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Conan O'Brien Show

The Legally Prohibited from Being Funny on Television Tour (2010), a live comedy show across the US and Canada


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April 18 – Conan O'Brien, American television entertainer and talk show host

Alfunction

He was previously a hired guitarist for Cypress Hill during the Skull and Bones tours, making his debut U.S. performance for the band while playing keyboard on the Conan O'Brien show.

Andy Blitz

He is currently a contributing writer and consultant producer on the Adult Swim series Eagleheart starring Chris Elliott and produced by Conan O'Brien.

B.J. Woodbury

Expanding on his career, Woodbury has also written comedy for Jay Leno, David Letterman, and Conan O'Brien.

Coconut doughnut

Coconut doughnuts are not usually filled, but there is an unrelated coconut doughnut that uses a coconut cream filling (like a boston cream doughnut or jelly doughnuts), which Conan O'Brien reportedly had a "life-altering experience with" during a three-day visit to Toronto in 2004: "it blew my mind," O'Brien was quoted in the Toronto Star.

Dirty Diaries

The unusual circumstance of government-sponsored pornography also led to the topic being the butt of a parody by US talk show host Conan O'Brien.

Ford Taurus SHO

This generation of SHO has become prominent in American pop culture due to comedian Conan O'Brien using a green 1992 model that he personally owns in a number of comedy sketches.

Gabriel Iglesias Presents Stand Up Revolution

Iglesias' friend Martin Moreno appears as his sidekick similar to Conan O'Brien and Andy Richter's relationship.

Jeff Zucker

In 2010, in response to a public controversy over the network's reported rescheduling of late-night hosts Jay Leno and Conan O'Brien,

Jessie Malakouti

In June 2011, Jessie and the Toy Boys released an EP titled, Show Me Your Tan Lines, and made her network television debut on the Conan O'Brien Show.

Jimbo Mathus

Over the years they also performed on television programs, including The Tonight Show, Late Night with David Letterman, Conan O'Brien and Dick Clark's New Year's Rockin' Eve in 1998.

Joe Garden

After it was announced that Conan O'Brien would be taking over Jay Leno’s hosting duties on The Tonight Show, Garden launched a mock Internet campaign titled “Vote Joe Garden!” with the aim of democratizing the selection of O’Brien’s replacement for Late Night.

John Mayer Trio

The Trio reunited on June 4, 2009 to play the song "California Dreamin'" on The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien.

Khonani

The main plot regarding the two janitors—Subhas and Khonani—battling for the late-night shift at 11:30 p.m. closely mirrored the feud between television hosts Jay Leno and Conan O'Brien over the hosting job of The Tonight Show.

Killen, Alabama

Drive-By Truckers: A band that has traveled throughout the U.S. and has been on several nationwide TV shows including Conan O'Brien.

Kiss cam

On The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien, O'Brien parodied the Kiss Cam in comedy sketches, focussing on unlikely couples, such as a hunter and a bear.

Last Call with Carson Daly

On January 8, 2010, it was reported by multiple media outlets that The Jay Leno Show was moving to 11:35 p.m., the Conan O'Brien-hosted Tonight Show to 12:05 a.m., and Late Night with Jimmy Fallon to 1:05, which would have resulted in Last Call losing its time slot (as NBC did not include plans to move Poker After Dark, at the time the show which followed Last Call in some markets, to a later slot).

The John Kerwin Show

In August, 2007, Kerwin and show producer Rob Baker met with NBC's head of late night and prime time programming Rick Ludwin to campaign for the position then to be vacated by Conan O'Brien in 2009 as he left NBC's "Late Night" to host The Tonight Show.

The Pete Holmes Show

Conan O'Brien, Jeff Ross, Nick Bernstein, and Dave Rath are presumed to be involved in production.

The Simpsons: An Uncensored, Unauthorized History

Ortved did interview a number of sources for the book, including Hank Azaria, a cast member of the show since the second season, Fox Broadcasting Company owner Rupert Murdoch and former writer Conan O'Brien.

Un-Cabaret

UnCabaret also produced The Other Network, a festival of un-aired TV pilots introduced by their creators, including Robert Smigel, Conan O'Brien, Bob Odenkirk, Judd Apatow and others.

Universal City, California

NBC moved The Tonight Show from Burbank to the Stage One lot at Universal Studios when Conan O'Brien took over hosting duties upon Jay Leno's exit from the program in 2009, but then shifted the show back to Burbank when Leno re-assumed hosting duties in 2010.

Viveca Paulin

Paulin played the character Dawn, the wife of Ferrell's rock and roll persona, as they performed "Free Bird" with Conan, Billy Gibbons, Beck, Ben Harper and Max Weinberg and The Tonight Show Band to end the final show.

Yoshi Amao

On April 1, 2009, as an April Fools prank, Yoshi Amao surprised and charmed American audiences by standing in for regular host Jimmy Fallon on Late Night, which succeeded Conan O'Brien's hosting tenure.


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