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CONAN O'BRIEN Friday: Looking For Comedy In The Scandinavian World

I am – Hercules.

Tonight’s the night Conan O’Brien devotes his entire show to his travels into the heart of the backward third world nation of Finland. The foolish Fins, for those unaware, only started making commonplace use of indoor plumbing within the last hundred years. And they continue to worship invisible people in the sky. What fun Conan will make of them!

Look! A press release!!

IT'S FINLAND FRIDAY ON "LATE NIGHT WITH CONAN O'BRIEN" MARCH 10

Show Devotes Entire Hour To Air Footage of O'Brien's "State Visit" to Finland

NEW YORK, March 2, 2006 - After making headlines worldwide for his February visit to Finland and his meeting with look-alike President Tarja Halonen, Conan O'Brien is devoting his entire March 10 episode to show his Finnish travelogue.

A studio audience will join O'Brien as he presents his coverage of his visit.

"Late Night," is wildly popular in the Nordic nation and became somewhat of a political player in the country's current presidential race, specifically due to O'Brien's striking resemblance to Finnish President Halonen. The show aired mock campaign ads endorsing her and has seen an increased number of Finns in the studio audience.

From landing at the Helsinki airport, O'Brien was greeted like a visiting head of state by hundreds of reporters and thousands of avid fans (some with banners reading "Tarja Is Our President But Conan Is Our King"). Over his four-day visit, O'Brien toured around Helsinki meeting fans, taking in the local custom (the sauna) and local culture - an underwear exhibit in the Helsinki's Tennis Palace Art Museum.

In addition, O'Brien and crew winged north to Lapland to take in the wintry splendor of Finland's Arctic Circle territory, visiting native Laplanders' reindeer farms (reindeer outnumber people in Lapland), dog sledding camps, and Santa Claus' reputed home.

In addition, O'Brien met with myriad Finnish media figures. From appearing with Arto Nyberg ("the Finnish Larry King"), to being followed by the Finnish tabloid press and sitting for an interview with two ten-year-old boys, every public appearance by Conan was covered in all its surreal detail by the "Late Night" crews. In addition, "Late Night" goes backstage at the Telvis Awards ("the Finnish Emmys") where O'Brien will receive a special award at the Telvis Awards in Helsinki - the Väripilkku Award - "for the most surprising and most entertaining TV personality in Finland."

Finally, the footage will showcase the main focus of the trip: O'Brien's private Valentine's Day meeting with at the Presidential Palace with his doppelganger, President Tarja Halonen. The "Late Night" crew captures a new "Helsinki Accord," of sorts.







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First?
by clockpolitiks
Mar 10th, 2006
02:48:41 PM
Oh well
by clockpolitiks
Mar 10th, 2006
02:49:53 PM
Conan is a great person.
by stlfilmwire
Mar 10th, 2006
02:56:12 PM
moose bites can be pretty nasty, you know?
by newc0253
Mar 10th, 2006
02:56:44 PM
Checkoutthepic!
by RaulMonkey
Mar 10th, 2006
02:58:14 PM
lol, that picture is funny!
by Spice-Orange
Mar 10th, 2006
03:04:41 PM
Don't mock Finland.
by DocPazuzu
Mar 10th, 2006
03:06:09 PM
Conan ain't nothin' anymore
by SantiagoAtez
Mar 10th, 2006
03:18:14 PM
THERE'S NO REASON TO LIVE!!!!!! WHERE'S MY CANOE!?!?
by God-Man
Mar 10th, 2006
03:34:19 PM
Ha! Good point Doc Paz.
by Mr Nice Gaius
Mar 10th, 2006
03:47:33 PM
Everything.
by iamnicksaicnsn
Mar 10th, 2006
04:48:28 PM
Conan anecdote
by HypeEndsHere
Mar 10th, 2006
04:58:56 PM
The picture of an actor's self denial
by moondoggy2u
Mar 10th, 2006
05:09:00 PM
Grampa in the ring-- http://tinyurl.com/n68t6
by moondoggy2u
Mar 10th, 2006
05:18:58 PM
Moose Bites
by tritium
Mar 10th, 2006
05:19:24 PM
Scandinavian: too many a's
by jmc8y
Mar 10th, 2006
05:22:03 PM
A M00se once bit my sister....
by tritium
Mar 10th, 2006
05:32:47 PM
...more mOOse credits:
by tritium
Mar 10th, 2006
05:37:52 PM

