I am very happy to have Conan back on, and even more so that his show starts at 11. I can’t stand the local news, and although I love to read, most nights I like to go to sleep after a laugh. Our local Fox channel used to run Seinfeld at 11, but now they run the same local news at 4, 5, 6, 10 and 11PM. I really think that Jimmy Fallon and Jimmy Kimmel do a great job on late night TV. They are just on too late for me. Letterman is very good, but there’s a routine to his show that has started to turn me off. Leno can’t get cancelled fast enough for me. He’s no longer funny, and he has been exposed as such a phony that I can’t look at him. Anyway, I thought Conan’s last show on NBC was great. I had an idea that the new show should open with him and his band just finishing the Free Bird performance that closed out his Tonight Show run. (Sadly, no one asked for me ideas). I thought the opening segment was great, as was his stand up. The only disappointment were his boring guests. Perhaps Conan should do some shows without any guests? Use more of his short films, etc. I find Conan comes across as a regular guy, a modern day Ed Sullivan. Unlike Ed, O’Brien looks like he’s having a great time. I hope this works out well. If not, I’ll need to try and get to sleep earlier, which may be a good thing. What do you think?

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