@FightingTheOdds that's not quite how it happened. after he stepped down from the tonight show, he immediately came back with the Jay Leno show and it wasn't received very well. NBC then changed it from an hour to 30 minutes, and put it in Leno's old timeslot with the tonight show @ 1135 pushing the tonight show which Conan now hosted to 1205. between the poor performance of the jay leno show leading into the tonight show, and the push to a later time slot, conan decided to leave and jay reclaimed the tonight show. he's the fucking worst.
@@latinjeditrix Conan himself did say that he turned down the offer to do the 12:05 AM show because 'it's not the tonight show, it's the today show', but I always thought that he either quit by himself or he got fired.
Conan o Brien is a terrible interview. But he was better skit ideas like the gasoeous weeny and that long running walker Texas ranger joke. And the dirty dancing gag. Where Conan hyped up the fact that it was getting a release on vhs and then said it was terrible. Oh and triumph the insult comic dog. And the impressions. His humor did not appeal to middle American. Which was why Carson was king and lettermsn would have been a disaster
maybe i'm out of league but watching old Carson reels just doesn't do it for me. I guess those were different times. But Conan on the other hand definitely makes my #1 comic list.
That's very true. Before his "return," I always thought of him as a comedian for boomers-- like, someone I didn't personally think was funny but realized that my parents' generation probably enjoyed. Now I just think of him as that gremlin-faced rat bastard that fucked over Conan.
I've actually met Leno twice in my life, nothing major just in passing. I actually grew up in Burbank and he does a bunch of cool stuff for the community (park openings, donates classic cars for charity raffles and such). That being said, Conan in my opinion Is way more entertaining and fun to watch.
The beginning of this video is absolute proof that Conan's humor is more self deprecating, he can joke about himself while joking about others without offending anyone. Leno on the other hand....
The thing about Conan to me that always stood out was (in my opinion) how awesome he was as a host. In terms of actual "stand up routines", I've always ranked Jay, Letterman and Conan around the same. But Conan is head and shoulders a superior talk shot host to either.
***** I don't really care much for Fallon's acting or "stand up" comedy, but he's a pretty good talk show host. Probably better than Leno and Letterman.
bob dingle A few years ago Conan was given the Late Show (which Leno had for close to 20 years). Leno was given a new show that started before the Late Show. The show Leno was given was getting terrible ratings and they didn't give Conan enough time to let the people warm up to him (it was less than a year I think). Leno claims that NBC said they were going to move Conan to get Leno back into his old show because Leno was a proven ratings draw. Most everyone else recognized that Leno loved his old late show spot and would most likely fight to take it back if an offer was given. So it's commonly accepted that Leno jumped at the chance to get his show back at the cost of Conan's NBC career. I believe it's still not known if Leno was the one to actually insist on taking his show back or if it was NBC. In either case, Leno took the show back. Conan was on contract and they breached it by moving him from the show, so he took a pile of money (instead of moving to his old timeslot which was after the Late Show) and left NBC. A year later (something like that) Conan started a new show on another network (that didn't have any late shows). It turned out good for Conan but up until everything came together, it was a disaster.
Jay is like, 'Welcome, Conan. Tell us your first bit." Conan rambles. "Tell us your second bit." Conan ranbles. 'Tell us your third bit.' Conan rambles. "Well, you just signed a contract?" Conan is like "Well, I ..." "Thanks for coming, Conan!"
"Conan blew it", some of you say? No he didn't. He's an acquired taste, he needs time to settle into a gig, NBC forgot that and pulled the plug way too early. His sense of self-deprecation, absurd and nonsense, his ability to save any joke by playing on the audience's reaction, the show's ridiculously random characters... All that just works. It really does. Also, Conan is funniest when things go wrong, which explains why his best Tonight Show episodes were the last. Fallon is not nearly as talented, but his sense of humour is much more "classic", making him the logical choice for The Tonight Show. He's not bad, but... It's just too topical, too celeb-oriented, too... controlled. "Let's make a parody of the Olympics or whatever, but with Will Ferrel, that'll be funny", and it often is, but it's also a bit stale. I guess his SNL days just stuck with him. The show lacks a robot on the toilet, a bigoted singer ghost, or a masturbating bear. The touch of absurd that is Conan's trademark. Leno was about as funny as a fire in an orphanage, but he attracted the "safe", older demographic. He couldn't save a bad joke, and his monologues were actually painful to watch sometimes, from all those half laughing, half awkward silence reactions which he just couldn't be bothered to do anything about. I'm sure he once was a really good comedian, but he had settled into this show like in a pair of old slippers, and it had become just that, boring, gray, but surprisingly comfortable. I'm glad he's gone, just wish Conan would have been given a chance. By now, he'd have the best ratings on TV.
