I got pretty drunk last night. Happy hour turned into a 5 hour booze fest. However, I was home in time to eat some leftovers and catch the end of Conan Obrien’s last show as Late Night host before he moves to Los Angeles and a The Tonight Show respectively.
Like I said I didn’t see the whole show but I did see the end where Conan thanked a bunch of people including Lorne Michaels of SNL for taking a guy “with no television experience and bad skin” and giving him a show, Jay Leno who he said would “continue to be his lead in”, but the thing that stuck with me the most was the praise he gave to Dave Letterman who “invented this late-night show… it all started with David Letterman”. Conan’s voice cracked a little while promising to “never grow up” moving to The Tonight Show.
Andy Richter (Conan’s old side kick) was on the show, so apparently was Will Ferrell doing a W. impression.
Not sure how long this link will work but here is the link to view the last show HERE!!!
To tell you the truth I’ve been watching a lot more of Craig Ferguson lately but this episode reminded me of how good Conan can be. It was filled with clips of previous shows. Pretty Hilarious!
Now I’ll have to choose between Conan and Letterman after completely ignoring Jay Leno for his entire tenure.
Obviously we wish Conan the best. Not sure how Jimmy Fallon will fill the shoes but I’m glad it’s not Carson Daly.