Line #30 YMMV/Conan


1	!!The TV series:
2	* AccidentalInnuendo: A classic blooper occurred in the interview with Julianne Hough. She got to talking about wearing "Daisy Dukes" shorts for a movie. Tom Selleck, who was the first guest, asked her if the shorts were wet, as a BrickJoke to what he was talking about in the first segment. Of course, it goes without saying that asking if the shorts are wet can be taken more than one way, and Conan got up and walked around while the audience laughed.
3	** Another incident...
4	-->'''Steven Ho''': ''(to Conan)'' Now, you get on top of me.
5	* BrokenBase: Bearded Conan vs clean-shaven Conan seems to be becoming this, at least right after Creator/WillFerrell shaved him.
6	** Andy Richter. Some people think that you can't have Conan without Andy, whereas others wish Andy would leave the show.
7	* CrossesTheLineTwice:
8	** Film/TheHumanCentipede Menorah. Completely hilarious in an "I can't believe they actually went there" kind of way.
9	---> [[ImGoingToHellForThis "Yes, I'm going to Hell."]]
10	** One Fan Correction segment "reveals" that Abraham Lincoln actually survived his assassination attempt and continued watching the play, until...
11	---> '''Lincoln''': (bored) This is terrible. ''shoots himself in the head''
12	** JC Penney would like to apologize for its controversial [[http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2333503/J-C-Penney-removes-offending-Hitler-tea-kettle-billboard-complaints-products-likeness-dictator-viral.html "Hitler teakettle"]] and present [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j7Bylm2BeFM a few other products]] that are [[BlatantLies totally inoffensive and in no way suggestive of Nazism]].
13	** One joke about ''Series/TheCosbyShow'' turning retroactively uncomfortable after Creator/BillCosby's date rape scandal involved a clip where Bill was giving Phylicia Rashad a drink - after Conan finished the actual punchline he quickly quipped "don't drink that..."
14	** Wiki-Bear, whose schtick is answering questions, and then twist the subject to say something incredibly disturbing and doubling down from there.
15	* EnsembleDarkhorse:
16	** Conan's assistant Sona accumulated a fanbase after the "Conan in Armenia" episode. This was mentioned in [[https://youtu.be/U53j-fRNBRs this sketch.]]
17	** Marshawn Lynch has become rather popular in the "Clueless Gamer" segments, showing not just skill as a gamer but a gift for deadpan humor.
18	** Jordan Schlansky, an associate producer on the show (whose exact duties are never revealed). His [[TheComicallySerious unwavering attempts to maintain a stoic and dignified demeanor]] while Conan constantly tries to provoke him make him a comedy goldmine.
19	* EstrogenBrigade: The HCPN (Hot Coco Picture Night) Wenches. Go to the Team Coco Facebook page on a Sunday night to witness lots of R-rated drooling over photos of Conan.
20	* FanNickname: "Coco," bestowed by Tom Hanks on the second night of Conan's ''[[Series/TheTonightShow Tonight Show]]'', popularized by Bradley Cooper, and quickly adopted by the fans. Conan has reluctantly embraced it since, and Team Coco is now the name of the show's website and all of their various official social media accounts.
21	* FridgeBrilliance: Wiki-Bear's schtick is giving fun facts about any given subject, only to go off and mention a subject that's marginally connected to the previous subject and is very inappropriate and disturbing. Wikipedia is well-known for users of the site to end up reading about a subject completely unrelated to what they searched for by clicking on the links of the webpage and for how easy it is for young children on the internet to come across pages with NSFW subjects.
22	* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff:
23	** Conan earned a lot of popularity in Finland, mainly due to his resemblance to Finnish president Tarja Halonen (a fact that he [[LampshadeHanging pointed out]] a few times on ''Series/LateNight''). The show finally started airing in Finland as of mid-August 2011, to much rejoicing.
24	** Conan discovered he had a bit of a following in Korea and decided to visit after a fan sent him a box full of Korean snacks (all eaten by Sona, Conan's assistant, before Conan had a chance to get a taste). He received a rock star's welcome and needed police protection to avoid getting swarmed at the airport.
25	* HarsherInHindsight:
26	** In a December 2017 episode with Creator/JamesFranco and Ari Graynor promoting ''Film/TheDisasterArtist'', the former mentioned how inspired he was to make the film upon reading [[Literature/TheDisasterArtist the book version]], to which Conan jokes "You actually read a book? You're kicked out of Hollywood!" Less than two months later, Franco appears to be in his way to this due to exposure of his past sexual misconduct.
27	** Creator/JonCryer appeared on the show and cracked about how he had to watch "TMZ to see if I'll be going to work that day"., referring to the frequent troubles of his ''Series/TwoAndAHalfMen'' co-star Creator/CharlieSheen. Guess who was hospitalized merely a day later, stopping production on the show and kicking off a downward spiral that finally led to him being fired?
28	** For years, Conan joked about Creator/CaitlynJenner with two recurring themes: plastic surgeries and looking particularly feminine. Come 2015, and it turns out only one of those is supposed to be a joke.
