All Posts Tagged With: "Conan O’Brien"

Does this subject title make me sound scandalous? I hope so. Cause I am, you know. Very scandalous. 50 Cent is going to write a song about me and my scandalousness (or, scandalosity). Truth. But for now, we have other things to talk about.

My Boys (the TBS sitcom set in Chicago) has a season premiere coming up…let’s see…it’s on June 12th! So, Thursday night, park it on your sofa *cough* by 9:30 p.m. The cliffhanger left you wondering which of several prime candidates she picked to take a trip to Italy with her. I actually know (TBS contacts, woo) but I’m not supposed to tell you. And you know what? I’m not gonna! You have to watch and see.

I can tell you that she did not pick Matthew McConaughey - yet he does make a sort of appearance in the show tomorrow night.

Jordana Spiro stars in My Boys as PJ Franklin aka Penelope Jane. (Personally, I’d rather be called Penelope Jane - that’s so cute!) Playing her brother, Andy, is Jim Gaffigan. You probably know him from the animated Pale Force he voices with Conan O’brien.

My crush of the show? (Sorry Jim, it’s not you.) Continued

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Did you think it was over? It’s so not. I’m talking about Ted Mosby’s reputation. As I wrote about recently, as part of a plot in How I Met Your Mother, a website was named: tedmosbyisajerk.com. It’s written by a girl who dated Barney, but Barney gave her Ted’s name. Well, Ted’s ex girlfriend, Victoria, has decided to stand up. She created tedmosbyisnotajerk.com.

I really like her conspiracy page, where the facts add up and give her the conclusion that the guy who framed Ted Mosby is none other than…Conan O’Brien! His girly hand give him away. Tsk, tsk.

I must confess, even if my friend Brittany gets mad - I never got too into the New Kids on the Block. But if you want to wax nostalgic read this great post on Ducky Does TV.

For those who watched The Office on Thursday and wondered who Nathan Robinson was, you can read about that on The Office Tally. I’m not sure what to say about this other than it is very sad and my heart goes out to his family and friends.

My heart skipped a beat when I read the title ‘Lilly Kane Lives’ on TV and Sympathy. Sadly, it’s not exactly as it seems. It’s Amanda Seyfried who is continuing on in her career (Big Love is great), not Lilly Kane from Veronica Mars. Still, I’m very glad. I loved Lily, and I also love Amanda. I never thought I’d ever be an ABBA fan, but I’m going to watch the Mamma Mia movie since Seyfried is in it. Oh, and someone else is in it - Meryl or something. ; ) Seriously, I thought I’d make it through life without seeing the musical and now there’s no way!

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Christina Applegate was on Late Night with Conan O’Brien on Friday night. It was a pleasant surprise that I caught her since on most Friday nights I go out with my friend Snoop Dogg and we paint the town red and glittery. I know, my life is crazy!

She was there to promote Samantha Who? coming back on Monday, April 7th. I’ve missed the show, so I’m glad it will be on to give an otherwise (what I can assume will be) sucky Monday a little pep. If you’re still needing a fix, check out SamanthaWho.org, which is where I got this nifty screencap of the title.

Applegate seems very natural, and has no problem making fun of old fashions and hairstyles she had in the 80’s (I was young so I blame my Mother). Her good sense of humor matches very well with funny-man Conan. She did something that I want to thank her in person for - she told O’Brien she was sad abou the lack of the string dance, and - aren’t we all? So he did it. And villages rejoiced. Somewhere a baby panda cried for joy. And TiVo’s worked overtime.

I think I know who Applegate’s girl!crush is, Jessica Alba. That was the example of a hot girl that she gave. Oh, and she was very open about how she was certain a magazine had Photoshopped her stomach to be smaller. She also pointed out the way they placed words right next to certain body parts. Oh my!

Speaking of rampant Photoshopping - check out this wacky pile of animal pictures. I dare you not to ‘awww’. I dare you.

When I saw Poppytalk.blogspot.com I immediately loved the header (I suspect the aid of Photoshop, or the dark arts). This post has me wanting to start collecting handheld mirrors so I can put the idea of hanging them above a couch, or bed, in use as is the idea there. Drat my younger sister who already nabbed my Mom’s vintage one. I think this would be a cool idea for Lorelai Gilmore (Gilmore Girls) to have done in one of the rooms of her Dragonfly Inn.

