Re: [TV orNotTV] Last Conan of 2018, sort of.

2019-01-14 Thread 'David Bruggeman' via TVorNotTV 
 TBS is running repeats of the hour-long edition Monday-Thursday at 11, with 
the Mexico special airing Thursday.  Unlike some of the other repeats during 
hiatus, there doesn't seem to be anything special about the selections.  The 
Mexico special is the last travel show that hasn't been re-run during the 
hiatus.

David


On Monday, January 14, 2019, 1:59:12 PM EST, Kevin M. 
 wrote:  
 
 Conan is almost back. I’m willing to give the “new” Conan a chance, though 
part of me is worried it will be “mid life crisis” Conan, where he dresses down 
and tries to repatriate to the kids. I’m hoping he’s better than that, and I’ve 
enjoyed his podcasts in recent weeks, but I fear focus groups and TBS input.
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/14/arts/television/conan-obrien-tbs-show-reboot-half-hour.html

On Wed, Oct 10, 2018 at 11:38 PM Steve Timko  wrote:

Conan's rating in the demo was lower than Carson Daly's.
LINK
On Sun, Oct 7, 2018 at 8:40 PM 'David Bruggeman' via TVorNotTV 
 wrote:

 I'll stipulate that any late night television band doesn't fool around.  And 
that The Roots don't quite fit the mold here.  But whether led by Max Weinberg 
or Jimmy Vivino, the band backing Conan is my first choice to pay money to hear 
live.
Of the shows I've seen taped, the pre-show combination of The Basic Cable Band 
and Jimmy Pardo as warm-up comic will be hard to top.
David

   On Sunday, October 7, 2018, 10:52:04 PM EDT, Kevin M. 
 wrote:  
 
 Conan’s tribute to his band was touching. They really do have a fat (phat?) 
rocking sound. 
https://youtu.be/xG3ccQtKGrI
And Conan sat in with the band to perform “40 Days,” the song he used to close 
his live shows
https://youtu.be/TdIgpVazr-k
I only briefly worked on Late Night with Conan when the series did its “Conan 
in LA” week in Carson’s old studio. Hearing that band live was a definite 
highlight. 


On Fri, Oct 5, 2018 at 8:19 PM Jim Ellwanger  wrote:

I may be the only one on this list who’s been watching Conan consistently since 
1993, so this clearly marks the end of an era for me. The format change is 
unfortunate not just because the band was so good, but also because Conan’s 
bookers have always been excellent at getting musical acts on the show.
Back in the early days of his “Late Night," the people in my college dorm would 
opine that, given that Conan’s interviews were by far the weak link in the 
show, they should get rid of those and reformat it into “The Conan O’Brien 
Variety Hour” and just have comedy sketches and musical guests. So it’s very 
interesting that, 25 years later, it’s basically the reverse that’s happening. 
(In a manner of speaking — I’m interested to see how much time is allotted for 
comedy sketches in the new format.)
I suspect during the three months off, they’ll build a new, smaller set for the 
show, and a number of former staff members will be clearing out their desks.


On Oct 4, 2018, at 9:18 PM, 'David Bruggeman' via TVorNotTV 
 wrote:
I'm a few days behind, but outlets were reporting that the Basic Cable Band was 
playing its last episode of Conan tonight, so I tuned in mid-way.
Jimmy Vivino and the band are/were tonight's musical guest, and former Tonight 
Show/Conan writer/performer Deon Cole was a (the?) guest.
Before they played, Conan announced that the band will not be part of the 30 
minute version of the show.  While this makes economic sense, and is consistent 
with the previous announcement that there wouldn't be musical guests, I hadn't 
heard anything about this before tonight.  Nor that tonight was the last 
hour-long late night edition of Conan.

I didn't catch this segment during the broadcast (link below), but the show 
will keep with the already announced start date of January for the new format.  
In the meantime, there will be another Conan Without Borders episode (Japan), 
an 18-city tour, a podcast (not Serious Jibber-Jabber), the launch of the 
online archive, and other projects.
http://teamcoco.com/video/conan-highlight-catch-conan-s-new-podcast-live-tour-more
With TBS baseball playoffs mucking up the schedule starting now, I can sort of 
see why stop the hour long now.  But three months seems like a long time to be 
away.  I know back in 2010 the online stuff was an important way to keep 
O'Brien in the spotlight, but the space is a lot more crowded now and there 
won't be as much excitement as there was in the aftermath of Late Night Wars II

All that said, the archive sounds promising, and almost Carsonian.








