How semi-timely and cool of myself to be writing about the Conan/Leno War. Here are some fast and dirty facts to get you up to speed of where I’m at in this back-and-forth slap and tickle fest:
1. I never watched old Conan. I was either too young or behaving too old to stay up that late. Mama needs her sleep.
2. Triumph the Annoying Dog never has and never will be funny to me.
3. But, neither will Leno.
4. I didn’t start watching Conan until he took over The Tonight Show (for a whopping .2 seconds). I actually watched Tom Hanks (who I have an unhealthy love for) dub him Coco. From then on I kept Huluing mainly so that I would have stories/quotes to Twitter about and because I felt like I was finally lame enough to watch late night programming before I went to bed.
There you have it. But what am I left with now that Conan is no longer Mr. Tonight Show? Well, I got another 42 mins back that I can use to watch LOST, Jamie Oliver (nice previous plug Michael!), and Modern Family (which continues to be the best thing to happen to sitcoms since Friends and Will & Grace).
I just feel kind of “meh” about the whole thing. For a while I was outraged for Conan. I mean, Leno sucks. Big time. But then I realized that I don’t care about late night. Why is it still on? I can’t wait for old people to die so we can finally get some good programming up in here. If we can’t have social security at least give us good tv. None of this Leno Hits the Streets piece of bullshit.
And while I do have tickets to tomorrow night’s performance of Conan’s Legally Prohibited From Being Funny on TV tour, I’m more excited to a.) just feel a part of something that is so topical and doesn’t involve vampires and b.) to see Andy Richter. Because he is a reason to wish that Conan was still Mr. Tonight Show.
