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Conan O’Brien’s First TONIGHT SHOW Guest Is …
I am – Hercules!!
Will Ferrell has been booked as the first guest on the first episode of “The Tonight Show With Conan O’Brien,” airing June 1.
An infinitely better choice than conversational black hole Robert De Niro, who was Jimmy Fallon’s first guest.
Pearl Jam will be the musical guest.
O’Brien will serve as guest on the last episode of “The Tonight Show With Jay Leno” airing May 29.
Look! Press release!
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
WILL FERRELL AND MUSICAL GUEST PEARL JAM HEADLINE THE PREMIERE OF “THE TONIGHT SHOW WITH CONAN O’BRIEN”
Universal City, Calif. – May 18, 2009 – Will Ferrell will be the first guest on the couch for the debut of "The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien" on June 1. Ferrell, who helped usher O'Brien out of New York on the final "Late Night with Conan O'Brien," will help welcome O'Brien to his new home in Los Angeles. In addition Pearl Jam will be the inaugural band on Conan's "The Tonight Show." Pearl Jam will perform songs from their upcoming studio album.
Conan O'Brien, the dominant late-night host at 12:35 a.m. (ET) for the past 14 seasons, will succeed Jay Leno as host of the preeminent series on late-night television, NBC's "The Tonight Show," on June 1, 2009.
"The Tonight Show" continues to be the most dominant late-night institution in television history. Since it first premiered on September 27, 1954 with Steve Allen, "The Tonight Show" has had just four permanent hosts, including Leno. Allen, host of the then titled "Tonight," eventually left late night to start his own primetime variety series on NBC. Jack Paar premiered on July 29, 1957. On October 1, 1962, Johnny Carson stepped on stage for day one of his tenure as host of "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson." Leno, who began guest-hosting "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson" in September 1987, became host of "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" on May 25, 1992. O'Brien joined NBC as a writer on "Saturday Night Live" in 1988 and premiered as host of "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" on September 13, 1993.
"The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien" will originate from Stage 1 at Universal Studios in Los Angeles and will be produced by Universal Media Studios. Jeff Ross is the executive producer.
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WILL FERRELL AND MUSICAL GUEST PEARL JAM HEADLINE THE PREMIERE OF “THE TONIGHT SHOW WITH CONAN O’BRIEN”
Universal City, Calif. – May 18, 2009 – Will Ferrell will be the first guest on the couch for the debut of "The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien" on June 1. Ferrell, who helped usher O'Brien out of New York on the final "Late Night with Conan O'Brien," will help welcome O'Brien to his new home in Los Angeles. In addition Pearl Jam will be the inaugural band on Conan's "The Tonight Show." Pearl Jam will perform songs from their upcoming studio album.
Conan O'Brien, the dominant late-night host at 12:35 a.m. (ET) for the past 14 seasons, will succeed Jay Leno as host of the preeminent series on late-night television, NBC's "The Tonight Show," on June 1, 2009.
"The Tonight Show" continues to be the most dominant late-night institution in television history. Since it first premiered on September 27, 1954 with Steve Allen, "The Tonight Show" has had just four permanent hosts, including Leno. Allen, host of the then titled "Tonight," eventually left late night to start his own primetime variety series on NBC. Jack Paar premiered on July 29, 1957. On October 1, 1962, Johnny Carson stepped on stage for day one of his tenure as host of "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson." Leno, who began guest-hosting "The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson" in September 1987, became host of "The Tonight Show with Jay Leno" on May 25, 1992. O'Brien joined NBC as a writer on "Saturday Night Live" in 1988 and premiered as host of "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" on September 13, 1993.
"The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien" will originate from Stage 1 at Universal Studios in Los Angeles and will be produced by Universal Media Studios. Jeff Ross is the executive producer.
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WOAH!...
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Because then he will become unfunny. And no one wants to see that. Push the envelope Conan!
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Either he has it or he doesn't and unless he does a radical revamp of his shtick this'll be a snoozer.
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But that's only because I couldn't bother to watch television for a few years and he was on too late. I'm definitely watching his Tonight Show.
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The press release and PJ's site lists the first episode airing on 6/1 not 5/29...
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Jay Leno isn't funny; and Conan is a far better writer than he is a performer.
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And that's all that matters.
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The only real rock and roll band left. Should be a great show.
