How to Survive a Writers Strike 

You missed out one factor , for modern times , in 2008 youtube was not big as it is now.

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A great man for sure.

I agree.

The day he dies will be a dark day for America.

Same thing happened when he got fired from The Tonight Show; idk if he paid his staff “salaries,” but as I understand it, he was very generous to his staff.

iirc he also paid his staff during covid lockdowns

100%

Seth Meyers can certainly give Conan a run for his money

Of course, his agent forced NBC to retire Leno so that Conan could take over the Tonight Show. Funny how no one blames Conan for that. And Conan bumped George Lopez into a later time slot that eventually caused his show to be canceled, but no one blames Conan for that. I like Conan, but he isn't the nice guy or the victim he wants you to believe he was.

@@rager1969 Not true whatsoever, George completely offered his slot to Conan, and he started bitching and moaning when his own show started to fail because of it

​@@rager1969 Lopez Tonight was dreadful. Any network/station in their right mind would have chosen Conan.

Conan roaming around NYC is just fantastic television.

Can't forget the wedding ring 😂😂

Haha, he's so funny.

I STILL go back to watch a montage of Conan spinning his wedding ring to waste time... It was perfect 😂❤

Nice

And if I recall correctly, Conan kept paying the writing staff during the strike. Being a writer himself, he always values and does his best for the writing staff underneath him.

Did you watch the show every night then? And what time was it on? I love Conan, but I am not from America. I hope we get to enjoy him many more years - now next big thing probably is his "Conan Must Go" show!

It's hard to explain to someone who wasn't there for it how important those shows were at the time, and how we're still feeling their cultural impact today.

I still nerd out about it. Three of the best intellectually comedic television hosts willing (and excited) to perform physical gags and schtick just for our entertainment! Gotta love it!

He’s my personal favorite but definitely top 3-5 of all time. Up there with Letterman and Carson, imo.

He is my personal favorite, i dont like the fallon or kimmel at all.

Conan & Letterman when he was in the mood & could be bothered...

I really like Craig Ferguson. Never got too much into American Late night though

I wanna say that I like Seth better... But I still like Conan's podcast slightly more than Seth's current overall show (Nothing, and I mean NOTHING, beats Corrections in MY opinion)

Imagine if that show died in 2007.

@@rhandhom1 The world would be abm better place

I think that's spot on.

Conan is that to the not insufferable millennial that realized how annoying and unfunny their generation was with their trying to be different, pick me, look at me “style” Conan isnt for a millennial audience, and millennials certainly never loved him. His show was cancelled immediately, your demographic was entirely uninterested and didn’t care. Conan was there for the 1% of normal people in our demographic to say “hey, there’s still normal people just trying to make something entertaining if anyone’s still into that” Most millennials aren’t die hard Conan fans like boomers were in love with Carson or Gen X to Letterman. Most millenials are insufferable adult children who trade the entirety of their character and sanity to act like their favorite quirky indie movie characters 24/7, lashing out at anyone who points how difficult this makes life for everyone else. Conan didn’t make art for those people. He certainly didn’t aim to entertain them. It’s funny how common it is for a millennial to say “oh that’s totally me” the second something gets praise for not being like everything else. Too bad. You guys are the reason his show was cancelled. You didn’t care about him then, he got big and famous and all the sudden Conan is the millennial show. Whatever. The reason this stuff is funny and succeeds is because people like you guys don’t go anywhere near it. The second you touch something, whatever was cool immediately dies and becomes lame as shit

Conan seems like the most down to earth. Fallon seems like the most chill on the surface but if you watch their bits where they handle animals Conan is the only one who is like totally down to cuddle with a tiny bear or hold a snake. The other guys all act scared like it's funny to be scared of animals. Fallon is talented musically and Kimmel's Halloween candy bits are great though

Conan started his late night career in 1993. I was 23 (Gen Xer). He is as important to me, as Letterman. Most Millennials probably didn’t even start watching Conan until the late 90s. He as much ours, as he is yours.

@@colonialstraits1069 I agree. I don’t think Conan is a Gen Z staple.

Totally. Late Night with Conan was pure insanity at times and I loved it.

Yes! I completely agree with you on both counts. I'd love to see Joshua Jackson on Grey's, but as soon as they said he rerouted to Fringe, I was like, "OhThankHeavens!"

I like to think that when he brought that expert on he knew that there was no way he wouldn't beat his record so he had the whole shebang ready to go.

I mean it's hard NOT to be in the top 5 when there has been like 6 of them in the entire history of TV...

Hey Brian, Conan here Thank you so much for being a fan!

@@michaelst.michaels1490 ???

​@@exigency2231 Yes, this is conan. I am traveling in Tehran for my latest show Conan the Blasphemer coming to Paramount+. However now I am caught by the Revolutionary Guard for being an American. They said they would behead me live on Twitch unless I can pay them 5,000 dollars. My assets are currently frozen. Please send me your credit card details so that I can be released and I will let you guest feature on the next episode in Mogadishu. Please and thank you.

@@majectic-berry 6? There's been more than 6 hosts that have done just The Tonight Show.

Conan described it recently (an episode of his podcast after he guzzled hot pepper sauce for a spontaneous bit on Hot Ones. If it could get a laugh he gets carried away sometimes. He actually is afraid and was nearly severely hurt by a water buffalo once on his show. But… his need for a laugh just makes him go there again and again.

Hell yea

@@forceghostburtreynolds7597 you is duuuuuumb. Yeah Conan travelling to Norway for the sole purpose of meeting their female Prime Minister because she looks like him is exactly the same as Jimmy Fallon awkwardly laughing at every third sentence he hears.

@@LlyodLlwelleyn "you is dumb" - unlike you, I can speak English

One of my favorite entertainers of all time in any medium.

@@LlyodLlwelleynhuh?

Monorail!!!!!!

Late Night w/ Conan was actually a huge inspiration for Eric Andre. Without Late Night, the Eric Andre show would probably not exist.

and Space Ghost Coast to Coast @@DanielThureskog

Fortunately Dave owned the the production company. When the Union told him what they wanted he signed off on everything & they got back to work.

I also love that there's practically no footage of Jay's Tonight Show available during the Strike. No one bothered to keep a recording. 😆

It ruins so many shows. You would think three months, what's the big deal, but it was a big deal.

Still going strong AFAIK

Oh interesting! I never saw that movie. I fell off those guys after Beer Fest.

@@EntertainTheElk I did after this movie. Super Troopers 2 was okay

Far fewer good shows. They are getting cancled so rapidly because they are prioritizing left wing politics over creating entertainment. Its fine to have a message in your program, but the message can`t be at the expense of, or in place of entertainment. The best shows made you think, they didn`t tell you what to think.

​@@TJ-bu9zk what crazy nonsense are you spewing? Shows are not getting cancelled because of left-wing politics. It's always about the ratings, because it's always about the money.

@@beejlsand audience rating are terrible... you know why?

@@TJ-bu9zk which TV shows are losing ratings? You're the kind of person who doesn't have real data, you just have your opinion.

@@beejls thats rather rude. You insult me, then accuse me of not having an answer to the question you hadnt asked yet.

I kinda liked it. Did the 2007 Writers' Strike also kill the only other ABC Comedy I remember from that time, Better Off Ted?

Except Seth Meyers is trash, LoL

Glad you liked the video. I never finished Eastbound. But I love love love Vice Principals and Righteous Gemstones.

Like being Conan's food tester

Pushing Daisies hurt. No resolution!

The question is, any shows at moment that you think will be missed if ended up getting cancelled due to the strike?

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