Late Night with Conan O'Brien is an American late-night talk show hosted by Conan O'Brien that aired 2,725 episodes on NBC between 1993 and 2009. The show features various comedy materials, celebrity interviews, and music and comedy shows. Late Night shows nightly events at 12:37 am Eastern/11:37 am and 12:37 am in the United States. From 1993 to 2000, Andy Richter served as O'Brien's best friend; after his departure, O'Brien was the only major player of the event. The show's house music show is The Max Weinberg 7, led by drummer E Street Band, Max Weinberg.
The second incarnation of the NBC Late Night franchise, O'Brien debuted in 1993 after David Letterman, who hosted the first incarnation of Late Night, moved to CBS to host Late Show across the The Tonight Show . In 2004, as part of a deal to get a new contract, NBC announced that O'Brien would be leaving Late Night in 2009 to replace Jay Leno as host of The Tonight Show . >. Jimmy Fallon started running his version of "Late Night" on March 2, 2009.
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History
Replacing David Letterman
After Johnny Carson retired from the The Tonight Show in 1992, executives at NBC announced that frequent guest host Carson Jay Leno would be a replacement for Carson instead of David Letterman. NBC then says that Letterman's high ranking for Late Night is why they keep him where he is. Letterman was very disappointed and angry at not being given the work of The Tonight Show and, at Carson's suggestion, he left NBC after eleven years at Late Night. CBS signed Letterman to host his own show across the "The Tonight Show". He moved his show to CBS virtually unchanged, taking most of his staff, skits, and comedy formats. However, NBC has rights on behalf of Late Night , forcing Letterman to re-baptize her show Late Show with David Letterman .
NBC is not ready to replace Letterman and Late Night . Aside from its name, it is necessary to build a new event. Both Dana Carvey and Garry Shandling refused to host. Saturday Night Live producer Lorne Michaels was brought in to develop new performances and comedians Jon Stewart, Drew Carey, and Paul Provenza auditioned for the host. Michaels suggested to Conan O'Brien, an unknown author for The Simpsons and a former writer for Saturday Night Live that she should audition for the job. Despite having "about 40 seconds" of television-performance experiences as occasional extras on Saturday Night Live sketches, O'Brien auditioned for the show on April 13, 1993. His guests were Jason Alexander and Mimi Rogers, and auditioned takes place at the The Tonight Show with Jay Leno location. O'Brien was offered the show on April 26, and made his first meaningful television appearance later that day when Leno introduced it to Tonight . In the last episode of 16 years running, O'Brien stated that he "owes his career to Lorne Michaels."
Debut
O'Brien Late Night debuted on September 13, 1993, with Andy Richter being chosen as O'Brien's best friend. The first episode featured John Goodman (who received the "First Guest" medal for his performance), Drew Barrymore, and Tony Randall. The episode featured a cold opening from O'Brien's trip to the studio with a constant reminder that he was expected to live up to Letterman, parodied the popular sentiments expressed in the media at the time. After seemingly unaffected by the comment, O'Brien arrives in the locker room and happily prepares to hang himself. However, the warning that the show is about to begin causes him to abandon his plan.
The first guest musical event was British rock band Radiohead, who performed during the second episode. American singer and songwriter, Jonathan Richman, was the second guest star on the show.
