We can only hope it lives up to tricking strange people into hiking a mountain to solve riddles or “accidental” images of dongs in reflective surfaces. 

That the title of this article isn’t “Nathan for HBO” seems like a missed opportunity.

I give Craig Ferguson a lot of credit for asserting, way back in the early 2010s, that people should be ashamed of themselves for making fun of Britney Spears’ mental health problems and her public divorce. He was way ahead of the curve on that one, based entirely on empathy. 

Something that I think Conan realized about the late night environment was something that every host in that sphere has recognized on some level: once you’ve secured an audience, you’re basically guaranteed it for the forseeable future. If you’re good enough not to cancel, you’ve got that spot for ages.

Conan was really in the Letterman mold of weird humor. He owes a lot to Letterman. And, like Letterman, he was dicked out of the Tonight Show job. It’s amazing what both NBC and TBS let him get away with over the years. It hit me as I was watching the travel show montage. He had a hell of a great gig.

I’ll trust Letterman’s general assessment that Leno was a good standup in the 70s and early 80s. But once he got that network gig, became straight up warm milk to keep everybody happy. Truly a “safe” comedian that wasn’t funny for fans of comedy. Not to get all judgy, but I think the older and mainstream/simple…

Don’t gloss over the fact that Jay Leno stole alot of his bits from Howard Stern, Jaywalking was a rip off of Stuttering John’s street interviews with people, and then Jay had the balls to off and steal Stuttering John himself from Howard.

I’ve never understood why anyone liked Leno or how he was “revered” as a “legendary” stand-up comic. He always came off as an unfunny, unlikable, punching-down, smarmy dick.

The great thing about Conan O’Brien is like you said, his willingness to try anything. Travel to Cuba, Haiti, Mexico, guest star on a telenovela. I remember an episode when he went to Israel and he was listening to some Palestinians vent at him about Israel, it was uncomfortable and certainly not funny but it was…

Something that has become increasingly endearing is that Conan always seems to have people on the right side of comedy in his corner. The outpouring that Conan seems to get from actual funny people is wonderful. Hearing someone like Bill Hader talk on the podcast about Conan’s influence makes me smile so damn much.…

I was a viewer of Late Night With Conan O’Brien from his first episode, and man was he ever awkward and uncomfortable. And he was awkward and uncomfortable for a looong time. It was great when he finally settled into a groove. Up until then, I remember thinking, “When is he ever going to settle in and get relaxed…

91 year old man retires.

I’m going to go with he’s almost 91 and he’s already stepped down from everything else but Berkshire.

There’s no right way to mourn, and since we don’t live in 1852 where widows had to wear black all the time and be sad forever, it’s perfectly normal to get into another relationship. I know lots of widows and widowers who feel deeply the loss of their spouse while also marrying someone else and feeling in love again.…

As a widow myself, I disagree wholeheartedly. My wife, and also the mother to our four young kiddos, passed away from cancer a little over two years ago and I am seeing someone. You don’t always get to pick when someone charms you out of your doldrums. Trying to fight off happiness is fucking futile. I tried. The…

By sheer coincidence, we finished our rewatch of Star Trek: Deep Space Nine tonight. Well, not exactly a “re”-watch, since I only really watched the first couple of seasons, and then sporadically watched the next couple of seasons, then more or less stopped somewhere in season 5. But we rewatched all of TNG last year…

Not really fair. We’re in terms of service overload. Everything has one, they’re all 15 pages long, they’re all 95% the same and the words are English but the language isn’t.

They didn’t dismiss the accusations. As a matter of fact, they spent a lot more space to the prosecution’s assertion that the reason they withdrew the charge was due to diminishing evidence due to the extended lapse in time. Those last two sentences seem to be there to reinforce their previous statements that about…

Fast 10: Your Seatbelts

“Fast X Furious.” Because it’s either that or “Fast 10: Your Seatbelts,” and I think Fast X Furious is a bit less cheesy-sounding.