Conan: "I May Soon Be Available for Children's Parties!"
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When life gives him lemons, Conan O'Brien makes funnies!
On Tuesday, hours after the comic threatened to quit The Tonight Show if it is moved to 12:05 p.m. (to accommodate the proposed new time slot for The Jay Leno Show), O'Brien joked about his imbroglio with NBC. As with his earlier statement, O'Brien didn't pull any punches.
"Hello, my name is Conan O'Brien," he began, "and I may soon be available for children's parties."
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"Welcome to NBC. Where our new slogan is, 'No longer just screwing up prime-time,'" he quipped, in a nod to his network's struggle to set up a strong programming lineup.
"When I was a little boy, I remember watching The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson and thinking, 'Someday, I'm going to host that show for 7 months.'"
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(O'Brien famously took over The Tonight Show from Leno in fall 2009; Leno inherited the franchise from the late Johnny Carson.)
"NBC says they're planning to have the late night situation worked out before the Winter Olympics start," O'Brien explained. "And trust me, when NBC says something -- you can take that to the bank!"
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The redhead then mentioned a hot-button issue currently making waves in Washington, D.C.: "Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid is still under fire for remarks he made about President Obama's 'blackness.' Sources say Reid could face Congressional censure, or even worse, be promised the The Tonight Show at 11:30."
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14Leno really wants to be there. That's why he's a clock watcher. It's also why he nods off during interviews with anyone other than attractive females. Plus dude needs the money more than Coco. He must have all of NBCs cash.
I'm in bed by that time anyways. All the good tv has been over for hours. Nothing buy Conan and proactive commercials.
He needs to break it off with NBC cuz they're being d****e-bags about Leno's prime time not doing to well so Conan should move to Fox. At least @ Fox, they won't treat him like dirt like they did to him on NBC >_
UGH LENO IS ACTING LIKE A HUGE BABY.HE WAS NOT HAPPY WITH HIS NEW" TOY" SO HE WANTS HIS OLD "TOY" BACK..AND IT BELONGS TO CONAN. CONAN IS SO MUCH FUNNIER AND YOUNGER THAN LENO.IN WITH THE NEW..OUT WITH THE OLD!
UGH LENO NEEDS TO BOW OUT AND RETIRE LIKE HE SAID HE WAS GOING TO DO..'THE TONIGHT SHOW' IS NOT HIS ANYMORE..HE GAVE IT UP.ITS CONANS NOW.LENO IS ACTING LIKE A BIG BABY AND HE WAS NOT HAPPY WITH HIS NEW "TOY" SO HE WANTS HIS OLD "TOY" BACK. CONAN IS MUCH FUNNIER AND YOUNGER THAN HE IS ANYWAYS.LET IT GO.IN WITH THE NEW OUT WITH THE OLD
I support Conan! If NBC is so worried about Lenos' ratings then why not cancel the show! Leno had his turn on the tonight show and passed the torch to Conan. I always have felt that giving Leno a show at the 10 o' clock time slot was a slap in the face to Conans new position on the tonight show. Leno Sucks... O'Brien Rules
cohan,letterman,and leno stink.there will never be another johnny carson,
Leno quit/retired, whatever. He could have stayed the host with that time slot. He tried to get his own namesake show and it failed, that's his fault, they shouldn't take Conan's "promotion" away because Leno's plan didn't work. That's WRONG. That's like promoting someone to a big CEO position and everyone then gets bumped up too, YEAH. Then the new CEO bombs and everyone else gets bumped back down??? Not fair! I agree with Conan and actually Leno isn't happy about moving anyway. Perhaps they are both right in making fun of NBC, they are the one's who apparently are changing everything without any regards to Leno or Conan.
Leno is NOT FUNNY.
He needs to jump ship to Fox.
how ridiculous is all of this? gimme a break! i like both leno and conan... obviously the network likes leno more.... so get on with it already... name me one corporation that really gives a crap about any of its employees, no matter WHAT their salary or skillset! if you're on the outs, you're on the outs!! stop acting like a child conan! you still get your money and you'll land another ridiculously high-paid job! in these economic times that's a HELL of a lot more than us regular 'shlubs'!!!
If Conan really cared about the people that worked for the show, he'd just move to the new timeslot and put his stupid ego aside. It's all about his ego at this point. It's up to him whether or not the crew keeps their jobs.
Hmm... Conan doing children's parties, that would be interesting!
Bring Leno back. The Tonight Show stinks with Conan.