I thought he was funny when I was in high school.
I thought he was funny when I was in high school.
Hooma wrote:
stan the corgi wrote:
I always compare to Johnny Carson...there is no comparison.
Carson was King because he was the only game in town. He was good yes, but he wouldn't necessarily have been the king had he been in his heyday.
Arsenio Hall was better.
Conan just has late night fatigue. He's too "on" all the time. After DECADES on late night it just gets old.
Alan
Every time I've seen Conan on TV lately, I'm struck by how odd he looks. The make-up or something is off and his face looks completely fake. Its distracting enough that I don't even notice the humor or lack thereof.
None of the late night hosts are funny. I'm spoiled by uncensored podcasts and radio shows. Network TV in the style of old fashioned late night and with all the commercials is just not entertaining anymore.
He's funnier than either Jimmy and it's not even close.
Conan is hilarious. He's a very smart man. Anybody who doesn't think Conan is "funny anymore" probably think people's political opinions define their personalities. A very small-minded approach. Conan would laugh at you.
outsider69 wrote:
Conan is hilarious. He's a very smart man. Anybody who doesn't think Conan is "funny anymore" probably think people's political opinions define their personalities. A very small-minded approach. Conan would laugh at you.
Or maybe we just don't think he's funny because he has to work in the context of network television rules, while the world of satellite radio and streaming video services can be much more risque with their content and format.
Conan is a decent late night host. Late night talks shows are an idiom whose time may have come and gone. So, the later stages of Conan's show were getting pretty tired.
Conan is a brilliant comedy writer and had some amazing bits on his show. Triumph the Insult Comic Dog is one of the best late night bits of all time. Masturbating bear. Tamari the ostrich. And I have never been able to find it on youtube, but there was a bit they would do back when cable went to 500 channels. They would pretend to find new cable channels and channel surf with Conan and Andy. They had a "Die Bogart" channel. It was old Humphrey Bogart scenes with a couple of muppets yelling "Die Bogart. Why won't you DIE!!" at the screen while one muppet played a saxophone solo. I nearly lost consciousness from laughing so hard.
I hope his new show on HBO lets him write more comedy and work with some of the legendary talent like Smigel and others. I really do not need to see Conan interview celebrities anymore.
Precious Roy wrote:...
I hope his new show on HBO lets him write more comedy and work with some of the legendary talent like Smigel and others. I really do not need to see Conan interview celebrities anymore.
I agree with that...especially the "no more celebrity interviews." How freaking tiresome they are, regardless of who does them.
stan the corgi wrote:
I always compare to Johnny Carson...there is no comparison.
I mean Conan doesn't beat his wife.
Carson was a Scumbag through and through, but whatever......ratings!
I remember when NBC bought out the remaining two years of his contract for $34 million. He owns multiple apartments in a building across the street the the Dakota in Manhattan that he turned into one gigantic apartment.
Kind of reminds me of this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uarJj-K4XH4
This is the best troll job ever.
I never found Conan funny. He always seemed kind of angry generally.
There are too many late night talk shows.
I find Jimmy Kimmel alright. The Colbert Report is leagues ahead of the Late Show with Colbert.
Conan is the best at interviewing comedians.
I can YouTube those interviews all day.
Especially with Norm McDonald.
Elrond Hubbard wrote:
outsider69 wrote:
Conan is hilarious. He's a very smart man. Anybody who doesn't think Conan is "funny anymore" probably think people's political opinions define their personalities. A very small-minded approach. Conan would laugh at you.
Or maybe we just don't think he's funny because he has to work in the context of network television rules, while the world of satellite radio and streaming video services can be much more risque with their content and format.
This is a great point. HBO should help him out. He has a dark side to his humor that only came out after the Leno debacle. I look forward to it.
For those of you who think he's not funny, his peers do. When in doubt, go by what his peers and guests say about him. They know better than we do.
outsider69 wrote:
Elrond Hubbard wrote:
Or maybe we just don't think he's funny because he has to work in the context of network television rules, while the world of satellite radio and streaming video services can be much more risque with their content and format.
This is a great point. HBO should help him out. He has a dark side to his humor that only came out after the Leno debacle. I look forward to it.
For those of you who think he's not funny, his peers do. When in doubt, go by what his peers and guests say about him. They know better than we do.
You must not be very bright. Why should I defer to anyone else? I know who think is funny and Conan is NOT funny. You really think I should find Conan funny because some of his peers do. Really? That is really not a notion I can relate to.
Maybe he's not the best late-night host, but he did write perhaps the greatest "Simpsons" episode of all time: "Marge vs. the Monorail".
Conan is funny. But you gotta be smart to get it, just like with Dave Chapell.
artojas wrote:
Conan is funny. But you gotta be smart to get it, just like with Dave Chapell.
Oh please. I get Conan and I do NOT find him to be funny.
His humor is just a bit more sophisticated, like when he struggled to do a chinup and yelled PUSH ON MY TAINT!