pinata242

Ok, so it's only been in California for the most recent 66% of its life. Clearly not tradition

Giantrobo

You can get Conan's full shows and highlight clips(full bits, interviews, and etc in case you don't want to watch the whole show) on Hulu.

That's where I go when I can't view the show "live".

wearetheborg

Diaz was wearing a nice seethrough dress. Lots of leg.

TheMovieman

It's funny but looking at some clips of Carson (been seeing it all around with Ed McMahon's death), I just realized that Conan is closer in terms of comedy to Carson than Leno. Don't know why, just found that interesting. Conan's comedy can be more risque vs. Carson but they are similar.

I didn't watch Leno all that much outside of Mondays for "Headlines", but did he ever get his guests in on a gag (like Tom Hanks being hit by a boulder or w/e it was)?

RichC2

Most of Leno's skits occured during the opening, so he rarely if ever got a guest involved with a gag.

SonOfAStu

Has Conan mentioned anything about the Super Mario Brothers inspired background yet? Or is that just a weird coincidence?

pinata242

Yeah, he mentioned it on day 5.

JasonF

Seeing the Ed McMahon clips they showed last night made me realize again how much Conan needs to move Andy over to the couch.

Or as Johnny Carson's former head writer put it: "All these guys [Conan, Dave, Jay, etc.] all go on and on about how much they admired Johnny and follow in his footsteps...but they all think they can do that kind of a show without an Ed McMahon. Johnny knew how much it adds to have someone to talk to, someone who can function as a good straight man. He would never have done his show without Ed."

movieking

Anyone see Ferguson last night? I thought that the Ferguson interview with Jim Parsons of Big Bang Theory last night was great. Parsons seems uncannily like Sheldon, and Ferguson was able to use that well last night. He even bumped poor ol' James Frey to Friday's show (which was obviously taped last night, based on comments).

SonOfAStu

I'll try to find the episode online, but what exactly did he say? Was the design done that way on purpose?

pinata242

There's a thread in the VG forum about it, but the video there was removed "by user" and I think it's rolled off Hulu.

I tried to find it for you before I responded.

RichC2

It was him standing in front of the panel, they overlapped it with Mario bros in action and him shaking his head "I just don't see it."

Edit: Here it is: http://www.hulu.com/watch/76261/the-...uper-mario-set

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Rypro 525

those animals would scare the hell out of me. Also they should bring the zebra in studio

RichC2

Animal bit was great.

Da Thrilla

That poor zebra

Nth Power

I didn't care much for the paparazzi bit. I haven't found them funny so far.

Andy and the chair was great. I'm also intrigued to try one out.

Deftones

this is a conan thread.

mugwump

And that's exactly why I've been DVRing Conan every night while I never watched Leno. From the comedy to the sets, sidekick and band this just feels like the Tonight Show I grew up with.

Giantrobo

I'm a huge fan of all talk show animal segments but this one seemed very rushed. I know Conan had mentioned the time issues and the Zebra bit was a great way to salvage things.

However, the guy wasn't very good at getting info out in between the host's jokes. And yeah, I know these have never really been about getting animal facts out as much as they've been about seeing the host in a weird situations, but still. Even the great, but goofy, Jack Hannah manages to get out plenty of info while Dave Letterman is screaming like a school girl.

Giantrobo

The Bible Salesman bit was good but this one was Meh. The Wax statues are already getting tired.

siddd5

Conan's nervous clap during the monologue should go. I'm surprised he hasnt shaken that habit or been asked to get rid of that habit yet.

Surprised that the only thing Andy does is make that bad cackling laugh. Bring him to the couch.

Dont get me wrong, I love Conan, but there's no way NBC would have dumped Jay if it wasnt for the 20 million pay or play deal with Conan. The suits obviously thought that Jay would have run out of creative and ratings steam by 2009 when they did the deal in 2004.

Rypro 525

i find the bit where conan shreds the jokes that either don't work or in poor taste to be funny.

mcnabb

I really tried to give Conan a chance last night, but I couldn't get through the monologue. God he just isn't funny!!!! Does he have to act like a buffoon after every joke??

Giantrobo

That used to bug me the most about Conan going back several years. It's like can't you dial it down a notch or 2 dude? But I get that this spastic goof bit is what appeals to many so I just deal with it.

Rypro 525

Bruno on Conan