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Conan Re-Ups with TBS Through 2022

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Conan and Team Coco have secured their place at TBS for the next four years and are aiming to expand the mutli-platform outreach of Conan beyond just the talk show through the cable network.

There are no specifics on how many international trips that Conan will get to take under the banner of “Conan Without Borders” or how might Clueless Gamer grow, but we imagine that plenty of good stuff is in the works.

On the announcement of this renewal, O’Brien commented, “The TV landscape has changed dramatically since I inherited the traditional talk show format in 1993. In the past few years I’ve stumbled across many new and exciting ways of connecting with my audience, and I’m eager to evolve my show into something leaner, more agile, and more unpredictable. I also want a pony.”

Conan O’Brien Delivers Another Classic Clueless Gamer with Hot New VR Game “Wilson’s Heart”

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Conan O’Brien may never get “really good” at playing video games, but he will always be unmatched on making the lulls in any video game endlessly entertaining.

Watch as he does that again, brilliantly, with the new VR title Wilson’s Heart on the latest Clueless Gamer.

Here Are Your Comedy Nominees for the 21st Annual Webby Awards

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There are a lot of perennial favorites and heavy hitters here, but we are really happy to see The Last Podcast on The Left, possibly the best distillation of comedy and horror that there has been, getting some love here.

Also, you can vote on all of these categories up until April 20th and see the rest of the nominees, of which there are hundreds, here.

WEBSITE-HUMOR
-Funny or Die
-The Onion
-The Daily Show: Black Trump
-CollegeHumor
-Cracked
Honoree:
-Above Average

FILM & VIDEO-COMEDY-INDIVIDUAL SHORT OR EPISODE
-The New iPhone is Just Worse, CollegeHumor
-3AM, The Simpsons
-Tinder: The Superhero Movie, Rooster Teeth
-Epic Rap Battles of History: Wonder Woman vs. Stevie Wonder, Maker Studios
-Woke Bois-White Male Feminist, Casual Sketch
Honorees:
-Absolutely Beautiful: Watch This Woman Tell Her Husband She’s Pregnant While Conan O’Brien Pours Good Milk Down The Sink, The Onion
-Pac-Dog (Animal Arcade Ep. 1), Denizen Company
-Stranger Things: The Truth About Steve & Jean-Ralphio, CBS Interactive
-Katy Perry Votes Naked, Funny or Die
-What If Donald Trump’s Been Using a Teleprompter This Whole Time?, Bloomberg Politics
-White Fragility Workplace Training, AJ+

FILM & VIDEO-COMEDY-LONG FORM OR SERIES
-Brooklyn Sound
-Mean Tweets, Jimmy Kimmel Live
-Between Two Ferns with Zach Galifianakis, Funny or Die
-Clueless Gamer with Conan O’Brien, Team Coco
-If Google Was a Guy, College Humor
Honorees:
-Celebs Have Issues, AOL Studios
-Hashtaggers, Stun Creativetoon
-Toon, Newbe TV
-Jingle Ballin’: A Holiday Special Starring Liza Koshy, Above Average
-Funny Or Die Presents Donald Trump’s The Art of the Deal: The Movie, Funny or Die
-How To Lose Weight in 4 Easy Steps!, JASH
-The 5th Quarter, OBB Pictures
-BuzzFeed’s The Try Guys, BuzzFeed Motion Pictures

FILM & VIDEO-BRANDED-COMEDY
-Say my name, say my name, Jhpiego
-Lemonade, Not Ice T, The Martin Agency
-Craft Services: Old Spice Sweat-Blastin’ Robot Tank, Viacom Velocity
-Giphy Keys to Sucess, Giphy
-Undercover Lyft, Lyft
Honorees:
-We Know Acne, We Don’t Know Teens, Ways & Means
-Timer: Behind the Scenes, TBWAMedia Arts Lab
-Rise of the Tomb Raider and Broad City Vignette, The Story Lab
-Emily Ratajkowski Shares Her Social Media Secrets, Capture This
-Viralocity: Linsanity, Viacom Velocity
-Kevin Hart Press Conference, R/GA New York, R/GA London, and R/GA Portland
-Girls Can’t Code – Boobs, McCann New York/Tool

SOCIAL-HUMOR
-Eavesdropper, Mete Design
-TSA/Instagram, TSA/Public Affairs
-Kirby Jenner
-@ConanOBrien, Team Coco
-The Onion
Honorees:
-Cracked on Facebook, CRACKED.COM
-Vice Principals Morning Announcements, HBO

PODCASTS & DIGITAL AUDIO-COMEDY
-The Last Podcast on the Left, Cave Comedy Radio
-The Carson Podcast, Mark Malkoff LLC
-2 Dope Queens, WNYC Radio
-My Dad Wrote a Porno, Medium Maze
-The Hilarious World of Depression, American Public Media
Honorees:
-Hard Nation, EARWOLF/MIDROLL
-Comedy Bang Bang, EARWOLF/MIDROLL
-The Cracked Podcast, CRACKED.COM

Conan O’Brien and Andy Richter Go Full Lucha Libre During “Conan: Made in Mexico”

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Conan O’Brien and Andy Richter Go Full Lucha Libre During “Conan: Made in Mexico”

While doing their special “Conan Without Borders: Made in Mexico”, Conan and Andy came up with some of the best pro wrestling personas that there ever has been.

