The 30 Rock building has lowered its population by one. That one person is Conan O’Brien, the sixteen year host of Late Night, whose last show aired on Friday. The gangly, pale and poofy-haired O’Brien will be taking over for Jay Leno on The Tonight Show in June.
Question: what has allowed Conan to kick late night television’s ass for sixteen years? Perhaps more importantly, what has he done to earn the right to sit behind the desk that was once home to the late-great Johnny Carson? The answer is simple, he’s hilarious. Oddball skits and quirky humor have become Conan’s calling card, and the younger late night audience digs it. Triumph the Insult Comic Dog was a huge hit. What about the time Conan accidently legally obligated NBC to purchase the domain name hornymanatee.com? That’s classic stuff. This video shows some more of Conan's best moments:
Conan won’t change his formula just because he’s changing times. He’ll continue to do what he wants to do, it works. He’s kind of a late night Derelict in that respect. Good luck Conan, we salute you!
Question: what has allowed Conan to kick late night television’s ass for sixteen years? Perhaps more importantly, what has he done to earn the right to sit behind the desk that was once home to the late-great Johnny Carson? The answer is simple, he’s hilarious. Oddball skits and quirky humor have become Conan’s calling card, and the younger late night audience digs it. Triumph the Insult Comic Dog was a huge hit. What about the time Conan accidently legally obligated NBC to purchase the domain name hornymanatee.com? That’s classic stuff. This video shows some more of Conan's best moments:
Conan won’t change his formula just because he’s changing times. He’ll continue to do what he wants to do, it works. He’s kind of a late night Derelict in that respect. Good luck Conan, we salute you!
-Butch Cassidy
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