Leno Replaces Conan on Tonight Show...

O'Brien = unfunny in a more interesting way than Leno

as i expected, he had better jokes/was more consistently funny than Dave, but I'm not sure I enjoy the persona as much, and it was just a shade more Leno than I expected (and some of the LA stuff was lamer than expected). also seemed a little nervous as he got into the monologue. but decent so far.

no abe reference, boo

Ha

Over on CBS, Letterman got off the two funniest lines of the night. First he sauntered out for his monologue and drolly announced: "Hi and welcome to the 'Late Show.' I'm Dave Letterman. I'm still here. I knocked off another competitor.'" His audience went wild and he let out a big laugh - the first time he's looked so gleeful in a long while. Then Letterman said he got a call that day from his mom, who said: "Well, David, I see you didn't get the 'Tonight Show' again."

I was watching Dave when he did that "competitor" line and I was all "Oh shit, I should be checking out Conan!" and switched right over. Sorry, Dave.

see, I think that Conan is just a pretty funny guy who makes a pretty good talk show host. Dave is Dave. He is like a force of nature. He might not always be as funny as Conan (or Craig) but he is always Dave.

yeah i can get behind that

http://dennisperrin.blogspot.com/2009/06/new-golden-age.html

Someone hacked his site, I don't see anything about Obama in that entry.

it's a metaphor for the demobam-led military-politicrat industry, duh

I lol'd at Andy Richter's announcing voice.

he writes about comedy fairly often. Look at all the Fridays clips.

xp

conan is funny but he kind of seems like he might be a big asshole in ways that dave doesn't.

I watched this, and for some reason I teared up a little ... just because I feel like Conan is practically my peer, and here he is hosting the greatest talk show, living his dream. And with Andy back! And with Pearl Jam as the band, a band I loved in junior high! Very thrilling, even if the show itself was just a'ight.

Don't crap on the app

BRO'S A NO NO FOR COCO

i saw andy about a year ago at a local bar, dude was slamming back martinis at an alarming rate

Yeah, I think Andy's probably a little bit of a lush.

Dammit, I want an In-N-Out burger right now. The farthest west I've been is Arizona, though, and that's when I was 10. I have to go back now to fully appreciate the opportunity.

Dammit, I want an In-N-Out burger right now.

Haha, I was just reading about this on Twitter from someone. Went to my local one twice last week...

conan is funny but he kind of seems like he might be a big asshole in ways that dave doesn't.

― akm, Wednesday, 3 June 2009 01:56 (2 hours ago)

OTM. Constant self-deprecation can be like a classic misdirection play. It pretends to play down what it actually builds up ("He's so confident - get this - he can actually poke fun of himself! What a guy.") or quickly becomes the tool of the narcissist who sometimes hates himself but still feels superior to everybody else and wants to keep himself the center of conversation(e.g. Woody Allen). And I really like Conan, too, but I'm around a lot of comics and writers and it's a common dynamic.

xp: haven't had one in 14 years and i can taste them right now. someone fed ex me a burger w/animal style fries.

And it was really weird seeing Conan so nervous. Did anybody notice how Conan couldn't improvise with Will Ferrell? When Ferrell makes a silly gesture Conan bashfully imitates it before awkwardly going into the Land of the Lost clip.

I haven't picked up on any nervousness at all. To me, it seems like he picked up right where he left off in NYC with a different name a nicer studio. His monologue and interview style is exactly the same as it has been for the last 10 years.

Well, I was paying really close attention to his mannerisms and I noticed, in his monologue, a few high-pitched nervous laughs and a few awkward pauses here and there. Also, the audience rapport wasn't nearly as interactive and relaxed. He's still the man, he just isn't in full control yet. It'll take a few weeks for him to adjust.

He did well enough tonight. I like Letterman and all but this is the first time I actually looked forward to 11:30 pm tv in a long long time.

I imagine Craig Ferguson is pretty happy too, now that his competition is Jimmy Fallon.

it quickly becomes the tool of the narcissist who sometimes hates himself but still feels superior to everybody else and wants to keep himself the center of conversation(e.g. Woody Allen)

good post

I noticed Conan seemed to be moving his lips a lot like his mouth was dry.

His eyes were red.

Definitely baked.

it's def the apex of the entertainment world, interviewing Will fuckin' Ferrell, the unfunniest man on earth

pretty much. he beat every show in prime time on Monday.

btw, this:

http://dennisperrin.blogspot.com/2009/06/new-golden-age.html

is retarded and useless.

no it's a funny post from a professional joke writer

he's right about fallon at least

I noticed Conan seemed to be moving his lips a lot like his mouth was dry.

He does this because he is a lizard. Look at how his eyes dart.

it's def the apex of the entertainment world

He's the biggest comedy star of this era, for better or worse.

that's probably true but what generation has he really impacted? people in their 30s? for anyone like... 25 (maybe, say, 28) and younger i think the defining comedy force of the generation is chappelle. and for people that are in their 40s and up it's letterman or someone else? im kind of blindly hypothesizing here

hopefully history will be like jordan and just completely forget dane cook existed

yeah true

that's probably true but what generation has he really impacted?

I think it says a lot that the first two musical acts on the show are Pearl Jam and Green Day. The show is definitely aiming for the 25-40 audience, people who grew up with grunge and SNL/The Simpsons (for whom Conan wrote), and the most coveted demographic, the demo most likely to actually stay up past the 11pm news. Especially since all the boomers will be going to bed after Bleno's over.

And then if you're still awake, the 15-25s can watch Jimmy Fallon talk about Twitter, and if they're still awake after that, the stoners can watch Carson Daly and contemplate suicide.

I don't even dislike CO'B that much, I just seldom watch him cuz the stuff Carson and Letterman used to do in dribs and drabs -- shticking about how underwhelming the show was on a given night-- seems to be the BASIS of Conan's persona!

The guy is mostly an interviewer, not a comedian. That's his job. And I don't want to waste any more of my life watching talk shows.

dude nobody watches jimmy fallon

And I don't want to waste any more of my life watching talk shows.

DVR has made talk shows so much more palatable for me.

dude nobody watches jimmy fallon

We'll see! I'm not a fan, but I also think the worst of the American public.

conan does need to ease up on the self-depreciation tip tho - it's funny as asides but that I DRIVE AN OLD CAR sketch was like ooookkay dude - also it's hard to pull it off when nbc took jay leno out with the trash on your account

except they didnt dude they fucked him and kept leno on at 10p

but still

I think the NYTimes piece on Conan proved to me that he overthinks things too much, and some of the bits (like the car thing) seemed like concessions to a segment of the audience that will never warm to him, no matter how much he condescends to them.

When he was on the tram, screaming "NOOOOOOO", the glazed-over, hateful looks of some of the passengers reminded me of Tom Green.

The tram circle was fucking killing me.

it probably would've been a bit annoying to experience irl but i thought it was pretty funny