Conan O’Brien might just be one of the best goodwill ambassadors that there has ever been.

Conan O’Brien Set to Go to Mexico to Tape an Episode of ‘Conan’ with All Mexican Labor

January 27, 2017

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Conan will actually stepping up from his normal going to a foreign country to visit and taping a bunch of super fun remote segments when visiting Mexico.

As a part of a greater efforts to normalize what are now tense relations between the U.S. and México, he’ll be taping an episode in Mexico City with Mexican labor to make an episode entitled, “Conan Without Borders: Made in México”.

It is without a doubt that Conan O’Brien is now the elder statesman of American late night (and maybe a goodwill ambassador for an even greater scope than that).

O’Brien details the event further here.

This very special episode is set to air on Wednesday, March 1st at 10PM on TBS.

Chief at Turner Says Conan to Shift from Nightly Format to Weekly Format, UPDATED: Turner’s Kevin Reilly Says ‘Conan’ to Remain Weekly Right Now, Developing ‘Clueless Gamer’ as a Show

January 5, 2017

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Chief at Turner Says Conan to Shift from Nightly Format to Weekly Format, UPDATED: Turner’s Kevin Reilly Says ‘Conan’ to Remain Weekly Right Now, Developing ‘Clueless Gamer’ as a Show

There are few specifics on this reveal from Turner CEO John Martin other than Turner is retooling Conan based off of the successes of Conan O’Brien going to different places like South Korea, Cuba, Berlin, Armenia and doing special episodes of the show from there. There’s no word as to when this will happen or what exactly a newly formatted Conan show will be like

So, this could very well mean getting one night of Conan a week, but him going out of the studio much more often, perhaps like an Anthony Bourdain style show.

We love the idea of him being out in “the elements” as that’s where he has every other late night talk show host beat, but we’d be curious to see if and how other parts of his show like the amazing absurdist sketches will figure into whatever this new format ends up being.

UPDATE: Kevin Reilly, Turner’s Entertainment Chief, in speaking to The Hollywood Reporter and Variety cleared up the notion that TBS would be making Conan go weekly. The format switch has been discussed, but Reilly says nothing is changing right now.

That being said, they’re developing Conan’s very popular segment, Clueless Gamer, as a spin-off show. Given the existence of Lip Sync Battle and various spin-offs of segments on Corden, this move could TBS’ show born out of a viral late night segment.

Conan Without Borders: Berlin Is Now Streaming

December 8, 2016

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Conan Without Borders: Berlin Is Now Streaming

Conan O’Brien really went for broke in all his tomfoolery throughout Berlin, making this trip one of his best yet.

Specifically, his segments in learning traditional German dance and visiting a professional dominatrix are the sort of segments that set him apart from the rest of late night with his freewheeling, carefree, unfettered silliness. Conan also made sure to highlight the refugee population in the city in an enlightening, life affirming way.

No one visits cities quite like Conan O’Brien, which is why we hope that plenty more of these travel specials will get ordered up.

Watch all of Conan Without Borders: Berlin here.

“Conan Without Borders: Berlin” Premieres Tonight

December 7, 2016

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Conan’s latest globetrotting adventure (one of the best parts of Conan these days), complete with companion Flula Borg, takes places 10PM on TBS tonight.

Here’s a taste of what’s come/why you should be watching this tonight.

Conan O’Brien Visits YouTube’s VR Lab

November 18, 2016

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The latest Conan remote segment that stops by YouTube’s Virtual Reality Lab allows Conan to let his imagination, for better or worse, run wild in VR.

Watch and see what chaos he delves into here.

Reggie Watts Lets Conan O’Brien Use His Loop Pedal

November 18, 2016

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This is just pure, giddy silliness between Reggie Watts and Conan O’Brien and that might just be what what you need right now.

Conan O’Brien and Elijah Wood Desperately Try to Understand Any of What’s Happening in Final Fantasy XV

November 15, 2016

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Of all the games that Conan O’Brien has played on Clueless Gamer, it would seem that Final Fantasy XV has been the most befuddling. That’s saying something considering the premise of the series is that he is befuddled by all video games.

Also, there’s a fun, real life twist at the end of this episode that Conan has never had to deal with before.

Watch Conan and Elijah Wood attempt to make sense of what’s going on in the latest installment in one of gaming’s longest running franchises here.

Watch John Cleese and Eric Idle Be John Cleese and Eric Idle on Conan

November 11, 2016

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Two of the members of Monty Python, John Cleese and Eric Idle, are currently on tour together and this interview makes it seem like it’d be a delightful thing to go see.

Also, they close out their segment with singing Always Look on the Bright Side of Life with the studio audience, which you might just want to join in on for how nice that sounds even though you weren’t at the taping.

