Community Forums => General Chat => Topic started by: BlackNMild2k1 on June 04, 2009, 11:56:44 PM
Title: Conan - Weeknights @ 11pm (10 central) on TBS
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on June 04, 2009, 11:56:44 PM
For those of you that don't know, Conan O'Brien recently took over the Tonight show on NBC.
what was a surprise to many is the backdrop for his monologue: The top pic not the bottom. The bottom is what it looks like it was traced from.
(http://i44.tinypic.com/246mhol.jpg)
If you put them together this is what you get:
(http://i40.tinypic.com/j8cx21.jpg)
Kotaku ask Reggie about it:
Quote from: Kotaku
Now that we've seen how Super Mario World's level design has helped shape Conan O'Brien's Tonight Show backdrop, we had to get Nintendo's reaction. We did.
"That's great," Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime said as he looked at it for the first time during his interview with Kotaku.
"We know that he is a fan of what we do, and we're thrilled to have him as a passionate Nintendo fan. Maybe we'll have to go play some Wii Sports Resort as well as Super Mario Bros Wii."
someone from Conan's side also responds twice: comment from twitter.com (http://twitter.com/BigBley/status/2031447036)
Quote from: BigBley
Ha ha ha - thanks for the Super Mario tip, friends - b/c of you, we might do it as a bit on the show tonight! I'll keep you posted! ;)
I hate linking to twitter, but thats where the comment was made... (http://twitter.com/BigBley)
Quote from: BigBley
Super Mario didn't make it into tonight's show... Hopefully tomorrow though! There are some tech things in the bit to work out.
So who's gonna tune into The Tonite Show w/ Conan O'Brien (on firday nite) to listen for the Super Mario bit?
fake edit: Conan also made a video game related joke sometime this week during one of his monologues. I will paraphrase it here for you. "Microsoft just revealed a new motion camera that doesn't require you to use a controller, which is good because no w it frees up your hands so that you can also pay with your Wii"
Title: Re: Super Mario on Conan O'Brien
Post by: Mop it up on June 05, 2009, 01:51:55 AM
Is that really what his new set looks like? It is probably just a freaky coincidence...
fake edit: Conan also made a video game related joke sometime this week during one of his monologues. I will paraphrase it here for you. "Microsoft just revealed a new motion camera that doesn't require you to use a controller, which is good because no w it frees up your hands so that you can also pay with your Wii"
I think it was actually Jimmy Fallon who made that joke on his own show.
Title: Re: Super Mario on Conan O'Brien
Post by: BeautifulShy on June 05, 2009, 01:53:53 AM
It was Jimmy Fallon that made the joke.
Yes that is what the set looks like.
Title: Re: Super Mario on Conan O'Brien
Post by: BeautifulShy on June 05, 2009, 03:10:16 AM
Been watching Conan and he came up with a new segment called "Conan's Tabloid Moment" Basically he takes a photo with him doing something scandioulious.
Title: Re: Super Mario on Conan O'Brien
Post by: EasyCure on June 05, 2009, 11:46:51 AM
Yeah i pointed that out in the "This thread cant be derailed thread" the night Fallon made that joke..
Oh, and doesn't the Tonight show NOT air on fridays? Or is this something new, cuz i havent watched the old Tonight show in yeeears.
Title: Re: Super Mario on Conan O'Brien
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on June 05, 2009, 12:10:26 PM
no idea when its on(m-f?) but i just assumed friday since the mario bit wasn't making it to thurs. nite show. so maybe monday instead
Title: E3 Coverage from Late Night with Jimmy Fallon
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on June 05, 2009, 07:23:54 PM
Should probably just make this a general Late Nite on NBC thread
E3 Coverage from Late Night with Jimmy Fallon http://www.latenightwithjimmyfallon.com/video/clips/jason-sudeikis-e3-report-6409/1118747/
Title: Re: Super Mario on Conan O'Brien
Post by: NinGurl69 *huggles on June 05, 2009, 07:35:31 PM
Oh man, at first glance the message title said
"E3 Cleavage"
Title: Re: Super Mario on Conan O'Brien
Post by: BeautifulShy on June 06, 2009, 02:37:20 AM
Conan is on.
Title: Re: Super Mario on Conan O'Brien
Post by: Mop it up on June 06, 2009, 02:38:54 AM
Not here, it's 2:39AM. I missed it, will you let us know if anyone makes mention of this?
Title: Re: Super Mario on Conan O'Brien
Post by: BeautifulShy on June 06, 2009, 02:49:32 AM
They just did the skit of Super Mario Bros. The background was all in motion and the theme song was playing. Conan was jumping around and had the jumping sound effect. You should check out nbc.com to see the show again. It was on the monalog part of the show.The begining of the show.
Title: Re: Super Mario on Conan O'Brien
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on June 06, 2009, 03:33:10 AM
damn. I missed it.
Title: Re: Super Mario on Conan O'Brien
Post by: BeautifulShy on June 06, 2009, 04:37:47 AM
Http://youtube.com/watch?v=EJTavFU2854
There is the skit in its entirety
Title: Re: Super Mario on Conan O'Brien
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on June 06, 2009, 04:53:56 AM
i like how they animated it & everything. this new tonite show is gonna be so refreshing in comparison to the old one with Jay Leno. I'm gonna have to tune in one of these days.
Title: Re: Super Mario on Conan O'Brien
Post by: EasyCure on June 06, 2009, 10:27:30 AM
oooh man i miss La Bamba. I remember when Max Weinberg was on tour with bruce and the East Street Band for a couple of months and La Bamba was the new band leader and they had him in some skits.. priceless! haha man i miss Conan, i gotta start watchin him again!
Title: Re: Super Mario on Conan O'Brien
Post by: BranDonk Kong on June 06, 2009, 05:24:30 PM
The Tonight Show is once again watchable for the first time in 17 years. I can't believe that it's already better than Late Night, but it is. The last Late Night w/ Conan episode was great, especially when he mention that people were saying he'll have to "grow up", and he replied, "that's just not going to happen".
Title: Re: Super Mario on Conan O'Brien
Post by: BeautifulShy on June 18, 2009, 02:33:18 AM
So tonight Conan has Kobe and William Shatner.Should be a nice show.
Title: Re: Super Mario on Conan O'Brien
Post by: grantimus on June 22, 2009, 09:14:56 PM
Awesome! I knew about the backdrop, but not the skit. I've been catching up on Conan via hulu.com, I just watch the monologues though, unless there's a really interesting guest. Man, it's so nice to have Andy Richter back, and it's great that they kept basically the whole band, too. Good deal, NBC, if I had cable TV I'd not Tivo through your commercials.
hulu's awesome!
Title: Re: Super Mario on Conan O'Brien
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on January 15, 2010, 01:38:50 PM
We need a NEW Late Nite with Conan O'Brien Show.
It' worked for Mario....
Title: Re: Super Mario on Conan O'Brien
Post by: Mop it up on January 15, 2010, 03:47:55 PM
Why do you say that? Is there something wrong with it?
Title: Re: Super Mario on Conan O'Brien
Post by: D_Average on January 15, 2010, 04:09:04 PM
Jay may get the slot back and if so, Conan may quit. Just die already Leno. Please. Just die.
Title: Re: Super Mario on Conan O'Brien
Post by: Mop it up on January 15, 2010, 04:15:50 PM
Are you serious? Why can't Leno just retire with grace?
