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Comedy Docs

Getting Introduced to Conan's Dark Side in 'Conan O'Brien Can't Stop'

by | June 26th, 2012

It’s no secret that sometimes comedy is taken a bit too seriously. Comedy obsessives love not just the jokes, but the mechanics and emotions of the comedy world. There are a raft of comedy documentaries exploring comedy and comedians, but do they really have anything significant to add to the discussion? This series looks at comedy documentaries and whether they’re interesting, insightful, and possibly even…funny?

There are few comedy documentaries as prominent as Conan O’Brien Can’t Stop. Then again, there are few comedy personalities as big as Conan O’Brien, and few comedy stories as notorious as his memorable departure from The Tonight Show in January of 2010, when comedy [...]

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Check Out the First Clip From Conan O'Brien Can't Stop

by | March 16th, 2011

The behind-the-scenes documentary about Conan's Legally Prohibited From Being Funny on Television Tour, Conan O'Brien Can't Stop, just premiered at SXSW. If you didn't get a chance to see it there, which is very likely, here's the first clip they've released of it. It looks great; showing the inner workings of Conan and his team in a period of upheaval coupled with revealing interviews.

As for when you can see it, it snagged a pretty unique distribution deal at SXSW: "AT&T has come on board as a P&A and multiplatform distribution and marketing partner that will sneak the film to its AT&T U-verse TV subscribers on the eve [...]

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The 19 Cities Conan O'Brien Can't Stop Is Opening In Next Weekend

by | June 14th, 2011

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!

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Tour Documentary Conan O'Brien Can't Stop Premiering at SXSW

by | January 13th, 2011

Rodman Flender is premiering Conan O'Brien Can't Stop, his behind-the-scenes documentary of the "Legally Prohibited From Being Funny on Television Tour", this March at SXSW.

Review

Why Conan O'Brien Can't Stop

by | March 30th, 2011

Conan O’Brien Can’t Stop premiered at this year’s SXSW in the 1200-seat Paramount Theater to a capacity crowd who hung on every quip and sarcastic remark that flowed from O’Brien. From its first moments, when Conan shouts out his car window at an L.A. celebrity homes tour, the crowd immediately roared and never looked back, with their laughter sometimes drowning out the following dialogue in the Rodman Flender-directed tour doc. From beginning to end, Conan O’Brien Can’t Stop is a portrait of the backstage Conan, whose offhand jibes work just as well as his jokes on our TV screens, albeit with a lot more bite.

A longtime friend of O’Brien’s [...]

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