conan does sketches that on paper might sound boring like an interview with the staff picking apples from a tree with mr t but it just works really well and its really funny
I’m pretty sure the general consensus is that Leno is an asshole not that he blew it, Conan just didn’t want to deal with all the bs and moved on with his life.
@@joeyjoejoejr.shabadoo6332 Wow man this comment you replied to is 5 years old and I just read the message you replied to and wanted to comment the same thing. So that means that in 5 years us two are the only people who thought about commending on this saying great analysis and we commented only 6 days apart.
NBC's loss. Conan is hilarious, genuine, and has a bunch of different stuff he does. Maybe it's because I didn't watch talk shows when I was a kid (31 now) but Letterman and Leno always seemed so...dull when I happened to watch them. The other hosts nowadays...Fallon, Kimmel, and Colbert all push their political agendas, and overall just seem really stuffy. Guess it's because Conan is a comedian, so he's more entertaining. The videos he does with all his staffers, traveling around the world, clueless gamer, etc adds so much more to his show than anything the other hosts are doing.
Leno is absolutely an awful interviewer. Notice how he just went through the motions barely reacting to anything Conan said, just pushing the interview forward.
Letterman was all "I wasn't even mad because it's not like they gave the show to me, and then took it away a week later.". Given that that's kinda what happened with Conan, except that Conan wasn't just offered the show, he *had* the show and then it got taken away from him, yea...
Come on guy, you know the job of a host is to make the guest speak and talk. When you have a host who is another talk show host and is on the same network as Conan, it is pointless for him to interrupt too much. It is called interviewing skills. Yes Jay Leno may not have been the best, but unlike other hosts who interrupt guests, I like to hear what the guest has to say, especially Conan.
Leno just did what the MSNBC guys told him to do, he didn't really do anything wrong, other than not refuse an offer that gave him a half hour show at 11:35 and moved the time slot of Conan's Tonight Show from 11:35 to 12:05 (he used to have a show at 12:35). Remember, Conan wasn't fired, he resigned because he didn't like the idea of the Tonight show starting a half hour later, that's what happened. I mean Jay Leno could've just as easily gone to a different network and start a competing late show in the same time slot or something, and taken someone else's job, but he wanted to stay on MSNBC for some reason. I don't like Jay Leno, I actually like Conan much more, I just don't understand why it was such a big deal.
@@ReddoFreddo because he said he was ready to move on but was more than happy to take the show back. Who does that? And he didn't need to necessarily take someone's job on another network. Letterman didn't.
very wrong on leno. Leno always had lil jokes that would make you smile. but nothing that would make people bust out laughing. Conan can do that. leno failed. leno failed the before he lost his show. and he failed again when he stole it back.
they seems to be nice good friends i dont care whats the story is i still like the golden age of talk shows where Dave, Jay, Conan are all still in the air
InGraphite Yeah he didnt like that too much, but I think thats how he is like, I dont see him getting too physical or touchy with people. I think he just prefers the handshake, but was told to do that whole "im your bro" thing
"It's called The Crab, Jay. It's an efficient way to run!" And from that day henceforth, all efficient people acquired the ability of super crab speed. Many thanks, dear Conan. You are a god among men.
Fun fact: This interview is the longest amount of time Jay Leno has ever let Conan be on the Tonight Show.
