There is a cat known as Buff Cat because he is muscular. My cat is like him, except her muscles are all fat and fur.
Anyways, there is a writer’s assistant on Conan and she has a little 3-pound Chihuahua called Dwayne “The Dog” Johnson. When she saw Buff Cat, she wanted to make her puppy just like the kitty. After several strength training lessons, it worked! Now he is so strong that he can pull a refrigerator all by himself. Take that, The Rock.
I was so impressed by The Dog that I gave my cat some lessons. She is home alone and I am in the hospital getting a blood transfusion. But at least she got a workout and I lost a pound too. A pound of blood.
Seriously though, I love how they say you should never work with animals and this pooch showed us why. Give him some loving and he will come over to you and give you some back!
Kelsey Grammer was on Conan O’Brien’s talk show the other night and he told him a remarkable story about his first audition.
Back in 1975, the 20-year-old got kicked out of Julliard, but voice teacher, Edith Skinner, saw something special in him, Therefore, she got him in touch with an agent.
Grammer went over to meet Mort Schwartz, who then sent him out to meet with some guy named Lucas who was doing a movie about outer space. He took the address and walked over to meet this Lucas guy. That was when the director said he was doing a “fairytale in space” about two men who rescue a princess. Lucas felt he might be too old for the younger guy and just a tad bit too young to star as the older guy. Although, maybe he could get away with playing a John Wayne type character. Finally, Lucas told him he would think about it. Well, I guess he never gave him another thought because that was the last time the actor ever heard from him.
Two years later, Grammer goes to the movies to see something called Star Wars and he realized what an opportunity he missed out on. Granted, nearly a decade later he got his big break and he spent the next two decades playing Fraser Crane. I guess you can say it worked out OK for him.
Plus, he has a great first audition story because how many people can say they auditioned to play Han Solo?
BTW While I don’t think that Grammer would have made the best Han Solo, I think that Harrison Ford would have been awesome Fraser Crane. What do you think if the roles were reversed?
Cedric the Entertainer was on Conan O’Brien’s TBS show tonight and the actor says that is impossible not to dance whenever you hear Salsa music. To prove his point, he got up and asked the band to play some Salsa. As soon as they did, he hips started to move and the rest of his body followed.
Not only is he the King of Comedy, he is also the King of the Dancefloor. Who knew he could move like that? I hope we see more of his shaking his booty on his upcoming CBS sitcom Welcome to the Neighborhood. It would be definite ratings getter.
Conan O’Brien has been hosting a late night talk show for almost 25 years, and next year he is going to change things up. TBS announced today that starting in 2019, Conan will only be a half hour long. While that might sound like a bad thing at first because he is the best late night host by far, it is actually a very good thing.
It will give him more to time to focus on comedy and remotes. Not only that, he will continue to do the one-hour specials Conan Without Border to give his unique take on the World’s most infamous countries.
Conan explained why he is doing a shorter show, “Since I inherited my Late Night show in 1993, TV has changed exponentially. I’d like to think I have evolved with many of these changes, but now it’s time to take the next leap. A half-hour show will give me the time to do a higher percentage of the comedy in, and out, of the studio that I love and that seems to resonate in this new digital world.” Then he added, “It’s still going to be me hosting a very silly show, but I want segments on my half-hour program to link to digital content, deepening the experience for my younger fans, and confusing my older ones.”
To me, the thing that makes him better than all the other hosts is that he willing to be silly and admit when his jokes might’ve gone too far. Just like in the video above that has a punchline no other show would dare to do. I cannot believe they even went there. So wrong and yet so funny.
Plus, his remotes are always a laugh out loud riot that will leave your belly hurting. Who will ever forget the time he took a Lyft with Ice Cube and Kevin Hart? Or any of trips with he went on with Jordan Schlansky? Or the time he went to the Taco Bell Headquarters? Or when he took Steve Yeun to a Korean Day Spa? If The Last Man on Earth (it better) gets picked up for another season, I would love for him to do a tour of the dildo factory next door to where the show tapes with the cast!
No one is more brilliant, witty and quick on his feet than Conan, so I cannot wait to see how he takes it to a whole new level of awesome.
Besides doing his show, he will also give young comedians their big break. He will showcase their live tours and original digital material starting later this year.
One last part of the deal is that Team Coco will post all of his old Late Night episodes from his NBC days on their site. Which means I can see the few bits that my dad did on the show.
Kristen Schaal is on Conan O’Brien’s show tonight and she decided to let the TBS host hold her baby. By the looks of their faces, the actress would not leave her 2-month-old daughter with him, even if he was the last man on Earth.
Also looking at their faces, don’t they kind of look alike? I am figure out if she was a guest on his late night talk show about the same time that she conceived her baby? Joking, sweet little Ruby’s dad is Schaal’s husband Rich Blomquist.
