Conan O’Brien’s The Legally Prohibited from Being Funny on Television Tour has been announced. Not only is Conan’s tour missing Michigan, but the two Chicago shows sold out pretty much instantly. The only tickets left are the high cost ones that come with gifts and, if you’re willing to spend about $800, a meet and greet with the man himself. While that would be really great to do, I have a wedding this year, and thus, don’t have the extra cash to pay for at least 2 tickets for a meet and greet, no matter how great an opportunity that would be.
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Conan O’Brien’s The Legally Prohibited from Being Funny on Television Tour
Thursday, March 11th, 2010Oprah Interviews Jay Leno about Tonight Show, Conan, and shows his true character
Monday, February 1st, 2010
If anyone was still on Leno’s side in the Conan vs. Leno battle for the once great, now defunct The Tonight Show, this interview should help you to finally take a side. That side will undoubtedly be Conan’s as Leno fails to make himself look like a gentleman in the whole thing. I’m going to point out the hypocrisy of Leno, as well as his failure to think beyond himself, even when he’s claiming to.
What I’m going to do is quote the important parts of the interview, and I might comment on the quote, if I feel it necessary to elaborate on what should be fairly obvious.
Conan’s Tearful Goodbye on his final Tonight Show
Saturday, January 23rd, 2010
“There has been a lot of speculation in the press about what I legally can and can’t say about NBC. To set the record straight, tonight I am allowed to say anything I want. And what I want to say is this: between my time at “Saturday Night Live,” “The Late Night Show,” and my brief run here on the “Tonight Show,” I have worked with NBC for over 20 years. Yes, we have our differences right now and yes, we’re going to go our separate ways, but this company has been my home for most of my adult life. I am enormously proud of the work we have done together, and I want to thank NBC for making it all possible.
“Walking away from the “Tonight Show” is the hardest thing I have ever had to do. Making this choice has been enormously difficult,” O’Brien continued. “This is the best job in the world, I absolutely love doing it, and I have the best staff and crew in the history of the medium. But despite this sense of loss, I really feel this should be a happy moment. Every comedian dreams of hosting the “Tonight Show” and, for seven months, I got to. I did it my way, with people I love, and I do not regret a second. I’ve had more good fortune than anyone I know and if our next gig is doing a show in a 7-11 parking lot, we’ll find a way to make it fun.
“Finally, I have to say something to our fans. The massive outpouring of support and passion from so many people has been overwhelming. The rallies, the signs, all the goofy, outrageous creativity on the Internet, and the fact that people have traveled long distances and camped out all night in the pouring rain to be in our audience, made a sad situation joyous and inspirational. To all the people watching, I can never thank you enough for your kindness to me and I’ll think about it for the rest of my life. ”
“All I ask of you is one thing: please don’t be cynical. I hate cynicism — it’s my least favorite quality and it doesn’t lead anywhere,” he concluded. “Nobody in life gets exactly what they thought they were going to get. But if you work really hard and you’re kind, amazing things will happen.
Good night Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien. See you in September, Conan!
Conan O’Brien: A Total Class Act – “People of Earth”
Tuesday, January 12th, 2010
Jay Leno should do the noble thing and quit. Making the affiliates happy is not Conan’s problem, it falls on NBC. The affiliates wanted one thing: programming that kept people watching until the news. CLEARLY Leno isn’t that programming. That fact should make it all the more clear to NBC that Leno isn’t what people want. Putting him at 11:35 isn’t going to make the affiliates happy. It’s going to make NBC look like a failure. Good job, NBC. You’re ruining yourself. What becomes of the Tonight Show if Conan leaves? Does Leno get it back? That would be a nasty move on the part of both Jay Leno and NBC. Conan’s put years of work into the Tonight Show, and I believe his run would have rivaled Johnny Carson’s in the end. Now we’ll likely never know.
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