Conan O'Brien: Jay Leno and NBC Jokes (Video)

Following Jay Leno's lead, Conan O'Brien addressed the late night drama at NBC.

He began Friday's show doing his signature move, the String Dance. Recently, O'Brien had abandoned the move. I'm guessing NBC execs encouraged him to stop the goofy act even though it appealed to many of his fans from Late Night. I think his decision to resurrect it may have been a bit of defiance. Who knows?

To the jokes about the NBC mess--

Transcript

CONAN O'BRIEN: We've got a great show for you tonight. I have no idea what time it will air, but it's gonna be a great show. I promise you that...

I'm sure you've all heard the rumors, ladies and gentleman. NBC has finally come up with an exciting new idea. They want me to follow Jay Leno.

ANDY RICHTER: Wow! WOW! I gotta sit down.

O'BRIEN: Yeah, they've been working on this. You gonna be all right?

RICHTER: Oh, they've got to rewrite the history books on that one.

O'BRIEN: No, I had a really weird day. When I got to work this morning, there was a 1923 Duesenberg parked in my spot.

...

O'BRIEN: I do have to let you know that, ladies and gentlemen, I've been advised until this whole thing is sorted out NBC lawyers have asked me to refer to this program as The Sometime at Night Show with Some White Guy. So, enjoy!

Also, O'Brien gave a list of rumors circulating about the turmoil at NBC.

CONAN O'BRIEN: Now, ladies and gentlemen, I do want to address something that involves this program, because it's been written about a lot today and yesterday. A lot of rumors swirling around about The Tonight Show, The Jay Leno Show, and the rest of NBC's late night lineup. And there's a lot of speculation out there, and I just wanted to go over just some of the rumors that have been flying around. Just check these out:

* The Jay Leno show is going to be canceled.

* Jay is moving back to 11:30 and I'm moving to midnight.

* Both of our shows will be on at 11:30 running simultaneously in split screen.

* The Tonight Show will be an iPhone app and the Jay Leno show will become an Xbox game.

* Jay and I are quitting both of our shows and co-starring in a new buddy cop drama called "Coco and The Chin."

* Jay and I will be joining the cast of "Jersey Shore" as a new character called 'The Awkward Situation.'

* I'm pregnant with Jay's baby.

* Jay's pregnant with my baby.

* We're both pregnant with Tiger Woods' babies.

* NBC is going to throw me and Jay in a pit with sharpened sticks. The one who crawls out alive gets to leave to NBC.

Funny.

Video.



At the opening of his monologue on Friday, Jimmy Fallon briefly touched on the matter.

JIMMY FALLON: Is anyone here flying this weekend? There are so many delays at the airport. My flight was bumped from 12:35 AM to 1:05 AM. Still gonna fly. Just a little bit later, that's all.