He went on to reflect on how he’s done over “4,000 hours of television.” “Every night, I always said, ‘Tonight we have a really great show’ and I have to tell you I was often lying.
During their sit-down, O’Brien asks Homer what his favorite moment from the show was, to which Homer pinpointed a moment that an actor gave a “mildly interesting anecdote” from the set of a movie that made Andy Richter fall asleep.
While onstage, O’Brien thanked The Simpsons team — O’Brien was a writer for the long-running Fox series — for their “amazing cold opening.” “I started working with them 31 years ago.
During his final week of shows at TBS, O’Brien has welcomed guests Seth Rogen — the pair smoked a joint onstage — Bill Hader and Paul Rudd, who continued to carry out a long-running Mac and Me gag.
I wish I could talk about it but you know how those things go,” Ferrell explained to O’Brien as to why he couldn’t attend the final show in person, only to reveal, “It’s Batman.” Ferrell later told O’Brien that he wishes him the best as he ends “an incredible run.” “I’m truly excited to see what comes next,” Ferrell said.
It was the best way to enter the late-night television world and I will always feel a special connection with you and worship you,” Black told O’Brien.
Black and O’Brien also shared a story of how they had intended to air a musical number during Thursday’s episode where Black was set to “fake an injury” and be taken to the ambulance by paramedics.
O’Brien explained that when legends like Johnny Carson or David Letterman have gone off the show “everything is meticulous.” But Black’s injury “felt fitting” for Conan.
Also during the show, O’Brien remembered all the memorable guests that have joined Conan as he showed clips of comical past appearances and sketches from stars Steve Martin, Martin Short, Harrison Ford, J.J.
But every so often I like to try my hand at another career,” O’Brien said as he introduced another montage of moments he “hit it out of the park” including the time he acted as a Mary Kay beauty consultant, commercial actor and attended a dance rehearsal.
He also paid tribute to Richter: “In another era, a sidekick was someone who sat next to the host and laughed along and just sort of supported them…They all had their special skills.
Before Conan, O’Brien was the host of Late Night with Conan O’Brien — succeeding David Letterman — from January 1993 to February 2009.
He said, ‘I think that guy’ and NBC said, ‘The writer with the weird hair?’… Lorne put his credibility on the line,” O’Brien said.
But God I will tell you that it is something that I believe religiously, when smart and stupid come together it’s very difficult, but if you could make it happen, I think it’s the most beautiful thing in the world.
Thanks for always being the funniest person in the room, but more importantly, being kind,” she wrote before quipping, “Also congrats to me; I look fucking great in this photo.” Vanessa Bayer also took to her Instagram to share a throwback image with O’Brien writing, “Congrats @teamcoco from your former intern.
Meanwhile, John Krasinski, who was also a former Conan intern, wrote: “As is evident from the grainy image, the year…was 1973.
A myriad of stars also expressed their well wishes to O’Brien on social media including Josh Gad, Bob Saget, TBS Full Frontal host Samantha Bee and Lauren Lapkus who wrote, “As a kid, I loved staying up late to watch Late Night with Conan O’Brien, and I always dreamed of getting to be on the show.
Following Conan‘s end, O’Brien will continue making Conan Without Borders specials for TBS and host and produce a weekly variety show on HBO Max.