Cool it my babies
Hey everybody,
Lately I find Conan O'Brien to be not that awesome. This video post explains a fun drinking game you can play during his monologues.
Well, blogulatees, what are you thoughts? Do Conan's monologues totally suck? Do you enjoy his antics? Hey blogulators in NY this week, are you catching one of his shows?
Let me hear your thoughts.
My favorite late night host? Craig Kilborn. Remember him? He was hilarious. Now let's cut to a shot of me draining threes...
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Tuesday, April 29, 2008.
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i only liked kilborn because of his obsession with dido, and his ability to get foo fighters to come on and do weird acoustic stuff, like "stairway to heaven"
i don't really care for foo fighters, and as much as i like zep, stairway bores me to death...
still though, this performance is transcendent.. or something
http://youtube.com/watch?v=juCQ1BteSW4
Sadly, I agree completely with this VIDEO post. I don't understand why Conan bothers to do a monologue, nor do I understand how people get paid to write half of those predictable "dirty bubble yum" jokes.
I may be the #1 Conan lover of the Bloguleers, but Leno is looking more and more attractive. And Jennifer Love Hewitt is even more attractive than that. Or that's what TV Guide told me.
PS Great ventriloquism. I really believed there was an audience.
yeah, i didn't get to the how awful late night monologue jokes are.
basically all you do is take someone in the news and make a painfully obvious statement about them.
rosie o'donnell = fat
paris hilton = a skank
gw bush = dumb
bill clinton = likes adultery
it's not even comedy. i'd rather they just open with some sketches or let the music act play an extra song.
I don't know if I'm just dumb, but I didn't figure out until now that the guy in these videos is actually you. I thought it was just some guy who you thought was funny, though that really doesn't make sense, but there aren't a lot of opinions I hold that actually make sense.
So I heard on the news today *claps hands together once* that Conan O'Brien is trying to NOT deliver all of his jokes the same way. Yeah. Yep. Mhmmm well it turns out that *raises eyebrows* this is as likely as Al Roker not eating a cheeseburger. *laughter!*
I don't like Conan's monologues at all. But I do enjoy the funny stuff that he does afterwards.
Sean's video posts give me a reason to live.
This was great, especially the moment @ 2:46.
thanks pat.
i watched tonight's monologue. no awkward conversation with jimmy v but he did the hands together bow thing about 4 times.
i agree, some of his 'at the desk' stuff pre-interview is decent. but i think by the time he's in leno's spot next year, conan will be pretty lame. of course, i have zero hope for jimmy fallon as replacement.
the whole late night talk show format is getting stale, in my opinion. they need to have late night lynchian sitcoms that unsettle people before they sleep.
***buzzer***
"come on up... hello? george??"
-"dick laurant is dead."
Jimmy Fallon is his replacement? Wow, that IS going to suck.
haha...late night lynchian sitcoms....love it. everyone in bunny suits.
Although I have not seen the video yet (I will when there aren't lots of employees around me later tonight!!) I must come to the defense of Conan's monologues. To me, he knows that he's not a good joke teller, but his schtick somehow makes it funny and likeable. Then again, I have been watching Leno's monologues a little bit lately and even that occasionally makes me laugh. Not that I like it, or think it is groundbreaking, or even funny, but I laugh once in a while. Conan's bits after his monologue, though, have gotten progressively less funny. I guess I'm not disappointed in his monologues because they've pretty much always been the same, but it seems clear the writers are starting to tinker with the stuff between the jokes and the guests to make it Tonight Show-ready. And Jimmy Fallon makes me cry.
Fun fact! Al Roker has his private offices in the building where I work! I have never personally seen him, but I look forward to it, because I am sure he will be rude in some way like demanding his own elevator like Meryl Streep in The Prada because he is pretty much the worst. And then I can tell people that story, which is basically what I did here but it hasn't happened yet.
Great video post. Like Qualler, I have an urge to come to Conan's defense, but I really can't. It's all true. And yet I still have it on in the background as I brush my teeth every night.
I don't get the "Leno is practically as good as Conan" argument though. I avoid Leno like the plague unless it's for a musical guest. Conan 7 years ago is gold, Conan now is silver, Letterman is bronze, and Leno doesn't even make it to tryouts, right along with Carson. And I've never even watched the British guy from Drew Carey.
Don't get me wrong -- I still HATE Leno. But Johnny Carson's great! Or, at least Dana Carvey's version of Johnny Carson, similar to Norm MacDonald's version of Letterman. Craig Ferguson is deece. Here's how I'd rank 'em:
1. Conesey
2. Letterman
3. Ferguson
4. Leno
5. Jimmy Kimmel
As much as I hate Leno, Jimmy Kimmel actually makes me want to vomit. And let's face it -- Headlines are kinda silly sometimes!
Haha I was actually talking about Carson Daly, but that's amazing that I wrote that and didn't even think about Johnny Carson. My brain is full of junk.
Jimmy Kimmel is really good and he's getting better all the time. He's doesn't have Conan's bull-shit false modesty and he sticks to real jokes. Kimmel also has some hilarious pre-interview stuff. Sure, the "i'm f*cking matt damon" thing was a little crass, but the rest of his stuff is great. You are fools to underestimate Jimmy Kimmel.
And Craig Ferguson is Scottish. And also pretty decent. His show has potential. He just needs guests that aren't C list losers.
Haha, no Chris that proves how full of junk my brain is! I thankfully forgot Carson Daly even had a talk show. Maybe I'll give Jimmy Kimmel another chance -- although here in Minneapolis that means waiting through two episodes of According to Jim after Nightline and I'm not willing to torture myself that much.
Good lord this was wonderful. I watched this twice and fell into a laughing fit a combined total of six times.
Sean, please never write anything ever again. Just make videos. They're so good.
I can't stand how smug Jimmy Kimmel is. I forgot he even existed. Plus I think it's ridiculous that someone who started out as the sidekick on Win Ben Stein's Money has his own late night show. Also, The Man Show is probably my least favorite thing about modern humanity. He gets zero respect from me, no matter what he does. I can't have an open mind about him or Adam Camry or whatever his name is. I hate both of them with the fiery passion of a thousand suns.
whoa, chris, you're wrong. the man show was great for here's why:
1. it's a relic of it's time, turn of the century.
2. look how far women have come that now they can jump on tramapolines AND hold down jobs AND have babies. women have it all, chris, and that is not just a fiction created by TV. it is a reality.
3. beer.
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