  

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Re: [TV orNotTV] Last Conan of 2018, sort of.

2019-01-14 Thread Jim Ellwanger 
I got an audience ticket offer for the test shows for the new format
(last week), but the problem with having a full-time job is not being
able to do things like that.

If the Conan who's hosting the show is the Conan from the "...Needs a
Friend" podcast, that would be fine with me.

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Conan is almost back. I’m willing to give the “new” Conan a
chance, though part of me is worried it will be “mid life crisis”
Conan, where he dresses down and tries to repatriate to the kids.
I’m hoping he’s better than that, and I’ve enjoyed his podcasts
in recent weeks, but I fear focus groups and TBS input.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/14/arts/television/conan-obrien-tbs-show-reboot-half-hour.html
[1]

On Wed, Oct 10, 2018 at 11:38 PM Steve Timko  wrote:
Conan's rating in the demo was lower than Carson Daly's.

LINK [3]
On Sun, Oct 7, 2018 at 8:40 PM 'David Bruggeman' via TVorNotTV
 wrote:

I'll stipulate that any late night television band doesn't fool
around.  And that The Roots don't quite fit the mold here.  But
whether led by Max Weinberg or Jimmy Vivino, the band backing Conan is
my first choice to pay money to hear live.

Of the shows I've seen taped, the pre-show combination of The Basic
Cable Band and Jimmy Pardo as warm-up comic will be hard to top.

David

 On Sunday, October 7, 2018, 10:52:04 PM EDT, Kevin M.
 wrote:  

Conan’s tribute to his band was touching. They really do have a fat
(phat?) rocking sound. 

https://youtu.be/xG3ccQtKGrI [6]

And Conan sat in with the band to perform “40 Days,” the song he
used to close his live shows

https://youtu.be/TdIgpVazr-k [7]

I only briefly worked on Late Night with Conan when the series did its
“Conan in LA” week in Carson’s old studio. Hearing that band
live was a definite highlight. 

On Fri, Oct 5, 2018 at 8:19 PM Jim Ellwanger  wrote:

I may be the only one on this list who’s been watching Conan
consistently since 1993, so this clearly marks the end of an era for
me. The format change is unfortunate not just because the band was so
good, but also because Conan’s bookers have always been excellent at
getting musical acts on the show.

Back in the early days of his “Late Night," the people in my college
dorm would opine that, given that Conan’s interviews were by far the
weak link in the show, they should get rid of those and reformat it
into “The Conan O’Brien Variety Hour” and just have comedy
sketches and musical guests. So it’s very interesting that, 25 years
later, it’s basically the reverse that’s happening. (In a manner
of speaking — I’m interested to see how much time is allotted for
comedy sketches in the new format.)

I suspect during the three months off, they’ll build a new, smaller
set for the show, and a number of former staff members will be
clearing out their desks.

On Oct 4, 2018, at 9:18 PM, 'David Bruggeman' via TVorNotTV
 wrote:

I'm a few days behind, but outlets were reporting that the Basic Cable
Band was playing its last episode of Conan tonight, so I tuned in
mid-way.
Jimmy Vivino and the band are/were tonight's musical guest, and former
Tonight Show/Conan writer/performer Deon Cole was a (the?) guest.
Before they played, Conan announced that the band will not be part of
the 30 minute version of the show.  While this makes economic sense,
and is consistent with the previous announcement that there wouldn't
be musical guests, I hadn't heard anything about this before
tonight.  Nor that tonight was the last hour-long late night edition
of Conan.

I didn't catch this segment during the broadcast (link below), but the
show will keep with the already announced start date of January for
the new format.  In the meantime, there will be another Conan Without
Borders episode (Japan), an 18-city tour, a podcast (not Serious
Jibber-Jabber), the launch of the online archive, and other projects.
http://teamcoco.com/video/conan-highlight-catch-conan-s-new-podcast-live-tour-more
[10]

With TBS baseball playoffs mucking up the schedule starting now, I can
sort of see why stop the hour long now.  But three months seems like
a long time to be away.  I know back in 2010 the online stuff was an
important way to keep O'Brien in the spotlight, but the space is a lot
more crowded now and there won't be as much excitement as there was in
the aftermath of Late Night Wars II

All that said, the archive sounds promising, and almost Carsonian.

