Conan O’Brien’s old “Late Night” show on NBC was always at its best when he did remote segments, something that doesn’t work in L.A. because that city doesn’t have pedestrians for Conan to interact with. But with last night’s show in New York, he aired two different remotes I enjoyed (see below).

The first is a short segment in which Conan returns to Rockefeller Center in disguise as a “hipster pedophile Chargers fan” who he stands in the audience while “The Today Show” films. The second, longer segment has Conan filling in as a delivery guy for a Chinese restaurant, and it has some really great moments. Watch and mourn the loss of “Late Night with Conan O’Brien” all over again. (R.I.P. 1993-2009)

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To celebrate one year of shows with TBS, Conan O’Brien is returning to the city where he made his name in late night TV. O’Brien will tape this week’s shows in Manhattan’s Beacon Theater, and I’ll probably tune in because his energy and humor are better when he’s in New York. And part of it’s nostalgia, too — I prefer to think of Conan as the wacky New York-based “Late Night” host, not the guy who moved up to L.A. only to get his dreams shattered and land at TBS.

Anyway, if you’re a sucker for Conan the way that I am, you’ll likely enjoy the video below, a montage of his first year at TBS. It’s edited really well, and at four minutes long it’s way easier to sit through than a full year of “Conan.”

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Yesterday I posted the baffling Hermain Cain ad that featured chief of staff Mark Block taking a drag from a cigarette and Cain breaking into a slow, creepy smile. It was obviously ripe for parody, and late-night hosts went after it with gusto. Conan O’Brien, David Letterman, and Stephen Colbert all created similar spoofs of the commercial. (I’m sure Jay Leno will tackle it some time early next year.)

Not only have I embedded the videos below, but I’ve also ranked them because I enjoy stirring up pointless discussion. For further reading on this matter, please see my defining work in the genre, EMILY > ZOOEY.

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Conan O’Brien made a surprise appearance on “Late Night,” the show he hosted for 16 years, to retrieve Triumph the Insult Comic Dog and engage in some witty banter with ?uestlove (see below). I happened on Wednesday night’s show, but I’m only getting to it now because the Uproxx homepage shamed me with its coverage yesterday.

Anyway, I don’t have the time to watch late-night shows these days — I’m forever catching up on DVR’d shows when they air — so it’s good to see Conan in New York where he belongs. You hear that, L.A.? He’s OURS! Give him back!

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In order to promote “The X Factor,” Nicole Scherzinger put her huge fake tits on display and then called out Conan O’Brien for looking at them instead of her dead eyes (video below). You go, girl! Men are such pigs!

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