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needs a shave
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and yet Fallon was deemed a failure after one night by many? If anything Conan should be judged harder because he's been doing the show for 15 years while Jimmy Fallon was (and is) still finding his feet and seeing what works. I'm a huge Conan fan and will tape and will watch when he takes over......but to say not to judge him for a few months is ridiculous. Especially after all the anti-fallon stuff that was said BEFORE he even aired the first episode.
Ferrell and Pearl Jam are great first guests. I'm excited to see how this show will (or won't) be different. -
He was a flash in the pan.
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...had exactly 1 1/2 good albums in them. They squandered that early and have relied on their fan's assumption that Vedder is the next Jim Morrison ever since. Seeing as how Morrison was an overrated tool, I can see the confusion.
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I hope his movie doesn't bomb. It doesn't look good.
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I like Pearl Jam.
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And what's with Dave literally using the same jokes weeks at a time in his monologue?
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Don't know what I'll watch after 12:30 though. Jimmy Fallon is pretty much worthless and I've never considered Craig Ferguson funny at all. Guess I'll have to just flip through the movie channels or something. :P
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I always liked gettin me some Pearl Jam on toast with a little peanut butter.... ummmm
But anyway, to answer your question Mr Spork, they just recently rereleased one of their first albums and made it all shiny. Something like that. -
Will Ferrel, Pearl Jelly time!
Will Ferrel, Pearl Jelly time!
Will Ferrel, Pearl Jelly time!
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the saved by the bell cast. I bet Mark Paul Gosselar and Screech are the holdouts that kill the whole thing. Fuck you Zack, I don't care if you're on the steven bochko thing. And Screech, we all know you're a GIGANTIC asshole from the celebrity fit club shows
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Fucking plagiarist, phony-balony hack, bitch motherfucker,unfunny gawdam zombie. Good luck in primetime you pillowbiting bozak connoisseur.
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entirely in the persona of Robert Goulet??
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"Versus" is awesome but "Ten" is actually one of their weakest (and even after the excellent remix it still sounds extremely dated). "Yield" is their opus and I haven't heard a better rock album in the 11 years since it was released.
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Conan loves him some White Stripes.....I just love me some Meg White.
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Leno already has enough backlash directed at him for eating up the 10pm slot, and generally screwing up the entire network. Can't wait till he bombs ratings-wise like Rosie.
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It did the impossible, it made him telegenic. It just fit him. I like the dude as a comedian but his face is just too awkward. Without the beard he just doesn't look like he belongs on camera.
But at least he's not Leno - yay. -
I'm not trolling here, but just curious as to what music you enjoy listening to because comparing Eddie Vedder to Jim Morrison, for any other reason other than pure aesthetics, is not only ignorant, but also grounds for being locked in a Hole poster-plastered room while being subjected to an iTunes playlist labeled "Creed's Greatest Hits" (but at least you would enjoy the silence).I do agree, however, that Morrison is completely overrated.
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May 18, 2009 5:56:08 PM CDT
Anyone who only likes Pearl Jam's first two album most likely al
by gunnarcannibal
Vitalogy and on is when Pearl Jam started really getting interesting I love Alive and Jeremy like everyone else but they have got nothing on Immortality, Corduroy, Brain of J, Do The Evolution, Habit, Hail-Hail, Off He Goes, Nothing's As It Seems, Severed Hand, Save You, You Are, Life Wasted and so on...grow the fuck up...yar! Also Pearl Jam are EASILY one of the greatest live acts on this planet...
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May 18, 2009 6:02:34 PM CDT
Will he christen the show with a Leprechaun striptease?
by santoanderson
I sure hope so...
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i'm also curious what kind of music gods you are listening to. i'll always thank people like you for ruining the FM dial by requesting the same 2 songs off the same 2 albums for decades: thus inspiring the creation of satellite radio.
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Ferrel is often funnier on talk show appearances than he is in his films.
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is he just announcing names?
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Vs. is my favorite album, but Yield and Vitalogy are right below it. Whoever above said Ten sounds dated is right. Seeing them twice in Chicago in August. Will be two killer shows!!!
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"I always liked gettin me some Pearl Jam on toast with a little peanut butter" --MarkoOhNo
Um, you're aware that "pearl jam" is semen, right? -
Seriously. Their 90's glory days may be over, but they are still the best live act going today and can still bring the fucking house down.