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Re: [TV orNotTV] Last Conan of 2018, sort of.

2019-01-14 Thread Kevin M. 
Conan is almost back. I’m willing to give the “new” Conan a chance, though
part of me is worried it will be “mid life crisis” Conan, where he dresses
down and tries to repatriate to the kids. I’m hoping he’s better than that,
and I’ve enjoyed his podcasts in recent weeks, but I fear focus groups and
TBS input.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/14/arts/television/conan-obrien-tbs-show-reboot-half-hour.html


On Wed, Oct 10, 2018 at 11:38 PM Steve Timko  wrote:

> Conan's rating in the demo was lower than Carson Daly's.
>
> LINK
> 
>
> On Sun, Oct 7, 2018 at 8:40 PM 'David Bruggeman' via TVorNotTV <
> tvornottv@googlegroups.com> wrote:
>
>> I'll stipulate that any late night television band doesn't fool around.
>> And that The Roots don't quite fit the mold here.  But whether led by Max
>> Weinberg or Jimmy Vivino, the band backing Conan is my first choice to pay
>> money to hear live.
>>
>> Of the shows I've seen taped, the pre-show combination of The Basic Cable
>> Band and Jimmy Pardo as warm-up comic will be hard to top.
>>
>> David
>>
>> On Sunday, October 7, 2018, 10:52:04 PM EDT, Kevin M. <
>> drunkbastar...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>> Conan’s tribute to his band was touching. They really do have a fat
>> (phat?) rocking sound.
>>
>> https://youtu.be/xG3ccQtKGrI
>>
>> And Conan sat in with the band to perform “40 Days,” the song he used to
>> close his live shows
>>
>> https://youtu.be/TdIgpVazr-k
>>
>> I only briefly worked on Late Night with Conan when the series did its
>> “Conan in LA” week in Carson’s old studio. Hearing that band live was a
>> definite highlight.
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, Oct 5, 2018 at 8:19 PM Jim Ellwanger 
>> wrote:
>>
>> I may be the only one on this list who’s been watching Conan consistently
>> since 1993, so this clearly marks the end of an era for me. The format
>> change is unfortunate not just because the band was so good, but also
>> because Conan’s bookers have always been excellent at getting musical acts
>> on the show.
>>
>> Back in the early days of his “Late Night," the people in my college dorm
>> would opine that, given that Conan’s interviews were by far the weak link
>> in the show, they should get rid of those and reformat it into “The Conan
>> O’Brien Variety Hour” and just have comedy sketches and musical guests. So
>> it’s very interesting that, 25 years later, it’s basically the reverse
>> that’s happening. (In a manner of speaking — I’m interested to see how much
>> time is allotted for comedy sketches in the new format.)
>>
>> I suspect during the three months off, they’ll build a new, smaller set
>> for the show, and a number of former staff members will be clearing out
>> their desks.
>>
>>
>> On Oct 4, 2018, at 9:18 PM, 'David Bruggeman' via TVorNotTV <
>> tvornottv@googlegroups.com> wrote:
>>
>> I'm a few days behind, but outlets were reporting that the Basic Cable
>> Band was playing its last episode of Conan tonight, so I tuned in mid-way.
>>
>> Jimmy Vivino and the band are/were tonight's musical guest, and former
>> Tonight Show/Conan writer/performer Deon Cole was a (the?) guest.
>>
>> Before they played, Conan announced that the band will not be part of the
>> 30 minute version of the show.  While this makes economic sense, and is
>> consistent with the previous announcement that there wouldn't be musical
>> guests, I hadn't heard anything about this before tonight.  Nor that
>> tonight was the last hour-long late night edition of Conan.
>>
>> I didn't catch this segment during the broadcast (link below), but the
>> show will keep with the already announced start date of January for the new
>> format.  In the meantime, there will be another Conan Without Borders
>> episode (Japan), an 18-city tour, a podcast (not Serious Jibber-Jabber),
>> the launch of the online archive, and other projects.
>>
>>
>> http://teamcoco.com/video/conan-highlight-catch-conan-s-new-podcast-live-tour-more
>>
>> With TBS baseball playoffs mucking up the schedule starting now, I can
>> sort of see why stop the hour long now.  But three months seems like a long
>> time to be away.  I know back in 2010 the online stuff was an important way
>> to keep O'Brien in the spotlight, but the space is a lot more crowded now
>> and there won't be as much excitement as there was in the aftermath of Late
>> Night Wars II
>>
>> All that said, the archive sounds promising, and almost Carsonian.
>>
>>
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Re: [TV orNotTV] Last Conan of 2018, sort of.

