Friday was the last Late Show before Christmas so it was the annual Christmas show.
First off, the greatest story of all-time: Jay Thomas' "Lone Ranger" story followed by the football/meatball challenge. Well, one snag this year: Jay Thomas is currently recovering from an injury and couldn't do it. So John McEnroe (with some help from the cue cards) steps in for him.
For the Quarterback Meatball Challenge, John hit tennis balls at the top of the tree but was unable to hit it.
And, of course, Darlene Love performs "Christmas Baby (Please Come Home)".
One bonus this year: celebrities opening up disappointing gifts:
Merry Christmas.
Saturday, December 21, 2013
Thursday, December 19, 2013
Conan Visits a Doll Store
Conan visits the "American Girl" store and the result is hilarity. He even develops his own "play pattern".
Monday, December 16, 2013
Conan Goes for a Ride
Conan, Ice Cube and Kevin Hart go for a ride in a car. I don't know why - I think it's a commercial for the app they use - but it's good.
Saturday, December 7, 2013
IMDB 250 - Incendies (2010)
Incendies (2010)
"Incendies" is a Canadian film, filmed in the French language and set in Lebanon. As it begins, two twins are reading the will of their recently deceased mother. In the will she requests that they find their father and brother, both of whom they have never met. In order to track them down, they have to piece together the pieces of their mother's life which we experience in flashbacks.
If there was ever going to be a first scene that hooks me in, it would be this movie's. The film starts with basically a music video for the Radiohead song "You and Whose Army". I'm in. And then later on in the film, the song "Like Spinning Plates" makes an appearance.
Soundtrack aside, "Incendies" is a pretty powerful film with an extremely clever story. One scene in particular I found to be extremely powerful and the ending is quite a twist. It reminds of a modern day "Dr. Zhivago" in the way it cuts to the past to reconstruct a person's life, shows the devastating effects that world events have on the lives of average people and the fact that the ending delivers such an emotional punch.
8/10.
Total "Top 250" Movies Seen: 374.
"Incendies" is a Canadian film, filmed in the French language and set in Lebanon. As it begins, two twins are reading the will of their recently deceased mother. In the will she requests that they find their father and brother, both of whom they have never met. In order to track them down, they have to piece together the pieces of their mother's life which we experience in flashbacks.
If there was ever going to be a first scene that hooks me in, it would be this movie's. The film starts with basically a music video for the Radiohead song "You and Whose Army". I'm in. And then later on in the film, the song "Like Spinning Plates" makes an appearance.
Soundtrack aside, "Incendies" is a pretty powerful film with an extremely clever story. One scene in particular I found to be extremely powerful and the ending is quite a twist. It reminds of a modern day "Dr. Zhivago" in the way it cuts to the past to reconstruct a person's life, shows the devastating effects that world events have on the lives of average people and the fact that the ending delivers such an emotional punch.
8/10.
Total "Top 250" Movies Seen: 374.
Thursday, December 5, 2013
Conan Auditions for Commercials
Conan goes to a Commercial Acting School and tries his hand at making commercials. He's like a cat that's ready to pounce and he uses his turn signals to avoid an accident.
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