O'Brien's experience is evident and the show is generally considered to be mediocre by critics in terms of host abilities. Lon Grankhe called O'Brien "nervous, unprepared and generally geeky" and Tom Shales wrote "As for O'Brien, the young man is" Live together with annoying nervous habits. He giggled and tensed, rocking and playing cuffs. He has small dark eyes like a rabbit. She was one of the whitest white men ever. "(O'Brien wrote for The New York Times's satirical review of the first episode of the broadcast day entitled" O'Brien Flops! ", Where he told the reader "Frankly, I'm not impressed.") The authenticity and quality of comedy, however, led by the original head writer Robert Smigel, is widely praised.Although O'Brien benefited from the comparison of the critical and commercial failure of the newly dissolved fellow night The Chevy Chase Show, NBC offers only short-term contracts, 13 weeks at a time and once for six weeks, as widely reported by the press at the time O'Brien is reportedly almost fired at least once in the period but NBC has no one to replace it.According to Smigel, "We were essentially canceled at Conan , and then they changed their minds in August '94, giving us a hold of the huk uman. "
According to O'Brien, a networking executive told him about Andy Richter, he "would never make it until I got rid of that big fat." It was the tone of the conversation between us and the network. "It is widely expected that the host of Talk Soup, Greg Kinnear will take over the role, but Kinnear denied the opportunity and decided to pursue a career in acting." Stars like Tom Hanks agreed to perform at Late Night , raising awareness of the audience.Even Letman, who admired O'Brien's comic sensibility, appeared as a guest to register his support.The style of O'Brien's performance improved through experience and he began receiving better reviews and ratings in the following year. With a gradually increasing rank over two years, Late Night achieved a new level of critical and commercial success in 1996. Tom Shales formally pulled back the previous critical review with the headline "I'm wrong", and O'Brien received his first Emmy writing nomination, which he has received every year since.
1996-2000
In 2000, Richter left Late Night (though in good shape) to pursue his acting career, a movement that emotionally affected O'Brien, as evidenced by Richter's last show. Comedy shows and jokes usually depend on O'Brien's interaction with Richter. O'Lrien's oddly odd comic became more prominent as he played all his comedy and comments directly to the audience and Max Weinberg instead to Richter.
2001-2009
In 2002, when the time came to renew his contract, O'Brien had an important offer from another network to defect. O'Brien decided to re-sign with NBC, however, joking that he originally wanted to make a 13-week deal (his first contract nod). He finally signed through 2005, demonstrating that it is symbolic that goes beyond running Letterman with 12 years of hosting.
In 2003, O'Brien's own production company, Conaco, was added as a producer of Late Night. The show celebrates its 10th anniversary, another milestone that O'Brien says he wants to achieve with his contract in 2002. During the commemorative event, T T commissioned O'Brien's chain with a big gold "7" on it.
O'Brien's last season on Late Night drew an average of 1.98 million viewers, compared to 1.92 million viewers for The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson.
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Humor
The show is known for its strange and absurd odd comedic sensitivity that is bigger than most other talk shows. Like Late Night's predecessor David Letterman, the humor of the show also has satire and biting irony. According to Robert Smigel, who served as head writer in 1993, the comedy approach of the show focused on being different from David Letterman:
I set many rules, some are crazy, but in the end it forces us to get lots of original stuff. We have an additional bonus in lieu of Letterman.
Usually O'Brien will play the role of 'straight man' for the general absurdity of comedy, treating the material or the peculiar nature of the sketches with sincerity. The show has an unusual quantity of comedy and original content over other talk shows like the Late Show with David Letterman or The Tonight Show with Jay Leno which relies heavily on recurring segments and ' find 'humor. This show is unique because of the lack of 'found' humor to get content from most content written as opposed to Letterman Small Town News or Jay Leno's headline using this "found humor". O'Brien often flirts with his audience because of his overly enthusiastic or over-enthusiastic response to his jokes.
Especially in the early years, comedy sketches outperformed all segments on the show, sometimes even disrupting guest interviews and monologues O'Brien. Often the sketches will randomly begin without introduction, such as the mockery between Richter and O'Brien. A lot of humor has a fantasy-like quality to it, where inanimate objects will speak or silly characters will disrupt the show. Sometimes a short story will appear in these sketches with resolution culminating in a song. In general, over the years, original sketches, ideas, and characters have been introduced, rather than relying on several repeating segments like previous and current talk shows. There are still some repeating segments, but again, the numbers are much higher than the usual talk shows.
One repetitive technique is to coat the lips into an existing image, as in the limited animation technique Syncro-Vox, so the speaker says things that often do not match his character.