29	** The sketches with Watson implying that he had an affair with Andy's wife can be looked at in a different light, since Andy and Sarah Thyre actually got divorced in 2019.
30	* HilariousInHindsight:
31	** When the April 5, 2011 episode went OffTheRails Conan used his standard line that "This show will never air." This was eerily accurate for the west coast TBS feed that night, which showed dead air, about 20 minutes straight of commercials, and then parts of the show completely out of order.
32	** [[https://youtu.be/uXyWVenIiHg This sketch]] featuring Andy bungling answers on ''Series/WheelOfFortune'' by inserting the word “fuck” into all of them became funnier after Richter appeared on the real deal with ''Celebrity Wheel of Fortune'' in 2021. (For the actual show, Andy didn’t bungle any answers and even won one of his two rounds.)
33	* HoYay: Between Conan and Andy. And Conan and most male guests.
34	* MemeticMutation: A couple, which originated in the Website/YouTube comments for various videos:
35	** "This isn't Mike Matei": A frequent comment for "Fan Corrections" videos. Mike Matei of Cinemassacre.com (the site where ''WebVideo/TheAngryVideoGameNerd'' is seen, and which Mike can frequently be seen in various videos) made a Fan Correction, but it never appeared on the show. Many Cinemassacre fans wanted Matei's Fan Correction to air, hence the quote.
36	** "CONY 2012": A parody of "KONY 2012", an independent movie about Joseph Kony.
37	** "BEES ARE COMING!!!" - a line from an early sketch where Oprah Winfrey opened a prize box and bees flew out. [[labelnote:Note]](she was actually yelling "THESE ARE COMING!!!").[[/labelnote]] Many casual viewers didn't even realize this meme came from ''Conan''.
38	* NightmareFuel: [=WikiBear=]'s gruesome tales would absolutely terrify children.
39	* OlderThanTheyThink: Bill Tull's Budget Tips actually originated on ''The Tonight Show With Conan O'Brien''.
40	** The recurring segment "Things That Have Never, Ever Been Said" had its roots in ''Series/TheTonightShowStarringJohnnyCarson''.
41	** An early sketch on the series, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cxz5yCtIcL0 Conan and Andy Are Webcam Clueless]], had the duo trying out a bunch of different video filters, which distorted their faces in various ways. This was actually previously done in one of the writer's strike episodes of ''Late Night''.
42	* SpecialEffectFailure: Chikpea the sports-predicting chicken. Lampshaded by Conan:
43	--> '''Conan''': Stop moving hay with your feet, Chikpea.
44	* SuspiciouslySimilarSong:
45	** Whenever Conan does his Donald Trump impression, the band plays something that sounds almost but not quite like "For The Love of Money" (''Series/TheApprentice'' theme song). This annoys Conan, so of course they keep doing it. Eventually Conan said it was starting to sound like the transition music from ''Series/{{Seinfeld}}''.
46	** Similarly, the sketch "Basic Cable Name That Tune" has the band playing something that sounds like a famous but expensive to license song complete with goofy lyrics that match the meaning of the original, and audience members are asked to guess which song it ''almost'' sounds like. An example is "Have Intercourse With Yourself".
47	** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iubz5wBk2LA This sketch]] about the ''Sonic'' redesign used a sound-alike to the "Green Hill Zone" theme from the first game.
48	** [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_DxTHY3_xoU This sketch]] features a parody of the ''NFL on Fox'' theme.
49	** Similarly, the Buddy Pak sketch where he wants to take over as Indiana Jones ended with a knock-off of the ''Indy'' theme.
50	* TheyChangedItNowItSucks: "If They Melded" isn't nearly as well-loved as "If They Mated" from ''Late Night'', since the melding of two celebrities/characters usually just amounts to a regular face with a different mouth or eyes. Contrast that to "Mated", which was a lot more creative in how the two celebrities were meshed together into a [[BodyHorror horrifyingly comedic fashion.]]
51	* TheWoobie: In one NCAA Mascots That Shouldn't Dunk from 2017, there was the "Hillary Supporter Who Still Hasn't Stopped Crying".
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53	!!The 2007 video game:
54	* CompleteMonster: [[EvilSorcerer Graven]] was unwittingly released from [[SealedEvilInACan imprisonment]] by Conan. Having trapped ancient gods within himself for power, Graven sought to further his strength by [[OffingTheOffspring sacrificing his own children]], with only his daughter A'Kanna escaping him. Graven crafted a HatePlague called the Black Death, the application of which drives men into murderous frenzies, allowing Graven to harvest their souls upon their deaths. Revealing his intent to murder A'Kanna and complete the ritual he began long ago, Graven then plans to reshape the world as he sees fit, [[AGodAmI wanting to elevate himself above men and gods alike]].
55	* FridgeHorror: You find plenty of topless slave girls all over the levels. Considering they are found in pirates, thugs and barbarian camps, no points for guessing [[SexSlave their why they were there]].
56	* SoOkayItsAverage: The critical consensus about the game is that its an above average ''God of War'' clone that does a good job at capturing the essence of the source material.
57	* ThatOneBoss: Graven is considered to be one of the most frustrating boss battles in any ''God of War''-style action game.

Context YMMV / Conan