Title: Re: Super Mario on Conan O'Brien
Post by: NinGurl69 *huggles on January 15, 2010, 04:24:41 PM
Cuz NBC & Co are acting like 3rd parties.
Title: Re: Super Mario on Conan O'Brien
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on January 15, 2010, 04:26:30 PM
For all those that have no idea what going on with the whole Tonite Show on NBC thing
In 2004 Jay Leno and NBC agreed to pass on The Tonite Show to Conan in 5 years just as Johnny Carson has passed it on to Jay Leno 17 years ago.
>>>>>>>>>>>fast forward to last year
Jay Leno passes the torch to Conan, but now decides he isn't ready to retire and would like The Tonite Show back. Jay pressures NBC into getting him a 10pm show so he wouldn't go to a different network and compete with Conan. 10pm show is a ratings disaster killing Conan's all important lead in which in turn lowers Conan's start up ratings. Not to mention that Jay was trying his hardest to book all the big guest before they could show up with Conan, and you can already see was going on here.
Now you can catch up with everything you missed right here: http://gawker.tv/5448615/the-late-night-war-reaches-its-boiling-point-all-the-clips-you-missed (http://gawker.tv/5448615/the-late-night-war-reaches-its-boiling-point-all-the-clips-you-missed)
+2 respect for Jimmy Kimmel with his appearance on 10 @ 10 on the Jay Leno Show.
edit: Howard Stern also has a good outlook on what Jay was/is doing.
It's supposedly a done deal. I think Conan's last show is Jan 22nd (could be Feb, 22nd) and now everyone is hoping he goes out with a BANG!.
Howard Stern has been invited to the show. Talks about Letterman either having Conan on his show or Letterman going on Conan's show. We're hoping for Triumph The Insult Comic Dog to make a final appearance(interviewing in the line for the Jay Leno Show) and for Conan to bring back some of his all time best skits/props before the end of the show.
edit: I forgot to add that Conan made a public statement that he would not be part of the long standing The Tonight Show moving from it's long standing time slot just to appease Jay Leno and his massive ego. Conan drew a line in the sand and said you move the show you lose me, and it looks like Jay is taking the show back now.
Title: Re: Super Mario on Conan O'Brien
Post by: Mop it up on January 15, 2010, 04:41:18 PM
Another good show ruined by egos. What a pity.
Title: Re: Super Mario on Conan O'Brien
Post by: BranDonk Kong on January 15, 2010, 04:55:34 PM
Ruined by egos? It was ruined by the former Tonight Show producer who now has a much higher position in NBC, and Jay Leno.
Title: Re: Super Mario on Conan O'Brien
Post by: BeautifulShy on January 15, 2010, 05:00:54 PM
:Sigh: I personally liked Conan better than Leno. What is today? Ah the 15th.So that means next week could be his last show.
Title: Re: Super Mario on Conan O'Brien
Post by: King of Twitch on January 15, 2010, 05:24:04 PM
I certainly don't like this uncertainty.
Title: Re: Super Mario on Conan O'Brien
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on January 16, 2010, 07:54:25 AM
Conan was good tonite.
watch the Late nite condensed into youtube clips http://tv.gawker.com/5449596/late-night-war-enters-retaliatory-stage-obrien-goes-harder-than-ever-against-nbc-leno-attacks-letterman
Title: Re: Super Mario on Conan O'Brien
Post by: BranDonk Kong on January 16, 2010, 02:15:20 PM
Conan is good every night. He has been literally (ok, figuratively) raping NBC and Jay leno all week with the monologues, and even the guests have been helping too. The porno movie name segment was an instant classic.
Title: Re: Super Mario on Conan O'Brien
Post by: EasyCure on January 16, 2010, 03:11:12 PM
I will miss his hair, that's for damn sure. I'm not taking this as sad news though (unless Conan ends up not getting any new work and dies homeless or something crazy) because maybe conan can be free of nbc's shackles once and for all and shine even brighter than his massive forehead ever has. They've always treated him like a bastard red-headed stepchild (his actual red hair probably didn't help) and after all these years, he doesn't need that ****.
He claims he has no backup plans but I wouldn't put it past him if he does; I'm sure the second he heard jay pulled that dick move, he knew what was in store for the not to distant future. He's got incredible foresight after all or else he'd never do those "in the year 2000" skits. Nbc never beleived in conan, and I'm sure over time conan didn't believe in nbc either.. all this media attention might just garner some massive hype for him to catapault himself above all this nbc drama with a new show elsewhere.
Title: Re: Super Mario on Conan O'Brien
Post by: Deguello on January 17, 2010, 02:55:24 AM
I think what bothers me most is that Jay Leno acts like all this stuff is happening to him and he has no control and it's NBC's decision and blah blah blah. But of course he has control. He can always say no to NBC and keep his word and let Conan keep the Tonite Show.
Title: Re: Super Mario on Conan O'Brien
Post by: EasyCure on January 17, 2010, 04:08:41 PM
I think that's what bothers everyone and why other late night show host are really going after jay. Everyone and there mother knows jay could just say no to all this and NBC would suck his chin, but instead he plays stupid and let's it continue because he knows w/o the tonight show he's got nothing.
Title: Re: Super Mario on Conan O'Brien
Post by: Deguello on January 17, 2010, 07:26:02 PM
Even worse, what was the whole point of Jay Leno's retarded 10pm show? It was like a gift to the other networks and it sucked so bad people are thinking it was probably meant to suck so it would sabotage Conan. (Hey this is starting to sound eerily familiar.)
EDIT: HA! They said they wanted Leno back to get an "older audience." Some things never change.
Title: Re: Super Mario on Conan O'Brien
Post by: NWR_insanolord on January 17, 2010, 07:33:31 PM
I was thinking about boycotting NBC for doing this to Conan, and then I realized that Conan's pretty much the only thing I watch on NBC anyway. The Office is good but I was never much of a fan and I love SNL but it hasn't been good for years.
Title: Re: Super Mario on Conan O'Brien
Post by: NinGurl69 *huggles on January 17, 2010, 07:39:43 PM
Industry.
Title: Re: Super Mario on Conan O'Brien
Post by: EasyCure on January 17, 2010, 07:54:55 PM
(http://i4.tinypic.com/67geafd.jpg) ^Conan running away from NBC
(http://i26.tinypic.com/2s7xq3d.jpg) ^Conan cutting ties with NBC
Someone make those avatar size and i'll send you a buck
Title: Re: Super Mario on Conan O'Brien
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on January 17, 2010, 08:08:18 PM
No need to send a buck
I took my pay already (http://i48.tinypic.com/14jyyo5.jpg) ^Me and Conan training for his next show (while running away from NBC)
(http://i49.tinypic.com/2mzib8p.jpg)
Title: Re: Super Mario on Conan O'Brien
Post by: EasyCure on January 17, 2010, 08:10:20 PM
Dang, i wanted the String Dance as my avatar but oh well. Too bad its too late to make this Conan Month..
