Originally Posted By ecdc I hope others are enjoying having Conan back as much as I am. His first week or two were pretty stiff, but he's getting back into his niche. It seemed to start when Conan got in a back-and-forth with someone in his audience dressed as Harry Potter. At first it was easy to think that he's not doing anything new, but now he's reminding me that reinvention is not necessary when you're this funny. I hope he's around for a long time.
Originally Posted By SpokkerJones The show is hitting its stride in the third week, returning to a more Late Night style of humor. Gravy Boat Lighthouse is both the stupidest and funniest damn thing Conan has done since Late Night. They are now doing more Andy bits which are always great. He should trim his monologue and do more taped segments. NBC brass wanted him to extend his monologue to "be more like Leno" but monologues have never been Conan's strength. He seems to be still following that advice. Guests are also allowed to be more edgy. They didn't bleep the s-word when Harrison Ford said it. They didn't bleep the slang term for fellatio either when Bob Saget said it. They won't get really good guests, both those people have nothing to say anyway. I hope they simply bring on interesting people whether they are really famous or not. I don't want to hear from Tom Cruise anyway.
Originally Posted By Rsey103 I tend to forget about Conan being on. He's way down there on the channel guide....
Originally Posted By Labuda I record him every night and at least watch his monologue; the rest of the show depends on the guests. Oh, and when Neon Trees performed "Animal" I decided I am not likely to ever want to see them perform live. I'll be happy with their recorded music, though.
Originally Posted By Labuda Tim Gunn approved of his rocking the jeggings, so KUDOS to Conan for having the cojones to do it!
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan >>Gravy Boat Lighthouse is both the stupidest and funniest damn thing Conan has done since Late Night.<< LOL! I agree. The whole show is offbeat and goofy and I love that it starts at 11. I love that each episode has a Quinn Martin style title.
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan Now Gravy Boat Lighthouse has a close competitor: Minty The Candy Cane That Fell on the Ground. LOL! <a href="http://teamcoco.com/" target="_blank">http://teamcoco.com/</a>
Originally Posted By SpokkerJones "I record him every night and at least watch his monologue;" His monologue is really awful. I don't know how you watch just that. I usually skip it. NBC executives told him to lengthen his monologue on the Tonight Show and he's still doing too many jokes on TBS. The guests are usually awful too, because Conan can't ask them anything good if their publicist is watching like a hawk. And if there is a good guest who is willing to talk, they are only on for a few minutes. I prefer interviews on talk radio way more, as they often have more time with the guest.
Originally Posted By SpokkerJones However, I will say the guest segments have been better on TBS. If the guest happens to curse, they will roll with it. No reason to be uptight like on network television.
