I have no real opinion on who should be hosting The Tonight Show or what time it airs; I have bigger concerns. But I do admit that I’m having a lot of fun watching the hosts of the various late-night programs taking potshots at each other. Jimmy Kimmel doing his entire show in Jay Leno makeup on Tuesday was an inspired bit of lunacy, and the Conan quote to the right is pretty funny. The reason all of this came to mind is that O’Brien pulled off one of the funniest remote sketches I’ve ever seen, and this is my first chance to link to it. It was in 2006 when he visited a Long Island restoration group that recreated old-time baseball games in period garb, circa 1864, and the result was pretty hilarious. (If that player doesn’t work for you, here’s another version).
Conan is at his best when he’s flying off the seat of his britches, and his remote pieces are generally the best things about his show. Team Conan, an Internet group dedicating to saving his show in its current time slot, has reportedly grown to more than 50,000 members. I don’t really care that much, but I would like one of those shirts.
We now join your regularly scheduled Thursday, already in progress.
ABOUT LAST LIGHT …
What you missed while buying a sweater vest for your weasel …
* Options for Haiti relief. Let’s everyone pitch in.
* A slimmer, non-drunk John Daly is not welcome at parties.
* The Onion: Colts to rest starters for first game of playoffs.
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TODAY IN MARK TRAIL …
Ah, the plot thins.
