Conan O'Brian's back

[Teuthida]

Yeah, I don't stay up that late anymore either. It's now my wake up show.

[Professor S]

So far I've enjoyed the show, but it seems somewhat unbalanced. I think he needs to bring on an animal act or something. Conan's reactions to odd situations are his strength.

[Typhoid]

I don't remember Conan ever doing an animal thing.
That's more Jay Leno's thing.

[Teuthida]

Conan used to have Jarod Miller on pretty often where the animals would always get out of hand. Been a number of years since I've seen Conan prior to the move though. Looks like Jarod has been on every early morning and late night talk show.

[Professor S]

Originally Posted by Typhoid

I don't remember Conan ever doing an animal thing.
That's more Jay Leno's thing.

As Teuth said, he did animal acts before, and it's not a Leno thing, it's a Tonight Show thing. Leno was never that great with animals, quite honestly. Carson was, but not Leno.

And it doesn't need to necessarily be a animal act, just something to shake up the monologue/skit/guest/musician paradigm.

[KillerGremlin]

I enjoyed the 'You TwitFace' joke. I also enjoyed the Tom Hanks getting hit by the comet.

I agree with Prof S that Conan's reaction to odd situations is what makes him so fun to watch. He doesn't quite have the on-the-spot wit that Letterman has in interviews, but he makes up for it with his hilarious reactions.

I think they should have kept 2000 instead of 3000, but new show so I understand the change.

I think Conan is still looking for his groove and getting everything rolling smoothly. But for 3 nights running I think they have done a wonderful job. I'm sure once everything settles down and Conan and the writers get bored we will see some amazing stuff. I personally LOVED the Writer's Strike. We saw some hilarious, low-budget humor.

[BreakABone]

I haven't watched, but came across this on Kotaku.

[KillerGremlin]

Originally Posted by BreakABone

I haven't watched, but came across this on Kotaku.

haha you know i noticed that the other night...i thought "that background would fit right in a Mario game...." didn't think it was that big of a copy though. wow.

[The Germanator]

Haha, that's amazing. I'd watch every night with that second background.

[Professor S]

Keep in mind Conan's graphic artist is a HUGE geek.

[Typhoid]

Is he still with the show?

I personally love the skits with him in them, and I really hope they bring him in on this show, too.


Also, I love how Andy Richter seems to be a mainstay on the show again, and wasn't a one-night thing.

[Teuthida]

Yeah, he came out yesterday and tried to high five Kareem Abdul Jabbar. Kareem looked very confused for the entire skit. Wouldn't even pet Conan's head.

As much as I like Andy Richter he actually annoyed me a bit with the laughing off camera in the beginning. Getting better with his interruptions though.

[Jonbo298]

Yeah, Kareem last night just felt...out of place since he didn't really do much of anything but just stand there and try and feel important.

I'll admit I loved the Year 3000 skit. Felt like a good transition to the new show and the 'outfit' used felt pertinent also.

[manasecret]

Kareem did look out of place, like he had no idea what was going on or where he was.

Show # 3 fell a little flat for me. The monologue was too long and not particularly funny (YouTwitFace was very funny though ), but I guess he can't have a field trip video every night. The interviews went well and were funny, and the transition to the year 3000 was great. "Wait, wait -- the year 2000? You're still calling it the same thing we called it when I left Late Night? And I thought I was lazy."

[Jonbo298]

Holy crap, Conan actually brought up the Background looks from a Mario game...and it was awesome.