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Don't Miss the Awesomeness on Late Night's Goodbye Week (VIDEOS)

Colleen Kane — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 16:56:00 GMT

Hard to believe, but after 16 years on the air, this is the last week for Late Night With Conan O' Brien, one of my all-time favorite shows. As Late Night draws to its close, Conan's been inviting back some favorite guests and friends of the show (like Martha Stewart, who brought along Taco Bell and 40s), and running hilarious greatest hits and montages along with some new sketches. They're all on the Conan website, but here are some especially good ones: Conan shooting guns and drinking whiskey in upstate New York with Hunter S. Thompson (which was the only way he would agree to be on the show), Triumph the Insult Comic Dog taking on Star Wars nerds, and bidding adieu to The Masturbating Bear (with a Star Wars theme and guest star).

Hunter Thompson:

Triumph vs Star Wars Nerds:

Masturbating Bear Bye Bye:

*sniff*

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Who's That Boy?

Colleen Kane — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 16:34:00 GMT

No, this isn't a hipster who has come to Williamsburg to upset the throne of Girl Talk (too fat for Wmsbrg). But this lad is coming to claim a throne alarmingly soon.

It's Jimmy Fallon, pictured above doing the "Sears catalog" pose. Hard to believe, but he'll be taking over the Late Night slot in less than a month-- March 2!

Why, I remember when he was just the cute guy who couldn't hold it together on SNL.*

Wait. That isn't what he looked like then. But that is a much-younger Jimmy. His caption, from the Late Night with Jimmy Fallon website:

"I look like a five year old in an 18 month old’s clothes. Go ahead, say something about my saddle shoes mother f****r."

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*Scanner Colleen is a longtime Conan devotee and is being very fair by not judging Jimmy's hosting skills before seeing them in action.

Will Conan Suck When He Gets to L.A.?

Scanner Matt — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 22:43:00 GMT

You may have heard that Jay Leno is going to move to the 10:00 spot on June 1 when Conan O'Brien takes over the "Tonight Show", and while Leno is going to keep his (or Johnny Carson's) Burbank studio, O'Brien will be moving into a new studio... 3,000 miles from New York.

And as the New York Post points out:

TV shows reflect the places where they are made - think of Oprah and Chicago or the "Today" show and Rockefeller Center. It's part of their show- business DNA.

That means the "Tonight Show" will be changing more than its host when it moves from Burbank to Universal Studios this summer.

So will Conan keep his cool and stay (relatively) funny or turn into the celebrity kiss-up willing to pander to a more traditional audience at an earlier time slot as did the unfunny Leno?

Does this mean no more "masturbating bear" or sneaking knowing stares to the camera when the celebrity being interviewed is a complete moron?

Although "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" has mostly been a mainstream program and like all late night shows a promotional tool for the movie industry, it seemed to take a few chances with bizarre comedy bits, the occasional offensive joke and generally sought to push mundane television comedy a little further than the others when permitted. Will it keep it's edge, though fairly blunt in comparison to cable, when O'Brien reaches La La Land or will Letterman regain the ratings title?

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