@FightingTheOdds that's not quite how it happened. after he stepped down from the tonight show, he immediately came back with the Jay Leno show and it wasn't received very well. NBC then changed it from an hour to 30 minutes, and put it in Leno's old timeslot with the tonight show @ 1135 pushing the tonight show which Conan now hosted to 1205. between the poor performance of the jay leno show leading into the tonight show, and the push to a later time slot, conan decided to leave and jay reclaimed the tonight show. he's the fucking worst.
ouch
joseph ballista the proposed changes to the lineup never happened. On the day Conan left, he was still at 11:35, with Leno at 10:00
@@latinjeditrix Conan himself did say that he turned down the offer to do the 12:05 AM show because 'it's not the tonight show, it's the today show', but I always thought that he either quit by himself or he got fired.
Oh, I'm so, so sorry for Conan, for trying to push out Leno ... and failing. In a moment, I'll stop crying...
Alternative title: Jay Leno awkwardly sits there while Conan O'Brien entertains the crowd for 8.5 minutes
true, i forgot he was there sometimes. Conan just shines wherever he is
Also known as "the Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien"
Conan is a goof ball. He's not that great really. That's why his ratings on the Tonight Show weren't as good.
Conan o Brien is a terrible interview. But he was better skit ideas like the gasoeous weeny and that long running walker Texas ranger joke. And the dirty dancing gag. Where Conan hyped up the fact that it was getting a release on vhs and then said it was terrible. Oh and triumph the insult comic dog. And the impressions. His humor did not appeal to middle American. Which was why Carson was king and lettermsn would have been a disaster
Well it is an interview. Generally how those work.
3:31 Conan hadn't prepared his body in various ways.
Jordan =
its a jordan shlansky reference
I got that reference, I am proud now
@@user-bm4di5ns4g ❤️❤️❤️GAWD I love the Internet.
as with all jay leno interviews, the best part of this interview was when Jay didn't say words.
unless you are of average intelligence.
Total bullshit. He did great with Obama, asks good questions leavened with humor. So much jealousy out there...
vernonclassic Yea, tried to find a tardis in england but couldn't so cliche beatles picture instead.
@@RollingOrmond yeah jay leno is ididot thx you said that
I like Conan he is very witty and silly, plus he's the best on TV since the Carson days
I agree 👍👍👍
maybe i'm out of league but watching old Carson reels just doesn't do it for me. I guess those were different times. But Conan on the other hand definitely makes my #1 comic list.
i agree too love coney, hes so damn talented... everyone should be jealous
Funny, Jay Lenos' legacy will now be betraying Conan O'Brien.
@Dimebag Darrell hell yeahh hahahaha
That's very true. Before his "return," I always thought of him as a comedian for boomers-- like, someone I didn't personally think was funny but realized that my parents' generation probably enjoyed. Now I just think of him as that gremlin-faced rat bastard that fucked over Conan.
I would like to see how this conversation would go today!
No Lie badly...
yup. btw, you bare a striking resemblance to Trevor Phillips.
I Am about the same
Probably awkward silence.
@@ricarleite why.
if you look closely at :53 you can see Leno stick a knife in Conan's back
I've actually met Leno twice in my life, nothing major just in passing. I actually grew up in Burbank and he does a bunch of cool stuff for the community (park openings, donates classic cars for charity raffles and such). That being said, Conan in my opinion Is way more entertaining and fun to watch.
I love when Conan slips those short one liners in.
"Most people don't know that, and don't seem to care" lol
Tonight Show with Jay Leno is rated 5.3 on IMDB
Tonight Show with Conan O'Brein is 8.3
And Conan only had the show for 6 months HA
+BURCHDOG : Only morons vote on imdb.
+leafyutube Only morons vote for Leno
+Evann Mendoza Leno is my dick
They were always on at Night and Leno always beat both Conan and Letterman.
But I loved Letterman the best.
Conan is genuine. Leno is not. Done.
Was this even an interview? Conan stole the show... i love him!
This is also when Conan stopped aging
He looks a lot better today, imo.
The beginning of this video is absolute proof that Conan's humor is more self deprecating, he can joke about himself while joking about others without offending anyone. Leno on the other hand....
