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Entertainment => Film & TV Talk => Television => Topic started by: gurang on May 08, 2003 at 01:15 PM
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I know that there is already a separate thread for talk-show hosts. However, I opened this thread for one reason alone, to open a groundswell of public opinion that would compel our local tv/cable operators (particularly Sky and Home) to carry Late Night With Conan O'Brien.
Local television has been significantly less funny since ZOE TV stopped carrying CNBC, and the weekend reruns of the Conan show. It was the most devastating event in TV humor since MSNBC Asia stopped operations (and carrying Conan on a daily basis).
I know that one cannot be neutral about Conan. You either hate him, or love him. I may even be prepared to concede that Conanheads constitute a minority, (among my friends, we are a minority, but a fervent one) but let us be an active, vocal minorty.
Like or hate Conan, who can ever forget Triumph, the Insult Comic Dog. The Masturbating Bear. The Man with the Bulletproof Legs. Camel-Toed Annie. What If They Mated.
Triumph interviewing Star Wars fans in line for Episode 2 was one of the all-time TV comedy classics. (the clip was once posted on Slate Magazine, do a search to see if it is still available).
And of course, Conan, more than the other talk show hosts, would be more apt to carry alternative musical guests.
Neeha!!
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Ahh, this would be my favorite late-nite host thread! ;D I can never forget that Boy Band episode! (as mentioned in an earlier thread). I also like it when he shares what his guests wrote in his "guest book".
Bring back Letterman on the 10:00 slot......BRING BACK CONAN on cable!!!
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Of course, the Boy Band episode... ;D
Baby, I wish you were my baby,
I'll make you make a baby,
let's make electric power, in fear you should not cower
cause girl I will protect you, i promise not to sex you,
and ahhh haaaa ah ah ah haaaaa ah ah ah haaaaa ah ah ahhhhh.
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I like Conan.
In the Year 2000. . .Max Weinberg's sex tape. . .the bat in the toilet. . .the one man Godfather. . .Rob Schneider's bizarre guest spot with a bunch of animals. . .Joel the Voice Over Guy. . .and the list of favorite bits goes on and on. . .and of course musical guests, I mean, everyone from Todd Rundgren to Wilco to Guster to Matthew Sweet to. . .
. . .yeah Conan's a blast.
He's sort of like E to Jay Leno's Flinstones vitamins.
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I remember when At The Drive In guested at Conan's show. There was an almost funny look of bewilderment on Conan's face when he went to meet the band after their song.
I still have that clip on my PC and It's still a lot of fun. :)
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Man, I've been missing out on the Conan O'Brien Show when they pulled it out of CNBC and when Star TV pulled out on Destiny Cable. Even if Jay Leno books more popular and high caliber guests, Conan manages to hold his own thanks to his very creative staff and of course his (I don't know how to describe it) humor.
But lets get down to Late night shows' band leaders/hosts' sidekicks:
Paul Schaefer sucks big time. If I were related to him, I wouldn't watch Dave's show.
Kevin manages to make natural banter with Jay Leno.
Max Weinberg in my mind is the better of the three when it comes to rappor with their hosts.
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i totally agree -- BRING BACK CONAN!!!
can someone puhleez post the speech he gave at harvard? i know i posted it here somewhere but i'm too tamad to look. that was a riot ;D
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Conan O’Brien’s Speech to
the Harvard Class of 2000
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I’d like to begin by thanking the class marshals for inviting me here today. The last time I was invited to Harvard it cost me $110,000. So I was reluctant to show up. I’m going to start before I really begin by announcing my one goal this afternoon. I want to be half as funny as tomorrow’s Commencement speaker, moral philosopher and economist Amartya Sen. That’s the job. Must get more laughs than seminal wage-price theoretician. By the way, enjoy that. Bring a calculator. It’s going to be a nerd fest.
Students of the Harvard class of 2000, 15 years ago I sat where you sit now. And I thought exactly what you are now thinking. What’s going to happen to me? Will I find my place in the world? Am I really graduating a virgin? Still have 24 hours. Roommate’s mom very hot. Swear she’s checking me out. There was that Rob Lowe movie.
Being here today, on a sincere note, is very special for me. I do miss this place. I especially miss Harvard Square. Let me tell you, (you don’t know this) Harvard Square is unique. Nowhere else in the world will you find a man wearing a turban and a Red Sox jacket working in a lesbian bookstore. I’m just glad my dad’s working.
It’s particularly sweet for me to be here today because—this is true—when I graduated I wanted very badly to be a Class Day speaker. Unfortunately, my speech was rejected. So if you’ll indulge me I’d like to read a portion of that speech. This is the actual speech from 15 years ago. “Fellow students, as we sit here today listening to that classic A-ha tune which will definitely stand the test of time, I would like to make several predictions about what the future will hold. I believe that one day a simple governor from a small southern state will rise to the highest office in the land. He will lack political skill, but will lead on the sheer strength of his moral authority. I believe that justice will prevail and one day the Berlin Wall will crumble, uniting East and West Berlin forever under Communist rule. I believe that one day a high-speed network of interconnected computers will spring up worldwide, so enriching people that they will lose their interest in idle chitchat and pornography. And finally, I believe that one day I will have a television show on a major network seen by millions of people at night which I will use to reenact crimes and and help catch at-large criminals.” Then I had a section on the death of Wall Street, but you don’t need to hear about that.
The point is that although you see me as a celebrity, a member of the cultural elite, a demigod if you will, and potential husband material, I came here in the fall of 1981 and lived at Holworthy Hall as a student much like you. I was, without exaggeration—this is true—the ugliest picture in the freshman facebook. When Harvard asked me for a picture the previous summer, I thought it was for their records, so I jogged in the August heat to a passport photo office and sat for a morgue shot. To make matters worse, when the facebook came out, they put my picture right next to Catherine Oxenberg, a stunning blonde actress who was expected to join the class of ‘85, but decided to defer admission so she could join the cast of Dynasty. Folks, my photo would have looked bad on any page, but next to Catherine Oxenberg, I looked like a mackerel that had been in a car accident.
You see, in those days, I was 6 feet 4 inches tall and I weighed 150 pounds. True. Recently, I had some structural engineers run those numbers into a computer model, and according to the computer, I collapsed in 1987, killing hundreds in Taiwan.
After freshman year, I moved to Mather House. Mather House, incidentally, was designed by the same firm that built Hitler’s bunker. In fact, if Hitler had conducted the war from Mather House, he would have shot himself a year earlier. Saved us a lot of trouble.
1985 seems like a long time ago now. When I had my Class Day, you students would have been seven years old. Seven years old! You realize what that means? Back then I could have beaten any of you in a fight. And I mean really badly. Like no contest at all. If anyone here has a time machine, seriously, I will kick your seven-year-old butt right now.
A lot has happened in 15 years though. When you think about it, we come from completely different worlds. When I graduated in 1985, we watched movies starring Tom Cruise and listened to music by Madonna. I come from a time when we huddled around the TV set and watched the Cosby Show on NBC, never imagining that there would one day be a show called Cosby on CBS. In 1985 we drove cars with driver’s-side air bags. But if you had told us that one day there would be passenger-side air bags, we’d have burned you for witchcraft.
