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There will never be another Conan O'Brien

Posted on 12/6/23 at 12:16 pm
Posted by skrayper
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Posted on 12/6/23 at 12:16 pm
YouTube video

I really liked this video; he made some good points, and also notes things that Conan did that cemented him as:

An amazing host
An incredibly funny comedian
An awesome boss

(The last part - where he kept paying the non-writing members of his team during a writers' strike out of his own pocket, and then during the pandemic kept making his show using an iPhone and little else so that the show was officially still on the air and therefor could keep paying his staff and they would not need to file for unemployment).
Posted by bad93ex
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Posted on 12/6/23 at 12:52 pm to
Somehow Trevor Noah, Stephen Colbert, James Corden and Amber Ruffin all had shows instead of Conan.
Posted by meeple
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Posted on 12/6/23 at 1:10 pm to
Conan is the greatest at interviewing guests.
Posted by Fewer Kilometers
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Posted on 12/6/23 at 1:33 pm to
quote:

An amazing host
An incredibly funny comedian
An awesome boss

I think he's a marginal interviewer, a fairly quick wit, and his greatest fault is that he milks a punchline to the point where he hurts the joke.

That being said, I've never wanted an entertainer to succeed more. He's the most genuinely likable host in the history of hosts. As much as I idolize Letterman and Carson, I'd never want to risk more than a handshake with either of them. I think Conan would be amazing to be around and I'd think would have the best work environment of any of his contemporaries.

And Andy Richter is the sharpest and best all-around sidekick ever.
Posted by Alt26
Member since Mar 2010
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Posted on 12/6/23 at 1:43 pm to
It often takes a while for the host to feel comfortable...and the audience to fully understand the host's sense of humor. I didn't love Conan early on. Just like I didn't find Norm McDonald incredibly funny right out of the gate. But once you started to understand their personalities they became incredibly funny.

Conan also benefits from the fact he is of the last generation of hosts who could actually BE FUNNY without fear of self-hating progressives going apoplectic with social media virtue signaling over something that was "offensive". Today, ALL of the late shows are pathetic because the parameters of things you can discuss are absurdly small
Posted by Rhio
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Posted on 12/6/23 at 1:59 pm to
He was also one of the writers of The Simpsons during its golden era. I think he wrote the Monorail episode.
Posted by 1999
Where I be
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Posted on 12/6/23 at 2:25 pm to
late night with conan in the 90's/early 2000's
Posted by slinger1317
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Posted on 12/6/23 at 2:32 pm to
Conan's trips abroad are my favorite.

His trip to Italy with Jordan might be my favorite late night sketch ever.
Posted by Freauxzen
Washington
Member since Feb 2006
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Posted on 12/6/23 at 2:33 pm to
His final monologue about not being jaded -


That's the reason we'll never get another Conan. His level of honesty, what comedy is, etc.
Posted by StrongOffer
Member since Sep 2020
4844 posts
Posted on 12/6/23 at 2:46 pm to
NBC ran off Conan and CBS ran off Craig Ferguson. Now we're left with unwatchable garbage. Unbelievable! As someone who was a loyal fan of late night comedy shows, it's dead and buried at this point. It had a good run tho.
Posted by beHop
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Posted on 12/6/23 at 4:14 pm to
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Posted by AA77
Member since Jan 2016
3802 posts
Posted on 12/6/23 at 5:31 pm to
I probably rewatch a Conan and Norm McDonald interview once a week.
Posted by Honest Tune
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Member since Dec 2011
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Posted on 12/6/23 at 8:57 pm to
Conan’s interviews with Dave Chappelle (especially pre-Chappelle show) are amazing.
Posted by mattchewbocca
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Member since Jun 2008
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Posted on 12/6/23 at 9:17 pm to
His bit where he just rides around with Tom cruise is just amazing.
Posted by Demonbengal
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Posted on 12/6/23 at 10:03 pm to
Conan’s reaction to the “I have aids” walker, texas ranger makes me cry from laughing every time.
Posted by DisplacedBuckeye
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Posted on 12/6/23 at 10:44 pm to
Posted by FairhopeTider
Fairhope, Alabama
Member since May 2012
21175 posts
Posted on 12/6/23 at 10:50 pm to
Did anyone watch the Conan documentary from a few years back that showed the BTS from his stage tour after The Tonight Show? He seemed like a bitter a-hole in it but it was understandable at the time.

Still think NBC pulled the trigger too early. Conan wasn’t quite ready for 10:30 and Leno’s Tonight Show demographic wasn’t going to get Conan’s brand of humor. He needed time to adapt and I have now doubt he could’ve. With Late Night shows becoming more segmented plus the need for online videos, he would’ve eventually dominated.
Posted by A Menace to Sobriety
Member since Jun 2018
30316 posts
Posted on 12/7/23 at 12:34 pm to
I miss Conan too. Funny guy, always had funny shows, and was a great interviewer. Him and Craig Ferguson.

The hosts now are mother fricking koala shite and late night talk shows are officially dead IMO.

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