Conan's hair is super terrific
its like watching Obi Wan and Anakin pre-episode IV or something, except in this case Obi Wan would be the fucking asshole.
cept an anakin with personality and wit
Conan and Leno were never friends at any point, Conan wasn’t a fan of his.
Wow she really laughs like that for real?!?!
DarkCreatorn well she reminds me exactly Janice in Friends
What the fuck are you talking about?
Siam Ahmed The chick Conan was interviewing in the beginning.
DarkCreatorn Fran Drescher! I doubt that anybody commenting here has ever met her. But apparently she does!
+atalay yirik that was exactly what I was thinking!
The thing about Conan to me that always stood out was (in my opinion) how awesome he was as a host. In terms of actual "stand up routines", I've always ranked Jay, Letterman and Conan around the same. But Conan is head and shoulders a superior talk shot host to either.
Where does Fallon come into that?
***** I don't really care much for Fallon's acting or "stand up" comedy, but he's a pretty good talk show host. Probably better than Leno and Letterman.
Since this conan has aged gracefully lol
VarietyMusicLover It's makeup.
Makeup and the blood of 1,000 sacrificial goats.
cuz he thrives on good vibes
0:52 "Et tu, Brute?"
God damn savage.
I love comedians when they have something to prove.. its such a good drive. New conan on tbs is gonna be awesome!
I feel like he'd really spread his wings in a radio format, but I'm willing to feel him out on this new TBS slot.
They’re so good together, brilliant chemistry. Gonna have a big future.
TEAM COCO!!
Did Conan take the knife out of his back after Leno stab... I mean, hugged him?
Strikerage I'm confused about this, how did Leno back stab him?
bob dingle A few years ago Conan was given the Late Show (which Leno had for close to 20 years). Leno was given a new show that started before the Late Show. The show Leno was given was getting terrible ratings and they didn't give Conan enough time to let the people warm up to him (it was less than a year I think).
Leno claims that NBC said they were going to move Conan to get Leno back into his old show because Leno was a proven ratings draw. Most everyone else recognized that Leno loved his old late show spot and would most likely fight to take it back if an offer was given. So it's commonly accepted that Leno jumped at the chance to get his show back at the cost of Conan's NBC career. I believe it's still not known if Leno was the one to actually insist on taking his show back or if it was NBC. In either case, Leno took the show back.
Conan was on contract and they breached it by moving him from the show, so he took a pile of money (instead of moving to his old timeslot which was after the Late Show) and left NBC. A year later (something like that) Conan started a new show on another network (that didn't have any late shows). It turned out good for Conan but up until everything came together, it was a disaster.
***** I Thought it was the Tonight Show
It could have been, I normally refer to the shows by the host's name. So I'm unfamiliar with whatever the specific name is for each show.
***** It was much more NBC that stabbed Conan in the back than Jay.
There is a reason why the early seasons of the Simpsons is 2nd to none....That show was hilarious when Conan was one of the writers.
Conan is one of the few who has a genuine gift of gap, where everything he says is so damn interesting. He leaves no room for boredom.
Jay is like, 'Welcome, Conan. Tell us your first bit." Conan rambles. "Tell us your second bit." Conan ranbles. 'Tell us your third bit.' Conan rambles. "Well, you just signed a contract?" Conan is like "Well, I ..." "Thanks for coming, Conan!"
"Jay Leno interviews Conan O`Brien". Jay doesn`t do much interviewing. But with Conan you don`t really have to. Team Coco forever!
Conan's very much like the late Robin Williams in that way.
Frans dress is amazing id totally wear that today!
"Conan blew it", some of you say? No he didn't. He's an acquired taste, he needs time to settle into a gig, NBC forgot that and pulled the plug way too early. His sense of self-deprecation, absurd and nonsense, his ability to save any joke by playing on the audience's reaction, the show's ridiculously random characters... All that just works. It really does. Also, Conan is funniest when things go wrong, which explains why his best Tonight Show episodes were the last.
Fallon is not nearly as talented, but his sense of humour is much more "classic", making him the logical choice for The Tonight Show. He's not bad, but... It's just too topical, too celeb-oriented, too... controlled. "Let's make a parody of the Olympics or whatever, but with Will Ferrel, that'll be funny", and it often is, but it's also a bit stale. I guess his SNL days just stuck with him. The show lacks a robot on the toilet, a bigoted singer ghost, or a masturbating bear. The touch of absurd that is Conan's trademark.