Of course I think there is some common ground between us. I remember well the great uncertainty of this day, the anxiety. Many of you are justifiably nervous about leaving the safe, comfortable world of Harvard Yard and hurling yourself headlong into the cold, harsh world of Harvard grad school, a plum job in your father’s firm, or a year abroad with a gold Amex card and then a plum job at your father’s firm. Let me assure you that the knowledge you gained here at Harvard is a precious gift that will never leave you. Take it from me, your education is yours to keep forever. Why, many of you have read the Merchant of Florence, and that will inspire you when you travel to the island of Spain. Your knowledge of that problem they had with those people in Russia, or that guy in South America—you know, the guy—will be with you for the rest of your life.
There’s also sadness today. A feeling of loss that you’re leaving Harvard forever. Let me assure you that you never really leave Harvard. The Harvard fundraising committee will be on your ass until the day you die.
This is true. I know for a fact that right now a member of the alumni association is at the Mount Auburn Cemetery shaking down the corpse of Henry Adams. They heard he has a brass toe ring and they aim to get it. These people just raised $2.5 billion and they only got through the Bs in the alumni directory. Here’s basically how it works. Your phone rings, usually after a big meal when you’re tired and most vulnerable, and a voice asks you for money. Knowing—you’ve read in the paper—that they just raised $2.5 billion, you ask, “What do you need it for?” There is a long pause, and the voice on the other end of the line says, “We don’t need it, we just want it.” (Sinister laugh).
Let me see—by your applause—who here wrote a thesis? That’s nice. A lot of hard work went into that thesis. And no one is ever going to care. I wrote a thesis—this is true, I don’t lie—“Literary Progeria in the Works of Flannery O’Connor and William Faulkner.” Let’s just say that during my discussions with Pauly Shore, it doesn’t come up much. For three years after graduation I wanted to show it to everyone, and so I kept my thesis in the glove compartment of my car, so that I could show it to a policeman in case I was pulled over.
What else can you expect in the real world? Let me tell you. As you leave these gates and re-enter society, one thing is certain. Everyone out there is going to hate you. Never tell anyone in a roadside diner that you went to Harvard. In those situations, the correct response to, “Where did you go to school?” is “School? I never had much in the way of book learnin’ and such.” And then get in your BMW and get the hell out of there. Go.
You see, kids, you’re in for a lifetime of “And you went to Harvard?” Accidentally give the wrong amount of change in a transaction, and it’s “And you went to Harvard?” Ask at the hardware store how the jumper cables work, and hear “And you went to Harvard?” Forget just once that your underwear goes inside your pants, and it’s “And you went to Harvard?” Get your head stuck in your niece’s doll house ‘cause you want to see what it’s like to be a giant, and it’s “Uncle Conan, you went to Harvard?”
So you really know what’s in store for you after Harvard, I have to tell you what happened to me after graduation. I’m going to tell it simply, I’m going to tell it honestly, because, first of all, I think my perspective may give many of you hope, and, secondly, it’s such a cool, amazing rush to be in front of 6,000 people and just talk about yourself. It’s just great. It’s so cool. And I can take my time.
You see, kids, after graduating in May, I moved to Los Angeles. I got a three-week contract at a small cable show. I got a $380-a-month apartment, a terrible dump, and I bought a 1977 Isuzu Opal, a car Isuzu only manufactured for a year because they found out that technically it’s not a car. Quick tip, graduates—no four-cylinder used vehicle should have a racing stripe.
So I worked on that show for about a year, feeling pretty good about myself, when one day they told me that they were letting me go. I was fired. I hadn’t saved any money. So I tried to get another job in television as best I could and couldn’t find one. So with nowhere else to turn-true story—I went to a temp agency and filled out a questionnaire. I made damn sure that they knew I had been to Harvard, that I had written this thesis, and that I expected the very best treatment. And so the next day I was sent to the Santa Monica branch of Wilson’s House of Suede and Leather.
...part 2 below
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When you have a Harvard degree, and you are working at Wilson’s House of Suede and Leather, you are haunted by the ghostly images of your classmates who chose graduate school. You see their faces everywhere—in coffee cups, in fish tanks, you think you’re going crazy, and they’re always laughing at you as you stack suede shirts no man in good conscience would ever wear.
I tried a lot of things during this period. Acting in corporate infomercials. Serving drinks in a nonequity theater. I even took a job entertaining at a seven year-old’s birthday party. In desperate need of work, I put together some sketches and scored a job at the fledgling Fox network as a writer and performer for a brainy show called the “Wilton North Report.” I was finally on a network and really excited. The producer told me the show was going to revolutionize television. And, in a way it did. The show was so hated and did so badly that when four weeks later news of its cancellation was announced to the Fox affiliates, they burst into spontaneous applause.
Eventually, though, I got a big break. I had submitted along with my writing partner a batch of sketches to Saturday Night Live, and after a year and a half they read it, and they gave us a two-week tryout. The two weeks turned into two seasons, and I felt, hey, this is success, I’m successful now. Successful enough to write a TV pilot for an original sitcom. When the network decided to make it, feeling good, I left Saturday Night Live.
This TV show was going to be groundbreaking. It was going to resurrect the career of TV’s Batman, Adam West. It was going to be a comedy without a laugh track or a studio audience. It was going to change all the rules. And here’s what happened. When the pilot aired, it was the second-lowest-rated television show of all time. It is actually tied with a test pattern they show up in Nova Scotia.
So I was 28 and, once again, no job. I had good writing credits in New York, but I was filled with disappointment and I had no idea what I was going to do next. And that is when the Simpsons saved my life. I got a job there and started writing episodes about Springfield getting a monorail or Homer going to college. I was finally putting my Harvard education to good use—writing dialogue for a man who is so stupid that in one episode he forgot to make his own heart beat. Life was good.
And then an insane, inexplicable opportunity came my way, a chance to audition for host of the new “Late Night” show. I took the opportunity very seriously, but at the time—I have to be honest—I had the relaxed confidence of someone who knew he had no real shot, so I couldn’t fear losing a great job that I could never hope to have. And I think that actually that attitude made the difference.
I will never forget being in the Simpsons recording basement that morning when the phone rang. It was for me. My car was blocking a firelane. But a week later I got another call and got the job. So this, finally, was undeniably it. The truly life-altering break that I had always dreamed of. And so I went to work. I gathered all my funny friends and poured all my years of comedy experience into building the show over the summer. I gathered the talent, figured out the sensibility, found Max, found Andy, found my people. We debuted on September 13, 1993, and I was really happy, really happy, with our effort. I felt like I had seized the moment, that I had put my very best foot forward.
And this was what the most respected and widely read television critic, Tom Shales, wrote in the Washington Post. “O’Brien is a living collage of annoying nervous habits. He giggles and jiggles about and fiddles with his cuffs. He has dark, beady little eyes like a rabbit. He is one of the whitest white men ever. O’Brien is a switch on the guest who won’t leave: he’s the host who should never have come. Let the Late Show with Conan O’Brien become the late Late Show, and may the host return to whence he came.” There’s more, but it gets kind of mean.
Needless to say, I took a lot of criticism, some of it deserved, some of it excessive, and, to be honest with you, it hurt like you would not believe. But I’m telling you all this for a reason. I’ve had a lot of success. I’ve had a lot of failure. I’ve looked good. I’ve looked bad. I’ve been praised. And I’ve been criticized. But my mistakes have been necessary. I’ve dwelled on my failures today because, as graduates of Harvard, your biggest liability is your need to succeed, your need to always find yourself on the sweet side of the bell curve. Success is a lot like a bright white tuxedo. You feel terrific when you get it, but then you’re desperately afraid of getting it dirty, of spoiling it.
