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* FunnyAneurysmMoment: In Creator/DonRickles' [[https://youtu.be/0vRR0nq4kBk first appearance on the show]] in 1983, Rickles, while musing about death, made a joke about how he estimated around 40 cars would show up at his own funeral when he died, while for Letterman's he figured "one wagon and the black kid" -- referring to Hiram Bullock, then the guitarist for the in-house World's Most Dangerous Band. Unfortunately, while Letterman is still alive as of 2020, Hiram Bullock is not -- he passed away from cancer in 2008, and Letterman paid tribute to him on ''Series/{{The Late Show|With David Letterman}}''.

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* FunnyAneurysmMoment: HarsherInHindsight: In Creator/DonRickles' [[https://youtu.be/0vRR0nq4kBk first appearance on the show]] in 1983, Rickles, while musing about death, made a joke about how he estimated around 40 cars would show up at his own funeral when he died, while for Letterman's he figured "one wagon and the black kid" -- referring to Hiram Bullock, then the guitarist for the in-house World's Most Dangerous Band. Unfortunately, while Letterman is still alive as of 2020, Hiram Bullock is not -- he passed away from cancer in 2008, and Letterman paid tribute to him on ''Series/{{The Late Show|With David Letterman}}''.

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* EnsembleDarkHorse: Many of his behind the scenes crew have been considered this once they gained more time in the spotlight. This increased tenfold on the quarantine and non-audience studio shows. Examples of these include Amber Ruffin ([[Series/TheAmberRuffinShow who eventually got her own show]], cue-card Wally and writer [[MemeticLoser Mike Scollins]].

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Many of his behind the scenes crew have been considered this once they gained more time in the spotlight. This increased tenfold on the quarantine and non-audience studio shows. Examples of these include Amber Ruffin ([[Series/TheAmberRuffinShow who eventually got her own show]], show]]), cue-card Wally and writer [[MemeticLoser Mike Scollins]].
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** Creator/AndySamberg have also become this, along with his funny banter about his hatred for Seth's dog Frisbee and Seth himself calling him out of the blue for impressions in the [=YouTube=]-exclusive ''Corrections'' segment.
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* MemeticLoser: Writer Mike Scollins was already considered InUniverse the ButtMonkey of the writing staff but in the bit where he defended his usage of a tank top on the crew Zoom meetings pretty much cemented this to a lot of the audience.
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* EnsembleDarkHorse: Many of his behind the scenes crew have been considered this once they gained more time in the spotlight. This increased tenfold on the quarantine and non-audience studio shows. Examples of these include Amber Ruffin ([[Series/TheAmberRuffinShow who eventually got her own show]], cue-card Wally and writer [[MemeticLoser Mike Scollins]].
** Creator/AmyPoehler has been one of the most welcomed guests of the show due to her amazing friendship with Seth formed in the ''Series/SaturdayNightLive'' days.
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!!David Letterman era:
* FunnyAneurysmMoment: In Creator/DonRickles' [[https://youtu.be/0vRR0nq4kBk first appearance on the show]] in 1983, Rickles, while musing about death, made a joke about how he estimated around 40 cars would show up at his own funeral when he died, while for Letterman's he figured "one wagon and the black kid" -- referring to Hiram Bullock, then the guitarist for the in-house World's Most Dangerous Band. Unfortunately, while Letterman is still alive as of 2020, Hiram Bullock is not -- he passed away from cancer in 2008, and Letterman paid tribute to him on ''Series/{{The Late Show|With David Letterman}}''.

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-->'''Seth:''' That's right, the election is tommorow, and Roy Moore is already setting up for his victory celebration! ''[Picture of Chuck E Cheese's]''

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-->'''Seth:''' That's right, the election is tommorow, tomorrow, and Roy Moore is already setting up for his victory celebration! ''[Picture of Chuck E Cheese's]''



* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: Some viewers were surprised that Trump was not mentioned at all when Seth had "El Chapo" (played by Horatio Sanz) on the show in January 2016, considering the unconfirmed threats El Chapo had made against Trump and the meme narrative of their beef.

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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: Some viewers were surprised that Trump was not mentioned at all when Seth had "El Chapo" (played by Horatio Sanz) Creator/HoratioSanz) on the show in January 2016, considering the unconfirmed threats El Chapo had made against Trump and the meme narrative of their beef.
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* GrowingTheBeard: Viewers were immediately struck by how visibly uncomfortable Seth was with things like stand-up monologues and sketches. Once the show began to become a news-centric program with an increasingly political take on things and Seth began performing exclusively from behind his desk (with the studio redesigned as a result), his run garnered more acclaim, particularly for his "A Closer Look" segments which were seen as honest, simple breakdowns that got to the meat of an issue, especially in the tumultuous 2016 election.

