This is How My Day is Going...

From David Letterman's Holiday Film Festival of 1985.

Well, Well, Well....

For all their tampering with the fate of The Tonight Show, NBC sure is looking pretty lame for moving Conan in favor of Jay. Leno's numbers haven't been any better than our red headed son's were this time last year. In fact, Leno keeps playing ratings tag with David Letterman who wins the time slot every blue moon, which is more than he did when Leno ruled the night. Meanwhile ABC's Nightline carries a solid lead in the time slot.

It's too early to tell, but right now Conan's smelling pretty sweet now that he's left the network game. He'll still have a ratings tussle with Stewart and Colbert, but he appears to be in good company with a good sense of competition amongst friends - especially since they never weaseled their way into taking away his job.

Source: Deadline Hollywood Daily

David Letterman Time Warp

Back in 1980, I was too young or too tired to stay up for The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson where David Letterman was a frequent guest host. So, I was unaware of this gap tooth guy until one summer vacation morning I tuned into his new show. It was comedy love at first sight. David Letterman's Morning Show on NBC didn't last long. It was canceled a few months later after almost burning down it's own studio. NBC kept him on until they gave him the Late Night spot. And the rest is history.

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Wait. WHAT!!??

Some background on how this spot happened.
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Conan's Last Stand

So, this is it. Tomorrow night will see the last show of Late Night with Conan O'Brien before our easily sunburned jester will be taking his laughs and boarding a flight to Los Angeles for good. I don't want him to go. Taking our east coast funnyman away to already production heavy Los Angeles is rough. Conan has roved through every inch of gritty, hip, yet real Manhattan for hilarious bits and remote segments. I don't need to see him do the same in the sunbaked streets of L.A.

The challenges he has to face are daunting. He will continue to follow Leno, with a time shift that will test his comedic mettle. Entertaining an earlier audience whose comedy sensibilities might not jive with Conan's quirkiness will be a challenge he'll face. Also, fighting for guests in Los Angeles with Kimmel and Leno will be a tough battle.

I hope Conan all the best, but I doubt I will be able to bring myself to watch him. As much as I hope Jimmy Fallon succeeds with his own following, I may have to give a pass. It looks like Letterman will be my late night show of choice, once again; yet, sadly, he has lost his edge over the years, so perhaps not.

Tomorrow night's last stand in Studio 6A will mark the end of an era. The show will go dark and be taken over by a Lorne Michaels' favored comedian in the studio across the hall. Conan will take up residence in a brand new sound stage on the Universal lot. And here we are, with a new late night television landscape, where scripted television have been scaled back, and a sudden dearth of low cost talk shows are spread out before us like a buffet.

I wish Conan good luck, eventhough I will be keeping my distance with the new Tonight Show for a while after it premeires.

In tribute, here are some of my favorite Conan bits over the years:

Emmy Awards:



1864 Baseball:

Conan O'Brien 1864 Baseball
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Conan's Help During the NYC Transit Strike:



Triumph The Insult Comic Dog Visits Star Wars Geeks Part 1:



Park 2:



Andy's Little Sister Stacy - Thanksgiving (Amy Poehler):

Amy Sedaris Inks Deal for TV Show

Amy Sedaris just signed a deal with 20th Century Fox TV for a new television comedy show based on her book "I Like You". Co-Producer is David Letterman's production company Worldwide Pants. She will be co-writing the series with longtime collaborator Paul Dinello. No network has been selected yet, but word is, she will be shopping it to cable. Sedaris is one of the funniest, progressive, quirkiest comedians today. This new project is definitely worth waiting for.