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Every year that Conan remains on the air, the more and more I think that his success in the 1990s was due almost entirely to his original staff of writers. The last decade has proved that for me beyond a shadow of a doubt.
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Originally Posted by PhantomStranger
(Post 13324215)
Every year that Conan remains on the air, the more and more I think that his success in the 1990s was due almost entirely to his original staff of writers. The last decade has proved that for me beyond a shadow of a doubt.
At this point in his career he reminds me of a doctor who is tired of being a doctor. While still competent and capable you can tell there's no desire left. |
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Honestly I don’t think it sounds like a terrible idea. Conan’s strong suit has always been his comedy bits over the interview segments. I’m guessing this will cut back on the interview aspect and make it more of a variety comedy show with celebrity involvement.
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This news kind of blows. The TV world would be a much, much better place had Leno/NBC not screwed Conan. But I do have to agree with some of the other commentators on this board, Conan's current writing staff really isn't cutting it. There's times where I'll only laugh at one monologue joke...And I can't stand it when they have the two writers (?) in the crowd acting obnoxiously with blowhorns...Not sure why they feel that is funny...
In my mind, Conan was at his best when I was in high school...The masturbating bear, Walker: Texas Ranger clips, etc...And he also hit a peak when the writers strike was going on (surprising, given my previous comment about the writing staff)...It just seemed to free him and make him try all sorts of unusual things (spinning the ring, doing a show from the rafters, doing a show from behind the audience, etc.)...And then, of course, those final weeks at NBC, when he knew he was not long for The Tonight Show...His whole "who cares" attitude translated greatly on the screen... I do love Clueless Gamer...Just wish there were more of them... I guess, overall, it's just annoying knowing that Jimmy Fallon still hosts the show that should have rightfully been Conan's... |
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I don't watch his show anymore. I do follow his show on social media though and watch a lot of his videos. His Late Night/Tonight Show run I consider to be neck and neck with any great Late night show ever. Whether it be Johnny Carson or David Letterman. It was so good. While his show has stagnated since moving to TBS he continues to be the gold standard when it comes to field pieces. No one can do it better imo. He's the most naturally funny person in Late Night. The stuff with Jordan Schlansky and everyone around his office that he berates and all his travelling pieces are still fantastic. If this change means more of that, I'm 100% for this. The worst part of his show is the tired in studio late night comedy tropes that just about no one does anymore. If this is an end to that, great. I don't see this as a bad thing necessarily.
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Originally Posted by Hazel Motes
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I don't watch his show anymore. I do follow his show on social media though and watch a lot of his videos. His Late Night/Tonight Show run I consider to be neck and neck with any great Late night show ever. Whether it be Johnny Carson or David Letterman. It was so good. While his show has stagnated since moving to TBS he continues to be the gold standard when it comes to field pieces. No one can do it better imo. He's the most naturally funny person in Late Night. The stuff with Jordan Schlansky and everyone around his office that he berates and all his travelling pieces are still fantastic. If this change means more of that, I'm 100% for this. The worst part of his show is the tired in studio late night comedy tropes that just about no one does anymore. If this is an end to that, great. I don't see this as a bad thing necessarily.
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Originally Posted by PhantomStranger
(Post 13324215)
Every year that Conan remains on the air, the more and more I think that his success in the 1990s was due almost entirely to his original staff of writers. The last decade has proved that for me beyond a shadow of a doubt.
I think he has only gotten better with age but its true he has appeared 'bored' with his show the last few years. For someone who got treated poorly so publicly I think he rebounded spectacularly. Its not his fault that nobody watches the network he is on. Half the audience that watches these late night shows is only there because whatever they were watching at 10PM got them on the channel and they are too lazy or half asleep to change it after the local news. I am glad they are keeping in on the air even if it is no longer a real talk show. Maybe he will eventually end up on Netflix or Apple doing something even more different in the future. |
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Kinda funny.
I saw the latest Clueless Gamer segment featured on HuffPo, and started thinking about how it has been about 25 years since Conan started on TV. I used to be a pretty devoted Late Night watcher, and thought he was treated terribly in the Tonight Show debacle. Now, however, Conan is completely off my radar. I never just watch his show, and I very rarely catch up with anything he is doing online. So it was kinda funny (strange , not ha-ha) that I was thinking about how Conan had been doing a talk show for almost 25 years, and clicked on this thread to discover that he is basically hanging it up, talk show wise. 30 minutes, four times a week, sounds like his own version of The Daily Show but without the the topical/political focus. He can't still use that huge studio with a live audience, not enough people would want to attend a taping for a 30 minute show with a lot of pre-taped segments. I suspect he will still do an interview for each show, but those can be taped in advance. Interesting. He does not want to do his talk show anymore but he does not want to retire, so he will just focus more on comedy bits that he wants to do, and try to fill two hours a week. Unfortunate because I think his NBC days deserve a better legacy, and the Conan talk show is basically going to go away without anybody noticing. |
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I think that the crowd now days is probably more interested in the comedy bits than the interview segments. My take is that a lot of these late night shows seem to do pretty well with their highlights on YouTube or whatever and that the stuff involving celebrities tends to just be funny segments of an interview or bits that are done with the host. I actually think Conan has adapted pretty well to that crowd over the years and this kind of seems like the next evolution of his show.