I left the cocoon of Harvard, I left the cocoon of Saturday Night Live, I left the cocoon of the Simpsons. And each time it was bruising and tumultuous. And yet every failure was freeing, and today I’m as nostalgic for the bad as I am for the good. So that’s what I wish for all of you—the bad as well as the good. Fall down. Make a mess. Break something occasionally. Know that your mistakes are your own unique way of getting to where you need to be. And remember that the story is never over.
If you’ll indulge me for just a second, I’d like to read a little something from just this year. “Somehow, Conan O’Brien has transformed himself into the brightest star in the late-night firmament. His comedy is the gold standard, and Conan himself is not only the quickest and most inventive wit of his generation, but quite possibly the greatest host ever.”
Ladies and gentlemen, class of 2000, I wrote that this morning. As proof that when all else fails, you always have delusion. I will go now to make bigger mistakes and to embarrass this fine institution even more. But let me leave you with one last thought. If you can laugh at yourself, loud and hard, every time you fall, people will think you’re drunk. Thank you.
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Many Simpsons fans agree that the best years of the series were the years Conan was on the writing staff.
He did write one of my all-time fave Simpsons episodes, Marge vs. the Monorail.
Andy Richter's new show, Andy Richter Controls the Universe is also very funny.
Why doesn't cable carry CNBC anymore? Or why can't Sky cable bring back the i Channel (which did carry a lot of good shows in its heyday) and carry Conan over there?
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I miss (going falsetto) "In The Year 2000". I guess it's way too early to look ahead in the Year 3000. :-[
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Many Simpsons fans agree that the best years of the series were the years Conan was on the writing staff.
He did write one of my all-time fave Simpsons episodes, Marge vs. the Monorail.
Andy Richter's new show, Andy Richter Controls the Universe is also very funny.
Why doesn't cable carry CNBC anymore? Or why can't Sky cable bring back the i Channel (which did carry a lot of good shows in its heyday) and carry Conan over there?
the lopez family who own sky are in serious debt for their silly real estate investments. they dont have money bro to put pack the i channel
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Many Simpsons fans agree that the best years of the series were the years Conan was on the writing staff.
He did write one of my all-time fave Simpsons episodes, Marge vs. the Monorail.
What season did Conan write, g?
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What season did Conan write, g?
He was connected with The Simpsons from Seasons 3 to 5. According to www.snpp.com, he is officially credited with having written three episodes (Marge vs. the Monorail, New Kid on the Block, Homer Goes to College), plus part of a Halloween episode. However, the credited writer actually writes only around 30-50% of the actual lines, the rest being contributed by the roundtable of writers. Conan also received intermittent producer credit during those seasons, and by all accounts, was an active member of the Simpsons braintrust during his years on the show. When he was introduced as the new host of Late Night, he was primarily identified in the media with The Simpsons.
Conan also guested once on The Simpsons (Bart Gets Famous), but his guest spot was rather blah. The Conan bit in the South Park movie was much funnier, though it wasn't Conan who did the voice but (surprise, accdg to IMDB), Star Trek's Brent Spiner.
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AWESOME AWESOME!!!!
I missed Lindsey Lohan sa Conan though :(
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AWESOME AWESOME!!!!
I missed Lindsey Lohan sa Conan though :(
she was also in leno recently...
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^she's on jimmy Kimmel right now..
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not a big surprise.... she's promoting mean girls. (and of course, all the shows are playing on the fact that she's turning 18 this year).
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saw john stevens on conan last night. soooo hilarious ;D
CONAN; so i hear you're going to the prom this saturday.?
JOHN; yes i am
CONAN; well if you're anything like me, good luck. you got a date?
JOHN; yes i do.
CONAN ; you're already doing better than me.
mas mapula buhok ni john stevens, though.
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saw john stevens on conan last night. soooo hilarious ;D
CONAN; so i hear you're going to the prom this saturday.?
JOHN; yes i am
CONAN; well if you're anything like me, good luck. you got a date?
JOHN; yes i do.
CONAN ; you're already doing better than me.
mas mapula buhok ni john stevens, though.
it was a like a father seeing his long-lost son for the first time.... LOL.
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yeah. dn sa monologue ni o brien in the time when hudson got booted.
sabi niya the reason why john stevens got a lot of votes is because people were subconsciously voting for him...
haha..
Conan pwns j00 all!!
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CONAN; so i hear you're going to the prom this saturday.?
JOHN; yes i am
CONAN; well if you're anything like me, good luck. you got a date?
JOHN; yes i do.
CONAN ; you're already doing better than me.
Hahahaha! Aww, shucks I didn't get to see that one! :( Haay....
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woohoo!!! yeah... it's showing some @$$y women;'s show right now.. but... yeah. later tonight.. it's CONAN O BRIEN!!
It's almost been a year since i last seen that Isrishman's Face!
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yehey, i can finally watch conan everynight. yesterday, conan had brad pitt and janet jackson as guests. pitt made conan wear a greek warrior suit. eto namang si conan, nag-strip down to his shorts in front of everyone. susmarya, he's so pale.
di nila pinag usapan ni janet yung nipplegate...irerecreate na lang daw nila ;D
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"Fr 5/14: Feng Shui master Pun Yin
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Definitely won't miss that!
yeah Leno's in Las Vegas right now.. kaya gimicks and high profile guests abound.. while Conan's stuck with his low budget :(
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"Fr 5/14: Feng Shui master Pun Yin
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Definitely won't miss that!
yeah Leno's in Las Vegas right now.. kaya gimicks and high profile guests abound.. while Conan's stuck with his low budget :(
not really that low a budget naman ... conan was in canada last month. and all his guests were some of hollywood's more visible canadians: michael j fox, jim carrey, eric mccormack...etc., etc. ;D
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^ The Canadian Government gave the show a GOOD AMOUNT OF MONEY. The Canadian Government does that alot (subsidy)
Which is why he had to say sorry nung when he did some jokes that offended French Canadians.
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what exactly did conan say ??? i only saw him getting all sorts of insects placed on his body as an act of contrition for what he said but i never saw the offending episode.
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Now that we're getting our regular dose of Conan, it's time this thread got cracking.
To start off, on Conan this week (its the May sweeps btw):
Monday: Michael J. Fox, Ken Capling, Nickelback (Replay)
Tuesday: Eric Bana, SNL's Amy Poehler, Norwegian singer Sondre Lerche
Wednesday: Kelsey Grammer, Law & Order's Mariska Hargitay, Comic Lewis Black
Thursday: Jimmy Fallon, Pianist Jamie Cullum
Friday: Feng Shui master Pun Yin
Fallon!!!
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I'm not really sure.. i'll go search a thread about that somewhere and i'll post it here.
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Awwww....We don't have Conan on cable!!! :-\ Makikibasa na lang ako dito.....haay.
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I think the offender wasn't so much Conan as it was our favorite rottweiler Triumph, who did the rounds pooping on French Canadians and Quebec in one segment during Canada week.
Hey, maybe we should post all Conan-specific comments on the newly-revived Conan O'Brien Thread (http://www.pinoydvd.com/board/index.php?topic=21490.80;topicseen).
Speaking of, why do all ETC plugs have to have a thumpin techno background to go along with the bad copy and lame voice over? No matter what show is being plugged, the background's techno. I think it's even the same song
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I think the offender wasn't so much Conan as it was our favorite rottweiler Triumph, who did the rounds pooping on French Canadians and Quebec in one segment during Canada week.
