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'Conan' Gave Tig Notaro a Camera Crew Yesterday

Here's Tig Notaro's first-ever remote segment on Conan, in which she goes around to various businesses in LA and tries to get them to hang her autographed headshot on the wall. She has much better luck than Chris Gethard, who tried a similar thing for IFC last year but couldn't get any businesses to take his headshot, proving that it's way easier to get a headshot hung up in LA than it is in New Jersey. Also, calling Sarah Silverman on speakerphone in front of the store owner doesn't hurt.

Watch Conan O'Brien's White House Correspondents Dinner Speech

Conan O'Brien hosted the 2013 White House Correspondents' Dinner this weekend, and here's his entire 27-minute speech. It was O'Brien's second time hosting the event, following his first in 1995. Don't worry, fans of Conan's 1995 WHCA speech: this one has just as many George Stephanopoulos zingers.

Check out Barack Obama's comedic speech at the event below:

Tig Notaro Had a Fun Time on 'Conan' Last Night

Here's Tig Notaro on Conan last night in one of the funniest late night appearances I've seen in a while – and one that clearly impressed Conan a lot. Somebody put her on TV more often.

Part two is below:

Adam Scott Is Sick of Hearing About the Golfer Adam Scott

Following an Australian golfer named Adam Scott winning The Masters golf tournament, Parks and Rec star Adam Scott made a surprise appearance on Conan yesterday to beg people to stop joking about how they have the same name. Looks like Adam Scott needs to start a Jon Daly/John Daly campaign.

Conan Reunited a Bunch of 'Simpsons' Writers for a Long Interview, Coming April 15th

Last year, Conan O'Brien launched his web series Serious Jibber-Jabber, a longform interview show that's seen him sitting down for hour-plus chats with the likes of Judd Apatow, Jack White, and Nate Silver. On Monday, he's debut a new episode that's a roundtable interview with a bunch of his fellow Simpsons writers. O'Brien, who served as a Simpsons writer/producer during its fourth and fifth seasons before leaving to become a talk show host, chose Al Jean, Mike Reiss, Jeff Martin, and Jay Kogen to join him for the discussion, which, from the looks of this trailer, will be a rollicking good time.

Colbert: "I'd Love to Be in a Late Night War But I Just Like the Guys Too Much"

"I like Jimmy Fallon, and he seems to like me. And I like Jimmy Kimmel. Conan's a friend. I'd love to be in a late-night war, but I just like the guys too much."

-Stephen Colbert, discussing the love and respect for each other the new generation of late night hosts have in a rare, out-of-character interview with TV Guide.

Unearthing the Complete and Total Disaster That Was 'The Chevy Chase Show'

Sometimes TV shows drag their unfunny, uninteresting, yet highly rated feet across our living rooms for years. “Who let this happen?” we cry in vain. Other times, the powers that be get things right. That’s where Brilliantly Canceled comes in, looking at the shows that didn’t make it past their first season and saved us all a ton of grief.

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"Time will bring to light whatever is hidden; it will cover up and conceal what is now shining in splendor." — Horace

"Do you got a meat thermometer?" — Chevy Chase

Chevy Chase's time on Community ended last November after uttering that word in [...]

Jimmy Pardo Tells Conan About His Trip to the Doctor's

World class stand-up Jimmy Pardo is also the audience warm-up guy on Conan, and last night, he got to appear on the show for a chat with Conan O'Brien. Of course, it involved Conan goading him venting about testicular problems and an embarrassing trip to the doctor's office.

Watch Conan's 'Simpsons' Writers Roundtable Right Now

Conan O'Brien gathered a bunch of glory era Simpsons writers together to talk about their experiences working on the show for his web talk show Serious Jibber-Jabber. The writers present are Al Jean, Mike Reiss, Jay Kogen, Jeff Martin, and, of course, Conan O'Brien, who wrote for the show himself in its fourth and fifth seasons. It's 81 minutes of Simpsons writers talking to each other, so enjoy!

Triumph the Insult Comic Dog Visits the Real Housewives of Atlanta

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.

Deon Cole Tackles the Day's News on 'Conan'

Here's Conan writer Deon Cole, who is being given his own Conan O'Brien-produced show on TBS, quickly addressing several major news stories on Conan last night and demonstrating exactly why Conan O'Brien is giving him his own show.

Conan Celebrates His 50th Birthday with a Mariachi Band

Conan O'Brien's 50th birthday was yesterday, and in honor of the occasion, guest Eva Mendes brought him a mariachi band. Luckily, he didn't already have one because that would have been awkward.

Watch Conan O'Brien's 'Late Night' Audition from 1993

Here's a short snippet from Conan O'Brien's audition to be the host of NBC's Late Night, which O'Brien's website Team Coco released this week to commemorate the 20th anniversary of said audition. Then a writer for The Simpsons, O'Brien was asked to do an off-air trial show with a live studio audience. His guests were Mimi Rodgers and Jason Alexander, and he ended the show with a classy, humble goodbye: "That's the end of my mock show. If that's all I ever get, it was a lot of fun. I had a good time. Thank you very much."

Watching 'Not Necessarily Television' Skewer 1985's Pop Culture

The Paley Center for Media, which has locations in both New York and LA, dedicates itself to the preservation of television and radio history. Inside their vast archives of more than 120,000 television shows, commercials, and radio programs, there are thousands of important and funny programs waiting to be rediscovered by comedy nerds like you and me. Each week, this column will highlight a new gem waiting for you at the Paley Library to quietly laugh at. (Seriously, it’s a library, so keep it down.)

Not long ago on the site, writer Nell Scovell wrote about her early experiences in "the greatest Writer's Room you've never heard of," [...]

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