"I SAID NEE-HA!"
The Late Night With Conan O'Brien Newsletter #01/17-051
Hello everyone!! Hope you've been having a conetastic week. I know I have. How so? I've rediscovered the joy of "Conologue Jokes" online…. It's the fabbest thing just to sit and listen to those… Conan seems even more "zippy" when you're just hearing his voice and not looking at him. It's bizarre, but veeeeeeery cool.
Good luck to Andy and his wife in their efforts to quit smoking. The masturbating bear couldn't do it, but we think you'll have more willpower! I know through living with quitters that it can be a nightmare for them… Send them all your good supportive smoke-free vibes!
Have you seen Micah Honees? Well he's still not here, and thanks for the suggestion, but I really don't think he's in Arkansas buying me a frozen chicken. I'm pretty sure he's out of rehab now. Please get in touch Micah, we miss you.
Well be back after the hiatus!! Have a conetastic two-weeks everyone and let's get it awn!
Late Night Linzi
Editor
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CONTENTS -
LATE NIGHT NEWS
CONAN ON LETTERMAN By Sarah Tudisca
CONAN LOOK-A-LIKE From Sarah E. Burkey
LATE NIGHT POLL
UPCOMING GUESTS - Jan 18th - 29th 1999
THIS TIME LAST YEAR...
WEEK IN REVIEW
FYI
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LATE NIGHT NEWS
Big Red Vs. Big Bird… Revealed during the desk chat on Tuesday it's true, the TV you've been waiting for all your life. Brought to you in association with the letter "C" and the number "9": Conan appearing on Sesame St. No date is set as yet for the show to be aired. Keep an eye on your local TV listings, or check out http://www.pbs.org for the most up-to-date listings.
Conan in a Kilt…….. A rumor has come across the web to me that Conan is one of several American TV hosts who have been enlisted to support "ScotsFest 99" and will wear a kilt on Late Night. The tartan (plaid) that will be worn is called the "Pride Of Scotland" and it's not said to be linked to any particular clan or family name. ScotsFest, from January 23 to February 28, is a yearly festival of all things Scottish held in the USA.
Ratings for Lateline…. The season premiere of "Lateline" that featured Conan and Andy has failed to shine in the battle of the primetime ratings. The show clocked up a 6.6 share of the ratings, making the total viewing audience of 6,600,000 homes. Unofficial figures reported today reveal that two thirds of the audience that night were Conan fans.
Robert Smigel sent a letter to the New York Times about the controversy that followed Alec Baldwin's appearance on the show. The letter never ran, but you can read his thoughts on the episode at:
http://www.salonmagazine.com/media/lehm/1999/01/14lehm2.html
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CONAN ON LETTERMAN By Sarah Tudisca
Alright everyone- the moment we were waiting for came- and left, with funny and cute stories and anecdotes in between. That's right, I am of course talking about Conan's visit to David Letterman last Wednesday night. Conan came out and indulged in the audience's applause by standing a little longer than needed, then confessed that it is a "pet peeve" of his when guests come on his show and stand to long. His example- Wayne Newton (which became a running joke throughout the segment).
Conan began speaking of his present to his parents for Christmas. You all know the one I'm talking about- the photo album with "ROT" (Ruth, O'Brien, Thomas) embossed in gold on the cover. He then began to speak of how, although he pokes fun at her, he really truly loves his mother. One of his favorite little quirks of his mom that he especially likes is her old fashioned talk (bold stump=wise guy, patty fingers=affair, randy boo=confused).
We then got to hear about everyone favorite huggable and adorable little golden retriever puppy- Hudson. Dave cracked on Conan for the name (Did you find him by the river?), so before Conan's little nervous breakdown he began to tell all (who didn't know just by looking at the thing) about how Hudson is the cutest dog ever, and he is genetically engineered to be cute and he has nothing else going for him, as Conan observed when another dog came running circles around Hudson and poor little Hudson couldn't keep up.
The segment ended with Conan showing the Star Wars trailer. He figured he had to bring a clip because he was on a big 11:30 show and, even though he's not in it, he felt the need to share. Kudos to your newset flick Conan!
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CONAN LOOK-A-LIKE From Sarah E. Burkey
New Year's Eve I was with my best friend Danielle at Glen Echo Park in Maryland. She pointed this guy out to me and said he REALLY looked like Conan. I looked and I was shocked! He could be the man's stunt double or something. It was eerie how close he came. The only differences were that he was shorter and didn't have freckles, and of course Conan has a bigger head! We knew it was our duty to inform him of this resemblance.
He had the right to know. But we were really nervous about just walking up to this guy who was superattached to his girlfriend/wife and talking to him. So we beat around the bush. Finally I got the nerve and came up to him and told him that he really really looked like Conan O'Brien, really.
And he was like, oh really, like "I've NEVER heard that before". He seemed really annoyed. Oh well. But we couldn't keep our eyes away from him. It was mesmorizing. I wanted to scream at him to go back to New York so he could do his New Year's show! Later one of his friends came up to me and told me he actually was Conan and that this guy that looked like his brother was his bodyguard. Of course I gave him the Conan Stats. I told him there was no way I could believe him since Conan is 6'4" and has freckles. So he backed off. Conan-guy disappeared before midnight. I guess he couldn't take the stares. But might I say, he was a very good dancer, much like Conan himself!
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LATE NIGHT POLL
THIS WEEK'S POLL QUESTION: How has Late Night influenced your life?