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The Max Weinberg 7
The band's house show is The Max Weinberg 7, led by drummer Max Weinberg, who also serves as the sounding board for O'Brien at the event (more so after the departure of Andy Richter). The other six members are Mark Pender on the trumpet, Richie "LaBamba" Rosenberg on trombone, Mike Merritt on bass, Jerry Vivino on saxophone and brother Jimmy Vivino on guitar, and Scott Healy on the keyboard. James Wormworth served as a backup drummer when Weinberg went on a tour with Bruce Springsteen. With Andy Richter's departure, Max Weinberg takes on a bigger role as a talking companion for O'Brien's joke. One common joke is Max's awkwardness on the camera and his lack of chemistry with Conan. Weinberg is often used in sketches as well, which usually revolves around his recognized sexual perversion (mostly a tendency to coat an almost illegitimate group), although long-running sketches also falsify Max's lack of knowledge about current affairs.
"LaBamba" is also used as a joke of many Conan jokes. These funny sketches usually revolve around LaBamba's big mustache, poor acting skills, and the inability to read written music. Mark Pender often sings songs about current event topics that end up with him screaming out of control and climbing the stairs to the audience. All 7 members have a successful side career as a studio musician.
As usual in the talk show format, Max Weinberg 7 did the opening and closing theme of the show, playing bumper into and out of commercial breaks (they actually played through whole breaks for studio audience), and a short piece during O 'Crossover Brien to his desk after the monologue (except for a few months starting in April 2008, where the commercial break was inserted at the time). The opening theme of the show was written by Howard Shore and John Lurie (a finalist for the job as band leader). The closing theme of the show was called "Cornell Knowledge", and was lifted from Jerry's first album and Jimmy Vivino together. However, on Late Night , it was played with a much faster tempo than the album version.
Bands play a variety of songs as bumpers - usually popular music from different eras. Weinberg occasionally takes an extension of the leaves of absence for a tour with Bruce Springsteen as the drummer for his E Street Band. During his absence, a temporary substitute drummer was hired (most often James Wormworth), and the band was led by Jimmy Vivino ("Jimmy Vivino and Max Weinberg 7").
Joel Godard
Joel Godard, the longtime broadcaster for the NBC show, is a show host and a controversial comedy. These comedic pieces usually revolve around the alleged homosexual Godard homosexuals, deviant sexual habits, substance abuse, and suicidal tendencies. Humor came partly from Godard's shipment. No matter how sad or deviant the topic is being discussed, he always does it in a very cheerful voice and with a big smile on his face. Several sketches ended with Godard apparently committing suicide in his announcer's booth. When Andy Richter left the show in 2000, Joel Godard became more common among the sketches.
Writing staff
In the first few seasons of the show, the author's staff comprised several comics that are now productive, including Robert Smigel as lead author, Bob Odenkirk, Louis C.K., Tommy Blacha, and Dino Stamatopoulos. Smigel left his position as head of the show's writer in 1995 for several film pens but continued to appear on shows to do bits as Triumph the Insult Comic Dog and 'Satellite Interviews'. Jonathan Groff took over his position until it was replaced by Mike Sweeney in 2001.
Members of staff writing the show often appear in sketches on the show. Among the most productive are: Brian McCann (Preparation H Raymond, FedEx Pope, The Loser, Airsick Moth, Jerry Butters, Awesome Dave, Guy Funhole, Bulletproof Legs Guy, Adrian "Raisin" Foster, S & M Lincoln, ), Brian Stack (Hannigan the Traveling Salesman, Artie Kendall the Ghost Crooner, The Interrupter, Kilty McBagpipes, Fan-tastic Guy, Clive Clemmons, Frankenstein, Ira, Slipnut Brian, etc.), Jon Glaser (Segue Sam, Pubes, Awareness Del, Hulk's Wrist, Ahole Ronald, Gorton Fisherman, Jeremy, Slipnut Jon, etc.), Kevin Dorff (Coked-up Werewolf, Jesus Christ, Mansy half man/half-sissy, Joe's Bartender, Todd the Tiny Guy, etc. ), and Andy Blitz (Awful Ballgame Chanter, brother of Vin Diesel, Leonard Diesel, Andy Slipnut, Chuck Aloo aka star from 24 spin-off series 60 ). Blitz went as far as traveling to India for a bit where he took his computer through the streets of India to get direct technical support from phone representatives at NBC's technical assistance center.
