UPDATE: CONAN STILL HATES NBC
01.12.10
Okay, for those of you thirsting for the latest in late-night news, here’s what I got today: Fox admitted that it’s interested in Conan, but it comes down to whether Conan wants to void a contract that will pay him $10M a year to be on at midnight. Stay tuned for more cats– er, news on the situation.
Moving along, the awesomeness that is “The Tonight Show” now that Conan doesn’t care continued last night, with O’Brien launching repeated barbs aimed at both the network and Jay Leno. My favorite:
“NBC announced they expect to lose $200 million on the Winter Olympics next month. Folks, is it just me, or is that story hilarious?”
Well played, sir. Below: video of Conan listing his present career options. Apparently Jay Leno is also telling “jokes” about the situation, but I didn’t bother to watch those clips. I’m a TV blogger, not a masochist. Well, actually, I am a masochist, but even I have my limits.
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Good for Conan. Only at NBC does failure get rewarded with a promotion
No justice, no peace!!! Wait, what?
“For 60 years the Tonight Show has aired immediately following the late local news. I sincerely believe that delaying the Tonight Show into the next day to accommodate another comedy program will seriously damage what I consider to be the greatest franchise in the history of broadcasting.”
Right on, CoCo.
I’d actually support Conan just walking away with his money if I didn’t think that while he’d get paid it would fuck everyone who works for him. And that’s why he won’t do it because he actually seems like a decent human being. Leno on the other hand wouldn’t even hand out lube as his employees got assfucked.
He’s gone. http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/01/12/conan-obrien-says-he-wont-do-tonight-show-following-leno/?src=twt&twt=mediadecodernyt
So… is Vince doing all your photoshop now?
Burnsey’s comment made me remember the YouTube clips from that interview with Howard Stern. Stern gives good advice and the interview flows like it could have been done yesterday because it is almost the same situation.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2CJiWE46pCA
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PwzPlmL7gq8&feature=related
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5BtJMeo_PKM&feature=related
Matt, just so you know, I will never get sick of you posting stuff about this. Don’t stop!
I would watch Redwolf Village.
I’d love to see Conan pull a “Peter Gibbons” and try to get fired. Bring out Norm MacDonald to be his guest every night, have Masturbating Bear visit the offices of NBC Execs, have Kermit vomit all over the Today set. It could be epic.
I wanna see him do a show in his slippers and bath robe. That’s not giving a shit.
I feel like it’s 1993 all over again. Conan is just missing a Howard Stern appearance.
Whoopsie. Barbs, not bards. Although that would have been cool, too.
Launching repeated bards? Are you calling Conan a Shakespeare-chucker?
CoCo is about a week away from doing his monologue in a body suit.