[sometimes I'm a dreamer and sometimes my cat sits on my head friendly side first. 
song performed: “Right Hand on My Heart” from the album Mission Control
conan’s reaction: “that was great, thank you so much *shakes parker hand* that was great! thanks for doing it *shakes tim hand* killer drumming that was great. the whigs everybody. alright we’ll take a break, we’ll be right back, stick around.”
song performed: “While My Guitar Gently Weeps” from the album Gently Weeps
conan’s reaction: “wow! man! thank you so much *hugs jake* that was unbelievable. unbelievable. *shakes jake hand and points at him five times like he pwns* we’ve been doing the show a long time ladies and gentlemen. that is one of my favorite things I’ve seen over the years, jake shimabukuro. we’ll take a break, we’ll be right back *shakes jake hand*”
after the break
“*seated with jake to his right and bill hader to jake’s right* alright everybody, ah. that is our show. *emotional* we’ve been doing this show a long time, that is one of my favorite performances of the show ever. *points thumb at Jake* thank you so much for doing it. jake shimabukur. gently weeps *holds up cd* don’t be a fool, buy this. …”
song performed: “Honey Suckle Honey Pie” from the album Honey Songs
conan’s reaction: “ha! hey! thank you so much *shakes al hand* thank you so much *shakes james hand* hey wow! hey, thank you so much *shakes jim hand* jim lauderdale everybody. that was fantastic. we’ll take a break, we’ll be right back, stick around. *shakes jim and james hand again*” Read the rest of this entry »
song performed: “2080” from the album All Hour Cymbals
conan’s reaction: “hey, liked that *shakes bass hand* hey, nice job *shakes anand hand* that was fantastic *shakes guitar hand* that’s my favorite song in a long time. yeasayer everybody, we’ll take a break, we’ll be right back. *fade off* that’s great. *pats anand’s back*” Read the rest of this entry »
song performed: “Always Where I Need To Be” from the album Konk
conan’s reaction: *pending* Read the rest of this entry »
song performed: “Your Love Is A Lie” from their self-titled album
conan’s reaction: “great! hey, great job *shakes guitar 2 hand* good to see you again that was great *shakes vocal hand* *shakes bass hand* very, very, very nice *shakes guitar 1 hand* simple plan everybody, we’ll take a break, we’ll be right back.” Read the rest of this entry »
song performed: “No One’s Gonna Love You” from the album Cease to Begin
conan’s reaction: “*shakes guitar 3 hand* that was great. *shakes bass hand* thanks for doing it. (thanks conan) *shakes ben hand* sure. and here it is *hold up CD (missing during intro)* heh heh. band of horses. thank you so much for doing it, you guys were great. we’ll take a break, we’ll be right back, stick around.” Read the rest of this entry »
song peformed: “I Don’t Care Who Knows” from the album Sentimental Streak
conan’s reaction: “Yeah! Alright! Yeah! *shakes Catherine hand* That is how it’s done. Thank you so much. Thank you! Catherine Russell everybody, we’ll take a break, we’ll be right back stick around *claps twice, taps Catherine on the should and they chat*”
Tonight featured a version of George Michael’s “Faith” played by Conan O’Brien and sung by Susan Santmauro, Conan’s colleague who sits in the upper booth pushing buttons and timing Conan’s ring bit. Oh, you haven’t seen the ring bit? Well let me under exp-p-p-lain.
conan. ring. spin. time. spin on desk. 41 seconds record. numerous attempts during writers strike to fill time.
Now check this clip out from last Friday…
coolio no?
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it was like drinking tussin’. I could not - despite valiant effort - stay awake to finish this flick. I think because it was crushing my childhood a bit.