Some apprentice writing staff have become famous actors or authors including Vanessa Bayer, John Krasinski, Mindy Kaling, Ellie Kemper and Jack McBrayer.
Actor sketches and cameo appearances
Late Night employs a number of sketch actors, many of which are often reused in different roles in different episodes. A few years before joining the band Saturday Night Live, Amy Poehler often appears regular in many sketches, though she is remembered for playing the recurring role of Conan's teen-obsessed adolescent adored by Andy Richter, Stacy. Other famous comedians like Jack McBrayer, Rob Riggle, Rob Corddry, H. Jon Benjamin, Ellie Kemper, Bobby Moynihan, Matt Besser, Ian Roberts, Matt Walsh and Andrew Daly are also often featured as actors sketches on the show for several years. Triumph the Insult Comic Dog (created and voiced by original head writer Robert Smigel) begins as part of the sketch on Late Night. Celebrities like Dr. Joyce Brothers, Nipsey Russell, Abe Vigoda, James Lipton, Bob Saget and William Preston as Carl 'Oldy' Olsen characters also often appear in comedy sketches on shows at different periods. One of the show's graphic designers, Pierre Bernard, is featured in several sketches, such as "Pierre Bernard's Recliner of Rage" and "Nerding It Up For Pierre".
Celebrity guests that night also sometimes appear in sketches either during their interviews or during previous comedy segments, for example in "In 2000" (which always includes celebrity guests' participation after Andy Richter left the show) or a sketch where Conan will pretend to write in his diary while an attractive female guest was there. Quite rarely for a talk show, sometimes interviews start normally but turn into sketches with guests and participating Conan, usually when the guest is a "show friend".
Costumed characters
Unusual for late-night talk shows, Late Night often uses a variety of costumed characters such as The Masturbating Bear, Robot in the Toilet, and Pimpbot5000. Humor in these sketches often comes from the rugged construction of character costumes as well as the absurdist nature of their concepts. For example, the Pimpbot5000 is a 1950s style robot dressed and acting in the manner of an excessive blaxploitation pimp, while The Masturbating Bear is a man in a bears costume wearing a large diaper that will surely start caressing himself with Aram's "Saber Dance "Khachaturian when brought on stage. Many of these figures do less in their performances than walking on stage or pushed out from behind a curtain, but some have vast sketches on the show.
Appearances at other events
The show made a cameo appearance on Sesame Street specially on Elmopalooza, where Conan interviewed two aliens while Big Bird passed them by video recording.
The show also made an appearance on The Simpsons in the episode "Bart Gets Famous", in which Conan interviewed the now famous Bart.
Production
Late Night is a production of Broadway Video Lorne Michaels (and, since 2003, O'Brien's Conaco). It was taped to Studio 6A at the GE Building at 30 Rockefeller Plaza in New York City. Next to the door are the framed pictures of Letterman, Carson, Jack Paar and Steve Allen, each from his late-night performances from Studio 6A or 6B (where The Current Starring Jimmy Fallon's The Show Tonight) recorded). This studio accommodates more than 200 spectators. It was recorded at around 5:30 pm as an uninterrupted clock program, with the band playing music through the part that will be filled by the ad. Generally, events are recorded at 5:30 pm Monday to Friday, although for most of the show running, reruns will be aired on Monday and the show will not be recorded on that day.
The event format consists of an opening monologue from O'Brien, followed by various "table bits". This usually includes several short sketches, repetitive segments, or some other comedy form. Usually O'Brien will play the role of 'straight man' for the general absurdity of comedy, treating the material or the peculiar nature of the sketches with sincerity. In the second and fourth segments of the show, O'Brien interviewed two celebrity guests, among them, in the third segment, O'Brien registering guests the following night/week. There is often little comedy as well during this segment. The fifth segment of the event is usually reserved for musical or stand-up performances, or sometimes other guest interviews. The final segment of the event is usually a fast "good night" and a cover credits, which sometimes feature part of a bit more than before in the show. Quite rarely for a talk show, a frequent comedy segment will also go into the interview, usually when a guest is a 'friend' of the show.
