Conan

[TheMatrix31]

Re: Conan

Conan and Gordon Ramsay were ****ing amazing.

[ImTellinTim]

Re: Conan

4 people who I had no idea were still alive:
Lil Jon (YYYYYYYEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!! !)
Hayden Panettiere
Dax Shepard
Alexis Bledel

He's on Parenthood, which is actually a good show.

[Steel5]

Re: Conan

He's on Parenthood, which is actually a good show.

One of the better shows that no one watches.

[WazzuRC]

Re: Conan

He's on Parenthood, which is actually a good show.

One of the better shows that no one watches.

One of my favorite shows on TV.

[DaveDQ]

Re: Conan

Conan and Gordon Ramsay were ****ing amazing.

That was a great show to me. Conan really seemed to let loose on that one.

[gopadres]

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Something about the shows lately I don't know....they just haven't been good.

Been a BIG Conan fan for a long time. Haven't been watching lately until last night and I must say I agree.

Sorry to say but Late Night with Jimmy Fallon has been so much better than Conan recently.

[Steel5]

Re: Conan

Guests for the week

Monday

• Emma Roberts
• Damon Wayans Jr.
• Scala and Kolacny Brothers (choir that covers Radiohead's "creep", from The Social Network trailer)

Tuesday

• Tina Fey
• Dr. Sanjay Gupta
• Plan B

Wednesday

• Tyler Perry
• Morgan Spurlock
• The Strokes

Thursday

• Reese Witherspoon
• Kevin McHale
• The Head and the Heart

[Moses Shuttlesworth]

Re: Conan

This show has been disappointing lately...I love Conan, but man I really feel like the show was at it's peak 3-4 years ago.

[TheMatrix31]

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The popular douchiness trendy-type crowd (read: fans of internet memes, Jon Stewart, etc) got ahold of Conan and now he's trying to cater to those types every single day.

I don't know exactly how to describe it, but that's how I feel.

[Steel5]

Re: Conan

I agree with you guys about the show not being great as of late. Some of the things he said on the Marc Maron podcast (someone posted it a few pages back, good listen) kind of resonated with me about why I don't like this show as much.

This is hilarious though:
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[TheMatrix31]

Re: Conan

His Silvio Burlesconi joke was hilarious.

[BlueNGold]

Re: Conan

The Will Ferrell beard thing could be amazing.

[SmashMan]

Re: Conan

The popular douchiness trendy-type crowd (read: fans of internet memes, Jon Stewart, etc) got ahold of Conan and now he's trying to cater to those types every single day.

I don't know exactly how to describe it, but that's how I feel.

Pretty much how I feel about it too. I can see how he feels that way though; the internet kept his name out there and rallied support...and typically the internet goes for the stuff you describe (thus the description, I suppose... ) I wish more bits would be written to be naturally funny and less an attempt to create viral clips.

Obviously there are legal issues to prevent him from using old bits as they were; but even without that you also get the sense that he's really trying hard to not rely on old ideas. I can admire that, but I'd replicate what I could and mix in the new stuff around that. These new ideas just seem to blend together now.

I'll be damned if I don't love some "Mascots that shouldn't dunk" dunk contest though.

[TheMatrix31]

Re: Conan

The Mascots That Shouldnt Dunk are awesome, as are the "fake" songs that they have those in the audience guess. Those are old-style Conan things.

[Steel5]

Re: Conan

Pretty much how I feel about it too. I can see how he feels that way though; the internet kept his name out there and rallied support...and typically the internet goes for the stuff you describe (thus the description, I suppose... ) I wish more bits would be written to be naturally funny and less an attempt to create viral clips.

Obviously there are legal issues to prevent him from using old bits as they were; but even without that you also get the sense that he's really trying hard to not rely on old ideas. I can admire that, but I'd replicate what I could and mix in the new stuff around that. These new ideas just seem to blend together now.

I'll be damned if I don't love some "Mascots that shouldn't dunk" dunk contest though.

Conan said on the Marc Maron podcast that they created an in-house mandate to not use old skits or knock offs of old skits. So it is definitely a conscious effort to do differnt stuff than the NBC shows.

Mascosts that shouldn't dunk is great.

I have been loving the Will Ferrel shaving thread videos this week.

"The razor sleeps for no one!"

^They are also an example of internet friendly bits that can be viral on the internet. Short one-ish minute clips of Will threatening Conan.