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YES! A fellow man who recognizes "Yield" as the pinnacle of Pearl Jam's talents - it's a near-perfect album. In Hiding gives me goosebumps every time.
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get em both in the same place, hope the building collapses and gives the industry a twofer
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Glad some PJ fans got here to dismiss the stupidity of the first couple "Pearl Jam = 1994" responses. If you really believe Pearl Jam hasn't done anything since '94 you must have stopped listening to rock music after Cobain died, cause PJ's best stuff is all post '94.
One of the best live acts around right now and for the last 15 years. They blow the roof off every venue they play every single time. They come out with a different setlist every night and play the hell out of it, no fancy light shows or videos. Just a couple hours of rock at it's best. I'll take that any day over any of bands out there that hinge their tours on production pieces and playing the same safe hit-list setlist every single night.
(Thrillho77, I'm with you on Yield as the best of the best. It's perfect, and Jack Irons is the man) -
One would assume so.
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beat all the other talk show's asses on his opening night he should have Osama Bin Ladin on, footage of Bigfoot talking a dump, and a Led Zeppelin re-union WITH John Bonham.
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(and Pearl Jam is great)..
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Conan should have on the show(in the studio) Charles Manson, GM and Chrysler CEOs vs UAW workers in the ring and Mr Methane for his musical guest.
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Hu Jintao (China's leader) on how long he thinks before China takes over the US, plus Donald Trump vs Rosie "fat fuck" O Donnell in the ring. She'll win because she'll eat him. Musical guest "Barf Boy".
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Ron Jeremy promoting his new movie "One-Eyed Monster", also Vince Neil vs Axl Rose in the ring, music by Venom.
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does not want you to watch Angels and Demons
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Seriously...
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I was joking about the Pearl Jam 1994 thing.
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Pearl Jam is one of the few true rock bands left on the planet. They're truely masters of the trade. Very anxious to hear new album stuff. the avocado album was great. The follow up should be fire.
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is a bonus too. Fallon is unwatchable. Lick it for 10? Sucks it at 11:30. That's central, check local listings
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When Steve Allen did it. Every night. Can you imagine that?
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"Get out more"? What the fuck does that mean? Show me one mainstream rock album better crafted than "Yield" post-1998. I dare you (and I listen to and like a lot of rock).
Everything since then has been rap-rock, Limp Bizkit, Hoobastinkubus bullshit. -
was good too. Ten was NOT their best album
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Conan's the only non-cable late night personality that I will bother watching.
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It's not a friggin birthright that the Tonight Show will always survive and you can put any host on it will do well. I predict flop. I watched his show the first seven years and I really grew to hate him on my TV screen.
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Most of late night TV is stale and formulaic. If there isn't a guest you have a particular interest in appearing, you just play the channel roulette in the hope that something inspired will occur, but those moments are rare.
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Post 98 that's a toughie...Rated R definately. Maybe the second Mastodon album. Certainly I've enjoyed alot of underground Metal more, but in the mainstream few albums are as consistanly good as Yield. And I don't really care for Ten as an album at all.
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Conan is a waste of space....Bring on Craig Ferguson.....
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is a big deal? The guy can't talk without a script. He's boring beyond belief. Terrible idea by Jimmy to have him as his first guest. At least Ferrel is "Fun".
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May 19, 2009 7:31:53 AM CDT
The problem with Conan is he won't appeal to "Middle America"
by bigtuna
Like Leno does. Leno's humour is so "Safe" and non-offending in every way. Letterman to some degree faces this same problem. Not everyone will "Get" him. That's why Letterman and Conan were huge amongst the college crowds.
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I've been arguing for years that Yield is one of there best albums!! I'm very glad to find others who share the same thoughts!
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...and the rest will be easy. Even mainstream audiences can't resist Masturbating Bear.
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But Richter is coming back, so I'll give it a chance. I also loved the Hasidic Ninjas.
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"Give him some time, no one is funny for their first few years..." or whatever.
If the host is funny and the writers are funny, there is NO FUCKING reason why the first episode, the second, and so on would be funny. Its only when the writers and the host have no idea how to be funny, or which style of humor they want to go for, that it is when it sucks.
Jimmy Fallon had countless weeks to prepare, but because he sucks and the writers suck, the show sucks. If we wanted to wait a few years for him to get funny, ok... but I do not think this is something that should be expected. Its bullshit.
