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There's a lot of talk these days about who will take over Late Night when Conan O'Brien is appointed to the Supreme Court in 2009. Has anyone suggested Michael Showalter yet? If not, I call dibs on suggesting it. Anyway, here's the latest episode of The Michael Showalter Showalter:
As far as redheaded talk-show hosts go, there's really no topping Conan O'Brien. At least as long as Tilda Swinton stays out of the late night game, and even then it'd be close. Today Conan turns 45, so let's celebrate his life with this video retrospective of the epic O'Brien/Colbert/Stewart feud:
Hosted by Jon Stewart, this star packed special will be televised LIVE
from The Beacon Theatre in New York City on Sunday, April 13th, 8:00PM
EST. Scheduled to appear are Matthew Broderick, Stephen Colbert, Tina
Fey, Jonah Hill, Conan O'Brien, Adam Sandler, Sarah Silverman, Jon
Stewart, Maroon 5, Triumph the Insult Comic Dog AND MORE!
Scheduled To Appear:
Fred Armisan
Will Arnett
Matthew Broderick
Tom Brokaw
Steve Carell
Stephen Colbert
Susie Essman
Will Ferrell
Tina Fey
Will Forte
Kelsey Grammer
Jonah Hill
Kevin James
Maroon 5
Conan O'Brien
Rosie O'Donnell
Amy Poehler
Chris Rock
Roots
Adam Sandler
Sarah Silverman
Ben Stiller
Triumph
And don't forget to check out CC Insider during the show. We'll be liveblogging the whole big hootenanny!
You can also catch the liveblog on your mobile phone at m.cclol.com.
Comedian Matt Ruby, the fine gentleman who operates Sandpaper Suit, has done you a favor, and you didn't even have to ask. He combed through the video archives of The Charlie Rose Show and compiled almost every comedian interview from the show, spanning more than a decade. Four Jon Stewart interviews, a pre-Curb Larry David interview, Steve Martin in 96, 98 and 08, they're all right in one place along with a couple dozen other interviews with great comics. Like who? Like Stephen Colbert, seen here in December, 2006:
After the jump, check out the first Jon Stewart appearance on the show, from August, 2001.
If you're looking for a heartwarming story of embarrassing fandom gone horribly, horribly right, check out TV Squad blogger Annie Wu's account of her trip to Monday's Colbert Report taping:
"I blame the hours of extreme cold for causing my naturally Floridian
brain to short out and malfunction. My hand shot in the air and Colbert
politely gestured to me. 'Yes, young lady?' That's when the verbal
diarrhea started. I told him about my bad luck with the show and made
an incredibly stupid and self-indulgent request, asking Colbert to
dance, Strangers with Candy credits-style, with me.
Yes, I asked that. As soon as the words tumbled out of my mouth, I
thought, 'Well. That was remarkably dumb, Annie. What in the hell is
wrong with you?' I swear, I have absolutely no idea why I thought it
would be okay for me to make that request. What Colbert should have
done was tell me, "No. Go die in a fire" and then have several burly
guards promptly carry me away. But he didn't. Instead he (along with
all the audience members and horrified crew members) stared at me for a
moment and then asked the guy in the sound booth, 'Do we have anything?
Get me a dance mix.'"
Find out what happened in the full blow-by-blow here.
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