The Conan O’Brien Remote Segments in Harlem Further Prove Conan Should Have a Travel Show

November 7, 2016

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As you’re probably aware, one of the best parts of Conan O’Brien going outside of the studio is the remote segments where O’Brien really gets to let loose.

His recent trip to NYC allowed for visits to Harlem and the Alvin Ailey Dance Company and, per usual, he doesn’t disappoint in getting to peak silliness and showing why he’s one of the best in all of late night.

Gil Faizon and George St. Geegland Say Oh, Hello to Conan O’Brien

November 4, 2016

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Nick Kroll and John Mulaney as Gil Faizon and George St. Geegland took a break from their Oh, Hello run on Broadway and had to make a trip uptown to Harlem to see Conan O’Brien during his visit to NYC.

You can see why Conan has said of Oh, Hello, “Seen the show twice and it’s so funny it angers me.

Conan O’Brien Desperately Tries to Cry on Cue Like Bryce Dallas Howard

October 25, 2016

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Conan O’Brien might have just made crying funnier than it has ever been in the history of television.

In trying to mimic Bryce Dallas Howard’s uncanny skill to cry on cue about anything, Conan tried everything he could to really cry.

See if he pulled it off here.

Conan O’Brien To Host Nobel Peace Prize Concert

October 14, 2016

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Conan O’Brien To Host Nobel Peace Prize Concert

We sure hope that they do a great, very daft bit about Conan doing this on their next episode.

Conan O’Brien will indeed be hosting the concert for the Nobel Peace Prize in the middle of December in Norway and you will be able to stream it on YouTube.

One can only imagine that the are other Nobel Prize concerts that are jealous, right?

Conan O’Brien Will Be Returning to NYC to Tape a Week of Shows at the Apollo Theater

October 7, 2016

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Conan and his posse are headed out of the studio for a whole week, this time to New York City, where Late Night with Conan O’Brien started nearly a quarter of a century ago.

However, this time, Conan will be taping at the legendary Apollo Theater in Harlem from Monday, October 31st-Thursday, November 3rd.

Here’s Conan O’Brien filling you in on the rest of the details and here’s where you can get tickets.

Watch UK’s Dylan Moran Talk Trump and Cheesburger Pizza on Conan

October 1, 2016

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Of the outsider comedic perspectives of America that you might want to check out, Dylan Moran’s should definitely be one of them.

See why for yourself on his Conan appearance from this week.

Watch Conan O’Brien Annoy The F Out of Kevin Hart During a Workout

September 30, 2016

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For Conan’s latest remote segment, he joins Kevin Hart for a workout session. In addition to being a very successful comedian and actor, Hart is known for his athletic regimen and fitness while Conan O’Brien is a legendary for being able to take a situation devoid of comedy and make it so damn funny.

So, what ensues is a great attempt at trying to workout that gets skillfully derailed by Conan O’Brien really getting underneath Hart’s skin. In fact, there are several moments where it almost looks like Hart isn’t doing a bit anymore and is genuinely frustrated. It’s kind of wonderful to watch.

Watch and enjoy the workout/bickering session here.

Clickhole Ups Their Clickbait Game with Pregnancy Announcement with Conan O’Brien Pouring Out Milk Video

September 12, 2016

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Clickhole has stepped up their game, just like the content aggregators that they parody have done, by making videos that are just as clickbait worthy as those videos you can’t help but watch on Upworthy.

Just see what they did the literal juxtaposition of late night talk show host and comedian Conan O’Brien pour out milk next to a pregnancy being announced in this video.

Steven Ho Returns to Put Through Conan O’Brien Through a Self-Defense Wringer

September 5, 2016

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This has the same wonderfully chaos of one of Conan’s remote segments, but it just so happens that Conan O’Brien is on his own soundstage as opposed to some sort of martial arts academy.

Watch and enjoy Conan vs. watermelons here.

Conan Lets His Warm Up Guy From 20 Years Ago Try and Warm Up The Crowd Once More

September 3, 2016

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Thank goodness for Dan Cronin and also for Conan O’Brien letting this sort of thing happen on a nightly basis for more than 20 years.

Conan’s Next Trip Will Be to Berlin

September 2, 2016

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Conan O’Brien’s next trip special will be Conan in Berlin and we can only imagine what crazy sort of shenanigans he’ll get into while in the German metropolis.

From the looks of the announcement, Flula Borg will be tagging along as well.

By the way, as you read this, Conan and Team Coco are already in Germany, so it won’t too long before we get to see this new special.

Andy Richter Tries Celebrating National Waffle Day on Conan

August 27, 2016

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This bit on Conan makes all superfluous holidays that now exist on every single day of the calendar worth it.

Conan O’Brien Goes Full Melisandre from Game of Thrones at Comic Con

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The final night of Conan’s latest visit to Comic Con had the cast of Game of Thrones as guests.

So, in honor of them, Conan O’Brien did a Game of Thrones bit where he got to imitate Melisandre in her more infamous form.

Also, Andy Daly plays a bell hop that’s pretty great.