Title: Re: Super Mario on Conan O'Brien
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on January 17, 2010, 08:14:17 PM
^check again. it's all yours :)
Title: Re: Super Mario on Conan O'Brien
Post by: EasyCure on January 17, 2010, 08:57:39 PM
you sir are too kind, heres your buck:
(http://i38.tinypic.com/2ik3wgl.jpg)
For anyone that wanted to use the many faces of conan avatar:
(http://i42.tinypic.com/1pgj0p.jpg)
Title: Re: Super Mario on Conan O'Brien
Post by: BeautifulShy on January 17, 2010, 09:44:46 PM
Thank you EasyCure.
Title: Re: Super Mario on Conan O'Brien
Post by: Deguello on January 17, 2010, 09:46:25 PM
Something NBC and Jay Leno may not realize is that, no matter what the reality is, whether it's a decision by Jay Leno or NBC execs or blah blah, that's not how it's going to play to the viewer. The viewer will probably think Jay Leno is personally robbing Conan of something he was promised 5 years ago. And that will affect ratings in the long term and create a an audience that wil leave NBC to go watch Conan's show (Ugh, please not Fox. I hate Fox.)
It's extremely short-sighted of them to trade away somebody who plays for a younger crowd so you can get a definite, yet shrinking audience.
Title: Re: Super Mario on Conan O'Brien
Post by: EasyCure on January 17, 2010, 10:57:53 PM
I was thinking about boycotting NBC for doing this to Conan, and then I realized that Conan's pretty much the only thing I watch on NBC anyway. The Office is good but I was never much of a fan and I love SNL but it hasn't been good for years.
if he doesn't get what he wants i'm boycotting NBC....i would already be boycotting NBC, but if i couldn't watch Conan then i would have no reason to ever watch it.
pretty much what i said a couple days ago in the TV thread
Title: Re: Super Mario on Conan O'Brien
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on January 18, 2010, 12:09:11 AM
Chuck and 30 Rock are both on NBC and both of those shows are worth watching.
Title: Re: Super Mario on Conan O'Brien
Post by: ThePerm on January 18, 2010, 12:17:28 AM
on hulu
Title: Re: Super Mario on Conan O'Brien
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on January 18, 2010, 12:22:33 AM
yes, but if Chuck gets horrible ratings (even though I think Hulu rating are counted) then it moght not have a 4th season. 30 Rock might have the same issue with getting a 5th season.
Title: Re: Super Mario on Conan O'Brien
Post by: Dasmos on January 18, 2010, 12:42:24 AM
SUNDAY 8:50 AM: Below is Saturday Night Live's cold opening about the festering late night debacle about to end -- now possibly Tuesday after the MLK long weekend -- with NBC's $40 million "don't let the door hit you in the ass on your way out" payment to Conan O'Brien that also frees him to compete against Jay Leno immediately.
If this is true, then I bet FOX will be all over Conan and get into the late nite talk show game.
Title: Re: Super Mario on Conan O'Brien
Post by: NWR_insanolord on January 18, 2010, 12:48:42 AM
Negative effects on any small amount of good programming that NBC may or may not have are like the people who get laid off when stupid third parties die: sad, but a necessary evil.
Title: Re: Super Mario on Conan O'Brien
Post by: ThePerm on January 18, 2010, 01:11:05 AM
http://www.hulu.com/collections/361
I guess SNL isn't made of Fail
lol
Title: Re: Super Mario on Conan O'Brien
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on January 18, 2010, 01:21:51 AM
& Howard Stern can tell the future http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxcAAb60lik (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uxcAAb60lik)
Title: Re: Super Mario on Conan O'Brien
Post by: Deguello on January 18, 2010, 01:54:24 AM
Gah couldn't get any of those to work, so I made my own. Go CoCo!
LOL It's great seeing the Jay Leno fans in those Youtube videos think Jay Leno returning to the Tonight Show will somehow help the ratings. The full strength of their fandom didn't save the Jay Leno Show from both sucking or performing.
And insanolord's right. It sucks that some good writers and actors may lose their job. It's rough, but them's the breaks.
Title: Re: Super Mario on Conan O'Brien
Post by: ThePerm on January 18, 2010, 02:05:47 AM
I took it from the best thing he ever did, the Dudez a Plenti sketch, where he makes his own boy band. I did my best to find a link to a version of it online, but it doesn't seem to be on NBC's site and NBC uncoolly doesn't let people post their stuff on YouTube, and a Google search didn't produce any results. If people haven't seen it and there's interest I'll upload it somewhere, because it is truly great and needs to be experienced.
Title: Re: Super Mario on Conan O'Brien
Post by: EasyCure on January 18, 2010, 06:53:44 PM
(http://i25.tinypic.com/10nazco.jpg)
VROOM VROOM PA'TY STA'TA!
Title: Re: Super Mario on Conan O'Brien
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on January 19, 2010, 03:47:45 AM
Title: Re: Super Mario on Conan O'Brien
Post by: vudu on January 19, 2010, 10:51:50 AM
HAY GUYS I THINK IT'S TIME TO STOP FEELING SORRY FOR CONAN
NBC may give Conan O'Brien $40 million to go away (http://money.cnn.com/2010/01/19/news/Conan_OBrien_contract_buyout/)
Title: Re: Super Mario on Conan O'Brien
Post by: BranDonk Kong on January 19, 2010, 11:10:22 AM
He doesn't want the money, he wants his own show. Also, he would use the money to pay his employees, like he did during the writers' strike. NBC would be completely retarded not to reverse their decision. Conan's ratings have more than doubled, Jay's have plummeted.
Title: Re: Super Mario on Conan O'Brien
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on January 19, 2010, 03:10:17 PM
Did you see Jay explain the situation between himself Conan and NBC last night? He completely side-stepped any blame in this and put it all on the NBC executives. Tried to make himself look all innocent in this whole affair as if he was gonna retire and NBC just wouldn't let him. Of course Letterman mocked him about it.
I really hope The Tonight Show crash and burns after Jay takes it back.
Title: Re: Super Mario on Conan O'Brien
Post by: EasyCure on January 19, 2010, 06:38:52 PM
He doesn't want the money, he wants his own show. Also, he would use the money to pay his employees, like he did during the writers' strike. NBC would be completely retarded not to reverse their decision. Conan's ratings have more than doubled, Jay's have plummeted.
Which just proves how MIGHTY Conan is! Feeble body, Strong heart.
Title: Re: Super Mario on Conan O'Brien
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on January 20, 2010, 01:21:55 AM
Remember that Chinese news station that did the CG video of what was happening with the Tiger Woods situation? They just did one for the whole NBC debacle.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJ9m1an-pQ8&feature=player_embedded (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJ9m1an-pQ8&feature=player_embedded) Conan showed clips of it on his show tonite.
edit: English Version http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-y04H5mFUFM
Title: Re: Super Mario on Conan O'Brien
Post by: Dasmos on January 20, 2010, 01:40:54 AM
ahaha that's amazing.
Title: Re: Super Mario on Conan O'Brien
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on January 20, 2010, 10:47:48 PM
Tonight's show is another amazing humdinger (I don't know what that means, but it sounds good): Adam Sandler, Joel McHale, and musical guest Joss Stone will all be joining us - as well as an appearance by Ed Helms, and a SUPER SECRET MYSTERY CAMEO THAT WILL BLOW YOUR SOCKS OFF. Seriously. Please don't wear socks while watching tonight's show, or they will get blown off. People will be talking about this tomorrow, and you don't want to be the loser who has to hold back their tears because you didn't see what happened. You've been warned, suckas.
I wonder who it is.