Leno was about as funny as a fire in an orphanage, but he attracted the "safe", older demographic. He couldn't save a bad joke, and his monologues were actually painful to watch sometimes, from all those half laughing, half awkward silence reactions which he just couldn't be bothered to do anything about. I'm sure he once was a really good comedian, but he had settled into this show like in a pair of old slippers, and it had become just that, boring, gray, but surprisingly comfortable. I'm glad he's gone, just wish Conan would have been given a chance. By now, he'd have the best ratings on TV.
conan does sketches that on paper might sound boring like an interview with the staff picking apples from a tree with mr t but it just works really well and its really funny
I’m pretty sure the general consensus is that Leno is an asshole not that he blew it, Conan just didn’t want to deal with all the bs and moved on with his life.
Inappropriate! ;)
Outstanding analysis
@@joeyjoejoejr.shabadoo6332 Wow man this comment you replied to is 5 years old and I just read the message you replied to and wanted to comment the same thing. So that means that in 5 years us two are the only people who thought about commending on this saying great analysis and we commented only 6 days apart.
NBC's loss. Conan is hilarious, genuine, and has a bunch of different stuff he does. Maybe it's because I didn't watch talk shows when I was a kid (31 now) but Letterman and Leno always seemed so...dull when I happened to watch them. The other hosts nowadays...Fallon, Kimmel, and Colbert all push their political agendas, and overall just seem really stuffy. Guess it's because Conan is a comedian, so he's more entertaining. The videos he does with all his staffers, traveling around the world, clueless gamer, etc adds so much more to his show than anything the other hosts are doing.
Did Jay even ask him a single question? Seems like Conan was telling stories non-stop.
conan wins like easy as hell
This is kind of a paradox.
Wow. Conan has aged REALLY well. He's actually a bit fat here, and these days he looks pretty lean. Good for him.
I didn't notice it, all I noticed is his hair is different. I always see him with that fiery red hair and his hair looks brownish here.
I remember watching Conan back in 96-95! Loved Conan then!!...”in the year 2000... in the year 2 thousannnnddd!”
Leno is absolutely an awful interviewer. Notice how he just went through the motions barely reacting to anything Conan said, just pushing the interview forward.
Jay just sees a threat
I love Conan and what's happened to him lately has been terrible with the tonight show. It sucks.
Love you Conan!
Conan TRUELY took over this interview. GO TEAM COCO!
Conan is the best!
Conan is the best talks how host
I don't know why but Conan has always reminded me of SpongeBob Square Pants.
High voice maybe?
Conan got it right with Howdy Doody...
The first time I saw Andy I legitimately thought he reminded me of Patrick Star. And Jordan Schlansky is probably squidward.
Funiest Leno show ever... Thank you Conan
Man I remember watching this episode. Wow time flies.
Conan rules
You can tell these guys are gonna be friends forever...
I love Conan man he's so funny and I love Andy ricter also
It's kind of sad to see this knowing how it ended up between these two.
THEDARKKNIGHT1939 What did happen ???
Let's just say they're not friends. Look up the 2010 Late Night Conflict.
I did. Boy that was some stuff that went down.
Letterman was all "I wasn't even mad because it's not like they gave the show to me, and then took it away a week later.". Given that that's kinda what happened with Conan, except that Conan wasn't just offered the show, he *had* the show and then it got taken away from him, yea...
I think in modern times Conans the best late night talk show host out there.
He has always been the funniest.
conan does all the talking lol
+southweststrangla420 Isn't that the point of a talk show? The guest is the one who talks most?
Come on guy, you know the job of a host is to make the guest speak and talk. When you have a host who is another talk show host and is on the same network as Conan, it is pointless for him to interrupt too much. It is called interviewing skills. Yes Jay Leno may not have been the best, but unlike other hosts who interrupt guests, I like to hear what the guest has to say, especially Conan.
The start to a long friendship.
