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.
Conan O'Brien and his crew are currently in Atlanta, filming a week of shows to coincide with some sort of basketball sports thing that's going on right now, and Paul Rudd's also in Atlanta, filming Anchorman 2. Rudd dropped by Conan's show last night and premiered an exclusive clip from the Anchorman sequel, which is the first footage we've seen from the movie so far. Fans of Paul Rudd's Conan appearances can see the gag coming from a mile away, but that almost makes it funnier.
With the Leno/Fallon changing of the guard at NBC and a shuffle of other late night hosts expected as a result, it looks like Conan O'Brien is staying put at TBS. The cable network announced today that they've renewed Conan through November 2015. His previous contract was set to run up in April of 2014. Conan has settled into modest ratings since its high-rated debut on TBS in November of 2010. This week, the Conan gang is in Atlanta to host a week of shows from the city in conjunction with the NCAA's Final Four.
The contract renewal keeps Conan out of the mix for a series of big [...]
Here's a clip from Conan last night in which he lays out a totally real plan to defend us in the event that North Korea sends a nuclear attack America's way – by just throwing Florida to Kim Jong-un . It's pretty much our only option.
Here's Jane Lynch on Conan last night, telling a story about hitting a low point and smoking her first cigarette in years – all while wearing clown makeup and standing on the side of the road. If you're gonna give up on not smoking, that's the only way to do it from now on.
