Conan's down in Atlanta all week, so naturally he brought his buddy Triumph along with him. Watch as the Real Housewives of Atlanta barely tolerate him insulting them to their faces! Never change, Triumph.
Attention, New Yorkers: Papa Conan is coming home. He'll be taping episodes of Conan from October 31st – November 3rd at The Beacon Theatre, and you can sign up for a ticket lottery right now. Can we all get together after his last show to prevent him from leaving?
Last night, Neil Patrick Harris was on Conan to be charming, and he told a story about how Coco bid for a background role on How I Met Your Mother at a charity auction and ended up winning. So now Conan is going to just be at the bar sitting there drinking next season on the show. And he said that "the producers were saying, 'We'll write you in as a character.' But I think it's much funnier if I'm just in the bar, in the background." He is right! The story starts around the 4:44 mark in the above video.
Norm MacDonald, the greatest talk show guest of all time, was on Conan's couch last night, and he was as unpredictable as we've grown to expect. He spent his time telling a rambling joke about Andy Richter, talking about his experimentations with S&M, and generally making it difficult for Conan to steer the conversation in any sort of coherent direction. Bless that man.
TBS just ordered a comedy pilot from Conaco, Conan O'Brien's production company. Conaco also produces Eagleheart and Conan, obviously. I guess if you're looking for a good comedic lead-in to Conan, you might as well go to the source. Here's what to expect: "The multi-camera sitcom, written by Ben Wexler (Still Standing), Ross Novie (Secret Girlfriend) and Jay Rondot (Secret Girlfriend), centers on a family man who quits his day job and returns to the neighborhood where he grew up. There, he reunites with his former best friend."
Over at The AV Club, Scott Tobias takes a long, thoughtful look at Conan now that the show has left those early days and settled into its run over on TBS. He decided to dedicate a week to watching the show every night and taking a look at how Big Red has settled into his new gig. It's really excellent, and well worth the read. When Conan finally returned to television with his eponymously named show on TBS, many critics were disappointed that he failed to follow the narrative they had constructed for him. The narrative was this: Conan, with his off-the-wall sensibility, was never a good fit [...]
The new documentary Conan O'Brien Can't Stop opens in 19 cities next weekend. If you live in one of those cities, you should go see it! Here's the full release rundown with all of the cities and which theaters it'll be playing in. You're in luck, St. Louis! Maybe next time, entire state of Florida!
Since it debuted in November, Conan O’Brien’s TBS show has been gradually loosening up and it’s starting to feel like the old Late Night show. Personally, I couldn’t be happier. But as I’ve noticed this transformation happening, I've found myself pining for some of the classic, random characters that helped define Late Night.
When Conan made the switch to the Tonight Show, everyone wondered if he'd use any of his old characters or bits from Late Night. Similarly, after the separation from NBC, everyone asked the same question, secretly hoping that somehow old friends like the Masturbating Bear would make the transition with him to TBS. I don't know [...]
Looking for some spacious digs in LA from October 10th-13th? Well, the Conan studio is up on AirBnB for that time period, if interested: "Great for families (children 16+) looking to relax in over 25,000 square feet of musty warehouse space. Includes use of 40 ton industrial air conditioning system, 25 LCD television monitors (no HBO), and fully stocked kitchenette with intern. Shower must be shared with guest bands. Free Wi-Fi." [via]
Last night on Conan, they claimed to have doublebooked standups Jon Dore and Rory Scovel. Rather than one of them rescheduling, they decided to share the stage. What resulted was something truly amazing, with them performing simultaneously on the same stage. I don't know if this was a planned bit or something they came up with after an actual doublebooking, but I love it so much either way.
During Conan's Dartmouth commencement address, O'Brien wished the new graduates well in their new jobs at Panera Bread or with a Mexican drug cartel. And with that in mind, he offered them some advice on their inevitable failures. "Disappointment stings, and for driven people like you it's disorienting," Conan said, later advising, "Whether you fear it or not, disappointment will come. The beauty is that through disappointment you can gain clarity, and with clarity comes conviction and true originality." As for those Philosophy and Fine Arts majors, well, "the only place they're going to get a job is ancient Greece." Sure, but think of all those hot, fresh [...]
