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post #101 of 142
2/23/09 at 11:04pm
I didn't realize that Conan's version of the Tonight Show didn't start until June 1.
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post #102 of 142
2/24/09 at 6:08pm
Here's some bittersweet news:

http://news-briefs.ew.com/2009/02/conan-obrien-ta.html

Conan O'Brien taps Andy Richter for 'The Tonight Show'

Andy Richter will reunite with his old Late Night buddy, Conan O'Brien, NBC announced today. The comedic actor has signed on as the announcer of NBC's The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien, which begins June 1. Richter -- who gave up his post as Conan's Late Night sidekick in 2000 and went on to headline two TV series, Andy Richter Controls the Universe and Andy Barker, P.I. -- will also be seen in the new show's comedic bits. There was apparently a tease of this reunion last week: Richter returned to O'Brien's couch for his final Late Night telecast on Feb. 20.

Andy Richter returning?
Joel Goddard leaving?
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post #103 of 142
2/24/09 at 6:11pm
It won't be the same without Joel but he'd probably want to stay in New York anyway. I imagine moving his entire Asian male harem to L.A. would be expensive.
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post #104 of 142
2/24/09 at 6:14pm
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It will be different without Joel

Then again Joel wasn't really that big a presence as a character on the show until Andy left....correct?

At least Max and the Band will be staying.
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post #105 of 142
2/24/09 at 6:20pm
Yeah, both Joel and Max really had to step up to fill the void when Andy left.

I really would have loved to see all four of them doing their thing in L.A. Perhaps Joel could be one of the guests on the first episode.
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post #106 of 142
2/24/09 at 6:28pm
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This reminds me of two bits they didn't revisit. The first was when Conan did a month long thing of threatining to fire LaBamba unless they re-released Dirty Dancing to celebrate some anniversary. And the great Grady from Sanford and Son search.
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post #107 of 142
2/24/09 at 6:47pm
I kept meaning to post in here and ask if anyone knew whether Joel was headed to L.A. or not. Guess there's my answer. But it will be cool to have Andy get back on course to being the true heir to Ed McMahon. That's not really a bad thing as long as you don't blow all your cash before passing away.
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post #108 of 142
2/24/09 at 6:49pm
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It won't be the same without Joel but he'd probably want to stay in New York anyway. I imagine moving his entire Asian male harem to L.A. would be expensive.
Which is funny because Friday nights at Rage. Joel would have been in heaven.
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post #109 of 142
2/24/09 at 6:50pm
If Andy is going to be Ed to Conan's Johnny he's going to have laugh a lot harder and louder and kiss some major ass.
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post #110 of 142
2/24/09 at 6:55pm
I guess the other bummer about Andy rejoining Conan at this point is that it kind of proves he couldn't maintain a successful career on his own, despite some very noble and funny attempts.
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post #111 of 142
2/24/09 at 6:57pm
You have to think that after 3 failed TV shows he might just want some steady work.
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post #112 of 142
2/24/09 at 6:58pm
Remember Richter in CABIN BOY? God he was great in that. I wanna watch CABIN BOY now.
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post #113 of 142
2/24/09 at 7:00pm
It looks like Fox knew he was going to get this gig since Andy Richter Controls the Universe is set to finally come out on DVD in a month.
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post #114 of 142
2/24/09 at 7:01pm
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Remember Richter in CABIN BOY? God he was great in that. I wanna watch CABIN BOY now.
"Here's how a hula girl dances."

"Yes, thank you for that."
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post #115 of 142
2/24/09 at 8:10pm
does this mean joel goddard will not be around?
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post #116 of 142
2/24/09 at 8:11pm
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does this mean joel goddard will not be around?
Yes. In fact it would not surprise me one bit to see him show up on Fallons show.
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post #117 of 142
2/24/09 at 8:12pm
No way is Fallon that smart.
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post #118 of 142
2/24/09 at 9:17pm
so is fallon already destined to fail?

some of his internet stuff hasnt been half bad, and I like that he brought the ROOTS on board as the houseband.

Interesting note for the angelinos, Conan will be doing his show out of Universal Studios and not NBC studios in burbank.
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post #119 of 142
2/24/09 at 9:23pm
The Roots are the house band?

Goddammit, now I have to watch Jimmy Fallon.
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post #120 of 142
2/24/09 at 9:24pm
I'm willing to give Fallon a fair chance. Not really, he's gonna stink.
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post #121 of 142
2/24/09 at 9:24pm
He'll have ?uestlove to bounce off of though. That has to count for something.
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post #122 of 142
2/24/09 at 9:29pm
Not really, you can't really do better than Conan and Max regarding back and forth banter.
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post #123 of 142
2/24/09 at 9:31pm
I'm not saying he's going to be better than Conan and Max. I'm just saying, I'm a big fan of ?uestlove, who's a hysterically funny guy, and that will be enough for me to record the first few episodes, and give it a chance.
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post #124 of 142
2/24/09 at 9:33pm
I don't know, I'm not that aware of ?uestlove outside of his music, so I have no idea how funny he is.
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post #125 of 142
2/24/09 at 9:35pm
I don't know much about ?uestlove so I'll take Patrick's word on the fact that he's a funny man.

