VIDEO: Conan's Sidekick Andy Richter Still Sore At Leno, NBC
Posted on Mar 09, 2010 @ 01:41PM - 3 comments
Believe it or not, Conan O'Brien's sidekick Andy Richter still has hard feelings for NBC and Jay Leno.
Richter, sitting in for Regis Philbin on Live with Regis & Kelly Tuesday, didn't mince words when asked by Kelly Ripa if he has any hard feelings over the fallout between the network and O’Brien that left him jobless.
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"Ah, yes, yes I do," Richter said. "Why wouldn't I?"
"I've got to be careful, I do. I have children. I still need work," Richter said. "But it's very frustrating, when somebody says -- and especially when they're on videotape -- and say, I'm going to take this No. 1 show and hand it over and hope the next guy makes it the No. 1 show, and then doesn't."
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Presumably speaking about Jay Leno, current host of The Tonight Show, Richter said, "he says, ‘I didn't have any choice, they wouldn't let me out of my contract’ -- You know how multi-millionaires are always being forced to do things they don't want to do. I've calmed down about it."
Richter said: "I thought, oh, I'll have time on the 'Tonight Show,' That's as good as it gets. I'm a tenured professor of show business now. I guess I'm really good at getting kicked off the air, cause that's what I've been doing for the last 10 years."
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O'Brien's settlement with NBC enables him to seek employment elsewhere as early as this fall.
Richter hinted that O’Brien & company might embark on a comedy tour for their fans, who are definitely out there: Conan recently started a Twitter account, and has gained more than 600,000 followers on the micro-blogging Web site within weeks.
Conan's Tonight Show Finale Was An "Awesome" Party
Posted on Jan 22, 2010 @ 03:22PM - 15 comments
Conan O'Brien did his Tonight Show swan song on Friday and despite the undercurrent of sadness over his departure from the show and NBC, the mood in the studio was overwhelmingly festive.
"It was awesome in there!" audience member Laurie Wolf from Austin, TX, told RadarOnline.com. "He got choked up when he thanked the crew and he thanked NBC for the 20 years and said don't be cynical, he hates cynisism."
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Benevolent as he said goodbye, the host even told the guests they could take everything from the studio.
Will Ferrell, who was Conan's first guest when he took over for Jay Leno, stopped by to bid the host farewell as did Steve Carell, Beck and Neil Young.
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Young performed Long May You Run that Wolf said had an effect on O'Brien. "It was a great song, perfect for the moment. Conan was sad, you could see he got choked up a little."
Ferrell, as one of the guys from ZZ Top played in the band, sang Free Bird which got everybody on their feet.
Carell got the the heart of the matter, conducting a fake interview with Conan. Audience member Mellisa Perry from Texas said the actor asked Conan if he would work for NBC again and whether his experience was positive, very positive or extremely positive.
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Conan said it was just positive and as for whether he would return to NBC, he responded that he "couldn't answer right now."
O'Brien added that while he cannot host a show for 7 months, he would be his right-hand man Andy Richter's sidekick.
VIDEO: Conan O’Brien Back At Work After Scary Fall
Posted on Sep 29, 2009 @ 05:59AM - Add a comment
Funnyman Conan O’Brien was back to work on The Tonight Show Monday night –joking about a scary fall during a taping of his show last Friday that literally knocked the air out of him.
O'Brien laughed about the accident Monday and even showed video of his wipe-out on the hard studio floor.
"As many of you may know, on this past Friday's show I was doing a stunt and I hit my head and suffered a slight concussion. And I promise, if you're a good audience, I'll do it again tonight," O'Brien said during Monday's taping.
VIDEO: Conan O'Brien Pays Tribute To the Late Ed McMahon
Posted on Jun 24, 2009 @ 08:22AM - Add a comment
Conan O'Brien -- new host of The Tonight Show -- paid tribute Tuesday night to Ed McMahon, the legendary 'second banana' to former Tonight Show host Johnny Carson.
Saying "this is obviously a very sad day without Ed", O’ Brien, the fourth in the line of Tonight Show hosts, dedicated a big portion of his monologue to McMahon, who died Tuesday at the age of 86.