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I was dumbstruck to hear my friend Eric hadn’t seen the video of Jimmy Kimmel singing with Ben Affleck. The video boasts a bevy of other A-list stars. It was made in retaliation for a video Jimmy’s girlfriend, Sarah Silverman, performed alongside Matt Damon. If you don’t know what I’m talking about - don’t worry, you’ll soon know. If you do already know, I’ll be exploring the situation a bit more! Let’s ZOOM in. *Zoom*

Fact!: Sarah Silverman (controversial comedian) dates Jimmy Kimmel, who has a late-night talk show aka Jimmy Kimmel Live! I don’t watch this show a lot, mostly because Conan O’Brien promised me a box of Lucky Charms if I am loyal to his late-night show, and his show alone. But I don’t even like cereal, so… Conan is going to have to sweeten that deal.

I am sadly forced to assume other people don’t know about this video because they have to do boring things like work in offices all day - they still are trapped in a bubble of confusion and maybe only just found out that Britney Spears is having issues that make Paris Hilton look Saintly. Well, I am here to help you lost souls.

Fact!: On January 31st, 2008 Sarah was on the show and debuted a video she made for the fifth anniversary of the show. Jimmy could not appreciate this video gift, though. Possibly because it was called I’m f*$^@ing Matt Damon. It featured Matt Damon, singing alongside Sarah. Sarah has a great voice, which makes it funnier when she sings really awful things. Matt, well, his voice is not so great, but he tries!

Here is the video. Please be advised that while it was on TV and is all bleeped - it was on late at night, so don’t play this one for the kids during snack time.

Fact!: Matt Damon was the perfect person for the role because Jimmy Kimmel always mocks Matt Damon by saying at the end of his shows “Sorry Matt Damon, we ran out of time.” It’s an ongoing joke. But Jimmy couldn’t NOT retaliate to Sarah and Matt’s video. He had to be manly. So he, “Went into [ his ] cave to plot.”

Fact!: On the post-Oscar show Jimmy had on February 24th, 2008, Ben Affleck was Continued

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Finally, after months of waiting, the late night talk show fests finally returned to the air. Just as all of them have handled their time off differently, they all handled their return differently, although none of them ignored the obvious reason for their absence.

David Letterman and Craig Ferguson were the only talk show hosts to return with writers, and this was on behalf of Letterman’s Worldwide Pants Production working out an agreement with the Writers Guild for their return. In true Dave fashion, he presented a Top Ten list of the writers’ top ten demands presented by the writers of a variety of different television shows. The list included items such as a complimentary tote bag along with an insulting offer, no disciplinary action against writers caught in an inappropriate relationship with a copier, and producers must immediately remove their heads from their asses. Ferguson resented the bloggers that are saying he and Letterman will now get all the A list celebrities due to not crossing the picket line, and he defended the stance, saying his show will continue to be crap.

While Letterman had a taped intro from Democratic Presidential Candidate Hillary Rodham Clinton, Jay Leno had Republican Presidential Candidate Mike Huckabee on as a guest, and not just chatting, but jamming with the band on his bass guitar. The Writers Guild is checking to see if Leno went against his own agreement as part of the Writers Guild by writing his own jokes for the show. He stated it was just like old times for him, as that’s how he started out years ago.

And just like Letterman, Conan O’Brien also showed up completely bearded. I’m not quite sure why the two equated the writers strike with an inability to shave. OBrien then showed how he spent his off time, performing Beastie Boys songs in the voice of Edith Bunker. He always does well at being an original, but he also showed he could jam pretty well on the guitar on his own.

In fact, that’s what all the late late night show hosts showed. They could do it on their own, one way or another, and most likely in the same vein that got them to the dance in the first place. Jay performs his standup, Dave does his top 10, Ferguson uses his self-deprecating humor, and Conan continue to have one-of-a-kind humor with a huge set-up that no one else could do. It makes you wonder why they haven’t been doing this all along.

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