Lemme guess, if I scroll back a few pages I'm going to find some comments from posters I've never seen on this board before who immediately made things political...

Brian Earl Spilner said:

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DallasTeleAg said:

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Yeah, but nothing beats the interactions between conan and max weinberg.

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Walker Texas Ranger lever ("Walker told me I have AIDS.")
Masturbating bear
FedEx Pope
Triumph
Fake Arnold Schwarzenegger
Any Jordan Schlansky bit
Paul Rudd trolling Conan with the Mac and Me clip for 20 years

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In the year two thousaaaaaaaand...

Honestly, the biggest thing is Conan would let his guests answer a ******* question without interrupting or giving an annoyingly fake laugh for anything they say.

And the times a guest would make Conan genuinely laugh were always hilarious.

Conan's political jokes were always silly and fun. There's nothing wrong with political jokes, but there is definitely a difference between what Conan did/does and what others do.

Hell, you can watch interviews with him talking about these things. He obviously knows there's a difference, and references it. Many posters on this board recognize there's a difference. There are only the usual few posters gaslighting everyone else and saying it's the same as it's always been.

Even with trump, I found Conan's bits with the "recorded" phone calls between trump and Obama to be hilarious. Alec Baldwins portrayal on SNL was simply mean spirited, in contrast to how the others represented the other side's characters.

DallasTeleAg said:

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Conan's political jokes were always silly and fun. There's nothing wrong with political jokes, but there is definitely a difference between what Conan did/does and what others do.

Hell, you can watch interviews with him talking about these things. He obviously knows there's a difference, and references it. Many posters on this board recognize there's a difference. There are only the usual few posters gaslighting everyone else and saying it's the same as it's always been.

Even with trump, I found Conan's bits with the "recorded" phone calls between trump and Obama to be hilarious. Alec Baldwins portrayal on SNL was simply mean spirited, in contrast to how the others represented the other side's characters.

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SNL secretly hoped Trump would get re-elected so they wouldn't have to actually work and have fresh ideas.

That was four years of laziness.

Yeah, it was more that Trump just provided a whole lot more material to make fun of. Whether you believe him to be a good president or not, it's hard to dispute that. Biden and Obama for the most part are/were boring.

It's not a D/R thing, it's simply who has more material you can work with. Bill Clinton used to constantly be the butt of late night jokes, and I believe it was Conan that routinely had bits where a fake bill clinton was talking about his sexual exploits.

And watching some of those Conan clips... I'm pretty immune to most of the hollywood scandal stuff because I simply don't put much care into what an entertainer does in their personal life.

But if there was ever kind of nefarious scandal that came out about Conan I'm not sure I could handle that. Guy just seems genuinely like a great, funny guy.

Also, I would love to hear Conan on Rogan. That would be such a great episode.

The fact that Conan's assistant, who'd be the first to get treated like **** if it was that kind of show, loves Conan, invited him to her wedding, and now co-hosts his podcast, says everything about Conan.

He ****s on his employees, but always for laughs and in good fun. When he confronts Jordan Schlansky about his elitist espresso machine is an all-timer.

The Conan Clueless gamer segments always kill me.

DallasTeleAg said:

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Conan's political jokes were always silly and fun. There's nothing wrong with political jokes, but there is definitely a difference between what Conan did/does and what others do.

Hell, you can watch interviews with him talking about these things. He obviously knows there's a difference, and references it. Many posters on this board recognize there's a difference. There are only the usual few posters gaslighting everyone else and saying it's the same as it's always been.

Even with trump, I found Conan's bits with the "recorded" phone calls between trump and Obama to be hilarious. Alec Baldwins portrayal on SNL was simply mean spirited, in contrast to how the others represented the other side's characters.

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This is a great point.

An example. Kimmel made a "joke" about letting the unvaccinated die on the street in front of the hospital. Literally said if unvaccinated person needed urgent medical care they should be denied and just die. My wife and I did not have our very healthy teenage sons vaccinated. Our pediatrician was at first vehemently pushing parents to vaccinate their teens. Then he completely stopped and pivoted to "parents should make informed decision about what they feel is best for their kids".

Anyway, Kimmel laughed at his own joke. The audience roared. I don't watch any of this, just saw the clip months later. It's funny to joke that a teen needing emergency care should just die on the street because his parents didn't force the jab on him? Really?

That's the level of ugliness I think a lot of folks may be referring to and what has soured them on late night.

Conan's absurd sense of humor and silliness had such an influence on so many. I think the episodes of the Simpsons from his era are imprinted on my neurons i saw them so many times. His podcast also shows what makes a good host - genuinely listening to people and responding, and letting the conversation go where it takes them. The recent episode with Quest Love is a great example.

IMO, no one was worse interviewing guests than Leno. He had his stack of cards and asked the questions, never asking a follow up, just dead-eyed moving on to the next question on his card.

Man I liked Fallon's original late show when it first came out. But man has his schtick gotten stale. The tonight show is hard to watch.

And Conan really is the GOAT. His podcast is great. His ability to riff off the cuff and play off his guests is incredible.

This is a hit piece, clearly

People who go to work a job like this should know what they're getting themselves into

Newsflash, work is stressful. There's gonna be conflict

Too many these days expect to earn money and be happy 100% of the time in doing so

Fallon is being lambasted for living life. Pretty hilarious

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Brian Earl Spilner said:

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Paul Rudd trolling Conan with the Mac and Me clip for 20 years

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Paul gets him with that on the podcast too, and I think it's legit (not a bit)!

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Such a great bit. I definitely agree, he's completely caught off guard...I don't think Conan is a good enough actor to sell it that well.