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* GrowingTheBeard: Viewers were immediately struck by how visibly uncomfortable Seth was with things like stand-up monologues and sketches. Once the show began to become a news-centric program with an increasingly political take on things and Seth began performing exclusively from behind his desk (with the studio redesigned as a result), his run garnered more acclaim, particularly for his "A Closer Look" segments which were seen as honest, simple breakdowns that got to the meat of an issue, especially in the tumultuous 2016 election.election and ensuing presidency.
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* GrowingTheBeard: Once the show began to become a news-centric program with an increasingly political take on things, Seth's run garnered more acclaim, particularly for his "A Closer Look" segments which were seen as honest, simple breakdowns that got to the meat of an issue, especially in the tumultuous 2016 election.

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* GrowingTheBeard: Viewers were immediately struck by how visibly uncomfortable Seth was with things like stand-up monologues and sketches. Once the show began to become a news-centric program with an increasingly political take on things, Seth's things and Seth began performing exclusively from behind his desk (with the studio redesigned as a result), his run garnered more acclaim, particularly for his "A Closer Look" segments which were seen as honest, simple breakdowns that got to the meat of an issue, especially in the tumultuous 2016 election.
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* CrossesTheLineTwice: Dips into it now and then.
-->'''Seth:''' That's right, the election is tommorow, and Roy Moore is already setting up for his victory celebration! ''[Picture of Chuck E Cheese's]''
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!!David Letterman era:
* StealthPun: He often wore a letterman jacket during his taped segments.



* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: Some viewers were surprised that Trump was not mentioned at all when Seth had "El Chapo" (played by Horatio Sanz) on the show in January 2016, considering the unconfirmed threats El Chapo had made against Trump and the meme narrative of their beef.
* UnacceptableTargets: Played with in "Ya Burnt!", which is a rundown of [[TakeThat Take Thats]] to various people, places, and things Seth that feels like making fun of. The last item on the list will always be something like "Blind Orphans" or "Single Moms Just Doing Their Best", where it seems like any joke Seth could possibly make about them would be in poor taste, and that's conveniently when he runs out of time, narrowly saving them from being burnt.

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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: Some viewers were surprised that Trump was not mentioned at all when Seth had "El Chapo" (played by Horatio Sanz) on the show in January 2016, considering the unconfirmed threats El Chapo had made against Trump and the meme narrative of their beef.
* UnacceptableTargets: Played with in "Ya Burnt!", which is a rundown of [[TakeThat Take Thats]] to various people, places, and things Seth that feels like making fun of. The last item on the list will always be something like "Blind Orphans" or "Single Moms Just Doing Their Best", where it seems like any joke Seth could possibly make about them would be in poor taste, and that's conveniently when he runs out of time, narrowly saving them from being burnt.
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!!David Letterman era:
* StealthPun: He often wore a letterman jacket during his taped segments.

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!!Conan O'Brien era:
* BrokenBase: Was the show better with or without Andy Richter? The former camp likes the chemistry between the two, but the latter camp enjoys the fact that, without anyone to bounce off of, Conan did a lot more improvising and ad libbing, which is one of his biggest comic talents.
* EarWorm: The theme song to "A Couple of Mutts":
--> '''Conan''': (singing) You, need to be cleaner.\\
'''Triumph''': (singing) And you, can eat my big wiener.\\
'''Conan/Triumph''': (singing) It can drive you nuts, with a couple of muuuuuuuuts! With a couple of muuuuuuuts! With a couple of ''mutts''!
* FunnyAneurysmMoment: On the February 19th, 2004 show, in the recurring sketch "New Stamp Designs", one of the series featured was Donald Trump's Daydreams, with the first part of the series being "President Trump", which came true nearly thirteen years later. See the full sketch [[https://youtu.be/oLOa7Kv5OwU?t=289 here]].
* HarsherInHindsight: In December 2008, Conan did a "Live via Satellite" segment and interviewed "Arnold", like usual. The discussion came to Conan taking over ''The Tonight Show'' in 2009 and Leno moving back to 10 PM, to which Arnold exclaimed that Leno has mastered time travel. Arnold further stated that Conan needs to travel back in time himself and stop Leno from hosting the show. Makes you go "Oh wow" in light of the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_Tonight_Show_conflict Tonight Show conflict.]]
* HoYay: One "sweeps week" featured two women in the audience who made out with each other, for no other reason than it was sweeps week.
** There was also the lesbian kiss that Triumph coaxed two elderly women to give each other when he went to the Tony Awards.
* SpecialEffectFailure: Triumph's arm, which is unnaturally long and often looks completely detached from his body.
--> '''Triumph''': ...Let me fix my arm here. ''(Robert Smigel puts it back into place)''\\
'''Conan''': [[LampshadeHanging He has trouble with his arm sometimes.]]
** The "Live via Satellite" segments did this deliberately, with no illusion that it's a different mouth grafted over the celebrity faces. One notable instance of SpecialEffectsFailure occurred when Conan interviewed Sammy Sosa about steroids in baseball: Sosa refused to comment on the scandal, and at one point, Robert Smigel (voicing Sosa) moved his head so that his mouth wasn't in the proper cut-out spot. He placed his right eye where Sosa's mouth was supposed to be, and said he had an eyeball in his mouth and couldn't talk.
** In one "Conan and Andy on the Aisle", the duo accused ''Film/{{Twister}}'' of this, and showed "footage" from the film to prove their point: A bunch of obviously [[ChromaKey green-screened]] actors reacting while they were pulled out of the frame.

