Conan Season 3 Episode 37 Dax Shepard, Adam Cayton-Holland
What is a guy from Argentina doing, reviewing this red haired freak
talk show? Good question. I got to know Conan in 1996, thanks to an
overseas life I was living, somewhere in Europe. I didn't speak that
land's language but I did understand somehow a little English. So, I
had no option. Gotta watch cable. MTV, NBC... Then one night I saw this
weird guy (it came right after the funny looking guy with the big
chin). I think his hair hypnotized me. I spent one year living there,
and, seriously, I didn't have the best of times, I was only 17, far
away from my family and culture, without the ability to speak or
understand well, but every night Conan got me laughing. And every night
it worked. Conan was actually important for me and when I came back to
Argentina I missed the show. Internet wasn't such a useful tool those
days (almost 15 years ago). Years later, a cable channel here started
to show some Late Night with Conan O Brien and I was the happiest man
on earth but then, like just one or two months after it started, BAM,
Late Night was over because Conan was going to replace Leno. What the!
I was so angry. Late Night was perfect and I didn't think Conan needed
to do that. He is different to the other "important" talk show hosts
and that is what we all like about him. I lost track of his new show
and a couple of weeks ago I saw this funny image of Conan and an Owl
and the TBS logo... Now, thanks to the internet, I'm watching his new
show. I'm aware of what happened and I think it's sad that NBC did what
it did and I have to say Leno I don't like your chin anymore and I'm so
glad Conan's hair is still red and moves like a salsa dancer. I also
watched his goodbye speech on youtube and I think Conan was a gentleman
and I loved that. I've seen all the shows, with the moving moon and Tom
Hanks getting wet and stuff and it all makes me feel so good, like when
I was 17 (I'm 31 now) and I needed company and a good laugh. Thanks
Conan. I'm also amazed with the quality of guests he's having. TBS,
take care of him (and off course of his sidekick Andy... and the
band... and I do miss Max Weinberg). Please excuse my poor English...
no wonder, I learned it with TV and CoCo.
I have been a huge Conan fan going on ten years now. Ever since I was in high school and I started watching Late Night. He pretty much had me in stitches every night. The only time I'd check out the competition was if Conan was a repeat, yet I never felt the others really matched up to him.
When Leno announced that he would be giving the Tonight Show to Conan to avoid any confusion as to who was going to succeed Leno, I had a lot of respect for him doing that. (and I could never stand Leno) So then Conan gets the Tonight show and Leno precedes him with a poorly thought out prime time show. We all know what happened next so I won't bore you with the details. I like most people, completely sided with Conan and felt awful that my favourite TV personality was getting a raw deal.
But now Conan is back and it has been close to a year since his new show started airing. I have to admit the first two weeks seemed a bit shaky. Almost like all that was going through Conan's mind was "I don't feel like I should be back on the air. What's going to happen this time?" and I'd say a good chunk of the monologue jokes for the first two weeks were taking jabs at NBC and so on. It was expected of course but it got very tedious and sounded much more like bitterness and complaining and by the end of the first week I was getting sick of hearing it. I kept watching however, remaining hopeful and sure enough, once they got over the initial jitters things started improving greatly, Conan seemed comfortable in his new digs and was back to his old self, almost with a new found confidence that he doesn't have to worry about pleasing anybody but without the arrogance that would lead to laziness. Andy is also much funnier too. I have to admit that I didn't really like him on The Tonight Show (I started watching Conan after Andy had been gone for a while) so my only impressions of him were from Tonight Show and he wasn't really allowed to do much except pipe in with a stupid joke from his podium. Just seemed forced and annoying. Yet now that he's back to his co-hosting duties, I can see why Conan and him are best friends. They have great chemistry and Andy is just as funny as Conan.
I have been a huge Conan fan going on ten years now. Ever since I was in high school and I started watching Late Night. He pretty much had me in stitches every night. The only time I'd check out the competition was if Conan was a repeat, yet I never felt the others really matched up to him.
When Leno announced that he would be giving the Tonight Show to Conan to avoid any confusion as to who was going to succeed Leno, I had a lot of respect for him doing that. (and I could never stand Leno) So then Conan gets the Tonight show and Leno precedes him with a poorly thought out prime time show. We all know what happened next so I won't bore you with the details. I like most people, completely sided with Conan and felt awful that my favourite TV personality was getting a raw deal.
But now Conan is back and it has been close to a year since his new show started airing. I have to admit the first two weeks seemed a bit shaky. Almost like all that was going through Conan's mind was "I don't feel like I should be back on the air. What's going to happen this time?" and I'd say a good chunk of the monologue jokes for the first two weeks were taking jabs at NBC and so on. It was expected of course but it got very tedious and sounded much more like bitterness and complaining and by the end of the first week I was getting sick of hearing it. I kept watching however, remaining hopeful and sure enough, once they got over the initial jitters things started improving greatly, Conan seemed comfortable in his new digs and was back to his old self, almost with a new found confidence that he doesn't have to worry about pleasing anybody but without the arrogance that would lead to laziness. Andy is also much funnier too. I have to admit that I didn't really like him on The Tonight Show (I started watching Conan after Andy had been gone for a while) so my only impressions of him were from Tonight Show and he wasn't really allowed to do much except pipe in with a stupid joke from his podium. Just seemed forced and annoying. Yet now that he's back to his co-hosting duties, I can see why Conan and him are best friends. They have great chemistry and Andy is just as funny as Conan.
