Last night’s Conan O’ Brien final show of “The Tonight Show” was really excellent! Loved it all the way through! Liked it when Steve Carrell made an appearance last night! Tom Hanks was entertaining as usual. Yes, it was Tom Hanks that gave Conan, the “Coco” name as they said on last night’s show. I knew it was Tom that gave him that nickname. What did Tom do that he had up his sleeve? He came out wearing sunglasses and celebrated Conan’s last show with Cream soda!

Neil Young’s set was amazing. I loved the song he played. It must be a new song he wrote that he doesn’t have on any of his records anywhere ’cause I never heard it before. He did his usual acoustic thing. Yes, it was the real Neil Young. Not Jimmy Fallon.

I also liked the “Free Bird” jam with Will Ferrell, Billy Gibbons, Ben Harper, Beck, Conan, and the Max Weinberg 7. That was actually an impressive jam. I don’t like Will Ferrell too much but he did a great job singing, “Free Bird”. You wonder, who is that mystery pregnant woman Will Ferrell was smooching with on stage? I didn’t know who that pregnant woman was, so I looked it up and it was Viveca Paulin, Will’s longtime wife and soul mate he’s been with since 1995. I loved it when Will brought out the cowbell, his signature cowbell segment from the Christopher Walken SNL Blue Oyster Cult, “Don’t Fear the Reaper” cowbell skit.

I was surprised on how good Conan was on the guitar. He was really rockin’. Conan the guitar expert. He definitely knows his shit and he is profesional guitarist. Playing up and down the neck, even soloing some lead parts as well. You ask, why didn’t Conan become a famous musician when he loves guitars so much? I guess Conan loved comedy more and wanting a career in that more than music. He just does music as a hobby. Guess he went to college for comedy and TV broadcasting instead of taking up music profesionally.

I also loved his speech at the end of the show when he thanked his fans for the support, the rally, the internet, and the people watching on TV at home.

Honestly, I won’t miss Conan. He’ll still be on TV in between Sept. 1st. I’m sure Conan will be offered a string of TV interviews from the Today Show, Larry King, Bill O’ Reilly, etc. to talk about this NBC feud everywhere in news. So he’ll always be on TV in different shows now that he’ll have the free time to do all that.

Although, Conan’s gig with the “Tonight Show” didn’t last long, it was still a huge honor for him that he won’t forget.

Kev

NEWS FLASH: A lot of people make the mistake that this is the first time that NBC screwed over TV shows with the Conan O’ Brien controversy. Wrong. Yes, NBC has been this greedy for years.

Doing research here is a list that NBC screwed other than Conan O’ Brien:

• Like Adam Sandler said on the Tonight show the other night, Adam has been fired by NBC as a writer for SNL back in his earlier years, so he knows what it’s like being screwed by them.
• Robin Williams said on last night’s show, that NBC cancelled “Mork and Mindy” without letting him knowing about it, and he said he read the report in Variety.
• “Law and Order: SVU” stars Christopher Meloni and Mariska Hargitay were possibly going to get the pink slip if they kept asking for a raise.
• NBC’s “Friday Night Lights” got cancelled after the third season. After it dissapointed many fans, DirectTV bought the show to bring the show back to NBC where it belongs. The cast and crew of “FNL” almost lost their jobs because of NBC.
• “Bionic Woman (2007) show with Jaime Sommers, the show was doing extremely well in ratings, but the show was haulted due to the WGA writers strike. The show never got renewed and there is still no word on whether the show is coming back. So NBC decided to can the show for good due to poor ratings at the end of the season. Such a shame, a great show that also didn’t last long. I liked it.
• “Bosom Buddies” – The Tom Hanks sitcom that only lasted one season, was doing great in the ratings but NBC decided to cancel since it didn’t catch the public’s attention.
• “Howie Do It” – The Howie Mandel variety show only lasted one season, I read they cancelled it due to high budget costs. Even Howie is a victim.
• David Letterman on NBC. Like Letterman said before, he too was screwed by NBC. Letterman was going to get the Johnny Carson gig in the 90’s, but surprise who got it? Leno, who else? Dave knows what it’s like being replaced by Leno! Ha!
• “The Gong Show” – Yep, Chuck Barris himself was even a victim of NBC. Although the Gong Show got really good ratings, the show was cancelled because of Barris’s racy content with the performers that show their stuff on the talent show.

And this list can go on…

Kev

I find it really ridiculous that Conan is not allowed to talk trash at NBC. If Conan does, he’ll have to pay up out of his $45 settlement million award. Bullshit. I know about slander and libel laws when it comes to business, but giving an opinion and being honest is not illegal, the way I look at the whole legal business thing. Jay Leno talks negative about NBC all the time and still doing it, I believe. If he can, why can’t Conan? Again, Jay is richer. If Jeff Zucker threatened Jay like that, he knows for a fact that Jay will threaten to sue the guy. Slander and libel is when you say something not “truthful” to a business. Saying something not factual is libel/slander. Conan never did that. He was factual with everything and being honest.

Jeff shouldn’t have to control Conan like a fucking puppet. Jeff Zucker is a greedy little weezel that all he cares about is money and ratings. I officially hate NBC like everyone else. It has always been a crappy station and I only watched a few little shows on it. When “Friday Night Lights” come back on in April, that will be the only show I would watch. Everything else on the network can go right up Jeff Zucker’s fat bald headed four eyed ass.

Jeff is the one that screwed Conan and what is Conan supposed to do, smile? I’m sure Conan hates Jeff with a passion now.

Kev