Hey, maybe we should post all Conan-specific comments on the newly-revived Conan O'Brien Thread (http://www.pinoydvd.com/board/index.php?topic=21490.80;topicseen).
Speaking of, why do all ETC plugs have to have a thumpin techno background to go along with the bad copy and lame voice over? No matter what show is being plugged, the background's techno. I think it's even the same song
'di naman lahat ... yung blind date uses a "latin" beat complete with acoustic guitar. their station ID naman uses a big band style of music (lots of trumpets.)... i disagree with the VO's tho... ok naman sya. masama lang talaga yung copy. they should get better copywriters. ;)
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ah.. found what Triumph said:
""So you're French and Canadian, yes? So you're obnoxious and dull," the puppet said to one passerby. "You're in North America, learn the language," he bellowed at another. "
Thing is.. Canada is about MULTICULTURALISM (versus US's Melting Pot). Other people's culture are welcome and embraced. And what triumph said is like the ultimate No no in Canadian Society.
http://www.cbc.ca/storyview/MSN/2004/02/13/conan_quebec040213
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Jimmy Fallon didn't disappoint. The Seinfeld impression was great, but doing the Conan opening bit was flat out hysterical.
Vincent Curatola -- Johnny Sac from The Sopranos -- was there as an added guest. His real-life mannerisms aren't really that different from this mob character, prompting Conan to say, "You scare me."
Wonder who the added guests will be tomorrow. Can't be an entire show all on Feng Shui.
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Awwww....We don't have Conan on cable!!! :-\ Makikibasa na lang ako dito.....haay.
wala pa rin kayong ETC cruzsack??!! naku! tawagan na ninyo cable provider ninyo and complain bakit wala... both sky and home meron na. :P
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Vincent Curatola -- Johnny Sac from The Sopranos -- was there as an added guest. His real-life mannerisms aren't really that different from this mob character, prompting Conan to say, "You scare me."
Hahahah! I can just imagine this. ;D
Spiff - I called already, wala raw eh. Magkakaroon daw but no definite date. Yeah....just like the Disney channel. They said rin magkakaroon daw....That was a year ago. :P
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somebody outta give Conan a letter
"Conan Hates my homeland"
dunno the exact address..
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This week:
Monday 5/17: Adam Sandler, Canadian guitarman Stompin' Tom Connors (R)
Tuesday 5/18: Laura Prepon, author Robert Reich, rock band Yellowcard
Wednesday 5/19: Charlie Sheen, sumo champ Manny Yarbrough
Thursday 5/20: Tom Selleck, stand-up Dave Attell
Friday 5/21: Darrell Hammond
Laura Prepon as first guest? What she up to lately?
Finally get to see Yellowcard. Dave Attell is always good.
Is the Monday night replay a Canada episode?
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somebody outta give Conan a letter
"Conan Hates my homeland"
dunno the exact address..
He hasn't reached the "P" countries yet. But that would be surreal - them receiveing a letter from a country they haven't gag-insulted yet. :) Wonder what he's got lined up for the Philippines.
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haha yeah. but i don't wanna wait for him to reach The Philippines though.
he's not even donw with As i think.. longs ways to go still if we still have wait for it.
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saw conan last night and it was a replay of the adam sandler guesting and i finally saw triumph insulting the french canadians. he even got a translator to insult them. oo nga, he is tough to take. no wonder eminem is scared of him.
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yeah.. haha.. that was funny nga. when Triumph was at the Mtv awards.. haha.. eminem's bodyguards had to immobilize a puppet.
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Dang I was looking out for that Triumph show. >:(
This week:
Monday 5/24: Jim Carrey, Eric McCormack, Barenaked Ladies (R)
Tuesday 5/25: Tom Arnold, Daniel Radcliffe, John Pizzarelli
Wednesday 5/26: Kevin Hart, Andrew W.K.
Thursday 5/27: Sen. John McCain, George Lopez, Tom Papa
Friday 5/28: Mandy Moore
Are the May Sweeps over? Looks like it.
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^ it ended after Leno was done with Vegas.
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Triumph the Insult Comic Dog will have a DVD out soon. ;D The DVD will include:
Westminster Dog Show
Hollywood Squares
Bon Jovi
Second Westminster Segment
Star Wars fanatics
MTV Awards
Quebec!
http://www.tvshowsondvd.com/newsitem.cfm?NewsID=1550
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yeah... he's also going to release the 10th anniversary show.
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Well whadayaknow, a letter from Finland came in on Conan's "...Hates my Homeland" gag, and they've not yet even gotten to the C's.
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yeah. Finland got an advance insult pa from him!
he skipped al the rest of the Bs and Cs and jump right into Finland. lol.
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This week:
Monday 5/31: Jeff Goldblum, Omarosa Manigault-Stallworth, Sarah McLachlan (R)
Tuesday 6/1: Kristen Davis, Omar Epps, the Holmes Brothers (R)
Wednesday 6/2: Elijah Wood, Rachel Dratch, B.J. Novack (R)
Thursday 6/3: Kate Winslet, Jamie-Lynn DiScala, the Living End (R)
Friday 6/4: Ethan Hawke, Neil Young, Omid, Djalili (R)
I guess now the May sweeps are over since everybody's doing reruns. And it's June already hehe
Hey gotta catch Meadow Soprano on the show. And Rachel Dratch too I think she and Conan make perfect "If They Mated..." parents.
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This week:
Monday 6/7: Bob Costas, Brian Posehn, Toby Lightman (R)
Tuesday 6/8: Jay Mohr, Richard Schiff, Simple Kid
Wednesday 6/9: Steve Coogan, Mama Gena
Thursdsay 6/10: Jennifer Love Hewitt, Steve Irwin, Indigo Girls
Friday 6/11: Matthew Broderick, Jeremy Suarez, Demetri Martin
A little ho-hum this week, guest-wise.
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Shows this week:
Monday 6/14: Minnie Driver, Chris Klein, Usher (R)
Tuesday 6/15: Jackie Chan, Tim Russert, Franz Ferdinand
Wednesday 6/16: Steven Wright, Patti Scialfa
Thursday 6/17: Tom Hanks, Sam Moore
Friday 6/18: Gisele Bundchen, Jesse James, Auf Der Mar
I hope Steven Wright does stand-up. For all his comic brilliance this guy does a lousy panel. I see Mrs. Springsteen been doing the late night rounds. She's on Letterman as well. Wonder what's she up to.
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galing ng episode kahapon. conan sang a lullabye and then advised parents to go and have sex. ;D
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This week:
Monday 6/21: The Rock, Colin Quinn, the Sleepy Jackson (R 4/2/04)
Tuesday 6/22: Ashley Judd, Alanis Morissette
Wednesday 6/23: James Garner, Busy Philipps, air guitar champion
Thursday 6/24: Marlon Wayans, Nicole Richie, Heart
Friday 6/25: Michael Moore, Patton Oswalt, Ozomatli
Heart!!! I didn't know they're still alive. Wanna see how Mrs. Cameron Crowe has been holding up.
That air guitar champion is something to see I bet.
Michael Moore's been doing the rounds. He's on the day Farenheit 9/11 opens.
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Jeff Goldblum was on Conan last night. why isn't it on the list??
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man last night's conan segment was hella funny!!!