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As a faithful Conan watcher since the early days of Late Night show on NBC, I bailed on it about 8 months or so ago. I love Conan and Andy to death, but I got bored with the format. Rarely any interviews I needed to see, and I just didn't care much about the skits anymore. I basically FF through the entire show unless something caught my eye. I might actually tune back in for this different format.
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Every year that Conan remains on the air, the more and more I think that his success in the 1990s was due almost entirely to his original staff of writers. The last decade has proved that for me beyond a shadow of a doubt. |
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I think it hurt Conan as he grew older that many of the guests started getting younger than him. He had that youthful exuberance on late night that neither Leno or Letterman ever displayed. Once Conan started getting older, his goofy schtick didn't work as well in interviews.
I actually think he handled the NBC exit about as well as he possibly could. |
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I don't think it is a good sign when he has maybe 3 weeks in a row off with repeats unless it is just the Summer or he has a flexible schedule.
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Just a heads up, Conan's run of shows from Comic Con started tonight.
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Conan O’Brien’s complete late-night TV archive will be posted online in January https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2018/...ne-in-january/ I'll believe it more when Batman comments. |
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Awesome. His Late Night days were some of the best TV ever.
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I think he has had one week of new shows since July.
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Originally Posted by Deftones
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Awesome. His Late Night days were some of the best TV ever.
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Are they still planning on the showing going down to half an hour a night?
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Kind of weird episode tonight, as it was the last episode of Conan in its traditional hour-long format. The show is going on hiatus until January, though Conan looks like he'll remain busy in the meantime with his upcoming tour, a new podcast, and a Conan in Japan special.
I guess I missed or didn't realize Jimmy Vivino and the Basic Cable Band weren't going to be part of the show's new format, tonight was their last appearance. |
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Not having the band seems like a big loss. I’m a big Mark Pender fan.
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Originally Posted by ultimaton
(Post 13420215)
Kind of weird episode tonight, as it was the last episode of Conan in its traditional hour-long format. The show is going on hiatus until January, though Conan looks like he'll remain busy in the meantime with his upcoming tour, a new podcast, and a Conan in Japan special.
I guess I missed or didn't realize Jimmy Vivino and the Basic Cable Band weren't going to be part of the show's new format, tonight was their last appearance. Thanks, |
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Originally Posted by ultimaton
(Post 13420215)
I guess I missed or didn't realize Jimmy Vivino and the Basic Cable Band weren't going to be part of the show's new format, tonight was their last appearance.
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I love Conan, but losing the band is gonna hurt. Riffing on La Bamba is always a hoot.
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found the podcast, starts next month I think
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It’ll be different with no band but from how it sounds he’s going to be on location more doing skits/interviews. I can sort of see where the band doesn’t fit the new format.
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Originally Posted by ultimaton
(Post 13420215)
Kind of weird episode tonight, as it was the last episode of Conan in its traditional hour-long format. The show is going on hiatus until January, though Conan looks like he'll remain busy in the meantime with his upcoming tour, a new podcast, and a Conan in Japan special.
I guess I missed or didn't realize Jimmy Vivino and the Basic Cable Band weren't going to be part of the show's new format, tonight was their last appearance. |
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Who the fuck fires his band of 25 years?
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It is a whole new format. It’s down to 22 minutes. I’d imagine his whole business is getting restructured.
Conan behind the scenes bits always made it look like he keeps his business lean and thrifty. Good business sense. I wonder how Max Weinberg is doing. |
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He is back with the new format
Tom Hanks and the cast of a Good Place is on this week and Pete Holmes next week. |
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The last ep of his Tonight show aired on this date 2010
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Anyone watching the new format? I thought it would be more pre-recorded bits, but it seems to just be a condensed version of his old show.
I can understand he's trying to be less formal, but the denim jacket every night drives me crazy. |
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The 2019 Comic-Con episodes premiere next week and they will be 1 hour episodes.
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I kind of wish he would just ditch his show and do the travel episodes full time
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Does anyone even watch Conan? He has a shit time slot on a shit channel.
I only tune in for his Comicon episodes. |
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I watch him. Seems like one or two of his best writers stayed in NYC and work on Colbert now. It doesn’t quite capture the best era of Conan during his time in NYC. But it’s still enjoyable. The way way I watch is I watch all of his clips on YouTube. |
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I watch it, but usually on the weeks the Daily Show is running reruns.
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Originally Posted by Josh-da-man
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Does anyone even watch Conan? He has a shit time slot on a shit channel.
I only tune in for his Comicon episodes. I wish he still had the Tonight Show and Fallon the late night slot. That was the perfect lineup for NBC. |
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Originally Posted by JeffTheAlpaca
(Post 13578212)
TBS is a shit channel?
I wish he still had the Tonight Show and Fallon the late night slot. That was the perfect lineup for NBC. |
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Glad to see they want back to one hour shows for Comic Con.
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