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.
