Conan O’Brien’s kinda been off the radar lately, tucked away over there on TBS. This clip, from last week’s triumphant trip to Chicago, shows his late night series can still be the funniest thing on television–especially when an old friend shows up to bark at not-so-innocent bystanders.
News that TBS has canceled Lopez Tonight isn’t a total surprise. Comedian George Lopez was working it hard in recent weeks with appearances on Late Show with David Letterman (his first sit down with Dave ever!) and a memorable turn on Piers Morgan Tonight. For my money, that was one of Morgan’s best CNN hours,
From Conan: The government is less than a week away from not being able to pay its bills. We may have to move in with Canada for a while.
From Monday’s Conan: Rod Blagojevich was found guilty of trying to sell President Obama’s Senate seat. As the verdict was read, Blagojevich’s face remained expressionless while his hair remained ridiculous.
So he didn’t re-invent the wheel. Conan O’Brien delivered pretty much the same show he’s been doing in late night the past 17 years with the launch Monday night of his TBS series Conan. The set looked eerily similar to his Tonight Show digs, even though one was on the Universal lot and the new
As the countdown clock to the right of this post shows, Conan O’Brien is just hours away from being funny again on television. I’ve been a fan of O’Brien for 17 years, ever since he came out of nowhere to establish a presence in late night. I’ve had the pleasure of speaking with him many
Want to ask Conan O’Brien a question about his new show? Conan launches Nov. 8 on TBS and CTV. The still-bearded talk show host has set up a Facebook link allowing fans to quiz him on the new series. Questions you might want to submit: “Are you keeping the beard?” “Is Max Weinberg still your bandleader?”