President of NBC President of the United States? Jay Leno? David Letterman? Howard Stern?
Title: Re: Super Mario on Conan O'Brien
Post by: ThePerm on January 21, 2010, 12:01:40 AM
Arnold Schwarzenegger?
Title: Re: Super Mario on Conan O'Brien
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on January 21, 2010, 12:15:19 AM
Only of he comes out as The Terminator or Conan The Barbarian (he's not in shape enough to do either)
Title: Re: Super Mario on Conan O'Brien
Post by: BranDonk Kong on January 21, 2010, 01:06:48 AM
Masturbating Bear.
Title: Re: Super Mario on Conan O'Brien
Post by: EasyCure on January 21, 2010, 01:14:28 PM
Il'd kill for some Pimpbot 3000...
Or how about the return of Dave Chappelle!? He can come back, announce his return to television, then him and Conan can harmonize an "I'M RITCH, BIOTCH!" while being backed by the Max Weinburg 7?
Title: Re: Super Mario on Conan O'Brien
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on January 21, 2010, 05:36:20 PM
Final guest on Fridays show? sounds like a good plan.
Title: Re: Super Mario on Conan O'Brien
Post by: ThePerm on January 22, 2010, 02:47:22 PM
lol Peewee yesterday!
Title: Re: Super Mario on Conan O'Brien
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on January 22, 2010, 03:15:11 PM
No. The Kentucky Derby Winning horse wearing a mink Snuggie watching unlicensed NFL Superbowl footage totaling a cost of 4.8million.
And Robin Williams and his irish "F*** YOU TO THE PEOPLE THAT CANCELED YOUR SHOW" song
But seriously, PeeWee has barely aged since I was 6.
Title: Re: Super Mario on Conan O'Brien
Post by: ThePerm on January 22, 2010, 03:45:41 PM
lol, for peewee i was like "he's still got it!"
Title: Re: Super Mario on Conan O'Brien
Post by: DAaaMan64 on January 22, 2010, 05:23:16 PM
fine fine.
Title: Re: Super Mario on Conan O'Brien
Post by: vudu on January 22, 2010, 05:24:49 PM
Title: Re: Super Mario on Conan O'Brien
Post by: NWR_insanolord on January 22, 2010, 05:27:36 PM
The last episode is tonight; you couldn't have waited 12 hours?
Title: Re: Super Mario on Conan O'Brien
Post by: vudu on January 22, 2010, 05:35:27 PM
I haven't watched a single episode of The Tonight Show since Conan took over. I haven't watched The Late Show in like 8 years.
Title: Re: Super Mario on Conan O'Brien
Post by: that Baby guy on January 22, 2010, 08:12:42 PM
Is there a way to block a user, and never, ever see any of his posts again? I would like to do that now.
Title: Re: Super Mario on Conan O'Brien
Post by: Dasmos on January 22, 2010, 10:18:39 PM
So vudu replaces his awesome Conan avatar with one of the worst avatars of all-time? I don't get it.
Title: Re: Super Mario on Conan O'Brien
Post by: Mop it up on January 23, 2010, 01:09:27 AM
I just watched the final show tonight. Conan was starting to get choked up at the end of it, it was actually kind of adorable. Late Night with Conan O'Brien was the first show I watched when I was a teenager and was first allowed to stay up as late as I wanted. It's part of the reason I became a sort of night owl, and I'm going to miss having it there on the nights when I can't sleep. Which is almost every weekday.
Title: Re: Super Mario on Conan O'Brien
Post by: BeautifulShy on January 23, 2010, 03:50:56 AM
Just finished watching Conan's show and it was great. Steve Carrel(sp?) was on and he did Conan's exit interview. Tom Hanks was on he was funny. Neil Young was on and the song was great. Will Ferell was on with the Tonight Show band. I think I saw ZZ Top in the finale as well.The show was the best I have seen.
I am going to miss Conan. Hopes he lands on his feet somewhere.:)
Title: Re: Super Mario on Conan O'Brien
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on January 23, 2010, 04:23:11 AM
I hear he got 45million and gave 12 mill of it to his staff to split since they didn't get all that great of a deal on their own. So when he does lands, wherever that is, it's gonna be on a pile of 33 million dollars.
Title: Re: Super Mario on Conan O'Brien
Post by: vudu on January 23, 2010, 10:01:53 AM
So vudu replaces his awesome Conan avatar with one of the worst avatars of all-time? I don't get it.
I aim to please.
Title: Re: Super Mario on Conan O'Brien
Post by: BranDonk Kong on January 23, 2010, 10:54:17 AM
I'm pretty sure he's giving much of his 33 million to his staff, the 12 was *all* that the network gave them.
Title: Re: Super Mario on Conan O'Brien
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on January 23, 2010, 02:57:53 PM
Are you sure. I heard differently. I hear Conan got 45 million and his staff got a complete separate deal. Then I heard that Conan was giving 12 mill of his 45mill to his staff leaving him with 33 million to himself.
Title: Re: Super Mario on Conan O'Brien
Post by: ShyGuy on January 23, 2010, 03:42:44 PM
He has what, 150 staff members? So they get $75g each? not bad, but you have to figure they all just moved across the country and bought new places to live.
Title: Re: Super Mario on Conan O'Brien
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on January 23, 2010, 04:22:11 PM
and that should easily help them pay the bills till the new show on FOX starts in Sept. ;)
Title: Re: Super Mario on Conan O'Brien
Post by: BranDonk Kong on January 23, 2010, 10:11:34 PM
When they mentioned it on the local news, they said it (the 12 million) was to supplement what Conan was going to pay them.
Title: Re: Super Mario on Conan O'Brien
Post by: Mop it up on January 23, 2010, 10:29:30 PM
"The Internet is wrong about almost everything." -Conan O'Brien
Title: Re: Super Mario on Conan O'Brien
Post by: NWR_insanolord on January 23, 2010, 11:39:34 PM
"The Internet is wrong about almost everything." -Conan O'Brien
Anyone who disagrees with that statement has either never used the Internet or is in deep denial.
Title: Re: Super Mario on Conan O'Brien
Post by: BranDonk Kong on January 24, 2010, 01:34:26 AM
My wife told me on the Today Show, Kathy Lee and Hoda were saying how bad it was for Conan to be wasting NBC's money during a time like this - they're complete morons, they work for the same company and had no idea the "crazy expensive" bits were fake.
Title: Re: Super Mario on Conan O'Brien
Post by: UncleBob on January 24, 2010, 12:24:43 PM
Title: Re: Super Mario on Conan O'Brien
Post by: NWR_insanolord on January 24, 2010, 06:41:11 PM
I'm crazy enough of a Conan fanatic that I am hoping for and would immediately buy a DVD box set of every Tonight show he did in his seven months as host.
Title: Re: Super Mario on Conan O'Brien
Post by: that Baby guy on January 24, 2010, 07:12:31 PM
I wonder if Conan would receive additional royalties if said boxed set, or even a compilation, existed. That would be an interesting matter, itself.
Title: Re: Super Mario on Conan O'Brien
Post by: BranDonk Kong on January 25, 2010, 01:28:36 AM
I'm crazy enough of a Conan fanatic that I am hoping for and would immediately buy a DVD box set of every Tonight show he did in his seven months as host.
