Conan O'Brien

[Amerigo Vespucci]

Poll question: Conan O'Brien

[ghostsofgiants]

1. Awesome.

[WinkyDink]

2. Basically can't stand him.

[semillama]

3. Quite possibly the funniest person on TV.

His spot last night where he was a baseball player from 1864 had me rolling.

Plus, without Conan, there wouldn't be Triumph, the Insult Comedy Dog!

[Lethe]

4. he's ok

his monologue is so-so
his interviewing skills ok, but sometimes he interjects too much personal humor (self-deprecating jokes, etc)
the characters and skits are pretty funny

i think they should get another sidekick, like Andy Richter, but Norm MacDonald instead

the reason why illustrated by this clip:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GoLm-vD89SQ

total gold

but afterwards i felt sorry for that woman, though

[EastTennesseeDem]

5. Funny guy

He was better when he was improvising in the field. His birdwatching and boy band routines, for instance, were each sidesplitting.

[tigereye]

6. I love Conan

excuse me, "Conebone," I think his early shows and a lot of the ongoing gags, were hilarious.

[Kat45]

7. Never found him the least bit funny.

As a matter of fact, I find him annoying.

[sasquatch]

8. He's better than Leno IMO

[Amerigo Vespucci]

10. I remember a Leno appearance on "Playboy After Dark"...

...which was a weird show all by itself. Hef and his hangers-on, all mingling about the pad, with visits from all kinds of people. A DVD retrospective was released a few years ago, they might have even included a Leno clip on it...don't know, haven't seen it. It was pre-pre-pre-Tonight Show...he was still a stand-up comedian exclusively and FAR from a "household word." He had really big hair, too...bigger than the Tonight Show.

Leno was awkward and forced and laughed at all of his own jokes. Hef played the amiable host, Barbie Benton and the assorted playmates laughed at everything and probably weren't listening to anything, except maybe the voices in their own heads.

A creepy stand-up comedian on a creepy TV show. It was surreal.

[Norwood]

9. He's freaking awesome! So much better than Leno

[Left Is Write]

11. How about "massive irritant"? He isn't going to make me want to watch the Tonight Show.

I haven't watched the Tonight Show since 1992.

[Amerigo Vespucci]

13. I really love this DVD:

3 DVDs...Amazon classifies it as "currently unavailable." There are many Carson collections out there, but this one's always been my favorite.

1). Best of the 60s-70s-80s & extras

2). Best of the 80s-90s plus "Johnny Goes Home" & extras

3). Second-to-last episode (5/21/92, w/ Robin Williams & Bette Midler) & Final episode plus extras

It's really well assembled and captures the feel & flow of the Carson years. I've never been a Leno fan and doubt that I'll ever become one.

[amitten]

12. Love him. He was better with Andy as a sidekick, though. n/t

[Lethe]

17. he would be great as Norm MacDonald as a sidekick

as evidenced by my other link

[Gabi Hayes]

30. you don't have sidekicks that are funnier than you.....

nobody, and I mean nobody, looks funny alongside Norm, as your clip (there are two other ones from that show, which are the interview part).

watch other clips, including his appearances with Letterman, or Dennis Miller....did you know he's on Miller's radio show every week now? some clips of that are online, and they consist mostly of Norm making Miller and his screener howl with laughter

[Ava]

14. i love 'em

[Starbucks Anarchist]

15. Like him.

[PBS Poll-435]

16. Other - The final "nail-in-the-coffin" for NBC

:shrug:

[WinkyDink]

21. Exactly. The death of NBC dramas at 10 p.m. is a decision they will rue.

[Mojambo]

18. MASSIVE step up from Jay Leno.

Better than Jay Leno by an almost ridiculous margin.

[Adenoid_Hynkel]

19. used to be great

then he lost his sidekick and spent waaay too long doing lame lewinsky jokes and lost me

[Corey_Baker08]

20. I Like Conan As Opposed To Jay.....But Dave Letterman is the shit!!!

Dave tells it like it is and I like his views on politics and his outright bluntness on issues he disagrees with. I have never heard for sure but I have a good feeling that Dave is a Liberal Democrat!!! Anybody know his political views?

I wasnt a fan of Jay I am pretty sure Jay is a Conservative Republican and alot of his guest share his same political views,other than that I just dont think he is that Funny.

[underpants]

22. I never really "got" him

I have seen some funny stuff but nothing that would make me want to watch on a consistent basis

[old mark]

23. Other: He has had that show for years, but I have to say

I have never seen more than 10 minutes of his show in that entire time, I'm just too polite to say he sucks. I'm just bored with what littls I saw of his show, and I wish him the same success in LA.

mark

[bigwillq]

24. Can't stand him.

Don't think he's very funny. Not a fan at all.

[Lost in CT]

25. If I am up that late I ain't watching television...

well maybe couples tv on Cinimax but sure as hell not Conan.

[azmouse]

26. Never bothered to watch his show.

I'm not up that late.

[JTG of the PRB]

27. Other: Awesome BEYOND awesome.

I heart Conan.

[Scooter24]

28. He's my favorite of all the late night shows...

but here in TX he's on at 11:35pm, so I usually only stay up long enough to enjoy his monologue.
He's not for everybody, but I think he'll succeed in the earlier slot.

[Arugula Latte]

29. It took me a looong time to warm up, but I think he and his show are great.

Consistently funny.

[OmahaBlueDog]

31. Two words: Craig.Ferguson

Much funnier, much more engaging.

I still won't watch Leno, and I'll continue to watch Letterman & Ferguson.

[JVS]

32. The next Letterman