VIDEO: Conan's Sidekick Andy Richter Still Sore At Leno, NBC
Posted on Mar 09, 2010 @ 01:41PM
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.
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Promotions should always be taken away if they don't deliver. It's not a gift. By whining like that they don't help their future career prospects.
Posted Wed, 03/10/2010 - 9:15am
A promo was given then taken away. I think ANYONE who has worked in their life would be upset in a similar situation.I don't blame Andy for still having bad feelings.If it was you, at your current job wouldn't you be upset?I sure as hell would be.
Posted Tue, 03/09/2010 - 6:51pm
They are so bitter, it's sad. The show was rarely funny, Conan is extremely predicable, his delivery , gestures, bring back the jokes one or more times etc. It was painfully obvious they were killing time and stretching the little material they had.
Posted Tue, 03/09/2010 - 3:48pm