2018-10-10 Thread Steve Timko 
Conan's rating in the demo was lower than Carson Daly's.

LINK


On Sun, Oct 7, 2018 at 8:40 PM 'David Bruggeman' via TVorNotTV <
tvornottv@googlegroups.com> wrote:

> I'll stipulate that any late night television band doesn't fool around.
> And that The Roots don't quite fit the mold here.  But whether led by Max
> Weinberg or Jimmy Vivino, the band backing Conan is my first choice to pay
> money to hear live.
>
> Of the shows I've seen taped, the pre-show combination of The Basic Cable
> Band and Jimmy Pardo as warm-up comic will be hard to top.
>
> David
>
> On Sunday, October 7, 2018, 10:52:04 PM EDT, Kevin M. <
> drunkbastar...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>
> Conan’s tribute to his band was touching. They really do have a fat
> (phat?) rocking sound.
>
> https://youtu.be/xG3ccQtKGrI
>
> And Conan sat in with the band to perform “40 Days,” the song he used to
> close his live shows
>
> https://youtu.be/TdIgpVazr-k
>
> I only briefly worked on Late Night with Conan when the series did its
> “Conan in LA” week in Carson’s old studio. Hearing that band live was a
> definite highlight.
>
>
>
> On Fri, Oct 5, 2018 at 8:19 PM Jim Ellwanger 
> wrote:
>
> I may be the only one on this list who’s been watching Conan consistently
> since 1993, so this clearly marks the end of an era for me. The format
> change is unfortunate not just because the band was so good, but also
> because Conan’s bookers have always been excellent at getting musical acts
> on the show.
>
> Back in the early days of his “Late Night," the people in my college dorm
> would opine that, given that Conan’s interviews were by far the weak link
> in the show, they should get rid of those and reformat it into “The Conan
> O’Brien Variety Hour” and just have comedy sketches and musical guests. So
> it’s very interesting that, 25 years later, it’s basically the reverse
> that’s happening. (In a manner of speaking — I’m interested to see how much
> time is allotted for comedy sketches in the new format.)
>
> I suspect during the three months off, they’ll build a new, smaller set
> for the show, and a number of former staff members will be clearing out
> their desks.
>
>
> On Oct 4, 2018, at 9:18 PM, 'David Bruggeman' via TVorNotTV <
> tvornottv@googlegroups.com> wrote:
>
> I'm a few days behind, but outlets were reporting that the Basic Cable
> Band was playing its last episode of Conan tonight, so I tuned in mid-way.
>
> Jimmy Vivino and the band are/were tonight's musical guest, and former
> Tonight Show/Conan writer/performer Deon Cole was a (the?) guest.
>
> Before they played, Conan announced that the band will not be part of the
> 30 minute version of the show.  While this makes economic sense, and is
> consistent with the previous announcement that there wouldn't be musical
> guests, I hadn't heard anything about this before tonight.  Nor that
> tonight was the last hour-long late night edition of Conan.
>
> I didn't catch this segment during the broadcast (link below), but the
> show will keep with the already announced start date of January for the new
> format.  In the meantime, there will be another Conan Without Borders
> episode (Japan), an 18-city tour, a podcast (not Serious Jibber-Jabber),
> the launch of the online archive, and other projects.
>
>
> http://teamcoco.com/video/conan-highlight-catch-conan-s-new-podcast-live-tour-more
>
> With TBS baseball playoffs mucking up the schedule starting now, I can
> sort of see why stop the hour long now.  But three months seems like a long
> time to be away.  I know back in 2010 the online stuff was an important way
> to keep O'Brien in the spotlight, but the space is a lot more crowded now
> and there won't be as much excitement as there was in the aftermath of Late
> Night Wars II
>
> All that said, the archive sounds promising, and almost Carsonian.
>
>
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Re: [TV orNotTV] Last Conan of 2018, sort of.