I'd never thought i'd laugh when somebody utter the words, "My father has passed away." haha.. if hindi nyo napanood, you should check out the replay at 2 pm today. (SUNDAT 6/27)
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A friend texted me that David Duchovny will put on an appearance this week. Does anybody know if it's a replay or a new one?
Thanks!
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^ It's a replay of the show aired April 16, 2004.
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OMG! Just checked the episode guide.. tonight airing ng conan natin fetures Chritina Applegate (Aka Kelly Bundy!)
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This week:
Monday 7/12: Tim Robbins, Larry King, Lambchop (R)
Tuesday 7/13: Caroline Rhea, Burning Bridges
Wednesday 7/14: Queen Latifah, Ali G, the Roots
Thursday 7/15: TBA
Friday 7/16: Randy Constan
I wish it were Lambchop the sock puppet who's guesting. Then she and Triumph can slug it out.
Ali G! Maybe he and Conan will talk about something they have in common: being Class Day speakers at Harvard.
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kahit na replay yung episidoe kahapon with tim robbins and larry king, it's still the best way to end the day. it was so hilarious and shocking to see conan making fun of larry king. larry said the secret to a great interview was listening and conan just kept interrupting because it was HIS show ''...late night with who?'' hehehe. conan even threatened to cut the interview short because larry said conan's interviewing skills was probably the reason he'd be hosting LATE night and not the tonight show. oooh.
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This week:
Monday 7/19: Quentin Tarantino, Rhona Mitra, Ben Kweller (R 4/14/04)
Tuesday 7/20: Julianna Margulies, Kevin Pollak, Greg Fitzsimmons
Wednesday 7/21: Benjamin Bratt
Thursday 7/22: Halle Berry, Christopher Meloni
Friday 7/23: TBA
A new chance to see the QT episode, not that anything must-see-again happened.
Nice to know Kevin Pollak still does talk shows.
This TBA guy is getting to be a frequent guest.
Enjoy this week's new shows because next week is an all-rerun week.
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Friday 7/23: TBA
This TBA guy is getting to be a frequent guest.
Hehe!
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Those Walker, Texas Ranger clips are hilarious!
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Conan never fails to crack me up even during replays. Once he starts that silly "marionette" dance of his, I lose it na. Other favorites: his impressions of Donald Trump, Arnold Schwarzenegger, and a snarling Martha Stewart.
Favorite bit: Actual Items. ;D
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HEADS UP!!!
From Yahoo! News:
Conan's "Late Night" Infomercial
Tue Aug 10, 5:15 PM ET
By Josh Grossberg
Get ready for Conan O'Brien: the infomercial.
No, the Late Night host's not hawking five-minute abs or spray-on hair, but he is planning on channeling his inner-Ron Popeil during this Thursday's show.
O'Brien is set to parody the infomercial format by converting his show into one long advertisement hyping th release of two Late Night-themed DVDs: Late Night's 10th Anniversary Special and The Best of Triumph the Insult Comic Dog.
Okay, so it's not Veg-O-Matic or Tae-Bo instruction, but the big guy's going to shill his heart out.
"If this works out, watch for the Conan O'Brien Weight Loss System this fall," proclaimed O'Brien in a press release.
Late Night producers will make over the set, using the tacky lighting and low-end production values insomniacs have come to expect from the infomercial genre.
O'Brien will be joined by his pugnacious bow-tied pooch puppet pal Triumph the Insult Comic Dog. They'll screen some of their greatest hits and interview some Very Special Guest Stars--former Love Boat doc Bernie Kopell and former Olympic champion Bruce Jenner (news - web sites), both of whom know their way around an infomerical.
All the while, O'Brien says he will be working hard to close the deal, continuously directing viewers to www.shopnbc.com to buy the DVDs at a special discounted price (for a limited time only!).
This isn't the first time Late Night has toyed with the show's format in its 11-year history. O'Brien once broadcast an entire episode in claymation, did another show from a Circle Line boat cruising around Manhattan and even did a 15-minute opening segment on back-up power during the 2003 blackout.
The 10th Anniversary Special is divided into four sections: "Comedy Shorts" features some of O'Brien's funniest bits; "Favorite Guest Moments" spotlights interviews with the likes of Harrison Ford (news), Arnold Schwarzenegger (news - web sites) and Jack Black (news); "Conan on Location" finds O'Brien riffing outside the studio; and the "Behind the Scenes Gallery" chronicles the Late Night production team.
The Triumph disc collects the adventures of the cigar-chomping puppet famous for his trademark punch line: "For me to poop on!" Among the highlights: Triumph's scene-stealing tirade opposite Eminem at the 2001 MTV Video Music Awards and his notorious appearances at the Star Wars premiere and the Westminster Dog Show. But wait, there's more. It will also feature "extra poop," that is, outtakes, music videos, etc.
The 10th Anniversary Special and The Best of Triumph the Insult Comic Dog DVDs, which retail for $19.98 each, are now in stores. While supplies last.
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Mark your calendar folks! Friday night!
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well conan'll be gone for the next 2 weeks... :(
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No Cone Zone for 2 weeks? ETC won't even air replays?
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may replays. last night was halle berry..
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Gee... I hope whoever decides which shows to rerun at least watches the show from time to time or better yet knows that "Triumph" is not a just breast support product but an Eminem-thrashing hand puppet as well.
ETC basically has a free rein on this, I just hope they know which episodes to air. I have a hunch the pinheads who run ETC all have this "Tonight Show" mentality: their only criteria for a good show to rerun is a name guest on the line-up, no matter if everthing else sucked. Case in point, Halle Berry last night.
Hey ETC, Late Night ain't The Tonight Show (thank God for that). Don't go looking for big stars! Give us the Canada shows! Anything with Triumph! The one with Richter! The Informercial Episode!
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I saw the infomercial episode last week on ETC. What a concept. Shamless plugging of Conan and Triumph dvd's with Bruce Jenner as co-host. The set design and lighting were spot on. Conan and Bruce even wore tacky sweaters complete with loud patterns.
Triumph was his usual self, offensive yet funny :)
It really showed how lame Jay Leno is!
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yeah i wanna order the schtupinator!
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Someone has christened Jojo Alejar, the Conan O Brien of the Philippines. :o His show airs on a cable channel (RJ...forgot what the name of the channel is...UnTV? No...RJTV?...Probably), between 8-10 PM. I caught it on a Wed (I think....). Jojo hosts a talk show, ala Late Night and he has his sidekick rin (though you can only hear the voice of the sidekick making comments). And well, to say the least :-\ , I don't even know who his guests are. ???
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well.. now that the olympics is gone, we'll once again get our all new conans 4 times a week!!
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TONIGHT ON CONAN:
Jeremy Piven
Tim Meadows
Special Guest:
Burce Hornsy
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Tonight On Conan:
Guests:
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Andy Richter
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Neve Campbell
Musical Guest
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Jane Monheit
^ Looks like Ivvanna Humpalot, don't it?
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is this thread now dead?!?!
wjhat happened to Conan's loyal followers?!?!
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We're still here, and still watch him. I'm kinda annoyed though at the alternate airing of repeats & new episodes--what the heck is NBC doing? >:(
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Conan only works 4 days a week- that's tuesdays to fridays lang. (wednesdays to sat nights for us)
kaya Monday ( sa states) is always a rerun.
GET IT?
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Conan only works 4 days a week- that's tuesdays to fridays lang. (wednesdays to sat nights for us)
Does Lame-o, este, Leno get the same 4-days-a-week perk?