Let's see, there were 146 episodes, about 45 minutes each, if they went with an average of 120 minutes per disc (cut the credits maybe?), it would take up 49 DVDs.
Title: Re: Super Mario on Conan O'Brien
Post by: NWR_insanolord on January 25, 2010, 02:10:30 AM
I've watched enough TV on DVD to know that you can fit 4 hour-long (45-minute-long) episodes on a disc, so it would take 25, not counting any special features they might add. I know it's not likely, but I'd love to see it. In the mean time I'm also holding out hope that some intrepid individual collects all of them and distributes them in one of the more disreputable areas of the Internet, though I doubt I have the hard drive space.
Title: Re: Super Mario on Conan O'Brien
Post by: UncleBob on January 25, 2010, 08:02:52 AM
You haven't watched enough - you can fit five "Hour long" episodes onto a DVD.
Title: Re: Super Mario on Conan O'Brien
Post by: Stogi on January 25, 2010, 01:57:46 PM
But you can on a Blu-ray
Title: Re: Super Mario on Conan O'Brien
Post by: Mop it up on January 25, 2010, 11:23:22 PM
You haven't watched enough - you can fit five "Hour long" episodes onto a DVD.
I own at least a couple dozen seasons of hour-long shows on DVD and have watched many more through Netflix, and out of those not one disc had more than four episodes.
Title: Re: Super Mario on Conan O'Brien
Post by: UncleBob on January 26, 2010, 08:09:16 PM
You haven't watched enough - you can fit five "Hour long" episodes onto a DVD.
I own at least a couple dozen seasons of hour-long shows on DVD and have watched many more through Netflix, and out of those not one disc had more than four episodes.
Weeds Season 3 Discs 1, 2, and 3. Weeds Season 4 Disc 1 Weeds Season 5 Disc 1
:p
Title: Re: Super Mario on Conan O'Brien
Post by: NWR_insanolord on January 26, 2010, 08:27:45 PM
It may be possible, but it's not at all common. I wonder why more shows don't do it that way; it could cut down on manufacturing costs without sacrificing content, thus allowing them to still charge the same price. Not to mention that it would be nice for Netflix users.
Title: Re: Super Mario on Conan O'Brien
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on January 26, 2010, 10:29:16 PM
You haven't watched enough - you can fit five "Hour long" episodes onto a DVD.
I own at least a couple dozen seasons of hour-long shows on DVD and have watched many more through Netflix, and out of those not one disc had more than four episodes.
Weeds Season 3 Discs 1, 2, and 3. Weeds Season 4 Disc 1 Weeds Season 5 Disc 1
:p
I know you just :P'd and all, but Weeds is made up of a bunch of 30 minute episodes.
Title: Re: Super Mario on Conan O'Brien
Post by: UncleBob on January 26, 2010, 10:51:26 PM
Oh, crap - you're right.. :(
Title: Re: Super Mario on Conan O'Brien
Post by: NWR_insanolord on January 26, 2010, 11:04:34 PM
Let that be a lesson to all of us: never listen to the mods, because they are wrong.
Title: Re: Super Mario on Conan O'Brien
Post by: EasyCure on January 27, 2010, 08:16:19 PM
We listen to mods here? Who know..
Back to Conan.. When I went to the NWS this past Saturday for the Capcom event, I made my first ever pit stop into the NBC store to check out if they had any Conan stuff left (they had a few*) but I was saddened to see a sign telling you where to go to get tickets for their shows. I remember being in junior high wanting to one day be part of the Conan audience. Flash forward to the news that he'd be taking over the Tonight Show (which was like three years ago) and thinking they might fly him out to CA, i thought "ok, now i REALLY have to go see him 'live" but no.. never happened. My only regret in life..
*They had a sweet t-shirt with a cartoon depiction of conan's body doing the string dance, where the neck cuts off at the collar so it looks like you're doing the string dance. Sweet!
Title: Re: Super Mario on Conan O'Brien
Post by: NWR_insanolord on January 27, 2010, 09:00:51 PM
I went on the NBC.com store the night of the final show after watching it and ordered a Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien T-Shirt. NBC must be making a lot of money off this; the t-shirts were back-ordered until mid-February, and I also saw another non-Conan shirt there that I liked and ordered that I wouldn't have otherwise.
Title: Re: Super Mario on Conan O'Brien
Post by: EasyCure on January 27, 2010, 09:06:48 PM
Think the merch sales are part of the $45mil conan gets? lol that'd suck.
Title: Re: Super Mario on Conan O'Brien
Post by: vudu on January 28, 2010, 01:15:00 PM
I saw this short article in Rolling Stone (http://www.rollingstone.com/news/story/31820043/latenight_bloodbath/1) regarding Conan and Leno and thought it was pretty interesting. I'm not saying it's correct, but it made me look at the whole situation in a new light. I'd recommend checking it out.
Title: Re: Super Mario on Conan O'Brien
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on January 28, 2010, 01:24:06 PM
So Jay is a snake and lives to slither?
Title: Re: Super Mario on Conan O'Brien
Post by: vudu on January 28, 2010, 01:25:22 PM
Did you even read the article?
Title: Re: Super Mario on Conan O'Brien
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on January 28, 2010, 01:44:25 PM
Did I read it? yeah.
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Jay Leno — he played this one beautifully. Five years ago,when NBC turned Leno into a time bomb by promising his job to ConanO'Brien, he ticked quietly, keeping his rage to himself —but, oh, how it must have burned. Now he gets to taste the sweetnectar of vengeance. By sucking so bad that NBC could no longertolerate him in prime time, he sucked his way right back into hisold job. The tragedy of all this is that NBC has somehow turned twowinning hands into a lose-the-farm fold.
Leno and O'Brien seem like nice Catholic boys, most comfortable when everyone's getting along. Yet behind Leno's Guy Smiley-Muppet mask, he's a killing machine — the Terminator of late-night comedians.
Jay got The Tonight Show after getting up in front of hostile drunks in countless shitty late-night dives around the country, year in and year out, and making those assholes laugh. [...] Jay has always been tougher and darker than people realize.
Leno doesn't need TV. He could just go to Vegas and make more money doing what he loves best, which is stand-up. Last year he told Rolling Stone he banked his Tonight Show money and lived on his stand-up earnings.
So why did he hang around NBC long enough to bring the whole network down in flames? Maybe he just felt pushed around. Leno's got the stomach for fights. [...] Jay made his bones in the sleaziest, nastiest showbiz shark pools on earth. He plays nice for the old ladies, but his street-fighting instincts are off the charts. He's left plenty of carrion on the late-night highway. Arsenio Hall, Chevy Chase, Magic Johnson — Jay knocked them all off the air, and you can bet he still savors the memory of their death cries.
Conan has shown he's shrewd and confident enough to move on, and wherever he goes, he'll be funnier than he was on NBC. Jay could have walked away from the whole brawl before it began — but then, he's in it for the fight, not the funny.
did you?
Title: Re: Super Mario on Conan O'Brien
Post by: vudu on January 28, 2010, 02:03:44 PM
I don't see how that's being a snake. I haven't looked into it too much, but was Leno happy to give up his job at host of The Tonight Show? If it wasn't his call then he's just taking back what's rightfully his. If he feels like he's been slighted then he has every right to fight to get it back.