Ya know who I like is Young MC.
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post #126 of 142
2/24/09 at 9:38pm
He's always been great in interviews and has the kind of insight into hip-hop (and music) history that Scorsese or Tarantino have into film.

Also very funny off the cuff in Dave Chappelle's Block Party.

Though The Roots as the house band makes this one step closer to being "Mantan: The New Millennium Minstrel Show". Which is also awesome.
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post #127 of 142
2/24/09 at 9:38pm
One thing I am gonna kinda miss though are the weird little James Lipton segments; I find his sad face to be hilarious.
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post #128 of 142
2/24/09 at 9:41pm
The recent 2 hour Inside the Actors Studio where Lipton interviewed Conan was a good watch. Except for the very end when some of Lipton's students belted out a Conan-ized version of Thanks for the Memories to Conan and Conan had to awkwardly sit there and pretend he thought it was good.
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post #129 of 142
2/24/09 at 11:28pm
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He's always been great in interviews and has the kind of insight into hip-hop (and music) history that Scorsese or Tarantino have into film.
He's an entertaining dude to follow on Twitter. @qoolquest

There's been some fun insight into behind the scenes stuff at NBC over the past couple of weeks. One morning, he posted, "Man, having a real job is HAWD."
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post #130 of 142
2/25/09 at 5:40am
Andy! Yay!
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post #131 of 142
2/25/09 at 12:00pm
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Here's some bittersweet news:

http://news-briefs.ew.com/2009/02/conan-obrien-ta.html

Conan O'Brien taps Andy Richter for 'The Tonight Show'

Andy Richter will reunite with his old Late Night buddy, Conan O'Brien, NBC announced today. The comedic actor has signed on as the announcer of NBC's The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien, which begins June 1. Richter -- who gave up his post as Conan's Late Night sidekick in 2000 and went on to headline two TV series, Andy Richter Controls the Universe and Andy Barker, P.I. -- will also be seen in the new show's comedic bits. There was apparently a tease of this reunion last week: Richter returned to O'Brien's couch for his final Late Night telecast on Feb. 20.

Andy Richter returning?
Joel Goddard leaving?
Happy, Happy, Joy, Joy on Andy's triumphant return!

Perhaps Godard's just retiring. He'll be 71 on March 31st. I was intrigued to learn that he grew up about an hour from where I did and that his birthday is one day after mine.
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post #132 of 142
2/25/09 at 12:15pm
Am happy about this turn of events. Esp. that Andy will be in skits again.
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post #133 of 142
2/25/09 at 12:55pm
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I'm willing to give Fallon a chance although i'll have the show on a short leash as far as my viewership. I give it 2 shows before Horatio Sanz shows up in some capacity. And I still think it's odd that DeNiro will be his first guest...wasn't Conan's Shatner?

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Esp. that Andy will be in skits again.
Here's hoping one of the first bits is driving the desk around LA.
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post #134 of 142
2/25/09 at 1:08pm
Isn't De Niro kind of a notoriously terrible interview? Does he WANT to fail?
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post #135 of 142
2/25/09 at 1:16pm
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Isn't De Niro kind of a notoriously terrible interview? Does he WANT to fail?
Maybe they want to boost ratings with the anticipation of a train wreck.
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post #136 of 142
2/25/09 at 1:38pm
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And I still think it's odd that DeNiro will be his first guest...wasn't Conan's Shatner?
I recall watching Conan's first show. The two main guests were John Goodman and Drew Barrymore. Also, George Wendt was part of a bit where he was in the audience and wanted to leg-wrestle Goodman.

I liked the show from Day 1.

First guests don't mean much in the grand scheme of things. Magic's first guest was Arnold.
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post #137 of 142
3/3/09 at 6:24am
Conan was awful tonight. He wasnt funny at all and his hair looks awful.
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post #138 of 142
3/3/09 at 12:55pm
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I turned Fallon off just before they started "slow jamming" the news. That monologue BOMBED big time. I've got the rest on my Tivo...but I dunno if I should bother watching it.
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post #139 of 142
3/3/09 at 1:38pm
Was any not predisposed to hate it ?
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post #140 of 142
3/3/09 at 1:43pm
I really tried to give it a fair shake. But I was asleep before Fallon's monologue was over. Pre-DVR, I never fell asleep during Conan. Thankfully, my DVR allowed me to watch Conan over breakfast the next morning and now, also thankfully, Fallon will free up more space on my DVR.
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post #141 of 142
3/3/09 at 1:49pm
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Was any not predisposed to hate it ?

Do you really have to ask??


http://www.uwm.edu/People/sdwarren/jimmyfallonsucks.htm
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post #142 of 142
3/3/09 at 4:53pm
Conan had his fair share of stupid skits (though there usually was something funny about them even if it was just about how absurd they were) but having audience members lick things? Really? That's what you start out on?
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