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Yes, Conan Is Still Doing The Tonight Show This Week

CajoleJuice — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 08:05:44 +0000

I’ll kick off the post by once again directing you to Gawker.tv, like every other post I’ve made on this topic. The highlight of tonight had to be Norm McDonald’s surprise appearance on The Tonight Show.

The following is an AMAZING video compiling great moments from Conan rallies.

And an amazing GIF to go along with it:

This is me not even trying to write anything in this post and just filling up space with videos and GIFs, it seems, because now I’m going to post a YouTube video that will forever be the definite history of this NBC fiasco.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lJ9m1an-pQ8

Andddd I’m done.

Your Semi-Daily Tonight Show Fiasco Post

CajoleJuice — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 06:44:20 +0000

This is where I just link to Gawker.tv again.

Jay Leno was embarrassed by Jimmy Kimmel on his OWN SHOW tonight. It was glorious. Check it out.

But yeah, seems next week will be Conan’s last week hosting The Tonight Show, if NBC doesn’t decide to cut it off even sooner. I doubt that will happen though, seeing as the ratings have gone up immensely this week. It’s just fucking bullshit.

Oh hey, right as I was about to publish this post, someone uploads the ownage of the night on YouTube so I can embed it.

Edit: New video, since the other one seemed to be shitting up.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=axwO6BkCtIo

So amazing.

Everyone Hates Leno

CajoleJuice — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 07:33:03 +0000

I just got done watching the best late-night television in years. David Letterman ripped Jay Leno, NBC, and Carson Daly. Conan O’Brien just didn’t give a crap, going straight after Leno and NBC. But then Jimmy Kimmel came on and outdid everyone by doing the entire show as Jay Leno. It was incredible up until Elisha Cuthbert came on as a guest and, though she looked hot, was a godawful interview who didn’t know how to handle what Kimmel was doing. Craig Ferguson also jumped in and called out NBCÂ liars. It was pretty awesome all around, especially since multiple hosts made fun of Carson Daly as well.

I’ll just link to this post on Gawker.tv, since they have EVERYTHING covered. But so there’s actually something in this post, I’ll embed two YouTube videos of Kimmel doing Leno; between Kimmel’s ridiculous impersonation, the band, and the Kevin Eubanks stand-in, this is television perfection.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMgPPJZfsCM

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qor5512Dyg0

I HIGHLY recommend clicking on the link and watching the Letterman and Conan clips, though.

Cool Shit Inside This Post

CajoleJuice — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 07:23:47 +0000

Anyone that knows me personally is most likely aware of my dad’s affinity for Magnum P.I., and that seasons of it on DVD are now my designated fallback gift for him. It used to be U2 albums. Pretty sure this is an upgrade. Bono has dumb sunglasses instead of an awesome ‘stache.

Why am I talking about Magnum P.I.? Because the following is an attempt to emulate its opening credits, only with Star Wars scenes. Now, I’m not the biggest Star Wars fan, but I think we can all agree Han Solo is the coolest guy in the entire series. Han Solo P.I. would be a pretty sweet show, if Harrison Ford grew the prerequisite mustache. (Side note: Just found out that my usual spelling — moustache — is the predominant British spelling, while mustache is the American one. So I obviously need to go with the latter from now on. U-S-A)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYntjR4-pY4

If you are not familiar with Magnum’s credit sequence, hit the jump to have your mind blown. And not just by a side-by-side comparison of this mashup and the original, but also by something from The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien. Oh yeah.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZEigvdbzia8

And now the Conan awesomeness, courtesy of Serious Lunch.

Conan is Back, You Twitface

CajoleJuice — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 05:02:34 +0000

Unless you’ve been living under a rock for a year, you know that Conan O’Brien has taken the reins of The Tonight Show from Jay Leno. Well, he started this Monday. I watched the first two nights, and while the first show definitely showcased Conan’s nerves — and surprisingly uneven sketches considering the preparation time — the second show definitely stepped it up. Tom Hanks being a much better guest than Will Farrell helped. Man, I am so sick of Will Farrell. As the A.V. Club review mentioned, in that opening show they featured a clip from Land of the Lost where Farrell pours urine on himself…and no one laughed. I guess it’s not real urine, but still — that’s a new low. I mean, at least people laughed in my theater when John Turturro got pissed on in Transformers.

The second night had an awesome sketch where Conan got dressed up like a native Los Angeles-(ian)? It also had Tom Hanks getting hit in the head with a meteor. Even the bit making fun of Twitter was pretty OK. Not to mention how much more comfortable Conan seemed.

And then tonight they even stepped it up again with In The Year 3000, especially with regards to bashing social networking. Of course, some jokes were better than others, but the final one was perfect — so perfect I’m shocked no one has thought of it before:

YouTube, Twitter, and Facebook will merge, and will be called YouTwitFace

God, I love Conan.