2018-10-07 Thread 'David Bruggeman' via TVorNotTV 
 I'll stipulate that any late night television band doesn't fool around.  And 
that The Roots don't quite fit the mold here.  But whether led by Max Weinberg 
or Jimmy Vivino, the band backing Conan is my first choice to pay money to hear 
live.
Of the shows I've seen taped, the pre-show combination of The Basic Cable Band 
and Jimmy Pardo as warm-up comic will be hard to top.
David

   On Sunday, October 7, 2018, 10:52:04 PM EDT, Kevin M. 
 wrote:  
 
 Conan’s tribute to his band was touching. They really do have a fat (phat?) 
rocking sound. 
https://youtu.be/xG3ccQtKGrI
And Conan sat in with the band to perform “40 Days,” the song he used to close 
his live shows
https://youtu.be/TdIgpVazr-k
I only briefly worked on Late Night with Conan when the series did its “Conan 
in LA” week in Carson’s old studio. Hearing that band live was a definite 
highlight. 


On Fri, Oct 5, 2018 at 8:19 PM Jim Ellwanger  wrote:

I may be the only one on this list who’s been watching Conan consistently since 
1993, so this clearly marks the end of an era for me. The format change is 
unfortunate not just because the band was so good, but also because Conan’s 
bookers have always been excellent at getting musical acts on the show.
Back in the early days of his “Late Night," the people in my college dorm would 
opine that, given that Conan’s interviews were by far the weak link in the 
show, they should get rid of those and reformat it into “The Conan O’Brien 
Variety Hour” and just have comedy sketches and musical guests. So it’s very 
interesting that, 25 years later, it’s basically the reverse that’s happening. 
(In a manner of speaking — I’m interested to see how much time is allotted for 
comedy sketches in the new format.)
I suspect during the three months off, they’ll build a new, smaller set for the 
show, and a number of former staff members will be clearing out their desks.


On Oct 4, 2018, at 9:18 PM, 'David Bruggeman' via TVorNotTV 
 wrote:
I'm a few days behind, but outlets were reporting that the Basic Cable Band was 
playing its last episode of Conan tonight, so I tuned in mid-way.
Jimmy Vivino and the band are/were tonight's musical guest, and former Tonight 
Show/Conan writer/performer Deon Cole was a (the?) guest.
Before they played, Conan announced that the band will not be part of the 30 
minute version of the show.  While this makes economic sense, and is consistent 
with the previous announcement that there wouldn't be musical guests, I hadn't 
heard anything about this before tonight.  Nor that tonight was the last 
hour-long late night edition of Conan.

I didn't catch this segment during the broadcast (link below), but the show 
will keep with the already announced start date of January for the new format.  
In the meantime, there will be another Conan Without Borders episode (Japan), 
an 18-city tour, a podcast (not Serious Jibber-Jabber), the launch of the 
online archive, and other projects.
http://teamcoco.com/video/conan-highlight-catch-conan-s-new-podcast-live-tour-more
With TBS baseball playoffs mucking up the schedule starting now, I can sort of 
see why stop the hour long now.  But three months seems like a long time to be 
away.  I know back in 2010 the online stuff was an important way to keep 
O'Brien in the spotlight, but the space is a lot more crowded now and there 
won't be as much excitement as there was in the aftermath of Late Night Wars II

All that said, the archive sounds promising, and almost Carsonian.


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Re: [TV orNotTV] Last Conan of 2018, sort of.

2018-10-07 Thread Kevin M. 
Conan’s tribute to his band was touching. They really do have a fat (phat?)
rocking sound.

https://youtu.be/xG3ccQtKGrI

And Conan sat in with the band to perform “40 Days,” the song he used to
close his live shows

https://youtu.be/TdIgpVazr-k

I only briefly worked on Late Night with Conan when the series did its
“Conan in LA” week in Carson’s old studio. Hearing that band live was a
definite highlight.



On Fri, Oct 5, 2018 at 8:19 PM Jim Ellwanger  wrote:

> I may be the only one on this list who’s been watching Conan consistently
> since 1993, so this clearly marks the end of an era for me. The format
> change is unfortunate not just because the band was so good, but also
> because Conan’s bookers have always been excellent at getting musical acts
> on the show.
>
> Back in the early days of his “Late Night," the people in my college dorm
> would opine that, given that Conan’s interviews were by far the weak link
> in the show, they should get rid of those and reformat it into “The Conan
> O’Brien Variety Hour” and just have comedy sketches and musical guests. So
> it’s very interesting that, 25 years later, it’s basically the reverse
> that’s happening. (In a manner of speaking — I’m interested to see how much
> time is allotted for comedy sketches in the new format.)
>
> I suspect during the three months off, they’ll build a new, smaller set
> for the show, and a number of former staff members will be clearing out
> their desks.
>
>
> On Oct 4, 2018, at 9:18 PM, 'David Bruggeman' via TVorNotTV <
> tvornottv@googlegroups.com> wrote:
>
> I'm a few days behind, but outlets were reporting that the Basic Cable
> Band was playing its last episode of Conan tonight, so I tuned in mid-way.
>
> Jimmy Vivino and the band are/were tonight's musical guest, and former
> Tonight Show/Conan writer/performer Deon Cole was a (the?) guest.
>
> Before they played, Conan announced that the band will not be part of the
> 30 minute version of the show.  While this makes economic sense, and is
> consistent with the previous announcement that there wouldn't be musical
> guests, I hadn't heard anything about this before tonight.  Nor that
> tonight was the last hour-long late night edition of Conan.
>
> I didn't catch this segment during the broadcast (link below), but the
> show will keep with the already announced start date of January for the new
> format.  In the meantime, there will be another Conan Without Borders
> episode (Japan), an 18-city tour, a podcast (not Serious Jibber-Jabber),
> the launch of the online archive, and other projects.
>
>
> http://teamcoco.com/video/conan-highlight-catch-conan-s-new-podcast-live-tour-more
>
> With TBS baseball playoffs mucking up the schedule starting now, I can
> sort of see why stop the hour long now.  But three months seems like a long
> time to be away.  I know back in 2010 the online stuff was an important way
> to keep O'Brien in the spotlight, but the space is a lot more crowded now
> and there won't be as much excitement as there was in the aftermath of Late
> Night Wars II
>
> All that said, the archive sounds promising, and almost Carsonian.
>
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Re: [TV orNotTV] Last Conan of 2018, sort of.

2018-10-05 Thread Jim Ellwanger 
I may be the only one on this list who’s been watching Conan consistently since 
1993, so this clearly marks the end of an era for me. The format change is 
unfortunate not just because the band was so good, but also because Conan’s 
bookers have always been excellent at getting musical acts on the show.

Back in the early days of his “Late Night," the people in my college dorm would 
opine that, given that Conan’s interviews were by far the weak link in the 
show, they should get rid of those and reformat it into “The Conan O’Brien 
Variety Hour” and just have comedy sketches and musical guests. So it’s very 
interesting that, 25 years later, it’s basically the reverse that’s happening. 
(In a manner of speaking — I’m interested to see how much time is allotted for 
comedy sketches in the new format.)

I suspect during the three months off, they’ll build a new, smaller set for the 
show, and a number of former staff members will be clearing out their desks.


> On Oct 4, 2018, at 9:18 PM, 'David Bruggeman' via TVorNotTV 
>  wrote:
> 
> I'm a few days behind, but outlets were reporting that the Basic Cable Band 
> was playing its last episode of Conan tonight, so I tuned in mid-way.
> 
> Jimmy Vivino and the band are/were tonight's musical guest, and former 
> Tonight Show/Conan writer/performer Deon Cole was a (the?) guest.
> 
> Before they played, Conan announced that the band will not be part of the 30 
> minute version of the show.  While this makes economic sense, and is 
> consistent with the previous announcement that there wouldn't be musical 
> guests, I hadn't heard anything about this before tonight.  Nor that tonight 
> was the last hour-long late night edition of Conan.
> 
> I didn't catch this segment during the broadcast (link below), but the show 
> will keep with the already announced start date of January for the new 
> format.  In the meantime, there will be another Conan Without Borders episode 
> (Japan), an 18-city tour, a podcast (not Serious Jibber-Jabber), the launch 
> of the online archive, and other projects.
> 
> http://teamcoco.com/video/conan-highlight-catch-conan-s-new-podcast-live-tour-more
>  
> 
> 
> With TBS baseball playoffs mucking up the schedule starting now, I can sort 
> of see why stop the hour long now.  But three months seems like a long time 
> to be away.  I know back in 2010 the online stuff was an important way to 
> keep O'Brien in the spotlight, but the space is a lot more crowded now and 
> there won't be as much excitement as there was in the aftermath of Late Night 
> Wars II
> 
> All that said, the archive sounds promising, and almost Carsonian.
> 
> 
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