The New Conan O'Brien Thread

[nathansmart]

Where did Michael Jackson have his Neverland Ranch where he enticed lots of children into being molested?

How is this still just okay to say?

[DiscoInferiorityComplex]

I know it's a comedy show, but that piece about "Florida, it's all up to you" on last night's show kind of pissed me off. As if Florida is the ONLY state where something weird has ever happened.
Uh, refresh my memory, where did the Manson murders take place? Where did O.J. Simpson stab his ex-wife and her boyfriend? Where'd the Rodney King riots take place? Where did Michael Jackson have his Neverland Ranch where he enticed lots of children into being molested? Which state elected Arnold Schwarzenegger as their governor (twice) and now has Jerry Brown occupying that spot? But yes, Florida is the "weirdo" state.

4 of the 5 things you mentioned became common knowledge only because they involved celebrities. Celebrities like to live in California, because Florida is horrible.

[BillBrasky]

4 of the 5 things you mentioned became common knowledge only because they involved celebrities. Celebrities like to live in California, because Florida is horrible.

It's really not. Florida is actually a very nice place to live, assuming you are not talking about Orlando or Miami. I've been to California 3 times now, and while it's a necessary place to live if you want to be in the entertainment industry, I didn't really see a tremendous amount there that we don't have here. Culturally we pretty much have everything here that there is in CA, albeit on a smaller scale. Ok, we don't have the equivalent of a UCB Theater. But the traffic is horrific, and there appear to be a similar amount of crazy people there as there are here (more, actually...I visited Venice Beach and the Santa Monica Pier and yeah....it's just a different TYPE of crazy person that lives in CA).

[nathansmart]

And also, we both have pretty big Scientology centers so screw you California.

And Bill, I like Orlando. But, so do all the people who live in Titusville (where I am).

[DiscoInferiorityComplex]

I visited Venice Beach and the Santa Monica Pier and yeah....it's just a different TYPE of crazy person that lives in CA).

I went to Epcot Center once...Florida is filled with pavilions representing different countries.

[nathansmart]

don't fuck with epcot

[HST's Ghost]

I think the Sklar Bros. mentioned something about police records are made public in Florida and that's why a lot of the crazy stories come from there...BTW, California has elected Jerry Brown as governor three times...At least Brown is intelligent and thoughtful unlike Ahnold...He also porked Linda Ronstadt...

[Trikywu]

Whether or not Florida is a better place to live than California is all relative to the person who lives in either place. I, for one, hate Florida, because the heat is horrible, the humidity is thick and my relatives live there. Meanwhile, I live in California, where the drivers suck, the entertainment industry will dick you around even if you're just a lowly assistant and LA Power and Electric know nothing about keeping traffic lights on. But the weather is gorgeous.

Personally, I love New York.

[metal2000]

If California was a swing state, maybe they make the video about California.

But it's not.

They could easily make that about a bunch of states that end up with ridiculous news stories. But compared to the other swing states like Ohio and Pennsylvania, Florida has the most crazy stories in the news. So they're an easy target amongst that very specific "swing state" group.

(Also, you mentioned the 2 most well-known cities in Florida, and said that it's very nice except for those 2 cities. And then you made all your California assumptions based, from your examples, on 3 visits to the Greater Los Angeles area. Which is 1 city in a giant state.)

Frankly, I think both states are pretty insane. And that's coming from someone who lives in a city that is most years the murder capital of Canada AND has the coldest temperatures on the planet of any city over 500,000 people. So, you know, definitely not paradise here. Heh.

[winnie4theTOUchDowN]

[beewcar]

Coco is so orange!

[mueXog]

Just incase anyone missed this last night (sketch features James Adomian, Eddie Pepitone, and Sean Conroy)

[BillBrasky]

I was just about to post that, and mueXog beat me to it. MUEXOG!!!!!

But while I'm here, I've been wondering, did Scott Gairdner (aka Zoltar) direct this for the show recently? He's in it as Han Solo, and it has the same style as some of his other videos that he's done for Funny or Die. It's really well done:

[isoS]

Yeah Todd Levin posted that on Facebook and said he, Scott and Dan Cronin made it.

[Zoltar]

Well, since you brought it up... I am now writing and directing for the show! I also did this iPad sketch from a few weeks back. It's been a blast so far!

[Pimpbot]

I am sure this is a longshot but would love some new Juggalo News. Also, congrats!

[rew]

niiice. Tu 11/27: Mel Brooks, Kristen Schaal, Jon Dore

[metal2000]

Sucks that they ran out of time for Jon Dore. Those 3 together are a practically a comedy nerd's dream. (But it was still a great show without him, obviously, and now he'll get to bring up the quality of another episode in the near future.)

[AynBannd]

I was so excited for Jon Dore, sad that he got bumped. But Mel and Kristen were pretty funny.

[mueXog]

Dear Brian Stack, please find a way to work this character into as many sketches as possible.