I must admit to not being the biggest Conan fan, I’m just not overwhelmingly convinced he’s as talented as everyone makes him out to be…BUT this might have just converted me. Him and Google’s Vic Gundotra should go on tour together, they genuinely bounce of each other wonderfully. Watch just the first few minutes, you’ll get sucked in.
It’s not just the humor either. He shares some interesting insights into what things were like when the onslaught of support from the Internet arrived after his dismissal from the tonight show.
PS. Conan is huge! Or Vic is tiny, one or the other.
Really funny! I also like the more serious parts, how people in the broadcasting industry dismiss the Internet, etc.
Conan is 6’4″. He’s also very smart! A Harvard grad.
Conan is 6’5″.
ive never been into conan obrien either ( maybe thats just cos im european, and quite frankly ive ever only known him as “that guy on american tv”) but this video has really turned me into a fan.
Seems like an awesome guy
i am a muslim and a pakistani
and guess what i dont like americans but i like conan o brien .And if i am liking him sitting in Pakistan how come his ratings are low in US . Do US people really think he isnt funny! really!!!!!!!!
Zubair, it’s because the ratings system (called Nielsen ratings) in the United States is a dated system that does not track 1) internet viewings and 2) only a select number of households in the US have the device to report ratings. Conan O’Brien has a younger audience….even years ago the press noted that he often had university students watching his show. Generally speaking, people in their 20s do not live in a household long enough to get offered a Nielsen box……they are often not home owners and you must be a home owner in order to get a Nielsen box. Furthermore, DVRs are not counted in the ratings.
hope this answers your question.
” Him and Google’s Vic Gundotra should go on tour together, they genuinely bounce of each other wonderfully.”
Are u serious? I felt painful w/ shame whenever Vic opens his mouth! Conan of course was awesome and held up the stage.
I have to agree, they don’t “bounce off each other”, Conan is funny and able to improvise whereas Vic is not and can’t.
maybe it’s the British in me – I love the awkwardness.
JMG: There is a reason only certain households have the equipment to report their information. The ratings are very specific to certain user groups with certain amount of income/disposable income and purchasing prower b/c that’s what is interesting to advertisers who pay the bills. University students are usually one of the least interesting group (even lower than teens and pre-teens since those have parents who can pay). Conan may be great and very funy and I liked his show but the reality is that he was not pulling in the right crowd that can pay the bills! Even with the addition of internet viewers, it wasn’t enough (actually he himself discounted the web viewers by saying that time slot is very important – which is not true about web viewers who are on-demand users and generally not real time watchers). So may be in 5-7 years the university crowd becoming the purchasing crowd and attracts advertisers but now it just wasn’t’ enough to save him. He’ll be funniner on cable any way just like John Stewart!