Talk show host and comedian Conan O’Brien stood in front of his “Tonight Show” audience for the 146th and final time Friday night. The applause after Andy Richter announced Conan’s name was overwhelming and uproarious. The audience chanted his name and remained standing until Conan commanded them to sit, joking, “We have exactly one hour to steal every single item in this studio.”
For the past two weeks, television viewers and Internet users have been bombarded with information on the verbal and legal war between O’Brien and the executives at NBC. And just like any great war or battle, one side must win and one side must lose. However, this particular TV war is comparable to Anakin Skywalker betraying the Jedi and joining the Dark Side (it need not be mentioned that Jay Leno is Anakin, Conan is Obi Wan, Jeff Zucker is Palpatine, and NBC is the Dark Side).
The rallies at NBC studios across the country and the overwhelming support of Team Coco on Facebook were proof of the impact Conan and his cast and crew had on the American population. Conan’s parting from The Tonight Show studio is like losing a friend, a relative, a mentor or a lover. Conan’s smile, self-deprecating humor, freckles and glorious red hair shall never again grace the screens of NBC.
Today, we should all put on our red wigs, do a little string dance and take a moment of silence to commemorate the incredible seven months Conan spent gracing our television screens as the host of The Tonight Show. His monologues and skits shall not be in vain. As Conan often said, seemingly so long ago, “Keep cool, my babies!” Rest in peace, The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien. It was a glorious seven months. All good things must come to an end.
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Seven months on The Tonight Show not enough for Conan
Daily Emerald
January 24, 2010
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