During the live recording, and before the show, there was a warm-up audience, where spectators watched the highlighted montage of the show, and staff writer Brian McCann greeted the audience (this task previously performed by lead author Mike Sweeney). McCann delivered some jokes, told the audience what to expect, and finally introduced the band and then O'Brien. O'Brien then thanked the audience to come, meet as many spectators as possible. He will often perform music numbers with bands to pump viewers ( Burning Love is one of the standards). After the show was recorded, O'Brien sang "End of the Show Song", which never aired on Late Night, although in February 2009, a short video of it was posted on Late Night Underground.
The End of the Show Song finally reached the air on January 21, 2010, the second show behind him as the host of the Tonight Show. It also aired on March 29, 2012 episode of Conan. The singing tradition of The End of the Show Song has continued, not broadcasted as usual, in Conan .
Broadcast
Late Night began broadcasting in ATSC 1080i on April 26, 2005, with NTSC simulcast numbered downscrip (unlike The Tonight Show), the NTSC simulcast is full screen). O'Brien celebrates the conversion to a widescreen HDTV format with jokes throughout the week.
On December 6, 2005, Late Night with Conan O'Brien went on sale at the iTunes Store. Most segments are priced at $ 1.99, like most other event episodes, with "special" offers and other more expensive segments priced at $ 9.99. In December, 2007 NBC stopped the sale of all its television shows on iTunes, but the network returned it to iTunes in September 2008 after NBC and Apple completed a new agreement. The event is offered free on Hulu.com and the NBC website but has not been available on the Internet since the 2010 Tonight Show conflict. However, in May 2018, O'Brien and his current network, TBS, announced that they would partner with NBC to make all of their Late Night archives available online, marking the 25th anniversary of the debut night O'Brien..
Custom episodes
Remote snippets and episodes recorded on location
Long-haul shot at the scene is a recurring item on Late Night, but sometimes, the entire episode is shot at the scene, usually during the sweeping months. The first vacation for the show was a week-long performance in Los Angeles on the 9th week of November 12th, 1999. It was the only Sunday location for the show while Andy Richter was with the show, and the only time the Theme was changed for this week, more surfing than the normal theme of the event (although the Toronto show ended the normal theme with a piece of "O Canada"). The show is broadcast from NBC's L.A. studio (NBC Studios Burbank) and a L.A. themed set. built, very similar in layout to the New York set.
From 10-13 February 2004, Late Night was broadcast from Elgin Theater in Toronto, Canada. Guests for this episode are all Canadian (with the exception of Adam Sandler), and include stars like Jim Carrey and Mike Myers. Since the show was recorded in a theater, unlike the trip to L.A., the set was not built like a standard event device.
From May 9-12, 2006, the event made a similar effort to the Chicago Theater in Chicago, Illinois, taking guidance from their previous trip to Toronto. Between April 30 - May 4, 2007, the show came from the Orpheum Theater in San Francisco.
In a sketch entitled "Conan O'Brien Hates My Homeland", Conan taunted every nation in the world to see where he got the letter. An announcer on the Finnish entertainment channel SubTV, broadcasting the show a few days after airing in the US, asked people to defend Finland before Conan was humiliated, and viewers in Finland began to send letters before slightly Got a letter F. Conan responded by assuming Finland "can not wait" insulted and officially insulted Finland in this segment. A large number of postcards are supposed to be received, which seems to "force" Conan to give Finland an official apology. Conan then went so far as to have the Finnish flag displayed in the background during speeches and slandered the Finnish "hate" the Swedish neighbors with a sign saying "Sweden Sucks!" printed on the Swedish flag. It seems that this series of events led to high ratings in Finland and then also triggered a special relationship with audiences in Finland. Then when Conan talks with the audience before the show, a group of fans visiting from Finland comment that he is similar to their female president Tarja Halonen. Conan mentions the similarities in his show, even showing photos of Halonen next to him. When he discovers that Halonen is ready for re-election he begins to make a satirical ad to support Halonen and vows to travel to Finland to meet him if he wins the re-election. When he actually won re-election in January 2006, Conan went to Finland and met him. One episode, aired on March 10, 2006, was compiled mainly from O'Brien's travel recordings to Finland. In the episode, Conan greeted fans at the airport, participated in a Sami cultural ceremony, appeared on a Finnish talk show, and tried to visit a fan who had written to him. The episode was not actually recorded as a live episode there, however, beginning with an introduction by O'Brien recorded in New York. The Finnish episode came as the culmination of an old joke on the show.
