5 Reasons Why Conan Should Be Happy About All Of This.

Conan O'Brien

Don't worry buddy. I get fired all the time!

I’ve read the People Of Earth letter.

I’ve surveyed the damage.

I’ve monitored Conan’s progress on the Tonight Show.  Watched Leno at 10pm.  DVR Letterman.

I’m as close to a late-night expert as you’ll ever meet.

Which, coincidentally, is also why I’m unemployed.

I like Conan.

I just can’t understand why he’s so mad.

In a lot of ways, this is the best thing that could’ve happened to him.

Second-best.

The best thing would be him doing well on the Tonight Show and none of this actually happening.

But then I’d have nothing to expose.

And I feel like exposing.

Usually, that sentence would get me in trouble.

Let’s delve into the reasons why Conan should be happy about all of this.

1. You’ve Officially Buried A Decaying Franchise.

For some bizarre reason, people seem to think The Tonight Show is still the cornerstone of late night.

Hilarious.

That show ended when Carson left.  Leno fashioned his own success and, as unbelievable to me as it is, consistently owned the time slot.

When Conan came along, he inherited the time.  That’s it.

The franchise was dead long ago.

2. Dude, People Don’t Usually Get Fired Like This.

I’ve been fired a devastating amount of times in my life.

I used to sell ice cream during hockey games at Maple Leaf Gardens.

Sell a little.  Eat a little.

When my hurtful boss saw my doughy face covered in ice cream, he fired my ass.

Don’t ever come back here again, fatty.

That’s usually how you get fired.

That’s usually how I get fired.

Conan, on the other hand, just got moved.  He was going to get paid.  He just had to move to midnight.

Best firing ever.

3. You’ve Enraged The Hilariously Bored.

Have you seen the outrage?

People want to boycott NBC.

People want Jay Leno hurt.

People have declared themselves to be part of an imaginary team backing Conan.

Who are these people?

I never understood when people take sides in a comedy war.

There are millions of people funnier than I am.  Hell, my readers think lolcats is funnier than me.

But why pick sides?

Comedy isn’t an exclusive choice.  Like one.  Like none.  Like them all.

Except Arsenio.

He’s where I draw the line.

4. You’ll Land Somewhere Where They’ll Give You Time.

It takes time to build an audience.  I know this from blogging.

Dude, you’re going to compare late night television to blogging?

Yes.

To blogging?  Blogging.  Really?

In my mind, it’s the same.  Minus the celebrity, super hot chicks, money, and dignity.

But it’s taken me almost a year to build an audience here.

If the Internet was like, “screw Tremendous News.  That blog sucks ass.  Let’s give his IP address to another LolCats spin-off,” I wouldn’t be here.

I needed time.

Conan needs time.

He’ll go somewhere where he’ll get that.

If not, podcast that shit.

5. You’re Like TV-Jesus Now.

If I got fired like Conan, I’d probably call a press conference where I cry hysterically for ninety minutes.

Curl into the fetal position while eating hundreds of fruit roll-ups.

Sing Ace of Base over and over to sooth my pain.

Conan, on the other hand, took it well.

He’s crafted a great image of tact and class.

This firing helped achieve that.

There you go.  Conan, if you’re reading this, keep your head up high buddy.

It could be a lot worse.

At least they didn’t call you fatty.

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  • I miss "The Joe Franklin Show".
  • I'm the asshole whose going to point out that you misspelled "soothe."

    So sooth has a nice, Shakespearean ring to it.
  • too funny. when all the late night talk show dust settles, one set of cojones will still be standing: chelsea handler.
  • great stuff. when all the late night talk show dust settles., one set of cojones will still be standing chelsea handler.
  • Liz
    That's true patty!
  • haha, top notch shit! Tho when I expose, others get in trouble. Yeah, even I'm not sure how that works, but it is what it is.

    And screw all of this. Leno is better anyways... best thing going for Conan was Triumph The Insult Comic Dog. There, I said it.
  • Another reminder of why you are one of my favorites.
  • lmao -- brilliant and hilarious as always!
  • HAHA! FABULOUS! ___________<~~line for Arsenio lol... only person that thought he was funny, was him unfortunately LOL! Love the writeup TN, Giving you some RTL on this 1!
  • FastEddie869
    PS my favorite Conan is "Conan the Barbarian." I don't recall Robert E. Howard ever writing about "Conan the Tonight Show Host" or "Conan the Lame Comedian" or "Conan the UnFunny." Just a thought.
  • FastEddie869
    Wow, this is the first blog where the writer has invited me to "fan my ass." This is so awesome. I just wish you were a writer for Conan, Mr. Tremendous. Then Conan actually might say something remotely funny instead of preening and being artfully vain and Tremendously Boring every fucking night.
  • I'm rooting for Leno and Conan both to dump NBC's sorry ass and its overpaid genius executives.
  • I kind of missed the whole Conan/Leno brouhaha but I do know one thing~Leno is lame and how he's maintained a TV presence for this long is a mystery to me. I'm a Conan fan and will miss him --but I have no doubt he'll surface soon---he is one classy, funny guy.
    Thanks for bringing me up to speed on the story TN---what would we do without you??
    PS What, you don't like Arsenio??? (Just kidding, no one does.)
  • karlastegui
    ____________________________ line drawn for Arsenio Hall, just trying to help you TN!
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