Conaw

September 1, 2010 1:14 PM

Conaw. After getting canned in his short time as host of the Tonight Show, Conan O'Brien announces the name of his new TBS comedy show. (SLYT)
posted by arveale (24 comments total)

Conan's new set and offices are just down the way from where I work on the Warner Bros. lot here in Burbank, and although we're supposed to be jaded I get excited for every Conan sighting. I can offer this testament to the man's down to earth nature: he stands in line at the commissary to get his own burrito.
posted by Bookhouse at 1:17 PM on September 1, 2010 [2 favorites]

I like Conan but this is a little thin.
posted by anazgnos at 1:17 PM on September 1, 2010 [1 favorite]

But does he insist others call it a "burritaw"?
posted by hermitosis at 1:18 PM on September 1, 2010 [2 favorites]

Name. Got it. Next question: Beard or no beard?
posted by Faze at 1:19 PM on September 1, 2010

Ha, I just noticed that conaw.com redirects to his website. I wonder how long they'll keep the joke going.
posted by roll truck roll at 1:19 PM on September 1, 2010 [1 favorite]

Oh Italians! *slaps knee*
posted by munchingzombie at 1:19 PM on September 1, 2010

The Coco Show would have been much better.
posted by Blazecock Pileon at 1:21 PM on September 1, 2010

Kind of like the Colbert Report.
posted by amethysts at 1:21 PM on September 1, 2010

Conanism.
posted by ColdChef at 1:24 PM on September 1, 2010 [6 favorites]

I was hoping for The Coco Showshow.
posted by nushustu at 1:26 PM on September 1, 2010 [3 favorites]

Here's hoping that he doesn't have the money to hire writers. The shows he did during the writer's strike were some of the best he's ever done.
posted by stavrogin at 1:26 PM on September 1, 2010 [3 favorites]

What a coincidence, i just dyed my hair Conaw-Red
posted by The Whelk at 1:30 PM on September 1, 2010

the first episode should be him, alone, in an empty room, just talking to the camera like he's trying to make small talk on a first date. This will go on for 120 minutes. No breaks.
posted by The Whelk at 1:31 PM on September 1, 2010 [5 favorites]

Meh.
posted by TigerMoth at 1:32 PM on September 1, 2010

My senior year of college, we got to write a little blurb to describe interests to run beside our pictures in the yearbook. Mine was supposed to be "Angst-ridden artsy type". But apparently, my "u"s looked like "n"s, so what got printed for posterity was "Augst-ridden artsy type". It still kind of pisses me off. I mean, sure, my handwriting is not the best, but who is a senior at a liberal arts college and doesn't know the word "angst"?
posted by vibrotronica at 1:33 PM on September 1, 2010

I love the guy too but this FPP is so weak it can't even technically be considered "sauce" at all.
posted by chaff at 1:35 PM on September 1, 2010 [1 favorite]

Maybe they thought you were full of August?
posted by The Whelk at 1:35 PM on September 1, 2010

It may have come off a little thing but it was obviously unscripted and done in one take so it is funny for what it is.
posted by zzazazz at 1:40 PM on September 1, 2010

It made me laugh.
posted by _Lasar at 1:44 PM on September 1, 2010

Barbaric.
posted by mr_crash_davis mark II: Jazz Odyssey at 1:48 PM on September 1, 2010

No sauce, no cheese, no meat, no bread.
posted by mrgrimm at 1:55 PM on September 1, 2010

I enjoy Conan O'Brien's work. I also enjoyed this video.
posted by slogger at 1:57 PM on September 1, 2010

obviously unscripted

The whole December/November "mistake" would suggest not.
posted by djgh at 2:03 PM on September 1, 2010

The whole December/November "mistake" would suggest not.

Maybe "loosely sketched" would be more accurate.
posted by Monday, stony Monday at 2:05 PM on September 1, 2010