Word: conan
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Blasphemy just ain't what it used to be. On television every week one WWF wrestler head-butts his opponents in the crotch and then makes the sign of the cross. "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" offers schtick featuring an actor dressed up as Jesus Christ. And the pint-sized, helium-voiced denizens of "South Park" frequently meet up with Christ himself, whether he be hosting a cable-access show or taking on the devil in a wrestling match. These days it seems that an artist/entertainer would have to go pretty far ("Piss Christ," anyone?) before...
...Conan's best friend at the show and it was impossible to be insulated. I felt everything Conan would feel. I was insulated compared to Conan, but he was such a good friend of mine that it was very hard to have to watch him deal with that stuff. It'll always be the thing I'm proudest of because it was such a bizarre challenge to succeed David Letterman, maybe the funniest ever to do that kind of work. But after a year and a half I just couldn't do the five-day-a-week grind...
...hate to call them gimmicks, but I'm like a comedy trick shot artist. I do the real audio, and the thing I did on "Conan" with the lips, they're like funny visual gimmicks that kind of make it fun, it just keeps me interested. I was really getting fried on sketch comedy when Conan came along, and the idea of doing sketches that way was just such a pleasant diversion. That's like a vaudeville bit, that Bill Clinton thing that I do. But I like playing with silly visual tricks, and this is just one more where...
...pretty great that you still get to hop over to "Conan" and "Saturday Night Live...
...best. It's great. Ever since I left "Saturday Night Live" I've had this strange career where I bounce around between those two late-night shows. I'm the only person who gets to do that. And even when I was doing "Conan" I would occasionally have a sketch idea for "Saturday Night Live," and I had just built up enough credibility at that show that they were happy for me to submit stuff. And then when I left Conan I had a beautiful two-year period where I just had so much time with my wife...