Very neat to see. Conan seems like he is still trying to get comfortable in his own skin on camera. Best talk show host ever.
conan carried the interview
Conan is more intelligent, creative and funny than Leno, but Leno knew how to fight dirty...talent lost out to underhandedness once again.
Conan would beat Jay's ass in a street fight or intellectual one
And Jay is still better than Jimmy Fallon.
American dream that's what it is underhanded tactics and America go hand to hand.
Leno just did what the MSNBC guys told him to do, he didn't really do anything wrong, other than not refuse an offer that gave him a half hour show at 11:35 and moved the time slot of Conan's Tonight Show from 11:35 to 12:05 (he used to have a show at 12:35).
Remember, Conan wasn't fired, he resigned because he didn't like the idea of the Tonight show starting a half hour later, that's what happened.
I mean Jay Leno could've just as easily gone to a different network and start a competing late show in the same time slot or something, and taken someone else's job, but he wanted to stay on MSNBC for some reason.
I don't like Jay Leno, I actually like Conan much more, I just don't understand why it was such a big deal.
@@ReddoFreddo because he said he was ready to move on but was more than happy to take the show back. Who does that?
And he didn't need to necessarily take someone's job on another network. Letterman didn't.
conan was always great
Conan rocks damn Jay Leno
Conan is still king.
Leno and O'Brien are both funny in their own ways
very wrong on leno. Leno always had lil jokes that would make you smile. but nothing that would make people bust out laughing. Conan can do that. leno failed. leno failed the before he lost his show. and he failed again when he stole it back.
Tim O'Brien thats your opinion
Lukas Trimble.
lol
Tim O'Brien I don't fail. There was never anything to fail at.
watch 0:52 conan's face when Leno hugs him.
0:51
That hug and handshake was Conan's agreement to selling his job to Leno.
I can't believe how well they are getting along.
Conan always maintains wit and intellect with Jay who never seems to return the favor...
Both Jay and Conan's heads have expanded considerably in the last twenty years.
Conan brilliant
dude conan o brien is THE BEST
Oh Conan so handsome!
they seems to be nice good friends i dont care whats the story is i still like the golden age of talk shows where Dave, Jay, Conan are all still in the air
Conan is the best.
Ohh...90's humor. It's like watching the behind the scenes of ALL dad jokes.
Woman in Conan's show sounds like Maggie Wheeler from Friends.
Conan is the man
It's great to hear the old conan late night theme
At the end Jay says CONAN. VERY FUNNY. like his new show)
Oh Conan. How I love thee...
before conan had a hatred to jay
and when jay was always a greedy dick
that wouldn't be a when.
Looking at Conan's body language (when they hug after coming onstage for instance) it seems he didn't like him then either.
InGraphite Yeah he didnt like that too much, but I think thats how he is like, I dont see him getting too physical or touchy with people. I think he just prefers the handshake, but was told to do that whole "im your bro" thing
so conan never liked jay
Run Conan, run!
"A nutty guy, a whacky guy" is a way to hit him and already talk down to him before he even comes out. That's not a compliment.
Leno rules!!!
the way we were
Conan's 1st interview with Jackie Chan is among the most epic.
Young Conan!
0:50 The most forced hug in the history of humanity
conan owns this interview
That's why this was the funiest Leno show...
yeah Conan dominated the interview!
wow, the theme song for conan's late night show was epic.
I like young conan
i miss the 90s
please welcome conan o"brien
Leno was great back then, and they were both in the right slots.
And now Conan rules the world🙃
idc that dennis rodman jokes hilarious
Love conan
they are all talented but my fave is the one who makes me laugh the most ------ David Letterman.
They are BFFs!
OH MY GAWD that gal conan interviewed in the beginning sounded like jannette from friends lol
That's Fran Drescher, quite a big sitcom star in the 90s herself.
Dude. Jay Leno's hair in this video is the definition of Elysian.
Conan>>
i remember that old set on conan.. wow im old
"It's called The Crab, Jay. It's an efficient way to run!"
And from that day henceforth, all efficient people acquired the ability of super crab speed. Many thanks, dear Conan. You are a god among men.