Conan premiered last night, you guys! And what did we get for all that anticipation? Well, the Masturbating Bear made an appearance, as did the grimy L.A. River. Conan O’Brien‘s first guests were Seth Rogen (who was adorably nervous), Lea Michelle (who was mostly likable!) and Jack White (who was just Jack White). Conan was his own musical guest, accompanying Jack on a Nashville-twangy song.
The show lived up to its eponymous title as nearly all the jokes focused on Conan’s Tonight Show debacle — which is to say the content was primarily about the host himself. Which isn’t necessarily a bad thing! Conan’s brand of humor has always made himself the mode for delivering jokes. As opposed to a Letterman or a Leno, known for their monologues, or a Fallon whose sketch background means his strength is the characters he becomes, Conan makes people laugh most when he’s using his lanky limbs to dance or mocking his own shortcomings. More »
I have no idea why this video of celebrity correspondents for The Tonight Show made me laugh out loud this morning. I laughed the hardest at Ryan Seacrest in a barrel at a rodeo. And Brad Pitt vacuuming will get me every time.
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Emmy nominees Steve Carell and Jane Lynch visited Jay Leno on the Tonight Show (which, coincidentally was not nominated for an Emmy although The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien was). The two actors talked about their work together on The 40-Year-Old Virgin, especially Jane’s Peruvian love song (just try not to laugh).
Steve also talked about his kids, and how his daughter tried to trick him into thinking that “cheese” was what the kids are using instead of “cool” these days…. More »
It’s always uncomfortable to watch a celebrity who has a reputation for being a diva act like a diva in what is supposed to be a self-deprecating way. Not saying that Jeremy Piven has a reputation for being difficult, but if that were the case, it would make this “sketch,” — in which he scares the crap out of an unsuspecting NBC page after finding a tray of sushi in his Tonight Show dressing room and throws a bottle… More »
Check out Robert Pattinson’s mum and dad on the Tonight Show last night. How cute is it of them to support him as he’s being interviewed by Jay Leno? Rob even read an email from his dad about kissing a woman’s hand. Why don’t guys do that anymore? Adorbs.
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Through all of his recent health ordeals, Bret Michaels has been a perpetual good sport. And last night on the Tonight show, he joked about his condition, winning Celebrity Apprentice and appearing on Jay Leno’s show. “I was losing organs so fast, I was like, ‘We better get on this show quickly,” he teased. “At least I kept a couple of the good ones.”
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Jessica Simpson visited Jay Leno on the Tonight Show last night with a shocking confession. “I’m addicted to Nicorette gum,” the pop star said, sheepishly, admitting that she loves the stuff although she’s never smoked cigarettes a day in her life. “It’s like drinking three Red Bulls.” More »
All Hail Coco! — Hot on the heels of his TBS announcement, dethroned Tonight Show host Conan O’Brien debuted his stand-up show in Eugene, Ore.. The show included a Triumph the Insult Comic Dog routine and the Masturbating Bear, “who with a small costume adjustment became the Self-Pleasuring Panda.” (via Huffington Post)
While in Los Angeles to attend a screening of his new movie “December Boys,” Daniel Radcliffe appeared on the “Tonight Show with Jay Leno.”
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