The latest:
-This is the final week of The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien.
-Team Conan and NBC are close to a deal that would give Conan around $35-40 million dollars and enable him to move to another network in less than a year. Two sticking points are intellectual property rights and the severance package. TMZ reports that O’Brien can keep all of his recurring bits and characters if he stops trashing NBC. Tough call…
- A rally was held today in New York, Chicago and Los Angeles. Conan spoke to the crowd that gathered in front of The Tonight Show studios. The masturbating bear made an appearance. There were chants of “Leno sucks!”, “Monorail!” and “Four more years!”. My favorite though is “All we are saying/Give Conan a chance” to the tune of “Give Peace A Chance”.
-A fascinating New Yorker article from 1978 resurfaced over the weekend about Johnny Carson. He was a bit of an eremite if you ask me.
-This is Conan’s guest list this week, the final week, according to his official website:
Tonight: Martin Scorcese, Colin Furth, KOOZA- Cirque De Soleil
Tuesday: Tom Hanks, Paul Bettany, Spoon
Wednesday: TBA
Thursday: TBA
Friday: TBA
Who IS this TBA? I’m hoping for Norm MacDonald.
For a good laugh, here’s what Jay Leno had to say about letting Conan take over The Tonight Show back in 2004:
Here’s Conan in 2004 yammering on about what an honor it is to one day be the host of The Tonight Show and that NBC and Jay Leno are class acts.
He predicted Clay Aiken coming out of the closet! Wow! Conandamus everybody!
The truth is, late night television has always been full of controversy. Jay Leno is the new Jerry Lewis. Duh.
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