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Conan's shame was funnier. Does anyone else feel like they were forced to retain some of Jay's writers? Some of the jokes in the monologue are TERRIBLE and you can tell Conan is pained that he has to say them. Am I alone in thinking this?
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Damn old people, making Conan look bad. He's the funniest guy in late night.
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But I agree that Conan's shame face made it funny.
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creep in. I miss the 12:30 Conan. When he moved to the Tonight Show, either NBC neutered him or he did it to himself to fit in the earlier time slot.
The sad irony is that the very thing that made him funny and got him the Tonight Show has been excised or watered down to ( unsuccessfully) make him palatable to the perceived Tonight Show audience.
The only good thing about all this is now it's an easier choice between Craig Ferguson and what'shisname's show at 12:30. -
I barely ever make the effort to even "scan" Conan anymore... Frankly, Conan you were never Tonight Show Material and that's not necessarily a bad thing. :-/
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...demanded an earlier time slot and are both suffering a ratings slump because of it. If they had stayed at thier original 11:30/12:30 time slots they'd still be the kings of late night. And now that crown belongs to David Letterman. I guess it's true what they say, quit while you're ahead.
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White, middle-aged America cannot handle 12:30 Conan. They had to white-wash him.
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1) He's way too "LA" now... WTF is up with all the shiny suits?
2) His studio is way bigger than the old one, ergo, there are more people in his studio audience. The bigger the audience, the less it feels like an informal night at a comedy club, which is totally the vibe I got from Conan's 12:30 show. This huge studio audience is so excited to be at a taping o the tonight show, that they applaud every single goddamn thing he says. As a result, all his jokes sound super lame because they all get the same reaction.
3)He does way too many "stunts" now on the show (motorbikes, monster trucks, stunt men... we get it, you're in hollywood)
4) and yes, his material over all is way tamer.
Conclusion: Please go back to the old show, Conan! We miss you!!! -
After moving into late-night prime time from 12:30 am EST
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I hope NBC gives him time. Many of the people watching Conan are younger, and probably don't even factor into the ridiculous Nielsen system.
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...By going back to his usual sophmoric twentysomething stuff.
The Leno/Conan trade-off is the TV equivalent of the "New Coke" debacle from the 80s...NBC blinked, and even Letterman dropping his Worldwide Pants couldn't hurt his outlook. -
funniest thing i've seen all morning
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but then last night he had on, as guests to promote their book, Spencer & Heidi. Conan, you're supposed to make fun of these people, not help feed their delusion that they matter.
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of teenage girls and middle-aged Clay Aiken fans (and their unfortunate male luggage)at the midnight premiere. There will be blow jobs a-plenty in the world tonight methinks.
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stopped watching years ago.
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I've said it before, this is a great version of "The Tonight Show" And, if it were on a network that wasn't on the precipice of becoming extinct, then I would feel better about it's chances. But, Comcast has already stated that their interest is geared more towards "New Media" Such as CNBC, MSNBC, and whatever internet ventures NBC/Universal/Vivendi/Wal-Mart/Widget/Willy-Fucking-Wonka owns. Thus, turning a broadcasting giant, and an American institution, into a stepchild. Even if they paid 'The Chin' off, and decided to go back to scripted material at 10, the future of all NBC properties are up in the air if this deal goes through.
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is that all Conan's got?
God I miss Carson.... -
....Personally i cant wait till NBC moves Leno back to 1135 and Conan back to 1235.....
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but Conan is consistently funnier than Letterman has been lately..
I don't know what has happened besides the well reported bullshit as far as Dave goes but he has lost some of his funny..
Conan on the other hand has stepped up his game despite the earlier hours restraints on his and the writers brand of humor..
In otherwords Conan rocks and Dave talks.. -
That faux-sheepish "oh boy, how do I get into these things" look. Without saying a word, Conan's reaction draws the humor from of the ludicrous, rather cheap material and crystallizes it into something funnier. The laugh isn't the cheap insert shot, it's the ability to silently point out how stupid it was while keeping it in good fun. This is something Leno doesn't understand at all, and why Leno has never been the right man for the job. Leno wears everything on his sleeve when he's up there, every laugh is vocalized, everything is polished with the joke, never getting under the joke's skin and being coy and clever with it. Both bits and interviews alike, though Conan has a long way to go with his interviews and bits before he's Carson material. Still, of those 2 horses running that race, it's never been clearer why Conan will outpace Jay. And then Jimmy Fallon will stumble over his awkward donkey legs, hee-haw out a laugh that his audience has no interest in following him on, and fall into a pile of droppings, further obfuscating the only source of entertainment in his show, The Roots.
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THSAT is the Conan we know and love. I hope he continues to push the envelope. In fact, the risk of cancellation, I think, or getting kicked out, will do Conan a LOT of good, because he'll do what Craig Ferguson did, what David Letterman did - decide that if you're going down, you might as well be fucking funny despite what the executives ask. I can see the meetings with Conan now: "Cam you be funny, but, you know, gently funny, like funny in such a way that it makes an old person from the 1940s smile. but not actually laugh." Leno is sitting on the other end of the room and says 'I can do that!" "We know, Jay. We know. That's a good boy; go back to Ants In Your Pants because the grown-up are talkkng." "O-KAY!"
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If you want to see a perfect example of why Fallon is a total and complete failure, watch his interview with Demi Lavato. In one of the least-genuine conversation paths I've ever seen, he basically gets her on there and points out to the audience that she was once on Barney and then points out to the audience that she does popular YouTube videos where she sings with her friends.Then, in a moment of supremely clearly-planned "inspiration," he invites himself to do a video sitting with Demi while they do a "metal" version of the Barney song. He sings most of it, Demi kind of rolls her eyes and laughs and tries (and fails) to hide the "Get me out of here!" look on her face and Jimmy sets about trying to MAKE an internet meme, which you totally can't do because NOBODY CAN DECIDE WHAT'S GOING TO BE A MEME OR NOT. It's one of the saddest displays of a talk show host I've ever seen. It's just fucking pathetic. And guess what? It didn't become a meme. Fuck you, Fallon.
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is easily the best.
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Just too bad he's in L.A. and Martha Stewert won't be able to drop in whenever, every time she was on Late Night it was always a good time.
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with cutouts of his kids posing with whats her name, hilarious.
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Conan has lost his sense of goofy, self-deprecating fun! He doesn't do the "string dance", he doesn't do the goofy reaction faces he used to. You see him do his opening monologue and he's almost nervous and afraid to make a fool of himself. Loosen up, COCO! We miss ya (damn move to LA did it...why'd he have to move...for crying out loud...Jimmy Fallon is getting better guests than him...Conan's had Norm McDonald on the show like 3 times already!!!).
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Ed McMahon saying "HEEEEEERE'S JOHNNY!" and Doc Severensin striking up the band with the DAH DAH DAH DAAAAAAAH NAH... and the crowd going wild... dude, it's NOTHING like that now. It's boring. It's depressing. We need some ENERGY for crying out loud.
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Nov 20, 2009 1:20:14 PM CST
DigitalDong; Agreed, the only thing missing from Conado is New Y
by royston lodge
I miss New York City.
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Conan was and always will be funnier in NY than in L.A.. Still, I'll take the lamest Conan show over the best Leno show any day of the week and twice on Sunday.
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