Conan's Tonight Show Finale Was An "Awesome" Party
Posted on Jan 22, 2010 @ 03:22PM
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.
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Conan with the millions $$$$$$$$$ smile... Conan going to be fine.......
Posted Sat, 01/23/2010 - 12:47pm
Stupid Brat I can't see any network hiring this nutbar. Go away and die you stupid suck
Posted Sat, 01/23/2010 - 8:28am
Good for Conan, Conan stood up to the NBC Suits, and walked, that takes Cojones. Something Jay Leno has proven that he would never do because he is a corporate yes-man stooge. Hopefully in September we'll see Conan again.
Posted Sat, 01/23/2010 - 12:20am
a lot of millions for some bad jokes, he is as funny like a toothache
Posted Sat, 01/23/2010 - 12:10am
Good luck, Conan! May the wind always be at your back and the sun shine on your face. You did a great job. Jay Leno isn't worth your little toe. He'll have one week of high ratings upon is return and after that....sink like the turd he is.
Posted Fri, 01/22/2010 - 11:29pm
Regardless of all these toxic and nonsensical posts above me, I wish him well. He didn't have the ratings but neither does Jay. NBC totally screwed him. Stop whining about the money he's getting! I am so sorry you don't make that kind of money.
Posted Fri, 01/22/2010 - 11:28pm
He wasn't fired....they asked him to change the time. Yep...the boss made a mistake in programming and asked O'Brien to be flexible and go with the change. He said "NO" and created all this drama. A regular person would have been shown the door.
Posted Fri, 01/22/2010 - 11:16pm
Two words for Conan .......ROMPER ROOM
Posted Fri, 01/22/2010 - 11:14pm
LOL. He has the hair. Bozo the Clown. That sums up his humor and bits.
Posted Fri, 01/22/2010 - 11:16pm
Mr T your an idiot he had a contract with nbc for 5 or more yrs for 80 mil he got screwed he moved all his family and crew from ny youre a dum ars do your research
Posted Fri, 01/22/2010 - 11:06pm