Oprah and her moron audience.

I didn't see Oprah's interview with Big Jaw.  I only saw clips, and the "online exclusive"
40 minute-Post-Interview-Jay-Love-Fest that was posted on oprah.com

There was lots of "ERGH!" and "OH MY GOD!" and "BAH!" and "ARE YOU KIDDING ME???" directed at the little video playing on my laptop.  (I often talk at my TV too.  My mom used to say, "You get that from your grandfather."  I never knew him, and I kinda love the fact that we have something so silly in common.)

Anyway, about an hour later, I'm still riled up about this, but I cannot seem to put my thoughts into any kind of coherent order.  For now I'll just settle on simply saying that I'm riled.

The Last (String) Dance?

I watched the very first Late Night with Conan O'Brien in 1993.  I've been a fan ever since.  He's funny, and brilliant, and so quick.  Watching him interview other comedians (this week alone- Ricky, Robin...) is amazing.  He's so quick and incredibly witty.  And can turn something not funny into ridiculously funny in the blink of an eye.
Conan (and his staff- let's not forget about the rest of the talented people out of jobs because of the brilliant minds flying the plane over there at NBC) got screwed.  It's amazing to me that it's acceptable to run a network that way.
A friend of mine and I used to joke about "well, when we take over hollywood..."
I think it's time...
:)
Well, whatever.  Conan will be much better off being the number one choice of a network- getting the job because they want him to have it, not just getting the job because they don't want someone else to get him.  NBC was like "well, we don't REALLY want you, but we don't want you to be more successful anywhere else."  There's the other thing I don't get.  They were so bent on keeping Conan, that they sort of shoved Jay out.  NOW they want Jay back in?  Good grief, you idiots.  THINK before you do.  You are messing with people's lives!

Anyway, I look forward to seeing Conan do well on his future late night show.  I will be watching the first night.  Again.  I just hope he gets to take Conando and the String Dance with him.

Tom & The Fonz Go For a Ride

This is one of my favorite things from The Tonight Show with Conan.

For some reason, I am thoroughly entertained by people smashing things... like when Letterman throws stuff off the roof of the Ed Sullivan theater...

Enjoy!

UPDATE: 

I've deleted the video because it's no longer available, and the alternate suggestions were Jay Leno clips.  Jay Leno clips will NOT be found on MY blog.

nbc execs must be on crack

Someone at nbc must not know what funny is.

It's such a shame that that someone makes programming decisions.  In my opinion, nbc's late night line up should be left just as it is.  The writing for both Conan and Jimmy is hilarious!  And it's so great to have Andy back with Conan!  And as you know from a previous post, The Real Housewives of Late Night is ridiculously funny!!!

The only thing (somewhat) funny on Leno's show is "jay walking" and "headlines".
You don't need to be funny to pull off those bits.  Anyone can talk to stupid people on a street, and hold up dumb headlines mounted to a board.  The brilliant thing about both Conan and Jimmy is, even when the joke bombs, it's STILL funny.  Same with Letterman for that matter.  Craig Ferguson too!

I'm sure I'll be ranting a bit more on this topic...