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no. leno works 5 days a week
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I LOVE YOU SHARON!!!
hahaha... sweet segment it was, imo!
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Not sure if this is good news or bad news.
O'Brien to Succeed Leno on 'Tonight' Show
By BILL CARTER, New York Times
BC announced yesterday that Conan O'Brien would succeed Jay Leno as host of the "Tonight" show when Mr. Leno's contract expired in 2009, cutting off early efforts by competitors to steal away Mr. O'Brien.
Mr. O'Brien, the host of NBC's "Late Night'' for more than a decade, signed a new contract early yesterday morning at NBC's headquarters in Rockefeller Center. The deal guarantees Mr. O'Brien will serve at least two years as host of "Tonight," still the leading show in late-night television, when he takes over from Mr. Leno at a yet-to-be-determined date in 2009.
NBC made the news official in a news release yesterday afternoon, after it had been announced to the staffs of both shows early in the morning. Mr. Leno planned to tell his own television audience last night of the decision on his program, already billed as a special edition because it is the official 50th anniversary of the first broadcast of "Tonight,'' with Steve Allen as host. Mr. O'Brien will become the fifth host in the show's history.
Because of a desire to allow Mr. Leno the first public comment on the decision, the hosts and NBC executives declined on-the-record interviews yesterday. But several people involved in the negotiations said they had been conducted in an amicable fashion, even though Mr. O'Brien has been surprised and disappointed earlier this year when NBC announced it had signed Mr. Leno to a five-year extension.
Mr. O'Brien, with his own contract set to expire in January of 2006, had made it plain in interviews that his goal was to be the host of an 11:35 p.m. late-night show soon.
NBC executives said yesterday that Mr. Leno was instrumental in making the new arrangement, having agreed when he signed his latest deal in March, that he would be willing to step aside for Mr. O'Brien in 2009. He will be 59 at that point, while Mr. O'Brien will be 46.
In a statement, Mr. Leno said: "When I signed my new contract, I felt that the timing was right to plan for my successor, and there is no one more qualified than Conan. Plus, I promised my wife, Mavis, I would take her out for dinner before I turned 60."
The deal to secure Mr. O'Brien and to finalize an end date for Mr. Leno's tenure was put in place by Jeff Zucker, the president of the NBC Universal Television Group. Mr. Zucker had conducted complicated negotiations over a period of months with representatives of the two stars, trying to work out a plan that would keep Mr. O'Brien at NBC.
Mr. O'Brien was expected to be heavily sought after by other networks had NBC not managed to re-sign him. Mr. O'Brien's representatives had already received some preliminary indications of interest from at least two other television companies.
One of the main inspirations for concluding the deal this early was NBC's conviction that it could not go through the painful and at times embarrassing process that attended the last decision to turn over the host job on "Tonight.''
In 1991, after Johnny Carson announced he was stepping down, NBC first handed the job to Mr. Leno, then a substitute host for the program. And then, as the contract of its other late-night star, David Letterman, was expiring, the network offered to give him the show at the end of Mr. Leno's first contract.
Mr. Letterman saw that as a ploy to keep him inside NBC and was not convinced that NBC would have gone through with that commitment, so he declined and joined CBS.
Some of the people who were involved in how that scenario played out wondered yesterday about whether NBC might be employing a similar tactic, offering Mr. O'Brien what he most wanted, the "Tonight" show to secure his services and keep him away from another network, while essentially postponing a real decision on Mr. Leno's future for five years.
But the people involved in the negotiations said that Mr. O'Brien's representatives had been completely satisfied that NBC's commitment was real. They said that the contract Mr. O'Brien signed yesterday included a multi-million-dollar financial penalty if he did not get the "Tonight" show, a penalty payment so substantial that the network surely had no intention of ever having to pay it, according to people involved in the deal. For NBC, the "Tonight'' show remains one of its biggest money-makers. Though NBC does not give any official breakdown of the show's finances, one network executive estimated that the show makes a profit of about $150 million a year on revenues of about $230 million. Mr. O'Brien's show brings in an estimated $100 million on revenues of $140 million. After Mr. Leno became the host in 1992, CBS lured away Mr. Letterman, and his competing show on CBS for a time beat Mr. Leno's in the ratings.
But Mr. Leno zoomed past Mr. Letterman in 1995 and has dominated the late-night ratings ever since.
Mr. Zucker bragged last year that the race in late night was, in effect, over, and that Mr. Leno had definitively won. But late last television season, as CBS solidified its lead in prime time with shows like "C.S.I.'' and "Survivor,'' the gap between Mr. Leno and Mr. Letterman began to close slightly.
Last week, in the opening week of the current prime-time season, Mr. Leno's margin of victory over Mr. Letterman was the closest the two shows had been in terms of viewers - 5.5 million for NBC versus 4.96 million for CBS - since 1994. And in the category that NBC and advertisers most prize, adults between the ages of 18 and 49, the margin was the closest for the two shows since 1996.
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yeah was gonna pst about this too. this definitely is a mixed feelings.
positive:
11.35 Time Slot for the Cone Zone
Negative..
Conan can no longer act like an @$$ and waste anymore time.
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If we're lucky, and Conan's crazy enough, maybe he can do both shows ;D
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I get a kick out of his "Walker: Texas Ranger" lever!
This guy is one crazy dude.
Wy wife doesn't understand why I always laugh out loud while watching Conan.
;D
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I for one have mixed feelings about that move:
POSITIVE:
Bigger ratings, broader audience, earlier timeslot.
NEGATIVE:
He's inheriting the throne from JAY LENO, an unfunny comedian turned corporate tool. I'd much rather he'd inherit a throne occupied by DAVID LETTERMAN, a truly funny comedian.
There's also a danger of toning down his wacky, edgy sketches and jokes. I hope he still features the Masturbating Bear, the Fedex Pope and Preparation H Raymond.
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He has a guaranteed spot come 2009 to be the next host of The Tonight Show.
This is an NBC counter offer move to Conan after plans of the said anchorman to move to CBS. Such move coincides after Leno decided its for quits with the Tonigh Show before he reach age 60 come 2009.
Last Night at the tonight show, Leno validated that its Conan that will preside come 2009.
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Whether he succeeds Leno or Letterman, I don't mind...as long as I still get to watch Conan's show on Philippine TV by 2009, anything is fine by me. :)
I finally got to watch his 10th Anniversary DVD. The 10th anniv show itself is bitin...why did they ever put it on DVD, I wonder. ::) But the extras (!) --- watching "Dudez-A-Plenti" and "Conan's Helping Hands" all over again was sulit. Had tears after watching those bits, because I laughed too much! ;D
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hmm... ain't nothing without triumph's dvd..
that episode 2 premier is just classic.
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Show #1963
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Tonight Conan welcomes
Hilary Duff
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Anthony Kiedis
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Musical Guest
Rilo Kiley
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my bad. last night was Jimmy Fallon.. tonight is Hilary Duff.
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Carolyn of The Apprentice was on last night and she was actually smiling and laughing :o and she looked radiant. She acknowledges that she looks serious in the boardroom because it's a situation that calls for it. People recognize her as 'that bitch on the show' ;D kawawa naman, she does look like princess diana.
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Steve St. Helen will errupt TONIGHT!!!!!!!!!!!!
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so? ang takot yung masama ang budhi... >:D
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hehe... that was a stupid eruption.. pero i love the "I survived Steve" t shirt. can't blame him though- he endured so much...