Aside from the show's location, the show also did a special photo shoot in the early years. In 1995, an episode of the show was recorded on board the New York City ferry in New York Harbor. Dubbed "The Show on a Boat" by the song-and-dance show-the number of showtunes performed by a trio of "sailors" at the start of the show, O'Brien, Richter, the band and guests all crammed onto the ferry deck. The show was recorded in the normal afternoon, when it was still light.
Technical difficulties and production
The more unexpected shooting took place on October 10, 1996, when a five-alarm fire at Rockefeller Plaza left studio 6A running out of commissions for the rest of the week. The fire broke out early on Thursday, which left O'Brien's staff with little time to make the performance elsewhere. Pressed for a time when 12:35 approached, O'Brien recorded the show outside, after dark, despite the cold weather, in the emergency set with Prometheus statue and 30 Stone functioning as a backdrop. Continuing the unfortunate circumstances of the night's situation was the last guest, Julie Scardina, who brought along wild animals, including the birds that Conan had to keep tied up, because they could not be freed outside. Earlier on the show, O'Brien and Richter walked to Brookstone (located in the Rockefeller Center lobby), a camera crew behind him, and bought a leather massage chair for the first guest, Samuel L. Jackson. The second of two "show of fire", on Friday night, was recorded in the studio Today Show , which was unaffected by the flames.
During Easteast Blackout in 2003, O'Brien and staff recorded a brief 10 minute introduction explaining that the episodes they planned were not going to happen due to a power outage. Studio 6A is powered by a generator and illuminated by battery powered spotlights. Standby events are shown in the process after the intro. One of the guests scheduled for the evening, The Dandy Warhols, confiscated the studio's green space, where they stayed until they performed on the show the following night.
Gimmick episodes
Other events recorded in regular 6A studios coupled with special gimmicks:
Many episodes of high concept gimmick performed in the early years of the show, such as the 1994 episode that was literally performed in a gigantic hole, a 1994 show performed entirely on the boat from the circle line or "Travel Time Week", four episodes from early 1996, at where Conan and Andy (and the rest of the crew) "travel time" to different time points every night. Times and locations included The Civil War, Ancient Greece, the Future, and the early 80s (featuring a cameo by David Letterman in the cool open air, who occupied Conan's studio in 1983, brutally brushed Conan and Andy's efforts in explaining their presence in Letterman's Dressing Room by saying, "Why do not you two go out looking for a nice and warm place to mess with you? Security!").
In 1997, a special episode was recorded in which studio audiences consisted only of primary school age children, especially ages 5-10 years. Conan interacts with the children, encouraging them to laugh and cheer to keep the dirty monster away.
The February 19, 1998 episode aired against the 1998 Winter Olympics coverage on CBS, and therefore, Conan assumed no one was watching, and they could do anything. He and Andy take more embarrassing action, as Conan reveals Hanson's T-shirt under his shirt and tie, and recognizes his hatred for NBC's screen bug, going so far as to kill him with a can of Raid. She and Andy also smoke in the air (with a cutaway showing a mother finding her two children imitating Conan), Max Weinberg confessed to killing Bruce Springsteen's previous drummer, as well as a number of other people he dislikes (even showing the map where he buried them), Al Roker walked into the studio and admitted he never liked the weather, and Conan asked a female audience to have a consensual sex with her, which she refused. This event is known as "Nobody's Watching".
