Team Conan sticks it to NBC with the most expensive comedy skit in late night history.

[Ian David]

Run time: 03:32 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TvaZKuAoFUU   Posted on YouTube: January 21, 2010 By YouTube Member: Views on YouTube: 0   Posted on DU: January 22, 2010 By DU Member: Ian David Views on DU: 2947

 

[54anickel]

1. In light of the crazy corporate headlines this week---NICE!

[no limit]

2. This reminds me why I need to start watching conan again...oh...shit...wait.

[tishaLA]

3. and Pee Wee was on, too! That alone was worth it.

[mystieus]

4. I don't blame Conan but he needs to stop the damn whining.

bad judgment and not funny at all to use 1.5 million dollars on a comedy bit considering the economy or the need for money in... let's say Haiti

[eShirl]

7. He was gloating, not whining. And it was just a put-on anyway.

[hmorehead]

5. The obscene millions being tossed over the entire thing disgusts me when I just

cancelled my health insurance.

[Lorien]

8. I hear you. I'm at the same point myself. :-( nt

[hmorehead]

22. Sometimes it amazes me how off the path we can get. In some way I feel

the same way about Conan as I do about all the Banker bonus babies. He could make a statement about his situation and use the money and accomplish some good.

[Capers]

23. I'm not sure, but I don't think they really spent 1.5 mil.

I suspect they spent a few grand to rent the car and there's no way the licensing on the Stones music costs over a million dollars.

It's just a joke.

[eShirl]

6. It was just a gag; the car was actually a rental.

http://jalopnik.com/5453816/update-petersen-museum-loaned-bugatti-veyron-to-conan

[JohnnyK]

14. Conan never said they bought the car... the song, Satisfaction, though...

... by the Rolling Stones had to have cost a pretty penny, the master recording not only collects royalty fees from the broadcast, but from viewings on the Internet. Again, Conan never said they bought the car. He just gave the total amount for the sketch.

[Guilded Lilly]

9. Conan is walking away with at least $32 MILLION

and will undoubtedly have a very prosperous career ahead of him.

He's funny and talented. THe Pee Wee skit was a lot funnier. But this could get old if he keeps it up too long.

[Skink]

10. He got Manilow on Thurday.

[elmerdem]

11. UR (un-recommend) makes him

look like a dick when people in Haiti are dying! Most Americans won't give a shit, but this excess is why the terrorists "hate our freedoms".

[Iggo]

12. LOL.

Excellent piece of performance art.

:applause:

[rapturedbyrobots]

17. um...no...

they hate our occupation of arab lands. if they hated excess there would be daily bombings in dubai.

[bamacrat]

13. This is great. Too bad so many people here have no sense of humor.

Conan is great I would like to see him waste more of NBC's money on stuff that does not give them good press. They screwed him and he's being awesome as usual. I have watched Conan since him first show and he has always been my favorite.

[avaistheone1]

15. This is an incredible piece.

Incredibly self-serving when 200,000 lay dead and dying in Haiti,

and with record hunger, homelessness and joblessness in the U.S.

Sorry Conan, it is not all about you and your $40 million dollar paycheck.

Boohoo.

[rapturedbyrobots]

18. ok...

so let's get a plan together to force NBC to write a check to haiti for $1.5M...instead of paying for a sketch on tv.

[saracat]

19. Oh please. get a grip. Conan is a huge union guy and paid his employees out of his own pocket

during the strike. he also negotiated a multimillion dollar deal for the show emplyees so they would be taken care of when he leaves. It isn't as though NBC is gonna send you or me a check or anyone else. Conan actually does things for folks and I really enjoyed his sticking it to the man.

[rcrush]

21. What does a Comedy bit about sticking it to NBC have to do with Haiti?

[SlingBlade]

16. Too Funny. I like his sty;e, Always have. :)

[Ian David]

20. NBC Pulls Web Clips of Conan’s Most Expensive Bit Ever

NBC has gone on the offensive and pulled the web clips of Conan O’Brien’s vengeful “Bugatti Veyron” sketch from Hulu and NBC.com. The move was made to avoid costly fees associated with Conan’s decision to play “Satisfaction” by the Rolling Stones, for his own satisfaction.

The controversial $1.5 million comedy sketch begins with COCO taking pleasure in the fact that even though his show is about to go off air, “we can do whatever we want, and they have to pay for it.”

To prove it, O’Brien introduced a new Tonight Show character — the Bugatti Veyron mouse — while playing the iconic Rolling Stones hit “Satisfaction” in the background as the mouse’s theme song. The Bugatti Veyron is most expensive car in the world, just dressed up as mouse, and because of O’Brien’s song choice, the sketch that it stars in will be most the expensive bit to date.

<snip>

O’Brien states:

“Let me ask you a question. Is this appropriate music for a car that looks like a mouse? No! Does it add anything at all to this comedy bit? No, it doesn’t! Is it crazy expensive to play on the air — not to mention the rights to re-air this clip on the Internet? Hell yes.”

And that’s just it. NBC is hoping to avoid those pricey track fees associated with online views of the bit. So should you wish to relive the oddly comedic moment on NBC’s official online properties, however, you’re out of luck. While copies, like the YouTubeYouTubeYouTube one below, still abound online, NBC’s version of last’s night show is absent one Bugatti Veyron mouse.

More:
http://mashable.com/2010/01/21/bugatti-veyron-mouse/

[Tx4obama]

24. Can't feel sorry for anyone that has $33 MILLION+ in the bank! n/t