In The Year 4000 it is...

1/19/2010 10:07:28 AM

1/19/2010 2:25:49 PM

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/01/19/jeff-zucker-conan-leno-de_n_428020.html


sounds like zucker never really wanted conan on the tonight show, and only offered him the position to keep the carrot dangling long enough to keep both leno and conan on the air for 5 years. pretty shady, if you ask me. he should have let him leave 5 years ago when he first had the chance.

this is such a bone-headed move by nbc, i dont get it. leno's fans are literally going to die, and they'll have to replace him with someone. and with nbc's track record of NOT giving it to the late night host, i wouldn't get my hopes up if i were jimmy fallon

[Edited on January 19, 2010 at 4:10 PM. Reason : ]

1/19/2010 4:06:35 PM

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"Zucker said, adding that NBC believes "Jay will go back to 11:35 and be successful.""

I hope Leno fails miserably.

1/19/2010 10:27:26 PM

Sweet Norm.

1/19/2010 11:56:58 PM

"It costs the network a ton of money when we play Zeppelin."

1/20/2010 2:35:33 AM

i would very much enjoy a sketch of 'In the year 2000 (not 3000), triumph, masturbating bear, vomiting kermit, and andy's little sister' in one last "fuck you" to nbc before he goes.

1/20/2010 3:07:53 AM

How could you forget about S&M Lincoln?

1/20/2010 5:50:22 AM

or pimpbot 5000 (my earliest memory of conan)

or pierre bernard's recliner of rage

1/20/2010 6:27:28 AM

i wish all news was presented this way

1/20/2010 8:38:43 AM

lol when they turn into superheroes

1/20/2010 10:05:39 AM

Fedex pope anyone?

1/20/2010 10:46:01 AM

that video makes me rethink the world we live in

1/20/2010 10:59:42 AM

or the world's oldest stuntman?

1/20/2010 2:58:15 PM

tonight's show was excellent

$1.5 million dollar bit!

1/21/2010 1:03:17 AM

I'm sure the car was just rented, or maybe even borrowed.

There are only 200 of them in the world.

1/21/2010 1:31:20 AM

still, it was probably $30,000 to rent it

and satisfaction is ungodly expensive

the 7 played a couple of zeppelin songs the other night...they're ridiculously expensive even as covers

1/21/2010 4:13:24 AM

I created a Conan related thread over here, FYI.

1/21/2010 8:32:17 AM

the clipped that segment out of the hulu version

1/21/2010 1:37:03 PM

Haha I was wondering what you guys were talking about - I watch the show on NBC.com, and saw nothing, but noticed the second segment of the show was very short.

Found it on Youtube. Hilarious, including his delivery of the bit.

1/21/2010 2:58:24 PM

link?

nm found it

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvaZKuAoFUU

[Edited on January 21, 2010 at 3:06 PM. Reason : .]

1/21/2010 3:05:38 PM

i'm assuming the 1.5mil price tag would've been what it would've cost to re-air over the internet. hilarious.

1/21/2010 3:20:15 PM

Well, I hate to be "that guy," and I'm really just playing devil's advocate I guess, but isn't it a bit tasteless to pull a stunt like that when $1.5 mil could have gone to Haiti?

I know, I know, it's probably impossible for those funds to be routed as a donation per contracts and company policies and whatnot. Just sayin'. I hope it doesn't undo some of the galvanizing that's been going on to support his plight. Could impact where/how he lands next year. Mebee he could find some other way to stick it to 'em that didn't involve flashing a big "1.5$ MIL" on the screen at a time like this.

Still, epic joke. Loved it.

[Edited on January 21, 2010 at 3:23 PM. Reason : ]

1/21/2010 3:22:34 PM

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"Well, I hate to be "that guy," and I'm really just playing devil's advocate I guess, but isn't it a bit tasteless to pull a stunt like that when $1.5 mil could have gone to Haiti?"

Really?

Tell you what, Americans are no longer allowed to spend any money on things with no practical value. Please stop wasting money on video games, cable tv, high speed internet etc and donate all your money to charity.