Send your response before Thursday to: LateNightPoll@hotmail.com
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LATE NIGHT QUOTABLES
By the Goddess of Odd
Hi again, folks! I hope your holidays were warm and fuzzy (sort of like Conan's puppy, Hudson. Anyone got news on that dog?) I took a little break last week from NeeHa, I seem to lose track of time when I'm not at college taking classes. Well, anyway, here are the quotes you lovely fans mailed me. Keep 'em coming to goddess_of_odd@hotmail.com, or *gulp* I might actually have to start finding life beyond Late Night!
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"For God's sake! Let the bear masturbate!"
(Possibly Andy Richter's most famous quote) submitted by John
Andy describing Selma's rubber dress:
"That dress sure looks like it would clean up real nice"
submitted by ROSEFIX
"Why weren't you just a little more obvious and hit me over the head with it?"--Conan talking to Tom Brokaw who was trying to plug his book.
"I didn't want to have to do this," Andy says while he begins to unbuckle his pants. "but someone has to make this Christmas work!" --Andy says while trying to save a Christmas song the Robot on The Toilet didn't seem like he could handle.
(Both submitted by Nakia Taylor a.k.a. Miss_Krunk)
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UPCOMING GUESTS - Jan 18th - 29th 1999
MONDAY The 18th (First Shown on 10/27/98):
Christina Applegate,
Jeff Daniels,
Robert Schimmel
TUESDAY The 19th:
Rudy Giuliani,
Ryan Phillippe,
Jewel
WEDNESDAY The 20th:
Tony Curtis,
Patti Smith
THURSDAY The 21st:
David Alan Grier,
Wanda Sykes-Hall
FRIDAY The 22nd:
Carmen Electra,
Fear of Pop
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MONDAY The 25th (First Shown on 11/10/98):
Chris Kattan,
Kate Mulgrew,
Gomez
TUESDAY The 26th (First Shown on 10/29/98):
Ray Romano,
Reese Witherspoon,
Dan Naturman
WEDNESDAY The 27th (First Shown on 10/28/98):
Sam Donaldson,
Bob Odenkirk,
Motley Crue
THURSDAY The 28th (First Shown on 11/13/98):
Roma Downey,
Todd Solondz,
Al Green
FRIDAY The 29th (First Shown on 11/18/98):
Rob Schneider,
Jerry Stiller,
Dr. Drew Pinsky and Adam Carolla
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LUST SEE TV?: But of course it is… Tuesday night will see singer Jewel who made her network TV debut on Late Night back in May 15th 1995. Carmen Electra, she of dubious marriage vows and even more dubious talent graces the Late Night set with her presence this Friday. Lets hope that she doesn't get our boy Conan drunk and cart him off to Nevada.
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THIS TIME LAST YEAR….
This time last year…. Tuesday January 20th saw guests comedian Dave Chappelle (who was booked for this week, but cancelled) and baseball legend Ted Williams take the chair next to Conan for a fascinating interview. Conan and Andy checked out what might just happen In the Year 2000 and later on Conan reviewed some revealing clips of the previous weeks show where the camera was stuck on Andy without him knowing.
On Wednedsday 21st, Conan and Andy dished the dirt on Celebrity Resumes, and the Robot on The Toilet brought Conan the guest list for the next week's shows, interpreting them through his efforts on the um…… toilet. Guests were decidedly for the "grown-up" audience, Martin Scorsese, Maria "Business Babe" Bartiromo, and music from Martina McBride.
Thursday 22nd 1998…… one of The Funniest shows ever, in my humblest opinion of course. Clinton's sex scandal (the Lewinsky one) was in it's early stages and Late Night talked to Clinton about it live via satellite… And later did some Public Service Announcements. Guests were "SNL's" Jim Breuer who performed the funniest impression of a dog going to the bathroom with his hand, boxer Bruce "The Mouse" Strauss who was just charming, and comedian Jimmy Tingle ended the perfect hour of television.
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WEEK IN REVIEW By Quinn
Tuesday The 12th:
Michael Caine, Alan Cumming, G.E. Smith and Taylor Barton
Chat: sinfully vanilla yoghurt, Conan on Sesame Street
Celebrities, Inc.
Conan's deal with the Dark Lord
Wednesday The 13th:
Rev. Jesse Jackson, Arj Barker, Freddie Prinze Jr.
Mono: Conan sings Shawn Mullins' "Lullaby"
Chat: Conan's singing, Andy quitting smoking
In the Year 2000
The new page hates Conan
Thursday, The 14th:
Mira Sorvino, Greg Germann, Goo Goo Dolls
Chat: Andy quitting smoking, "dude, man, and turkey"
Great moments of Conan and Andy watching Bulls games
Kinkos/Max on Max
Andy Richter's Church of the Divine Ass
Friday. The 15th:
James Van Der Beek, Kevin Pollak, Roshumba
Chat: Conan and Andy's clothes, roads being "slick"
Bring on the Perks!
Public Service Announcements
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"NEE-HA!" #51 was edited by Linzi Gallacher with thanks to Robin Banks, Sarah E. Burkey, Sarah Tudisca, and Quinn.
On The Web: http://www.angelfire.com/ny/lacob/conan.html
Email: linzi24@aol.com
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"In Minnesota a schoolbus driver was accused of selling marijuana to students who ride his bus. Teachers knew something was up because by the time they arrived at school everyone on the bus had already eaten their lunch." - Conologue Joke
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