Conan's Last Late Night
I just watched the last "Late Night with Conan O'Brien." It was very sad to see the show to come to an end. Although he's taking over the "Tonight Show," I'm wondering if a lot of his type of comedy will connect with that earlier audience, or if he will be able to do a lot of the more "provocative" bits. He already said he couldn't bring the Masturbating Bear to the earlier time frame. At the end of tonight's show, he said something along the lines of him not going to "grow up" for the "Tonight Show" which I'm glad to hear.
Something else he mentioned at the end of the show, alluded to the fact that show became "cool to watch" at one point. I take pride (although little) that I started watching the show back in 1993 when it first came on television. It was the summer before 5th grade for me, and I would watch a lot infomercials late at night on the TV in my bedroom. The one I remember most is a Time Life "Best of the 70s" infomercial, but I digress. In most cities, Conan came on right after Leno, at 12:35 AM EST. However, in Detroit, the NBC affiliate (WDIV I think are the call letters), thought it was a better idea to put on a rerun of "Jenny Jones" at 12:35, and showed Conan at 1:35. This lasted until sometime in the early 2000s.
That particular time slot he was in made it difficult to watch him during the school year. I was always a night owl regarding sleep. I usually didn't get tired until very late. Though 1:35 AM in middle school was pushing it a bit, I watched him very often during the summer. Starting in 8th grade, I did start staying up until about 2 AM, to catch the first two comedy bit segments he'd have on, and did that virtually every day until about the year 2000. I stopped watching TV for the most part and would listen to radio shows more, partly because of my OCD (OCD? why? that'd take a long time to explain.)
I remember feeling bad for him those first few shows I watched back in 1993. As I mentioned earlier, his comedy was a bit more "off the wall" and was either something people would find hilarious or not funny at all. If I remember correctly, his audience would hardly laugh at anything he did. I "knew" his show wouldn't last, but I'm glad I was wrong about that.
It will be interesting to see how the "Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien" will be, and I'm looking forward to it... nervously. Thank you Conan for making me laugh so much!
Something else he mentioned at the end of the show, alluded to the fact that show became "cool to watch" at one point. I take pride (although little) that I started watching the show back in 1993 when it first came on television. It was the summer before 5th grade for me, and I would watch a lot infomercials late at night on the TV in my bedroom. The one I remember most is a Time Life "Best of the 70s" infomercial, but I digress. In most cities, Conan came on right after Leno, at 12:35 AM EST. However, in Detroit, the NBC affiliate (WDIV I think are the call letters), thought it was a better idea to put on a rerun of "Jenny Jones" at 12:35, and showed Conan at 1:35. This lasted until sometime in the early 2000s.
That particular time slot he was in made it difficult to watch him during the school year. I was always a night owl regarding sleep. I usually didn't get tired until very late. Though 1:35 AM in middle school was pushing it a bit, I watched him very often during the summer. Starting in 8th grade, I did start staying up until about 2 AM, to catch the first two comedy bit segments he'd have on, and did that virtually every day until about the year 2000. I stopped watching TV for the most part and would listen to radio shows more, partly because of my OCD (OCD? why? that'd take a long time to explain.)
I remember feeling bad for him those first few shows I watched back in 1993. As I mentioned earlier, his comedy was a bit more "off the wall" and was either something people would find hilarious or not funny at all. If I remember correctly, his audience would hardly laugh at anything he did. I "knew" his show wouldn't last, but I'm glad I was wrong about that.
It will be interesting to see how the "Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien" will be, and I'm looking forward to it... nervously. Thank you Conan for making me laugh so much!
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