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A crime happened at the Tonight Show with Jay Leno. Someone allegedly stole clothes intended for the new band to be led by Rickey Minor, formerly the frontman for American Idol's band. The gear went missing from a facility in Hollywood. There are no suspects, and the LAPD is on the case. Bostonist wants to know if anything was stolen from the Tonight Show when Conan O'Brien was the host. That's right. We said it.
NBC reportedly told TMZ.com that Conan O'Brien lied to "60 Minutes" during his interview Sunday. NBC claimed Conan fibbed about not knowing his "Tonight Show" was losing money, and was wrong about Jay Leno having a bigger buyout. Bostonist's scale of believability goes like this: Conan O'Brien, Jay Leno, unnamed NBC "network sources". The NBC suits are a really distant third. [TMZ]
We're totally on Team Conan in the O'Brien–Leno feud of late, maybe because we're insufferably white. 60 Minutes has a big interview with Conan coming up on Sunday, and released an excerpt in which O'Brien calls out the way Leno laid down for NBC and did whatever the network wanted. Conan says, if given the options Jay was presented, he woudl have "Done something else, go someplace else. I mean, that's just me." Conan will perform in Boston in june. [LiveFeed]
Conan O'Brien is now legally prohibited from being funny on television, so he's decided to be legally funny in person instead. The Brookline native, sometime-robot, and short-lived Tonight Show host is going on tour to share his hilarity with the United States of America. He'll be in Boston (at the Wang) on June 4. Get your tickets now; we're reasonably sure they'll sell out fast.
Whatever the insane-o 11 pm mishmash that NBC has invented for Jay Leno might be, Kevin Eubanks is having no part of it, or at least not for long. The longtime leader of the Tonight Show Orchestra and Berklee alum accompanied Jay Leno to 10 pm (the shift came with the opportunity to be called the Primetime Band!) but he won't be making the shift back to late night with Leno for long. Eubanks will serve as an interim bandleader until a replacement is found. Whether this means Eubanks is on Team (Robo) Coco or just tired of laughing at corny jokes, we applaud Eubanks for moving on. And because we love Max Weinberg, we hope he isn't forced to play the fool alongside Leno. [NYTimes]
If you've been missing Conan O'Brien, whose now-defunct Tonight Show is airing in reruns until Jay Leno brings old man smell to late night again, have no fear: Robo Coco is here. A very special Etsy crafter brings us robotic Conan O'Brien, a tiny wind-up toy body with a polymer clay Conan head. No longer must you watch O'Brien's awkward movements only on screen: now, experience them live and in person with this robotic toy, which recreates O'Brien's insane jittering in uncannily accurate form. Sadly, the robot is already sold out (really, how many of these could you make?), but perhaps the creator will manufacture a second run if pressed. Barring that, buy something else from this impressively odd artist (John Larriva).
Joel McHale, star of Community and host of The Soup on E! is on Conan O'Brien's (doomed) Tonight Show this evening. McHale just offered O'Brien his Soup spot, citing sharing a network with Ryan Seacrest as a major benefit. The gesture was likely facetious, but wouldn't it be fun to see O'Brien cook up some Soup, at least on a guest basis?
Conan O'Brien has apparently resorted to selling his talk show on Craigslist. It's "guaranteed to last for up to seven months" and has the following fun features:
In a somewhat innovative move, NBC has confirmed that Jay Leno will shift to an 11:35 time slot but be followed by Conan O'Brien at 12:05, then Jimmy Fallon at 1:05, shaking up the traditional 11:35 / 12:35 / 1:35 late-night lineup. It's not clear whether any show will continue to be marketed as the Tonight Show. NBC hosts the Olympics in February, which would have disrupted late-night programming anyway, leaving open an opportunity to change the lineup. Regardless, it sounds like both of our local comedians are secure at NBC... for now.
Well, that was short-lived. Barely six months after Conan O'Brien took over the Tonight Show, rumors have surfaced on TMZ that he's being pulled from the timeslot to allow Jay Leno's return. Leno's 10pm show will go, moving the big-chinned Emerson grad to 11:30. Is Conan out all the way or will he be on (once again) after Jay? Update: Entertainment Weekly says NBC says Conan's still with the network, though no word on time slot.
Myq Kaplan, local-ish comedian, performed on the Tonight Show last night. We've liked him since first seeing him at the Boston Comedy Festival, so we're pleased to see some Massachusetts style representation on a show now hosted by a native Brookliner. Bostonlarious!
Reaction to Jay Leno at 10pm has been mixed at best. The show's numbers are down from the Tonight Show slot (now handled by Conan), but steady or up from lead-ins. Broadcasting and Cable magazine interviewed Leno about the difficulty of dealing with his new position in the TV lineup. Jay comes across as level-headed and realistic almost to the point of being boring, emphasizing repeatedly that going on at 10 is his "job" these days. Though he'd be willing to go back to the 11:35 time slot, he likes "the challenge of 10 o'clock," and emphasizes that he's not bitter about Conan's new position:
Bill Burr will be the first comedian to perform on "The Tonight Show With Conan O'Brien" tonight! Burr, who hails from Boston and who cut his teeth on the local comedy scene will be the first to bring stand-up comedy to Conan's new set after a variety of musical performers have performed on the first week of the relaunch of "The Tonight Show".
If someone at Bostonist isn't rooting for our boy, Conan. Andy Richter is back. Max Weinberg moved to the Left Coast. Fingers are crossed that the masturbating bear hitched a ride...
We're big Conan O'Brien fans over here: ever since Late Night ended, we've drifted, helpless and alone, searching for meaning and tasteless jokes. Luckily for us, O'Brien's back tonight with his sparkly new take on The Tonight Show!
Follow along with Bostonist as we watch the first "Tonight Show" with Conan O'Brien.
Jay Leno presented viewers of the Tonight Show with a clear definition of class as he hosted for the final time on Friday. Leno repeatedly tried to defer the focus from himself throughout the show even when he could have made it all about him. Conan O'Brien was the guest as Leno went out of his way to pass the torch and showcase the next guy. Leno praised James Taylor's logistical gymnastics that enabled Taylor to appear with Leno. Leno closed the show by assembling the children born to Tonight Show staffers during his tenure. It was surprising and satisfying.
Jay Leno was hospitalized yesterday for unidentified reasons, canceling episodes of the Tonight show for the rest of the week. The host is expected to be back on the air Monday. He's scheduled to leave the Tonight show May 29 (Conan! Conan!), and launch his new show (which will be aired on WHDH after all) in the fall.