Don't look at this as "oh, I like Conan better than Leno so I'm automatically going to side with him". The situation doesn't appear to be as cut and dry as that. I don't think very much of the blame falls on Conan, but it remains to be seen how much is Leno and how much is NBC.
Title: Re: Super Mario on Conan O'Brien
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on January 28, 2010, 02:14:07 PM
Jay agreed to give the job to Conan. If he didn't want to give it up, then he shouldn't have agreed to it in the first place.
How would you feel if I guaranteed you a promotion up to the job you've been patiently waiting for for a long time and the person that currently has it agreed to give it up to you and even said he would retire in 5 years so that you could have it.
5 years goes by, the change of jobs takes place, you move into the big corner office with the view and you couldn't be happier. Now the old guy decides retirement isn't for him and comes in to your place of work and start undermining you and sabotaging your efforts to be the boss, but there is nothing you can do since the higher ups act like they owe the old guy everything and you aren't deserving of the promotion that they just gave you even though they like you for the job.
So they say you can keep the promotion but the old guy is gonna take your office and we are gonna move you to the basement where you can keep doing what you're doing only now you answer to the Old Guy too.
How is that not a snake move?
Title: Re: Super Mario on Conan O'Brien
Post by: vudu on January 28, 2010, 02:19:41 PM
Why did Jay agree to give Conan the job 5 years ago? If you can't answer that question you have no business pretending like you know what's going on. Did NBC force him to because they didn't think he'd have it in him to continue? Did they predict Conan would fit in better with the "mass audience" in 5 years?
I agree that if Leno announced on his own that he was going to retire and then changed his mind it's a snake more. (But why the Hell would he announce his retirement 5 years before it happened? That's just stupid.) But what if NBC went to Leno and told him you have two choices--you can announce your pending retirement and save some face or we can announce that you'll be fired in 5 years; your call? What would you do if you were Leno?
Title: Re: Super Mario on Conan O'Brien
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on January 28, 2010, 02:35:24 PM
NBC told Jay that they wanted to give The Tonight Show to Conan and asked Jay when would be a good time to do that. Jay agreed on 5 years and said that's when he would retire.
[It's very common for people to plan out their retirement many years in advance of actually doing it. Nobody just wakes up one day and says "Hey, I'm gonna retire today" and then makes it happen.]
If I were Jay I would have said I will retire on 20 years of The Tonight Show and that happens in 2012. He could have a big 20th Anniversary and Retire on a good note. Then I would get a daytime show (on NBC) about cars(interviewing celebrities about their cars and checking out custom and classic builds) and go do some stand-up in my free time(booking clubs that follow the travel itinerary of my new show). Besides, I'm Rich Biotch!! I could just retire and write a book.
Title: Re: Super Mario on Conan O'Brien
Post by: vudu on January 28, 2010, 02:42:42 PM
You still don't know what went on at NBC behind closed doors. Like I said, both Leno and NBC are at fault, but you don't know if the split's 20%/80% or 80%/20%.
Title: Re: Super Mario on Conan O'Brien
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on January 28, 2010, 02:53:10 PM
NBC fucked up and Leno is a snake. There is no way around that.
If he had a problem with what was happening, then he should have said something or atleast reasoned with Conan. He pretended he was ok with it and then took a back door approach at getting his seat back screwing Conan in the process. Snake.
I'm sure Jay had enough clout at NBC to say "NO" or atleast "give me till my 20th" and NBC & Jay had a good enough relationship with Conan to get Conan to agree to an extended deadline of 2012.
People have been warning Conan about Jay since this switch was announced 4+ years ago and everything that has been said has come true.
Title: Re: Super Mario on Conan O'Brien
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on January 28, 2010, 07:35:28 PM
Jay Leno is on Oprah right now sounding like the snake he is. Trying to push through the thought that it was all the affiliates and NBC's decision to put him back on The Tonight Show.
Then he said how he didn't feel bad or think about the fact that he was taking away Conan's dream. He kept trying to lead it back into the ratings (the part that Jay sabotaged) and how Conan's numbers weren't as high as his when he had L&O(One of the highest rated procedurals on TV) as his lead in for the last 17 years.
Jay's rep is ruined, but I think it won't affect him in the long term as far as The Tonight Show is concerned.
Title: Re: Super Mario on Conan O'Brien
Post by: EasyCure on January 30, 2010, 02:32:55 AM
not until all the older tonight show fans that have been watching jay all these years die leaving the younger crowd craving more CONAN!
Title: Re: Super Mario on Conan O'Brien
Post by: EasyCure on January 31, 2010, 11:19:28 PM
Not sure if this is impressive or just crazy.. (http://wimp.com/cheetosportrait/)
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Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on January 31, 2010, 11:59:25 PM
Not sure if this is impressive or just crazy.. (http://wimp.com/cheetosportrait/)
Crazy Impressive is what it is.
(http://i49.tinypic.com/2afmmp0.jpg)
(http://i48.tinypic.com/34658yg.jpg)
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Post by: BeautifulShy on February 01, 2010, 01:25:33 AM
Thats pretty impressive. I'm hungry for Cheetos now...
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Post by: Stogi on February 01, 2010, 01:33:43 AM
stoner..:)
Title: Re: Super Mario on Conan O'Brien
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on April 12, 2010, 02:46:01 PM
Looks like Conan will be on TBS starting this November with Family Guy & The Office as his lead in. http://www.deadline.com/2010/04/conan-obrien-makes-tbs-deal/
Title: Re: Super Mario on Conan O'Brien
Post by: EasyCure on April 12, 2010, 02:55:45 PM
I hope I still have tbs!
Title: Re: Super Mario on Conan O'Brien
Post by: vudu on April 12, 2010, 02:57:42 PM
Didn't Conan bump George Lopez? How is this any better than what Leno did?
Title: Re: Super Mario on Conan O'Brien
Post by: NinGurl69 *huggles on April 12, 2010, 02:59:34 PM
TBS was very reliable throughout my childhood. It seemed like every weekend took turns showing James Bond marathons or BLOODSPORT.
Title: Re: Super Mario on Conan O'Brien
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on April 12, 2010, 03:17:00 PM
The comedy-focused TBS, by contrast, made it clear that it really, really wanted O'Brien -- and was willing to step up with a monster deal to land him. His new pact with the network will allow O'Brien to own his own show, a la David Letterman, while also giving him an eight-figure compensation package described as "bigger than any other deal he's ever had," one person familiar with the agreement said.
Looks like Conan made out like a fat cat this time around. No more getting screwed in the future since he owns his own show and is getting paid $X0,000,000 in the process.
Didn't Conan bump George Lopez? How is this any better than what Leno did?
George Lopez called Conan and asked him to do the show. George said he couldn't be happier than to hopefully receive the ratings bump from following Conan. I'm pretty sure that was mentioned in the 1st link I provided.
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And TBS has done a terrific job branding and promoting Lopez Tonight. (O’Brien began talks in earnest with TBS just last week, after George Lopez personally called him to ask that he consider joining the network’s late-night line-up. “I can’t think of anything better than doing my show with Conan as my lead-in,” Lopez said. “It’s the beginning of a new era in late-night comedy.”)
At some point I'm sure Conan will move his show to somewhere else and George Lopez (assuming his show is still on) will be moved up and someone else will take over the midnight slot.