A 2003 episode was completely re-shot in clay animation a few months after its first airing, including the opening of credit and commercial bumper. The soundtrack that originally broadcast episodes was maintained while visually reproduced to reflect the original recording in a small-scale reproduction of studio 6A.
On October 31, 2006, the same Halloween episode concept was created from an episode that originally aired in May and featured Larry King, among other guests. Using a show process called "Skelevision", all visuals are re-shot with Halloween motifs, with human skeletons emblazoned with human clothing and accessories. This re-capture was taken using the actual studio, and the mastermind moved templates with cables and temporary cables visually obscured by green screen technology. Again, the aperture and bumper were changed, this time including the hearse model of the hearse through the misty landscape and the cemetery, and Bill Hader's voice as Vincent Price replacing Joel Godard.
U2 exclusive
The October 5, 2005, episode of Late Night is devoted to U2 band, marking the first time in the show for 13 years that has presented the entire show for one guest. Jim Pitt, a talented executive in charge of booking acting for the show, said that in 12 years working for Late Night, U2 and Johnny Cash were the "dream artists" he tried, but never managed to get. The band performed three songs, two more than one regular song, then had a long interview with Conan.
Episodes during the author strike 2007-2008
After two months of being off-air, the first show to air during 2007-2008 The Guild of America writer broke down on January 2, 2008 featuring a small music segment at the beginning of the event detailing the newly-grown O'Brien beard at the support show for the striking authors. At the beginning of the January 28th episode, it was revealed that Conan has shaved his beard, which is followed by the same music segment.
Several times during the episodes generated during the writer's strike, O'Brien will spend time by turning his wedding ring on his desk, which he had only done during the rehearsal. The best personal is 41 seconds, achieved during the exercise without broadcasting. After several failed missions to break his record, during the show aired on February 9, 2008, O'Brien broke his spinning endurance ball record, set a time of 51 seconds by coating his wedding ring with Vaseline and twisting it on the Teflon surface. The achievement was achieved with the help of MIT physics professor Peter Fisher. This episode is considered by most fans to be the magnum opus of O'Brien's television career, given the spontaneity of every episode.
"Feud" with Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert
At the start of the second half of the 2007-2008 Writers Guild strike, Conan O'Brien accused his show as the sole cause of the status of presidential candidate Mike Huckabee in the polls, as he used Walker, Texas Ranger Luas while Chuck Norris inadvertently sponsoring Huckabee. Stephen Colbert made the claim that because of Colbert's "lump," he was responsible for Huckabee's current success in the 2008 presidential election. O'Brien claimed that he was responsible for Colbert's success because he had mentioned about him on his show. In response, Jon Stewart, the host of The Daily Show, claimed that he was responsible for O'Brien's success, and in turn the success of Huckabee and Colbert. This resulted in a three-part comedy skirmish between three hosts, with all three performing on their respective events. The feud ends at Late Night with an all-out fake clash between three talk show hosts.
Birthday episodes
In 1996, the third anniversary episode was recorded, though it aired in regular slots 12:35/11:35 late at night. The show consists of the best clips of the first three years, and features brilliant acting from many former guests, including Janeane Garofalo, Scott Thompson, Tony Randall and George Wendt. Typical of O'Brien's comedy style, he introduced his first guest (Wendt) by making his list of famous television achievements (especially Cheers ) then introducing each subsequent guest by repeatedly listing Wendt's achievements (insinuating that all of his guests for the evening show played the role of Norm on Cheers ). In 1998, Late Night performed its fifth special anniversary in prime time, mostly consisting of clips from the first five years. It was recorded in Saturday Night Live studio, also in the GE Building. Particularly later sold on VHS tapes. In 2003, the same tenth anniversary was specifically recorded at the famous Beacon Theater in New York City and later available on DVD.
