Jay Leno < Conan O'Brien

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Conan to Take Over 'Tonight' in Five Years
By DAVID BAUDER

NEW YORK (AP) - NBC announced Monday that Conan O'Brien will take over from Jay Leno as host of the "Tonight" show. But he'll have time to write his jokes - the planned succession won't happen until 2009.

The announcement solves a delicate problem for NBC, which realized O'Brien was getting antsy in his "Late Night" time slot (12:35 a.m. Eastern) and wanted to keep him from jumping to another network.

Leno planned to make the announcement on Monday's edition of "Tonight," a special celebration of the talk show's 50th anniversary.

"In 2009, I'll be 59 years old and will have had this dream job for 17 years," Leno said. "When I signed my new contract, I felt that the timing was right to plan for my successor and there is no one more qualified than Conan."

"Plus, I promised Mavis I would take her out for dinner before I turned 60," the notoriously workaholic Leno said about his wife.

Leno took over from Johnny Carson on "Tonight" in 1992 and after a few years of trailing the man he beat out for the job in the ratings - David Letterman - he passed the CBS star and has been dominant in the time slot.

An unknown at the time, O'Brien had the thankless job of taking over from Letterman on "Late Night," and he was nearly fired after several weeks of painful shows. But he recovered and has been a critical and commercial success.

But O'Brien has openly talked about wanting to move on and, in the late-night world, that means an earlier time slot.
 
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"Half of all Americans are now using the internet to get their news...but don't worry experts say that before you know it we'll all be back to using the internet for it's primary purpose-downloading porn"

"A new study has found that the average age of Viagra users is getting younger and younger. Apparently the study is true because Pfizer is now making a Viagra Pez dispenser."

"This week a law banning the sale of assault weapons expired, which means it is now legal to buy Uzis and AK-47s. The NRA said, 'Finally, Americans can protect their loved ones from up to 200 burglars at once.'"

"A car company is coming out with a super-size truck that is four feet longer, two feet taller and twice as heavy as a Hummer. You know, it's a lot cheaper to buy a hat that says, 'I have a small penis.'"

"Paris Hilton has just written a new book and in the book Paris says that she never wears the same outfit twice. Mainly, because she can't remember where she left it."

Conan O'Brien
 
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leno has been shit for a couple yrs now i dont like when he tries to put his own political views in his jokes

conan is great

did u guys see when chuck norris came out that one night and kicked conans ass backstage?
 
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If I could pick to drink with only one person in this world to drink with, I would pick Connan. Damn just imagine Connan drunk that shit would be classic, especially if he isn't edited. Damn that shit would be hella crazy.

Damn im watching t.v. and the Simpsons just came on. Little known fact Connan used to write for the Simpsons. That was back in the day though.
 
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A1Yola415 said:
leno has been shit for a couple yrs now i dont like when he tries to put his own political views in his jokes
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Leno doesnt put his own political views in his jokes. He clowns on Bush and Kerry equally.


Leno may not be as funny as Conan, but this shows that he is a classy guy.
 
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