Title: Re: Super Mario on Conan O'Brien
Post by: vudu on April 12, 2010, 03:40:49 PM
George Lopez called Conan and asked him to do the show. George said he couldn't be happier than to hopefully receive the ratings bump from following Conan. I'm pretty sure that was mentioned in the 1st link I provided.
Just because someone says they're happy publicly doesn't mean they are.
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Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on April 12, 2010, 03:47:04 PM
In part, that's because TBS already has a late-night show, "Lopez Tonight," headlined by comic George Lopez. But Lopez called O'Brien last week to urge him to jump to TBS -- even though it meant Lopez's show would be bumped to midnight.
"Lopez Tonight" -- which skews young but has been a modest ratings performer, after a strong start -- has now been renewed for a second season. And virtually overnight, TBS has established a potentially powerful -- and paradigm-shifting -- late-night lineup.
Lopez went out of his way to signal he was on board with being bumped.
"I can’t think of anything better than doing my show with Conan as my lead-in,” he said. “It’s the beginning of a new era in late-night comedy.”
I'm sure his comment and his renewal were not unrelated, but as long as he gets to keep his show going, I'm sure he doesn't really mind. He is a new comer to the Late Nite game and his TV show has already ended, so it's either play ball or get out.
more evidence to prove the point http://www.tmz.com/2010/04/12/conan-obrien-george-lopez-tbs-steve-koonin-fox-late-night/
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Conan Treats Lopez with Royal Respect
Originally posted Apr 12th 2010 10:25 AM PDT by TMZ Staff
TMZ has learned how the deal went down with Conan O'Brien, George Lopez and TBS, and Conan made it clear -- he didn't want anyone to endure the same shabby treatment he got at NBC.
Sources tell TMZ the idea of bringing Conan to TBS was hatched by Turner's entertainment chief Steve Koonin. We're told Koonin went to George Lopez and said he would only approach Conan if George gave his blessing. We're told George immediately figured out that having Conan as an 11:00 PM lead-in would be nothing short of amazing for a midnight show.
With Lopez on board, we're told Koonin then approached Conan with the idea. Conan's first reaction -- he didn't want to do to someone else what was done to him, referring to NBC's decision to blindside Conan. Koonin told Conan that George had signed off, but Conan wanted to make sure. George then called Conan to reassure him he was on board and thought they would be great partners.
We're told Koonin then began negotiations last week and the deal was done in days, even though the Fox deal was still alive.
As for why Conan chose TBS .... the average age of a "Lopez Tonight" viewer is 33, decades younger than the other late-night shows. TBS is the future ... so thought Conan.
And there's this ...George Lopez is saying, "I totally support Conan's decision ... We'll have the best hair in late night."
Title: Re: Super Mario on Conan O'Brien
Post by: ThePerm on April 13, 2010, 12:40:08 AM
Conando and Lopez Latin Late Night
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Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on April 13, 2010, 12:57:15 AM
Conando y Lopez en la noche latina por la noche
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Post by: ThePerm on April 13, 2010, 01:22:46 AM
would plural be feminine?
Title: Re: Super Mario on Conan O'Brien
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on April 13, 2010, 03:31:49 AM
I asked a native speaker. You take it up with her ;)
Title: Re: Super Mario on Conan O'Brien
Post by: BranDonk Kong on April 13, 2010, 10:01:15 AM
!Si! !Conando! This is great news, because I don't have to wait till 11:30 to see Conan (though I do have to wait till November), and also because it will be on after the Office. Family Guy absolutely sucks, but a lot of people watch it (I think Family Guy reruns on TBS/Cartoon Network always win in their time slot, sadly), so that will be good for Coco.
Title: Re: Super Mario on Conan O'Brien
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on May 02, 2010, 11:14:50 AM
Apparently Jay Leno followed Obama and BOMBED up at the podium. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/05/02/jay-leno-correspondents-d_n_560102.html
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Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on May 05, 2010, 07:30:38 PM
First Jay Leno Bombs at the Presidential Dinner, but now he tries to link Conan O'Brien to one...
Jay Leno Links Times Square Terrorist to Conan O'Brien (http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Leno+haters+smack+comedian+over+joke+linking+Times+Square+terrorist+Conan+Brien/2990340/story.html) A failed joke from a failed comedian
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VANCOUVER — Jay Leno haters, who are legion, are going nuts on the Internet after the Tonight Show host poked fun at Conan O'Brien by linking him to Faisal Shahzad, charged with attempting to terrorize Times Square with a car bomb.
At one point in Tuesday's monologue, Leno showed a mocked-up Facebook page of the Pakistani-born American citizen whose explosives fizzled on the weekend. Although Leno didn't mention it, sharp-eyed viewers were treated to the fact that Shahzad is a member of Team Coco, the home of Conan O'Brien lovers.
pic & twitter comments at the link.
Title: Re: Super Mario on Conan O'Brien
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on May 08, 2010, 01:46:32 PM
I had missed this and haven't watched it yet, but supposedly this is why Jay mad a tasteless joke about Team Coco a few days ago.
Conan on CBS' 60 Minutes (http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=6453947n)
Title: Re: Super Mario on Conan O'Brien
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on June 04, 2010, 04:27:58 PM
Conan's Road Tour w/ guest stars Stephen Colbert & Jon Stewart http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UITgc2XqEaw#t=2m27s
Title: Re: Super Mario on Conan O'Brien
Post by: NWR_insanolord on June 08, 2010, 10:16:52 PM
Jay Leno may be the next high-profile late-night host looking for a replacement.
Four months after taking back the "Tonight Show," Leno's ratings are actually behind those of Conan O'Brien.
The reality is starting to sink in at NBC that Leno is not only getting fewer viewers, but that his show is costing the cash-strapped network between $10 million and $15 million more a year than Conan's show did.
Leno's higher salary -- $30 million per year vs. Conan's $15 million -- plus the cost of his bigger production staff is pushing the show into the red, according to insiders.
"It's got the potential to be a huge embarrassment," says the source.
NBC is about to be taken over in a $28-billion deal with the cable giant Comcast.
"You can't figure they're happy about this," says the insider.
Leno has at least two more years to go on his NBC deal. [...] That means Leno not only trails O'Brien now, he is also way behind where he was when he left the show last year.
Title: Re: Super Mario on Conan O'Brien
Post by: NWR_insanolord on September 02, 2010, 09:03:11 PM
Conan's back November 8th on TBS. Can't wait.
Title: Re: Super Mario on Conan O'Brien
Post by: Mop it up on September 02, 2010, 09:42:59 PM
Thanks for the heads up. I recall hearing about Conan moving to TBS, but I didn't know what day it would be.
Title: Re: Super Mario on Conan O'Brien
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on September 02, 2010, 11:16:29 PM
I'm only posting this because the thread asked me to.
More than twice the cost for (more or less) the same ratings..... I wonder if NBC is kicking themselves yet?
Title: Re: Super Mario on Conan O'Brien
Post by: TJ Spyke on September 03, 2010, 12:30:47 AM
You do realize they are comparing Leno's RERUNS vs. new episodes of Conan? Reruns rarely do as well in the ratings as new episodes and it would have been bigger news if the reruns did better ratings than new episodes. Not only that, but the reruns aired later than normal due to tennis coverage on NBC. What is interesting is that RERUNS of Leno still beat NEW episodes of Letterman (0.9 compared to 0.8 ). I would also like to point out that the article you posted only talked about one specific demographic (adults 18-49) rather than overall ratings.