Last episode
Late Night with Conan O'Brien '' s last episode was recorded on February 20, 2009, and aired shortly after midnight the next morning. The episode featured clips from previous shows and a reflection of the show's sixteen-year show. John Mayer sent a farewell video message, singing a song about how Los Angeles "will eat [Conan] alive." In a short remote piece, Conan releases regular contributor Abe Vigoda "into the wild," because he can not take her to Los Angeles to move to The Tonight Show. Will Ferrell made a surprise visit when George W. Bush, who quickly moved to Ferrell to trim his business suit to reveal the unfit green leprechaun clothes worn in a number of previous appearances on the show.
Former sidekick Andy Richter, who reunited with O'Brien when he took over The Tonight Show in June, joined O'Brien onstage for two segments, watched the clip and recalled the show. Among the clips shown, O'Brien noted that his favorite song Late Night was when he attended re-demonstration of an American Civil War baseball game, playing in the Long Island NY museum. , Old Bethpage Village Restoration. Over the past week, O'Brien began to unload hard and handed out pieces of production to the audience. In the final show, a large piece of stage frames is pulled down and cut into pieces. O'Brien then promised to give each member audiences who present a set piece.
One of Conan's favorite bands, The White Stripes, made a new arrangement slower than their song "We're Going to Be Friends" based on Song Conan's song song, with drummer Meg White playing a second guitar and singing along with vocalist/guitarist Jack White. The performance proved to be the last band before their breakup in February 2011. The program concludes with an emotionally-looking O'Brien giving a farewell speech from behind his desk, thanks to his fans, writers, producers, backstage crew, his family, Max Weinberg 7, David Letterman, Joel Godard, Jay Leno, and Lorne Michaels, as well as the final guarantee that she will not "grow up" when she moves to The Tonight Show.
Around 3.4 million viewers watched the last episode of O'Brien from Late Night, the biggest audience since the 24 January 2005 episode that follows Jay Leno's tribute to Johnny Carson.
After the end of the series, Studio 6A at Rockefeller Center was renovated for The Dr. Oz Show . In the summer of 2013, NBC moved Late Night with Jimmy Fallon to Studio 6A while 6B, which took place Late Night since Fallon replaced O'Brien in 2009, is being renovated when Fallon took over the The Tonight Show on February 17, 2014 while The Dr. Oz Show moved to Upper West Side ABC studio.
Awards and nominations
Set design
The Late Night set was changed several times cosmetically, but retained the basic structure used when Letterman occupied Studio 6A: the show room to the left of the audience, and the desk area, to the right of the viewers, where the interview was conducted. O'Brien performs his monologue in the show area, appearing at the beginning of each episode of the area where the music guests perform. Max Weinberg 7 is in a corner made by the right wall and wall in front of the audience. The desk area has tables for O'Brien, chairs and couches (es) to the left of viewers for guests (and initially Andy Richter), and coffee tables. Especially, organize changes involving backgrounds behind tables and chairs and sofas. In his final episode, Conan takes the ax to the parts of the set, giving it to the audience as a souvenir; not wanting to let her be thrown away.
International broadcast
CNBC Europe used to air Late Night with Conan O'Brien at the evening show from 11:45 am, 12:30 pm, am CET, with weekend editions on Saturday and Sunday at 9:45 pm - 10: 30 pm CET. However, in March 2007, CNBC Europe decided to show only the weekend editions, and dropped the weeknight editions, to pave the way for more business news programs in their weekday schedules.
On the week of August 4, 2008, however, the CNBC Europe has stopped showing NBC Nightly News , which for years was shown live from America in a 12: 30-am-1: 00 slot. Late Night with Conan O'Brien has now replaced NBC Nightly News in the 12:30 to 1:00 am slot. The weeknight edition is a 30 minute condensed show version. The event follows a toned night version of The Tonight Show with Jay Leno which airs at 12:00 CET.
In September 2008, CNBC Europe changed the weekday schedule to include the full uncut edition of Late Night with Conan O'Brien which aired in time slot 11:45 CET/10:45, pm GMT 45 minutes. This schedule usually runs from Tuesday to Friday. CNBC Europe decided to stop broadcasting Late Night on January 1, 2009, just two months before Conan's last show as host. Rather than following the 'Tonight Show reruns on the weekend, CNBC is now broadcasting two episodes of
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