Conan O’Brien on His NBC Exit
by Author on Thursday, July 29th, 2010 | 25 Comments
Conan O'Brien talks to Steve Kroft about his exit from "The Tonight Show" and from NBC. The interview airs Sunday, May 2, at 7 pm ET/PT.
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@BlakeTahoe Congratulation for being a bigger loser now because you mentioned that you’re a stand up comic…really dude? Stand up comic don’t make money LMFAO just quit dickhead. How embarrassing to talk about banging ugly ass hoe and thinking you’re the shit lol. You know what? Let me write you a check and make it to the “I DON’T GIVE A SHIT!” foundation.
Does anyone know how long Conan is prohibited from speaking bad about NBC or Jay Leno? It would suck if he couldn’t say anything about them for the rest of his life.
COCO COCO COCO
@coolzezo
He’s my number one favorite celebrity – he’s so great, modest, and you can tell he’s just a good person
Not to mention he’s HILARIOUS
**** jay leno
Funny how everyone twisted it around. Leno? was NUMBER 1 in the ratings, when NBC took his show away and gave it to Conan. Did Leno cry about it like Conan?! No. He sucked it up and took a later show. Sure enough, Conan comes in and can’t maintain the ratings. So Conan’s out and Leno gets his show back. What do people not understand about that?!! NBC should have let Conan walk in the first place. Instead, they screwed Jay over and Conan’s gone anyway. NBC sucks… not Jay Leno!
Wow. That was TOTALLY WORTH WATCHING A FUCKING COMMERCIAL.
FUCK YOU, TUBES.
Oh woe be me, I got 40 million and my life is so tough
@moist888 Im pretty sure he said that you shoudlnt worry about me Im just fine he never said life was tough ever he just said it was unfair and it was
@moist888 Amen to that. I like O’brien but get serious.
KEEP THE BEARD!
that’s the saddest i’ve ever seen conan
I don’t think Leno sucks. I can still see where he’d be coming from, he was basically forced out of The Tonight Show early by NBC, and was never fully behind his new putrid, demon’s spawn of a late night show.
That being said, I love me some Conan, always will, regardless of the broadcast channel, and I’l be watching his new show on TBS.
BTW: Conan, please release a free video of one of your live shows (L.A. please) on your website, before the TBS show rolls on-air. PLEASE!
I can’t blame Conan for being slighted, but he cannot blame Leno for re-taking the Tonight Show. Leno isn’t the one who screwed up NBC’s lineup, he just took what was offered. And as a reminder, the reason Leno got the 10PM in the first place is because five years ago, Conan announced he wanted the Tonight Show and NBC wanted to keep both of them happy. They were going to kick Leno out because of Conan’s request, so he has no business complaining about Leno years later.
@ATK309 I disagree with you. While I love Conan, Leno is much better on TV. But I don’t watch the Tonight Show for interviews; just the monologue and the comedy bit then I turn it off anyway. Leno has a great delivery, good comic timing, even if some of the ideas get a bit stale; but that’s more on the writers. Don’t get me wrong. I like Conan, he’s a great writer (Simpsons, and SNL went way downhill after he left) but he doesn’t have a good stage presence or comic delivery.
@kingslice75 You can blame Leno if you look at The Tonight Show as an institution/franchise like the relevant people in the business do. Standing there and doing what Leno did, even though the NBC executives butchered everything, for Leno to allow it to happen and take back his slot was ultimately determental to the tonight show as a whole, even it was better for Leno’s personal career. He should the instution that gave him so much, ahead of his personal and selfish desires.
Conan is the Best,,,,Leno is a Joke!!!!! I dont see how Jay could show his face after this!!!!
@Schwinn333 MODEST? Nope..
i hate leno with every fiber of my being and i think conan should have kicked his ass
@alejanse
yeah okay
Conan is a comedic genius.Leno isn’t.I’m, not as modest person.
@Schwinn333
He is a cocky fuck, even though he got more than he deserved it still felt good to see his ego get turned into a big bullet hole.
O’Brian…. work with google and become Youtube’s mascot
with your own youtube show with the greatest youtube vloggers out there
okay its a silly idea but what the hell!
@kingslice75 are you 80 years old?
@alejanse name one time he was “cocky as fuck” ?
In fact the only times he came close to doing anything like bragging, he was kidding and it would be about something not even true, etc.
And if you’re talking about his sarcasm in monologues @ things that are happening in the news, Idk if you’ve noticed, he’s a comedian.
Sarcasm is a great tool for comedy. He’s kidding. When you see him that’s literally what he’s being paid to do.