brien.

I have nothing but positive feelings about Conan O'Brien. I knew him first as a writer and producer of some of the funniest Simpsons episodes ever. He wrote Homer Goes to College and Marge vs. the Monorail, two of my personal favourites. As a late night talk show host, he's certainly one of the best. My brother Steve and I made it a point to stay up and watch Conan during his first few seasons. This was a time when it was perfectly reasonable for me to go to bed at 1:30 in the morning. Conan O'Brien is directly responsible for a great deal of the laughter I have expunged throughout the past decade.

The next year, my brother Steve and I watched Conan tape his show at the Elgin Theatre. You might remember that infamous episode as the one in which Triumph the Comic Insult Dog took a poop on French Canadians. Good times...

When Conan moved to 11:30, I decided to record each episode in an attempt to recapture some of that funny I remember from Conan and Andy. After about 20 episodes I stopped watching. Conan seemed to lose something when he went to 11:30. He lost that quality that made him so much funnier than Jay Leno. It wasn't the same show I once loved.

By watering things down for an 11:30 Leno loving audience, Conan lost his way. He no longer appealed to those like me, and he was still too out there for those who wanted Jay Leno. Now he's in limbo.

I wish they'd move him back to 12:30 so I can reset my PVR and enjoy Conan and Andy as I remember them.

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Conan's New Gig at the Tonight Show
Published June 5, 2009 @ 10:41 in Conan O'Brien, Television

I'm PVRing The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien. I watched the first show on Wednesday night and was taken back to simpler times. There was a time when I wouldn't miss Late Night With Conan O'Brien, and I even saw the show taped at the Elgin Theatre. It was great seeing him back with Andy Richter and Pearl Jam's new single rocked.

Serious Lunch has noticed the design behind Conan O'Brien during the monologue looks like Mario's Mushroom Kingdom from Super Mario Bros.

Awesome!

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Worst Norm MacDonald Fear Realized
Published March 21, 2009 @ 13:49 in Conan O'Brien, Miscellaneous

It happened. I suspected as much. Norm MacDonald will be forever linked with that damn beaver.

Reading the Globe & Mail this morning, here's their description of Norm.

NORM MACDONALD He's the muttering comedic actor and the voice of Bell Mobility's Frank the Beaver April 17 and 18. Yuk Yuk's, 416-967-6425

I've got a lot of time for Norm, as few comedians strike my funny bone as hard and consistently as he does, but is he destined to forever be referred to as "the voice of Bell Mobility's Frank the Beaver"?

Here's one of my favourite Norm moments, from the pre-beaver era. He turns a Conan O'Brien Courtney Thorne-Smith interview into solid gold.

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Andy Richter and Conan O'Brien
Published February 25, 2009 @ 10:41 in Conan O'Brien, Television

Andy Richter and Conan O'Brien will be back together again on the Tonight Show.

It's been a while since I've been up late enough to watch Conan O'Brien's talk show, but there was a time I wouldn't miss it. Here's something I wrote six years ago.

I have nothing but positive feelings about Conan O'Brien. I knew him first as a writer and producer of some of the funniest Simpsons episodes ever. He wrote Homer Goes to College and Marge vs. the Monorail, two of my personal favourites. As a late night talk show host, he's certainly one of the best. My brother Steve and I made it a point to stay up and watch Conan during his first few seasons. This was a time when it was perfectly reasonable for me to go to bed at 1:30 in the morning. Conan O'Brien is directly responsible for a great deal of the laughter I have expunged throughout the past decade.

The next year, my brother Steve and I watched Conan tape his show at the Elgin Theatre. You might remember that infamous episode as the one in which Triumph the Comic Insult Dog took a poop on French Canadians. There was quite the outrage, as I recall.

Conan was never funnier than when he had Andy Richter by his side. Here's hoping they don't have to water things down for the 11:30 slot.

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Link: Late Night With Conan O'Brien Bumper Art
Published February 22, 2007 @ 15:07 in Conan O'Brien, Links to External Web Sites

Late Night With Conan O'Brien Bumper Art - I've always been a fan of Conan, tuning in nightly when he first scored his late night gig. I've always loved the bumpers they'd show coming out of commercial breaks, and this gallery has 17 pages of them, capped from a high definition feed. Enjoy them in all their HD glory.

Hey Steve, remember this one?

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