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my absolute favorite growing up...never missed an episode...he's too young to retire!
Conan O'Brien retires...at 58
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I think most comedians don't feel free to be comedians in this hyper PC culture
I would retire as well.
It simply is not worth it. Say one wrong thing and you and your family are targeted by the Left till they die.
Don't know of very many comedians in Nazi Germany either.
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i'm amazed Conan didn't cry on his final night
it's like holding a fart in!
it's like holding a fart in!
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Say it ain’t so Coco!
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Coco with Slipknot!
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the guy literally cannot behave in serious settings...just like me!
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He didn't retire, he ended his TBS show. He's going to HBO Max to do a new show...
www.forbes.com
‘Conan’ To End On TBS As O’Brien Moves To HBO Max
The late night host will be hosting Conan for the last time June 24 and has plans to move to a new show on HBO Max.
www.forbes.com
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retired from late night...where he has been for 30 years...his HBO show is basically a podcast masquerading as a showHe didn't retire, he ended his TBS show. He's going to HBO Max to do a new show...
‘Conan’ To End On TBS As O’Brien Moves To HBO Max
The late night host will be hosting Conan for the last time June 24 and has plans to move to a new show on HBO Max.
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the opposite of Trump: Bob Hope didn't like being thought of as the richest man in Hollywood, which he was!
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Very few people in his circumstances actually retire. They do other stuff that they find interesting or lucrative.
It doesn't take a huge percentage of the overall viewing audience to support a lucrative side gig.
It doesn't take a huge percentage of the overall viewing audience to support a lucrative side gig.
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Quentin Tarantino is also retiring at the same age as Conan
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Conan has done 4 thousand hours of TV, officially
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Paul Rudd makes a surprise cameo here
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from the media:
Conan O’Brien ending his 28-year run on late-night television has led to misconceptions about his current employment status.
“Everywhere I go, people say, ‘Congratulations on your retirement!’ ” he said. “ ‘There goes Conan, riding a donkey off over the hill into the mist.’ ”
In reality, he’s as busy as he was on the air. His media company, Team Coco, has 10 podcasts in production, including a new one breaking down every episode of “Parks and Recreation,” hosted by actor Rob Lowe and writer Alan Yang. There’s also a Q&A show hosted by O’Brien’s former sidekick, Andy Richter, and podcasts from comedians J.B. Smoove, Nicole Byer and Laci Mosley.
@teamcoco plans to launch up to six more podcasts in the next eight months, including a scripted sketch comedy show created by “Saturday Night Live” hall of famer Dana Carvey.
The heart of the activity is a podcast O’Brien has hosted for three years, “Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend,” where he interviews comedians and other famous people, from Bob Newhart to Barack Obama, at length. It’s liberating after decades of talk-show banter in short bursts. “It’s giving me a connection that I wasn’t getting before,” he said.
The podcast has offered O’Brien a new comedic gear, deepened his relationship with fans, and helped Team Coco fund more podcasts and sign talent.
“It’s really nice that I’m back in a fort made of pillows, screwing around,” he said. “Yet we live in this time where me with two microphones in a pillow fort is legitimate. It’s a business, and it’s a good business, but at this stage of my career, at this stage of my life, it’s also a crazy gift.”
Conan O’Brien ending his 28-year run on late-night television has led to misconceptions about his current employment status.
“Everywhere I go, people say, ‘Congratulations on your retirement!’ ” he said. “ ‘There goes Conan, riding a donkey off over the hill into the mist.’ ”
In reality, he’s as busy as he was on the air. His media company, Team Coco, has 10 podcasts in production, including a new one breaking down every episode of “Parks and Recreation,” hosted by actor Rob Lowe and writer Alan Yang. There’s also a Q&A show hosted by O’Brien’s former sidekick, Andy Richter, and podcasts from comedians J.B. Smoove, Nicole Byer and Laci Mosley.
@teamcoco plans to launch up to six more podcasts in the next eight months, including a scripted sketch comedy show created by “Saturday Night Live” hall of famer Dana Carvey.
The heart of the activity is a podcast O’Brien has hosted for three years, “Conan O’Brien Needs a Friend,” where he interviews comedians and other famous people, from Bob Newhart to Barack Obama, at length. It’s liberating after decades of talk-show banter in short bursts. “It’s giving me a connection that I wasn’t getting before,” he said.
The podcast has offered O’Brien a new comedic gear, deepened his relationship with fans, and helped Team Coco fund more podcasts and sign talent.
“It’s really nice that I’m back in a fort made of pillows, screwing around,” he said. “Yet we live in this time where me with two microphones in a pillow fort is legitimate. It’s a business, and it’s a good business, but at this stage of my career, at this stage of my life, it’s also a crazy gift.”
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