6.04.2009

Cone-Dawg.

I just watched The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien. He is no longer doing the "Late Show," having taken over for Leno. It is so odd, feeling that the new, bigger set and earlier time takes away from the seeming secret that is, or I should say, was Conan.

He is so quirky, and odd, and not a natural stand-up comedian, which is odd, because that's where all the other late night hosts have come from: Leno and Letterman both came to LA in the same year to start stand up, and even worked together for Jimmy JJ "DYN-O-MITE!" Walker....(I learned that from an Adam Carolla podcast the other day).

Conan's lack of stand up makes him rely on his goofiness, and not the expected punchline timing. There is something really different, like people who watch at 11:30 are still "normal," and the people who watch at 12:30 are asleep or drunk. It seemed watching the show, that Conan has some growing into the post to do. And we'll see if he can ever get it, which I am sure he will.
But here's a vid from his old show, one that he says is the favorite of all time:

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