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No Cone Zone for the last 2 weeks...
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No Cone Zone for the last 2 weeks...
New episode tonight though.
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the episode a couple of days ago was hilarious..the one where conan interviewed kate winslet and paul bettany...paul and conan make a good mix, i think. i was laughing so hard when i was watching that ep.
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Oh my GOD! They actually looked into the future today! With Labamba! With Tom Selleck! The last time I saw that was during the Andy Richter days. Sweet :)
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The future, Multiple Angles? ;)
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This must be the "IN THE YEAR 2000" skit they have with celebrities...
Ginawa na nila ito several times with the likes of William Shatner, Elvis Costello, adn Andy Richter guested once and they did this ;D Funny!
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The future, Multiple Angles? ;)
Yes, Ikiru, the future... All the way to [falsetto]the year 2000[/falsetto] ;)
This must be the "IN THE YEAR 2000" skit they have with celebrities...
Ginawa na nila ito several times with the likes of William Shatner, Elvis Costello, adn Andy Richter guested once and they did this ;D Funny!
Good to hear they're still continuing this sketch. My other favorite Conan & Andy sketch is that blue screen driving with Conan's desk. I've seen Conan do that once or twice with volunteers from the audience.
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The Future of Television
Screens so small they fit inside coffee cups. Marriages arranged by TiVo. Production facilities on Mars. The king of late night peers into his plasma crystal ball.
By Conan O'Brien
Newsweek
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/7935916/site/newsweek/
May 30 issue - I have been on television for almost 12 years, and in that relatively short time I've seen the medium change exponentially. Naturally, this seismic upheaval has bred fear and uncertainty in our industry, but throughout it all I have remained calm. Like an old fisherman I have weathered countless storms and kept my tiny skiff afloat. And now, my face cracked and my nut-brown hands rubbed raw by the salt air, I know the mysteries of the inky deep. I've stared into the unblinking eye of modern television and I alone know her startling future.
To begin, the trend toward larger and larger televisions will continue as screens double in size every 18 months. Televisions will eventually grow so large that families will be forced to watch TV from outside their homes, peering in through the window. Random wolf attacks will make viewing more dangerous. And, just as televisions grow larger and more complicated, so will remote controls. In fact, changing channels will soon require people to literally jump from button to button. Trying to change the channel while simultaneously lowering the volume will require two people and will frequently lead to kinky sex.
We will also see a stunning increase in the number of televisions per household, as small TV displays are added to clocks, coffee makers and smoke detectors. Manufacturers will even place a small plasma screen inside car airbags so that accident victims will have something to watch while they wait for help. Toddlers' bowls will have a television at the bottom, and children will be encouraged to eat all of their mush so they can see Morley Safer. Televisions will even be placed inside books and, before long, books will evolve into no more than hundreds of small flat-screens stapled together. Reading the opening chapter of "Moby Dick" will include watching 10 hours of "Gunsmoke."
TiVo, the digital recorder with a brain, will continue to evolve with alarming speed. Super-TiVos will arrange marriages between like-minded viewers and will persuade mismatched couples to throw in the towel and start seeing other people. Tough-talking TiVos will even confront viewers, saying, "You've watched 40 straight hours of 'Sponge- Bob'—get off the weed!" One of TiVo's best loved features—its ability to provide viewers with commercial-free television—will inevitably force TV advertising to go extinct. As a result, celebrities will be forced to find new and creative ways to compromise their integrity. (At this moment, the writer pauses to slake his thirst with a delicious Diet Peach Snapple... now with less aspartame!) The sudden loss of ads on television will push many companies to stage their pitches live on Broadway, revitalizing the theater in America and garnering Patti LuPone a Tony award for her work with Geico.
Meanwhile, computers will continue to be used more and more to watch digital streaming video, eventually turning them into televisions. With no computers available to solve complex math problems, people will have no choice but to return to the abacus. Within a few months, this ancient device will be abandoned when it's realized that there is no good way to make "abacus porn."
However, these minor setbacks will soon be overshadowed by a stunning scientific achievement: Mars is finally explored and colonized simply because it's an even cheaper place to produce television shows than Canada. Producers cheer this cost-saving move but, typically, some New Yorkers complain when the latest "Law & Order" series depicts Manhattan as having a jagged red landscape and two small moons.
These stunning technological leaps will mean a demand for even more programming. Nostalgia shows like VH1's "I Love the '80s" and "I Love the '90s" will be forced to multiply, resulting in the smash hit "I Love That Thing That Happened Five Minutes Ago." Twenty-four-hour news channels, desperate for even more coverage, will conspire with NASA to alter Earth's orbit, creating a 25-hour day. Fox News's attempt to create a 26th hour will result in volcanic eruptions, and Bill O'Reilly will perish in a lava flow.
But it will be reality television that faces the greatest challenge. Viewer demand for more and better reality shows will lead to creative fatigue, and we'll know we're nearing the end with the premiere of "Survivor: Hackensack." As reality television becomes ubiquitous, being unknown becomes cool. Oprah proclaims that "Anonymity Is the New Fame," and the hottest new program is a worldwide search for someone who has never been on television. The winner, an 80-year-old Maori tribesman, is soon on every magazine cover and is spotted canoodling in the bar of the Four Seasons with Tara Reid.
But all of these changes will pale in comparison to the revolutionary explosion of late-night talk shows. As recently as 20 years ago, Johnny Carson was the only game in town, but as cable channels continue to pursue niche viewers, new hosts will continue to spring up at alarming rates. At first, the economy will surge as families build desks, fake windows and bandstands in their basements, but before long violence will erupt as the nation's supply of available talk-show guests begins to dwindle. Dr. Joyce Brothers, Fabio and Randy from "American Idol" will be airlifted to guest-starved areas to quell violence, but anecdote theft and consecutive Al Roker appearances will turn the Midwest into a battlefield. Order will be restored when the Supreme Court (led remarkably well by Chief Justice Judy) upholds the One Host, One Guest law in Philbin v. Ripa.
Finally, all of this technological and creative innovation will yield the ultimate Television Society. In an effort to bring Red and Blue states together, one giant plasma screen, four miles high, will rise from the central Plains, visible from both coasts. In accordance with the amended Constitution, the president will be the only one with the authority to touch the remote, which a nearby Marine will carry in a briefcase. Everyone will complain that there are a million channels on the Nebraska-Tron and nothing worth watching, but when the occasional prophet suggests turning the damn thing off, the nation collectively mutters something about "just another 20 minutes..."
And there you have it: the future of television. In fact, I am so sure I'm right about every detail that I encourage anyone with doubts to place this magazine in a vault and, 50 years from now, compare my vision to the world around you. If I've made even one mistake I'm certain the good people at NEWSWEEK, who never make mistakes, will refund you the price of this issue. Just don't come running to me. I'll be busy hosting a Manhattan-based talk show in the Planitia Crater, near the Martian equator.
© 2005 Newsweek, Inc.
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Nostalgia shows like VH1's "I Love the '80s" and "I Love the '90s" will be forced to multiply, resulting in the smash hit "I Love That Thing That Happened Five Minutes Ago."
Hahahah! ;D That piece is funny. I LOVE CONAN! :)
Okay rin yung gimmick niya for May Sweeps --- the lottery tickets and yung sa slot machine and I think the last one was yung sa Star Wars contest. I only got to watch the results of the lottery, where his audience went home with $1 each. Nanalo daw sila, wala daw sinabi yung gimmick ni Oprah when she gave away cars. ;D Funny!