Leno is also doing something that Conan rarely ever did, beat Letterman. Leno has beat Letterman every week since returning in March. Pretty much the only time Conan did that was after it became public that Conan was quitting NBC. Conan started off strong, but by September his ratings had really dropped.
Title: Re: Super Mario on Conan O'Brien
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on September 03, 2010, 12:57:13 AM
you do realize that there is a chart showing O'Brien(09-10) vs Letterman(09-10 & '10 to present) vs Leno('10-present) on the same page right, and it doesn't just cover the week of reruns....
did you even bother to read the story or did you just look at the url?
p.s. who cares about the senior crowd. I'm sure you can't bank on them for the next 20 years that you would expect The Tonite Show host to be on the air.
Title: Re: Super Mario on Conan O'Brien
Post by: ThePerm on September 03, 2010, 01:53:56 AM
what amazes me is how consistant Dave's ratings are
Title: Re: Super Mario on Conan O'Brien
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on September 30, 2010, 02:49:40 PM
I think we should think of this as the general Late Nite Talk Show Thread Conan, Leno, Letterman, Ferguson, Kimmel, Fallon, Lopez, Stewart & Colbert
But now i got some awesome from Fallon, Timberlake & The Roots A Trip through Hip Hop (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xW-fPBh6w7A)
Title: Re: Super Mario on Conan O'Brien
Post by: Toruresu on October 01, 2010, 12:19:49 PM
I think we should think of this as the general Late Nite Talk Show Thread Conan, Leno, Letterman, Ferguson, Kimmel, Fallon, Stewart & Colbert
Forgot Lopez!
Title: Re: Super Mario on Conan O'Brien
Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on October 01, 2010, 12:31:20 PM
Did I? Did I really? :evil grin;
Title: Re: Super Mario on Conan O'Brien
Post by: Mop it up on October 02, 2010, 12:34:04 AM
Who's Lopez?
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Post by: Shaymin on October 02, 2010, 01:13:58 AM
George Lopez (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lopez_Tonight)
Title: Re: Super Mario on Conan O'Brien
Post by: TJ Spyke on October 02, 2010, 10:01:14 AM
I like Lopez Tonight. It's not my favorite late-night talkshow, but I like it more than Late Night with Jimmy Falon (Falon is just so annoying to me).
Title: Re: Super Mario on Conan O'Brien
Post by: NWR_insanolord on October 02, 2010, 10:04:56 AM
I think Fallon's show has really improved since he started, but I'd still rather watch Ferguson.
Title: Re: Super Mario on Conan O'Brien
Post by: ThePerm on October 03, 2010, 06:34:01 PM
i agree with insanolord
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Post by: Toruresu on October 03, 2010, 09:12:43 PM
What, do you guys don't find George Lopez funny?
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Post by: Mop it up on October 03, 2010, 09:50:27 PM
I have no opinion because I have never watched anything he was in.
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Post by: that Baby guy on October 03, 2010, 10:11:31 PM
George Lopez was in E3.
I saw him. BAM!
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Post by: ThePerm on October 03, 2010, 10:45:51 PM
i havent really watched his talk show, i did like his sitcom, but never cared much for his standup
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Post by: nickmitch on October 03, 2010, 11:57:55 PM
Never really liked his sitcom. His talk show is alright. His standups aren't really my cup of tea since it requires me to relate to things that I can't relate to.
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Post by: TJ Spyke on October 04, 2010, 12:24:06 AM
His sitcom was great, it's better than most of the current sitcoms on TV (like The Office). His stand-up is not something I have seen much off.
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Post by: Toruresu on October 04, 2010, 03:28:28 PM
Never really liked his sitcom. His talk show is alright. His standups aren't really my cup of tea since it requires me to relate to things that I can't relate to.
This is probably it. His standup is really funny if you know and relate to what he talks about. I always thought that his 'too latino' comedy might not be funny for some, and here is proof. Heck, sometimes he gets too mexican and I find it not funny at all.
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Post by: BranDonk Kong on November 08, 2010, 04:46:17 PM
Conan premieres tonight. Watch it. 11:00 on TBS.
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Post by: Khushrenada on November 08, 2010, 09:26:07 PM
Got my PVR ready. Not going to take it for granted like I did with The Tonight Show.
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Post by: ThePerm on November 09, 2010, 12:06:36 AM
that kinda reminds me of the set he had when I first started watching. It was a little awkward in the intro, because normally he has a big side stage for him to do his standup portion on.
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Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on November 09, 2010, 12:23:11 AM
LOL. Did anyone see Conan's American Express Commercial? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIZCtDJtFPw (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIZCtDJtFPw)
I don't want to ruin it, but I lol'd as I was trying to figure out WTF he was doing.
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Post by: BranDonk Kong on November 09, 2010, 12:37:00 AM
I have it DVR'ed, wife was coming home from work so I just left it on the game. Good game, btw, I hate the Steelers (wife's from Pittsburgh), but it was an exciting 4th quarter.
Title: Re: Conan - Weeknights @ 11pm (10 central) on TBS
Post by: Mop it up on November 09, 2010, 01:27:38 AM
I wanted to watch it, but I didn't have my satellite service at the time. :(
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Post by: BlackNMild2k1 on November 09, 2010, 02:09:06 AM
It will be on TBS.com or conan own website the following day if you're interested.
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Post by: BranDonk Kong on November 10, 2010, 01:45:55 AM
I've watched the first two shows, pretty stellar stuff. The intro to the first episode, as well as the ending, is probably one of the funniest things I've ever seen on television, or at least in a very long time.
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Post by: TJ Spyke on November 10, 2010, 09:57:15 AM
It's good, although I miss the Mario themed background he had on the Tonight Show.
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Post by: Toruresu on November 11, 2010, 12:55:40 AM
Saw tonights show to give him a chance and I agree.
Should have been called "1 hour till Lopez"
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Post by: NWR_insanolord on November 11, 2010, 01:12:30 AM
The show names bit was funny, but not as much as his explanation of the name in the first show, that he called it Conan to make it harder to replace him.
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Post by: TJ Spyke on November 15, 2010, 10:04:33 AM
IIRC, he technically owns the show, right? I think I remember that being part of the deal he signed with TBS, so if he ever leaves he will own everything that happened.
Since the show airs on TBS, I guess last week confirmed he will only do it four nights a week since they air movies on Friday nights (and did so last week as well).
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Post by: BranDonk Kong on November 15, 2010, 10:37:00 AM
Yeah, he owns the show. It's always been set to run just Monday-Thursday, which kind of sucks because I'd like to watch it after work on Friday, and there's nothing else good on...good thing Black Ops is out now.
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Post by: Khushrenada on November 16, 2010, 11:04:14 AM
I miss Max.
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Post by: ThePerm on November 17, 2010, 03:24:35 AM
that interview with Harrison Ford was like the biggest train wreck of an interview i ever watched. I'm betting Conan was thinking to himself while interviewing Rosario Dawson "wow, what an improvement!"
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Post by: BranDonk Kong on November 17, 2010, 08:54:36 AM
Harrison Ford is a weirdo that has trouble with interviews in general.
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Post by: ThePerm on November 17, 2010, 06:51:59 PM
yeah, i know. I expected it, but man.
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Post by: nickmitch on November 18, 2010, 02:03:15 AM
