What Did the Other Late-Night Hosts Have to Say About the Conan Premiere?
While the rest of you have your eyes glued to the premiere of Conan O'Brien's new small screen effort, Conan, we at Gawker.TV were monitoring all of the other late-night shows for O'Brien-related mentions. Inside, video of everything we found.
1) The Daily Show with Jon Stewart
Jon Stewart opened his show with a shout-out to O'Brien, but soon realized that he'd be directly competing with Conan:
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2) Late Show with David Letterman
Over at the Late Show, David Letterman said that O'Brien's first show was going "fine," and then made a veiled reference to Jay Leno and "foul play," natch:
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3) Lopez Tonight
George Lopez welcomed/thanked his "lead-in" with classic Lopez (read: unfunny) style:
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4) Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
Ferguson took a different route, with a cold open featuring a new, red-headed PA named Bridger, who talked about his previous late-night experience:
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Did you see any Conan-related references on the late-night shows tonight that we missed? Let us know in the comments, or shoot me an email. Thanks!
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