Someone please reassure me that this rumor is untrue....

[jbissell]

Yes, here:

http://comedydeathrayradio.blip.tv/file/3062660/

It's the entire episode of CDR Radio though, not just the clip. (Although I recommend the whole show.)

Everyone needs to hear Brett Gelman's iBrain story.

[Martin]

Yes.

[samir]

Everyone needs to hear Brett Gelman's iBrain story.

I don't usually listen to CDR radio when my girlfriend is around, but man, I'm glad I played this bit when she was listening.

"What IS this?" etc.

[chris v]

Everyone needs to hear Brett Gelman's iBrain story.

Scott and Patton's reactions to that story were hilarious. I third the recommendation!

[jbissell]

Kimmel on Leno tonight actually made me laugh.

    * [Asked by Leno what the best prank he ever pulled was] "The best prank I ever pulled was I told a guy that—five years from now—I'm gonna give you my show. And then when the five years came, I gave it to him, and then I took it back almost instantly."
    * [Asked by Leno if he ever orders anything off of the TV] "Like NBC ordered your show off the TV?"
    * [Asked by Leno what the record is for number of lap dances he's received in one night] "Strippers, I don't like in general. Because you have this phony relationship with them for money, similar to that of when you and Conan were on The Tonight Show together, passing the torch... you know what I'm saying."
    * [Asked by Leno what he hasn't yet hosted, but would like to] "Oh, this is a trick, right? Where you get me to host The Tonight Show and then take it back from me?"
    * [Asked why he came on to do the segment] "Listen, Jay, Conan and I have children—all you have to take care of is cars. I mean, we have lives to lead here. You've got $800 million, for God's sakes—leave our shows alone."

[not that clay]

Fuck the legacy of the Tonight Show, we knew it was over for good when Jay started shaking hands in the audience.

That always creeped me out. It was so obvious they were picking pretty people to be in the front. It's gross.

I think the thing that ruins comedy is a cheering (and not laughing) audience. Letterman was a lot funnier back when he had to work for the laughs. How can you tell if your bit is working if the audience howls at everything? Then there's no feedback.

[Martin]

Kimmel on Leno tonight actually made me laugh.

    * [Asked by Leno what the best prank he ever pulled was] "The best prank I ever pulled was I told a guy that—five years from now—I'm gonna give you my show. And then when the five years came, I gave it to him, and then I took it back almost instantly."
    * [Asked by Leno if he ever orders anything off of the TV] "Like NBC ordered your show off the TV?"
    * [Asked by Leno what the record is for number of lap dances he's received in one night] "Strippers, I don't like in general. Because you have this phony relationship with them for money, similar to that of when you and Conan were on The Tonight Show together, passing the torch... you know what I'm saying."
    * [Asked by Leno what he hasn't yet hosted, but would like to] "Oh, this is a trick, right? Where you get me to host The Tonight Show and then take it back from me?"
    * [Asked why he came on to do the segment] "Listen, Jay, Conan and I have children—all you have to take care of is cars. I mean, we have lives to lead here. You've got $800 million, for God's sakes—leave our shows alone."

Nicely done by Kimmel. But as Chris L pointed out on twitter, 'Just watched Kimmel's zingers completely bounce off soulless RoboLeno. "Dead or alive, that show is mine."'

[jbissell]

Kimmel on Leno tonight actually made me laugh.

    * [Asked by Leno what the best prank he ever pulled was] "The best prank I ever pulled was I told a guy that—five years from now—I'm gonna give you my show. And then when the five years came, I gave it to him, and then I took it back almost instantly."
    * [Asked by Leno if he ever orders anything off of the TV] "Like NBC ordered your show off the TV?"
    * [Asked by Leno what the record is for number of lap dances he's received in one night] "Strippers, I don't like in general. Because you have this phony relationship with them for money, similar to that of when you and Conan were on The Tonight Show together, passing the torch... you know what I'm saying."
    * [Asked by Leno what he hasn't yet hosted, but would like to] "Oh, this is a trick, right? Where you get me to host The Tonight Show and then take it back from me?"
    * [Asked why he came on to do the segment] "Listen, Jay, Conan and I have children—all you have to take care of is cars. I mean, we have lives to lead here. You've got $800 million, for God's sakes—leave our shows alone."

Nicely done by Kimmel. But as Chris L pointed out on twitter, 'Just watched Kimmel's zingers completely bounce off soulless RoboLeno. "Dead or alive, that show is mine."'

Yeah. Obviously if he had really been bothered by any of Kimmel's comments they could have just cut them before the show was broadcast.  Maybe he thinks people will give him some sympathy if he's just being blasted by everyone?

[Gilly]

There's a lot of hostility on TV right now. Well placed, but it's boxing match out there right now!

[Christina]

Dick Ebersol has given us his opinion - this fucking guy, one of the crassest, most hateful TeeVee execs there ever was. His reign over SNL seemed to be about rewarding that awful "if slipping on a banana peel once is funny, slipping on it ten times is 10 times funnier!" type of humor. Dick.

http://content.usatoday.com/communities/entertainment/post/2010/01/nbc-exec-calls-conan-chicken-hearted-and-stubborn/1

[jbissell]

This article is dumb (and of course Bill Simmons agreed with all of it).  Why does Conan need to be doing political satire? And while I generally preferred Late Night, there were certainly many great moments on the Tonight Show

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There is a lot of blood in the water over this right now.  I'm as ticked off as everyone who considers themselves a longtime fan of Conan but the Schadenfreude of watching/hearing Leno get shredded by his peers is really fascinating stuff too.

[JohnU]

This article is dumb (and of course Bill Simmons agreed with all of it).  Why does Conan need to be doing political satire? And while I generally preferred Late Night, there were certainly many great moments on the Tonight Show

I think it's fair to say that Conan's Tonight Show wasn't that funny. I loved the Conan shows of the 90's and early 00's, but I only stuck with Conan's Tonight Show for a handful of episodes. I feel like Conan's humor wasn't aging that well. Humor changes over the years and, for the most part, Conan is still doing the same thing. I compare it to how I used to love the Simpsons, but now I can't sit through a re-run. It feels like comedy from a different time. 

I don't fully understand why, but when Letterman does the same-old thing he's done for years, I still think it's kinda funny, but Conan doing the same old thing has started to annoy me.

[crumbum]

I'm starting to think the person I feel sorriest for here is Andy Richter. He tried so hard for so long to get out from under Conan's shadow and forge a certain kind of career, had lots of terrible luck at that, and finally admitted (with, I imagine, a defeated sigh) that fate seemed to want him back on that couch. Now this.

[not that clay]

This article is dumb (and of course Bill Simmons agreed with all of it).  Why does Conan need to be doing political satire? And while I generally preferred Late Night, there were certainly many great moments on the Tonight Show

I think it's fair to say that Conan's Tonight Show wasn't that funny. I loved the Conan shows of the 90's and early 00's, but I only stuck with Conan's Tonight Show for a handful of episodes. I feel like Conan's humor wasn't aging that well. Humor changes over the years and, for the most part, Conan is still doing the same thing. I compare it to how I used to love the Simpsons, but now I can't sit through a re-run. It feels like comedy from a different time. 

I don't fully understand why, but when Letterman does the same-old thing he's done for years, I still think it's kinda funny, but Conan doing the same old thing has started to annoy me.

I only watched it a couple of times too. I think Conan's "I'm a self-hating nerd who shouts a lot" thing doesn't age well. He'd be funnier if he grew up a little.