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My only complaint is that ETC shows a replay on Tuesdays and Wednesdays! c'mon!
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TRIUMPH ALERT!!!
Tonight Triumph takes on the circus at the Michael Jackson trial. If you can't wait click here. (http://www.mininova.org/tor/54574) Heck even if you can wait, click anyway so you have something to show your grandkids.
11:00 pm ETC tonight. Drop everything.
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According to this site (http://www.tv.com/talk-shows/genre/13/topshows.html&era=&g=13) Conan's show is the #1 Talk Show Overall. Followed by Martha Stewart's. Oprah is just #11. Wonder if Conan and his producers know about this? ;D
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Conan always does the same jokes and expressions.
Especially his "cool my babies" dialogue, which always works for me. ;D
He is such a cooky character. LOL.
La Bamba is also funny, always being picked on by Conan and Max.
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Just watched an all U2 episode. :o :o :o
AWESOME!!! 8)
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Did anyone else notice this? The past couple of weeks, ETC has neglected to air Conan's Friday show (Saturday for us). They do not air it on Saturday. They air Conan on Monday but they simply rerun THURSDAY's show (Friday for us).
I don't know what the deal is. I missed the Late Night appearances STEVE CARRELL and STEPHEN COLBERT because of this. Does anyone have any info on this? Thanks.
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...but, but... I saw Steve Carrell ??? (but that was a Sunday, I believe)
I don't follow him every night so I wouldn't really know. I can ask my friends from Solar if they know anything about it though.
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mga sir pinapalabas ba sa conan o'brien si truimph "the insult comic dog"?!?!?baka may links kayo na pwede pag downloadan dito paki post naman dito
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Is there a site where one can view Conan's upcoming guest calendar? There isn't one on the official site, unless I missed it. Thanks!
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Is there a site where one can view Conan's upcoming guest calendar? There isn't one on the official site, unless I missed it. Thanks!
There isn't nga. But this might help (May 11-20th listing) - http://tvshows.aol.com/show/late-night-with-conan-obrien/EP0801872806/upcoming
Last night on Conan they showed the Finland episode, which was supposedly aired 2 (?) weeks ago pa. Yes, there are no Conan on Saturdays nga....comes and goes, sometimes meron, sometimes wala. When there should be Conan on Saturdays, it's on ETC's sched/list. :P
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mga sir pinapalabas ba sa conan o'brien si truimph "the insult comic dog"?!?!?baka may links kayo na pwede pag downloadan dito paki post naman dito
I tried putting the "Triumph Insults Star Wars fans" video on youtube but they deleted it due to "copyright infringement". I have the video with me. Just let me know if you want to have it. You download it on LimeWire anyway.
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There isn't nga. But this might help (May 11-20th listing) - http://tvshows.aol.com/show/late-night-with-conan-obrien/EP0801872806/upcoming
Thanks CrUzAC[k]H :)
I was trying to find out when the show with Dave Chappelle as guest will air here.
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TAKE NOTE, CONAN FANS!!!
In the CONAN O'BRIEN HATES MY HOMELAND segment, malapit na ang Pinas. They have already finished with Panama. Siguro, next time they do this which is one or two months from now, Philippines will be in line.
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Conan O'Brien finally insulted us:
The Philippines - Mi casa es su landfill. HAHAHAHA.
Mail your angry letters to:
CONAN O'BRIEN HATES MY HOMELAND
NBC
30 Rockefeller Plaza
New York, NY 10112.
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When Conan started out he used to have a partner when doing his shows. What ever happened to that guy?
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When Conan started out he used to have a partner when doing his shows. What ever happened to that guy?
Andy Richter? He left around 1999 or 2000 to pursue his own career (he has some roles in comedy films and starred in a couple of sitcoms that lasted 1 season though one of them had excellent reviews). Conan has been doing just fine without a sidekick.
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Conan O'Brien finally insulted us:
The Philippines - Mi casa es su landfill. HAHAHAHA.
Dang, missed this one! Who were the guests in this episode?
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Dang, missed this one! Who were the guests in this episode?
Ice-T was a guest. I forgot who the others were.
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Conan O'Brien as a keynote speaker at a high school graduation. (HILARIOUS!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Wi4-1d9DB9Q - PART ONE
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0bLeVKGSJWE - PART TWO
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JUST A REMINDER: Conan O'Brien is now doing 5 new shows a week.
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just saw a hilarious episode on the 1st night of november. A whole episode was re-aired this time using puppet skeletons! The Conan skull had a shocking head of red hair whilr the Larry King skeleton had on a pair of suspenders. Even the audience was made up of skeletons! A really creative way of doing a re-run!
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They did one other show using stop-motion animation one time. Very inventive.
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I think most Conan fans have READ the famous Harvard commencement speech. Now you can WATCH Conan deliver it:
http://www.fanpop.com/spots/late-night-with-conan-o%2527brien/videos/15757 (http://www.fanpop.com/spots/late-night-with-conan-o%2527brien/videos/15757)
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Jimmy Fallon to replace Conan, who takes over "The Tonight Show" from Jay Leno in 2009...
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‘Conan’ Last Guest Will Be Jack Black, As Audiences Return For TBS Show’s Final Two Weeks
Jack Black has been booked to serve as Conan O’Brien’s farewell guest in late night — at least for now. As his TBS show “Conan” ends its run with an hour-long finale on June 24, O’Brien isn’t expected to launch another late night show anytime soon, but instead is focusing on a new series for HBO Max (details to be announced later) and also growing his production company, including its rapidly expanding podcast offerings.
As Black joins O’Brien for the finale, the show will also air an hour earlier than usual, at 10 p.m. ET that evening. Black caps off the final two weeks of guests that include Martin Short, Bill Hader, Mila Kunis, Dana Carvey, JB Smoove and Patton Oswalt.
https://variety.com/2021/tv/news/conan-obrien-tbs-jack-black-final-guest-1234991017/
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I love Conan. I hope his show on HBO Max will be accessible here.
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Ako rin, mas gusto ko si conan kesa kay jimmy fallon. Malas lang nasi fallon lang ang available sa cable natin.
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Ako rin, mas gusto ko si conan kesa kay jimmy fallon. Malas lang nasi fallon lang ang available sa cable natin.
Colbert and Corden also air here. At least in my cable TV, meron.
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^saan si Corden? Dati napapanood ko sa Blue Ant pero pinalitan nila with Fallon. Si colbert ba sa comedy central? Wala ako nun sa subscription ko, e...
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Classic yung Team Coco's Youtube videos. Kahit ulit-ulitin kong panoorin sumasakit pa rin ang tiyan ko sa kakatawa.
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Classic yung Team Coco's Youtube videos. Kahit ulit-ulitin kong panoorin sumasakit pa rin ang tiyan ko sa kakatawa.
Especially those Jordan Schlansky bits!
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Conan O'Brien Must Go - Official Trailer
https://youtu.be/eDFFY6swDY0?si=ilifvj14NXwRcOsZ
Conan O’Brien is returning to the small screen with a new travel show for Max. Conan O’Brien Must Go follows the long-time talk show host as he visits friends around the world that he made through his podcast.
Conan makes stops in Norway, Thailand, Argentina, and Ireland, where he participates in local customs, explores interesting destinations, and attempts to make locals laugh with hilariously mixed results. The four-episode series debuts on April 18, 2024.