1/21/2010 3:33:18 PM

^ Yeah, I get your point, and agree with it.

(although a Veyron mouse has no "practical" value...but I still get your point)

[Edited on January 21, 2010 at 4:34 PM. Reason : ]

1/21/2010 4:34:02 PM

If you're going to argue that money from that bit could be sent to Haiti, you should also argue that they should save production costs on a whole week of shows and air reruns all this week. Television is a business, not a charity.

Besides that, I'm willing to bet Conan has already sent an enormous sum to StillerStrong.

1/21/2010 4:35:10 PM

lol, that is so freakin awesome. i'm surprised they didn't write language into his buyout agreement preventing stuff like that

and i bet conan doesn't even care about those characters, because he'll just make up new ones that are even funnier

1/21/2010 5:00:03 PM

i associate triumph with conan and love the triumph skits

maybe they can find someway around it

victory the insult comic gerbil?

1/21/2010 5:15:36 PM

they can probably use the rest of the anipals

1/21/2010 5:30:05 PM

it was pretty amazing how unfunny Robin Williams was last night

1/22/2010 11:24:07 AM

I completely disagree

1/22/2010 11:33:51 AM

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"robin williams = worst penultimate guest ever"

1/22/2010 11:36:02 AM

Yeah, well, you know, that's just, like, your opinion, man

1/22/2010 11:50:20 AM

I've been saying for years that he has regressed as a comedian and improved as a dramatic actor

Saw his stand up last year...paled in comparison to him 10 years ago

1/22/2010 11:52:21 AM

oh well if conan goes to fox which he prob will now, everyone is a winner, more late night options for different people, less arguing, even lopez tonight isn't that bad

1/22/2010 3:05:43 PM

http://tinyurl.com/y8weehb

1/24/2010 10:43:29 PM

^ he seems to be confusing Jimmy Kimmel and Jimmy Fallon

[Edited on January 24, 2010 at 11:00 PM. Reason : ]

1/24/2010 11:00:09 PM

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"Mr. Queenan, a satirist, is the author, most recently, of the memoir "Closing Time" (Viking, 2009). "

Wow. He's bad at his job.

1/24/2010 11:05:54 PM

http://www.contactmusic.com/news.nsf/story/lenos-ratings-plunge-deeper_1130716

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"Dismal ratings for Monday night's Jay Leno Show on NBC seemed to indicate that the late-night talk-show host has a rough road ahead of him to repair his image before he returns to the Tonight show on March 1. Monday's primetime telecast drew just 3.9 million viewers -- well below even his already low numbers for the season. It was difficult to determine whether the low ratings should be attributed to an apparent general perception that he colluded with NBC executives to regain his Tonight show desk or whether they could be blamed on the poor showing of his two hour-long lead-in shows. Both of them placed fourth in the ratings, Chuck with 6.7 million viewers and Heroes with 4.4 million."

2/4/2010 10:11:22 PM

damn i hope chuck improves, nbc better not cancel chuck.

2/5/2010 2:57:44 AM

Since Im not in Burbank to say it, Ill say it here:

"BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO"

3/2/2010 12:16:52 AM

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"damn i hope chuck improves, nbc better not cancel chuck."

Chuck will be fine. It's about the highest rated hour-long program NBC has.

3/2/2010 8:28:30 AM

completely forgot to check out the new show. So how was it?

3/2/2010 8:35:37 AM

i'm guessing it sucked shit since it's leno

3/2/2010 9:03:58 AM

i flipped through, saw lindsey vonn being creeped on by jay, and quickly turned the channel.

3/2/2010 1:56:13 PM

I wouldn't know...I'll never turn on NBC from 11:35-12:35 again.

3/2/2010 2:04:28 PM

^

3/2/2010 2:07:17 PM

^^

3/2/2010 2:08:09 PM

http://twitter.com/ConanOBrien

a slight form of methadone

3/2/2010 2:11:09 PM

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"This morning I watched Remington Steele while eating Sugar Smacks out of a salad bowl. I was naked."

he's livin the dream!

3/2/2010 4:40:23 PM