by tritium
Mar 10th, 2006
05:41:47 PM
By invisible people in the sky?
by programmusic
Mar 10th, 2006
05:58:53 PM
Random thought
by Moonraper
Mar 10th, 2006
06:40:18 PM
Conan's trip will rock
by sealhunter
Mar 10th, 2006
06:59:42 PM
Conan needs to take over for Leno sooner, rather than
by warp11
Mar 10th, 2006
08:03:18 PM
Cannot wait
by El Scorcho
Mar 10th, 2006
08:19:34 PM
re: sealhunter
by luv
Mar 10th, 2006
08:42:18 PM
This is where having HDTV paysoff
by Orionsangels
Mar 10th, 2006
08:57:34 PM
The backward third world nation of Finland:
by SuperFinn
Mar 10th, 2006
09:21:16 PM
This is going to be awesome
by Krangelus
Mar 10th, 2006
09:25:03 PM
Is this lame joke STILL going?
by The True Priapic
Mar 10th, 2006
10:16:57 PM
Indiana Jones and the Fall in the Kitchen
by digital8
Mar 10th, 2006
10:19:02 PM
Indiana Jones and the 5am Breakfast
by digital8
Mar 10th, 2006
10:19:26 PM
Indiana Jones and the Constant Licking of the Lips
by digital8
Mar 10th, 2006
10:19:44 PM
Indiana Jones and the Search for the Grocery List
by digital8
Mar 10th, 2006
10:20:16 PM
Indiana Jones and the Wheelchair of Doom
by digital8
Mar 10th, 2006
10:21:16 PM
Indiana Jones and the Bank Visit
by digital8
Mar 10th, 2006
10:22:01 PM
Finland is a Norse
by the scientist
Mar 10th, 2006
10:25:21 PM
Norse were the first to North America, right?
by digital8
Mar 10th, 2006
10:28:41 PM
Conan was and still IS GREAT!!
by Malebolgia
Mar 10th, 2006
10:47:14 PM
True Malebolgia
by digital8
Mar 10th, 2006
11:17:04 PM
Best thing about Conan?
by Roxxor McOwnage
Mar 10th, 2006
11:18:01 PM
Conan's got great writers, great bits...
by Shermdawg
Mar 10th, 2006
11:52:03 PM
Indiana Jones and The Search For M.Night's Script
by masheen81
Mar 11th, 2006
12:02:34 AM
Forrse Fagerstrom
by DesertSquirrel
Mar 11th, 2006
12:04:41 AM
Fagerstrom segment made me almost fall out of my chair
by digital8
Mar 11th, 2006
12:31:51 AM
woman that dressed up as la bamba, lol, classic
by digital8
Mar 11th, 2006
12:32:07 AM
Fagerstrom was awesome
by nalapou
Mar 11th, 2006
12:33:43 AM
Tom Green goes to Japan was better!!!
by Shermdawg
Mar 11th, 2006
12:38:14 AM
as funny as conan's 7-8 min skits, except for 44 mins!!
by digital8
Mar 11th, 2006
12:38:40 AM
Best way to describe this Finland show would be...
by Orionsangels
Mar 11th, 2006
01:52:06 AM
They needed Triumph and whats with these foreign shows?
by Orionsangels
Mar 11th, 2006
01:57:20 AM
Finland's alliance with Germany...
by DocPazuzu
Mar 11th, 2006
02:11:25 AM
Hey Nice Gaius...
by DocPazuzu
Mar 11th, 2006
02:19:44 AM
make sure to watch Conan this Wednesday
by freak2thec0re
Mar 11th, 2006
02:25:04 AM
Lot of pointless crap in that show
by I Dunno
Mar 11th, 2006
08:07:44 AM
One stat you missed, SuperFinn
by Alonzo Mosely
Mar 11th, 2006
03:43:29 PM
Doc Paz
by Mr Nice Gaius
Mar 11th, 2006
07:41:39 PM
torrent, ho! http://tinyurl.com/zev9x
by Tall_Boy
Mar 12th, 2006
01:18:39 AM
I Haven't Watched Conan in a LONG time ...
by Itchy
Mar 12th, 2006
10:21:29 AM
"Fagerstrom! I know you're in there!"
by Tall_Boy
Mar 12th, 2006
02:31:50 PM
Dudes, Forss Fagerstrom......
by Cletus Van Damme
Mar 13th, 2006
09:57:17 AM

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