"Late Night with Conan O'Brien" (1993) TV series 1993-2009

Writers:

Ellie Barancik (writer) (1998-2000)
Tommy Blacha (writer) (1993-1999)

Seasons:

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | unknown

Release Date:

13 September 1993 (USA)

Genre:

Comedy | Music | Talk-Show

Tagline:

From NBC Studios in New York, it's Late Night with Conan O'Brien!

Plot:

Conan O'Brien, a Harvard Lampoon alumnus, hosts this late-night comedy/talk-show which is often silly and whimsical.

Plot Keywords:

Late Night | Chroma Key | Sketch Comedy | Variety | Stand Up Comedy

Awards:

Won Primetime Emmy. Another 6 wins & 37 nominations

Cast

Conan O'Brien	...	Himself - Host / ... (1,642 episodes, 1993-2009)
Andy Richter	...	Himself - Co-Host / ... (521 episodes, 1993-2009)

Also Known As:

Late Night with Conan O'Brien (Australia)
Conan O'Brien (Sweden) [sv]
Late Night with Conan O'Brien (Finland) [fi]

Runtime:

60 min | UK:45 min | Finland:45 min

Country:

USA

Language:

Finnish | English

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby

Certification:

USA:TV-14 | Australia:M

Filming Locations:

Chicago, Illinois, USA

Company:

Broadway Video

Trivia:

The guests on the premiere episode were John Goodman, Drew Barrymore, and Tony Randall.

Quotes:

Conan O'Brien: Do you wear this when you go to the beach, a European speedo?
Will Ferrell: I'll go with a high thong.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Will & Grace: A New Lease on Life (#1.2)" (1998)

King of Late Night

Yeah, ok...most people still think Leno is, but that'll all change in time.

See Leno and Conan are complete opposites. Both hosts are extremely entertaining, but when Leno's up on stage, you can tell he's kinda' just a cute monkey in a suit who's told to read his cue cards. *Then* he sounds funny. But Conan actually starts off funny; doing physical comedy, reacting to his audience, etc., but it's often his writers that make him tell lame jokes. Don't get me wrong; they're not all lame. They can get repetitive though, and are actually sometimes too vulgar or tasteless for Conan's classy personality. The funniest parts of the show are when he actually expresses his "what the hell kind of joke was that?"face to what he just said. Conan's cool; he plays guitar, he can be very self-deprecating (though he's toned down a bit -thank goodness), but best of all..he always acts genuinely interested in his guests and always seems to try to learn from them.

I think that what about Conan appeals to a younger audience(19-30 crowd) is not only that he can get away with more explicit material on his show, he also on the other hand shows disgust in any kind of strange sexual taboo(this is what evens out the show.)Example? Like when Conan asked Max Weinberg "Now, come on. Why should *you* have your own generation? Because you're such a good drummer?" "No, because of my hundreds of iligitimate children." Conan makes a disgusted face and we don't know if it's toward the writers or the situation, but we always sympathize and have to laugh!

The only problem I have with the show is I think Conan should write his dialogue. I mean, come on, this guy went to Harvard to become funny and wrote for SNL & he Simpsons!

Long Live Conan! Har-dee-har-har! Me lucky charms!