Today, we mark the end of an era as Late Night with Conan O’Brien signs off after sixteen years in the 12:35 slot on NBC. I think it’s only fitting that, in memorial, we watch one of the best Late Night clips ever. This is not debatable (both watching the clip, and agreeing it is the best ever).
I had the pleasure of attending a taping of Conan ten (10) years ago, with the star-studded lineup of Tony Randall, Tori Spelling, and Moby. Of course, it was brilliant. Conan will be away from television for a few months as he prepares to take over the Tonight Show. While this is a great thing because 1) I’m pretty sure he deserves it, and 2) it means he’ll no longer be rivaling Craig Ferguson (who is absolutely hilarious), we have downsides in 1) Leno’s moving to 10pm, effectively a) screwing up NBC’s prime time and b) making Conan follow up Leno again, and 2) giving Jimmy Fallon a late-night television show. The hell, NBC? That means that for an hour and a half every night, NBC is showing, back to back, Fallon and Carson Daly. Hmmm.
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I call dibs on bone-stating him first