The biggest tour of the summer might be Conan O’Brien, as the ousted “Tonight Show” host is working out the details to perform live shows across the country in the coming months. From The Wrap:
While nothing’s official yet, if the tour goes forward — and all signs are that it will — it would be a clever work-around to the clause in O’Brien’s exit settlement from NBC that prohibits him from appearing on TV until September.
It would also be a brilliant way to capitalize on the Team Coco mania that’s hit the Internet in the wake of his public battle with the Peacock. Shows such as “Family Guy” and “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” have proven there’s a market in live events tied to TV series.
Expect the road tour to be tied in to a new Intenet presence for O’Brien, allowing Team Coco members to interact via an official hub for the once-and-possibly-future late-night host.
Since hearing about this, I’ve already built a time machine and gone to the future to buy tickets, so yes: I’m excited. But I think the real concern here is the above photo of Conan in Hawaii: bearded, covered in zinc, and kissing a dolphin. I know times are tough for him, but it’s just sad to see. Dolphins are such abusive lovers. I mean really sick, perverted stuff. It’s why the Japanese kill them — they’re the only competition the Japanese have in that arena.
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Oh my this would be incredible. When was the last time he did conventional standup? Not that his tour is going to be conventional at all I hope.
I thought the Japenese killed dolphins because they’re so offended by the lack of tentacles available for penetration.
I’m not sure I’m ready for the day when my future children ask me about Ninja Scroll.
Good lord, not only the zinc oxide but a long sleeve shirt. Are pale gingers really that fragile? And if so, can we please keep him the fuck away from Christina Hendrickson?
Given that you have access to a time machine, why not just go and watch the show instead of buying tickets and waiting?
And scalp on the day of a show?
I like to think that the banner pic is the beginning of CoCo devouring a live dolphin in honor of Dolph Lundgren.
Given that you have access to a time machine, why not just go and watch the show instead of buying tickets and waiting?
Or kill Hitler! Seriously, what was I thinking?
This sounds like a great idea.
For me to poop on.
I like to think that if you had a time machine, you could just go back in time and kill Jay Leno’s mother before he was even conceived.
I don’t know if that would’ve helped Conan keep or even get the Tonight Show, but it sounds like a pretty good time.
Best part of that pic? Conan’s wearing an “I’m With Coco” bracelet.
Or kill Hitler!
Well, not kill him. Maybe rape him.
/LouisCK’d
When time machines are invented and freely available this whole killing Hitler business is going to take some serious planning. I mean there’s plenty of people who would love to kill Hitler and pay for the privilege. If someone goes back in time and say, kills Hitler in 1920, then that someone is depriving a whole lot of other paying customers the satisfaction of killing Hitler, and if some smartass was feckless enough to stop Hitler even being conceived then they’ve just fucked it for everyone. So either everyone has to agree to kill Hitler at exactly the same point in time or the first person to get the opportunity of killing Hitler has to do so at the moment he actually died in 1945 – tricky considering he was in a fortified bunker in the middle of a war torn city surrounded by hordes of trigger happy Russians – and everyone else in line then has to do so going chronologically back to his birth in 1889.
H’mm, i think i’m gonna go back in time and not post that. Ooh look, a dolphin.
you’re welcome
Does anyone know what the “Always Sunny” live event the article mentions is? I feel like I missed something.
Dat Dude, The gang from Always Sunny did a live show tour last year where they performed the “Dayman” show.
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My boner. It stirreth.