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should make an appearance. That new show is getting all the buzz.
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There are a few good modern bands out there. My Morning Jacket for one.
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And he's back!
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Can't wait to see them play on Conan. Also, since they are playing new music from the new album, does that mean this album is coming out sooner than expected? I heard Fall '09.
Anyway, I agree with the other PJ fans: they are a great live band, and one of the few true rock and roll bands left today. They also pioneered the distribution of their concert bootlegs via stores and online. -
I love watching people get all fired up about someone else calling their favorite artist crappy. Look, I called darthvedder81 out on the Pearl Jam thing because: 1) his handle is darthvedder81 and 2) he made the asinine statement that Pearl Jam is the only real rock and roll band left. Obviously, my statement is a personal opinion, but he (and some others here) want to act like Eddie and crew are dainty damsels who have had their reputations sullied by my disparaging post. Truth is, Pearl Jam is just one of many bands/artists that were once great that now ride their previous success through wave after wave of less than exciting releases. Some fans can actually realize that this is happening, while others will stay on that sinking ship all the way to the bottom. I think a lot of it comes down to the artists (usually the lead singer) becoming incredibly self important and thinking that someone actually gives a damn what they do outside of music. For more examples of this phenomenon, check out Michael Stipe (R.E.M.) and the king of this problem, Bono (U2).
The only one of these bands that I ever really had tremendous respect for was R.E.M., but I did not despise the others.
However, since several people seem so interested in it, here are a few artists that I once loved that have put out recent albums that range from violently mediocre to pure shit:
Bjork
Jane's Addiction
The Cure
Linkin Park
B-52's
Living Colour
Once great artists that have been very hit and miss:
Depeche Mode
Tori Amos
New Order
Pet Shop Boys
And artists that I feel have consistently turned out good material over a 10 plus year period (the occasional stinker is allowed):
Nine Inch Nails
Erasure
Blue October
So if it makes you feel better, go ahead and extrapolate on how big of a fag you think Trent Reznor is. I won't care, and I'm pretty sure he won't either (if you call Andy Bell of Erasure a fag, he'll just give you a kiss and invite you out to dinner).
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Anybody else think that's kinda odd?
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And him and Any back together! Bye Leno!!!!!
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At least I hope so.
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I don't see him as a good fit in the intellectually-deprived area known as LA. He should have stuck to his guns and kept the show East.
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writer on the Tonight Show with Conan O'Brian
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landj9697, I do have to respectably disagree with you on Pearl Jam. As I agree that some of there albums are stronger than others, I do not believe that they live off their past. Pearl Jam/Pearl Jam (avocado album) is a strong album and was the latest album. They are a great live band (Have been to 12 shows thru the years). Also, I am not one of those people that just listen to one band. The Strokes, Queens of the Stone Age, Muse, Snow Patrol, Kings of Leon and so on are also making great rock music now. So, let's all stop attacking each other about whether we love/hate Pearl Jam. "It's only Rock-n-Roll, and I like it!" -Mick Jagger
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..are a great modern band too. Autolux as well! I'd love to see Isis on Conan..or any show for that matter.
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They are one of the greatest live bands around. They surprised me by how good they actually were. It was quite an eye opener.
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anybody? anybody? nevermind.
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May 19, 2009 8:05:13 PM CDT
The Superman who rubs his nipples at the ladies in the bed
by white_vader
bring him back. So wrong it's right.
I can't wait to see what fun Conan could have with Jaywalking (guess it'll just hafta be 'streetwalking' now)... -
Even if you don't like them, which I can understand as personal tastes are very different, you have to respect the way they do their live stuff. At least 2 and a half hours of show every time, with a unique set-list every single night (with only a small handful of big favorites repeating on consecutive nights). And in their 40's, they're still diving off of speakers, bringing the energy, and playing their asses off.
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Leno's keeping Jaywalking. And all his other regular bits too, so I'm assuming "Headlines", "Things on eBay", and all that shit.
Conan's still gonna use his bits like "If They Mated", "In the Year 2000", all those gems.
Conan rocks. Fallon's at least likable, and it's fun to watch him fumble and say "Dude" a lot.
I'll enjoy Conan/Fallon a lot more than Leno/Conan.
And we all need to destroy whatever force is keeping Carson Daly on the air. -
it could suck really bad, and still be better than Leno
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Chevy, and Pat Sajak.
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