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!!Conan O'Brien era:
* BrokenBase: Was the show better with or without Andy Richter? The former camp likes the chemistry between the two, but the latter camp enjoys the fact that, without anyone to bounce off of, Conan did a lot more improvising and ad libbing, which is one of his biggest comic talents.
* EarWorm: The theme song to "A Couple of Mutts":
--> '''Conan''': (singing) You, need to be cleaner.\\
'''Triumph''': (singing) And you, can eat my big wiener.\\
'''Conan/Triumph''': (singing) It can drive you nuts, with a couple of muuuuuuuuts! With a couple of muuuuuuuts! With a couple of ''mutts''!
* FunnyAneurysmMoment: On the February 19th, 2004 show, in the recurring sketch "New Stamp Designs", one of the series featured was Donald Trump's Daydreams, with the first part of the series being "President Trump", which came true nearly thirteen years later. See the full sketch [[https://youtu.be/oLOa7Kv5OwU?t=289 here]].
* HarsherInHindsight: In December 2008, Conan did a "Live via Satellite" segment and interviewed "Arnold", like usual. The discussion came to Conan taking over ''The Tonight Show'' in 2009 and Leno moving back to 10 PM, to which Arnold exclaimed that Leno has mastered time travel. Arnold further stated that Conan needs to travel back in time himself and stop Leno from hosting the show. Makes you go "Oh wow" in light of the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_Tonight_Show_conflict Tonight Show conflict.]]
* HoYay: One "sweeps week" featured two women in the audience who made out with each other, for no other reason than it was sweeps week.
** There was also the lesbian kiss that Triumph coaxed two elderly women to give each other when he went to the Tony Awards.
* SpecialEffectFailure: Triumph's arm, which is unnaturally long and often looks completely detached from his body.
--> '''Triumph''': ...Let me fix my arm here. ''(Robert Smigel puts it back into place)''\\
'''Conan''': [[LampshadeHanging He has trouble with his arm sometimes.]]
** The "Live via Satellite" segments did this deliberately, with no illusion that it's a different mouth grafted over the celebrity faces. One notable instance of SpecialEffectsFailure occurred when Conan interviewed Sammy Sosa about steroids in baseball: Sosa refused to comment on the scandal, and at one point, Robert Smigel (voicing Sosa) moved his head so that his mouth wasn't in the proper cut-out spot. He placed his right eye where Sosa's mouth was supposed to be, and said he had an eyeball in his mouth and couldn't talk.
** In one "Conan and Andy on the Aisle", the duo accused ''Film/{{Twister}}'' of this, and showed "footage" from the film to prove their point: A bunch of obviously [[ChromaKey green-screened]] actors reacting while they were pulled out of the frame.
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* FunnyAneurysmMoment: On the February 19th, 2004 show, in the recurring sketch "New Stamp Designs", one of the series featured was Donald Trump's Daydreams, with the first part of the series being "President Trump", which came true twelve and a half years later. See the full sketch [[https://youtu.be/oLOa7Kv5OwU?t=289 here]].

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* FunnyAneurysmMoment: On the February 19th, 2004 show, in the recurring sketch "New Stamp Designs", one of the series featured was Donald Trump's Daydreams, with the first part of the series being "President Trump", which came true twelve and a half nearly thirteen years later. See the full sketch [[https://youtu.be/oLOa7Kv5OwU?t=289 here]].
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* FunnyAneurysmMoment: On the February 19th, 2004 show, in the recurring sketch "New Stamp Designs", one of the series featured was Donald Trump's Daydreams, with the first part of the series being "President Trump". See the full sketch [[https://youtu.be/oLOa7Kv5OwU?t=289 here]].

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* FunnyAneurysmMoment: On the February 19th, 2004 show, in the recurring sketch "New Stamp Designs", one of the series featured was Donald Trump's Daydreams, with the first part of the series being "President Trump". Trump", which came true twelve and a half years later. See the full sketch [[https://youtu.be/oLOa7Kv5OwU?t=289 here]].
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* FunnyAneurysmMoment: On the February 19th, 2004 show, in the recurring sketch "New Stamp Designs", one of the series featured was Donald Trump's Daydreams, with the first part of the series being "President Trump". See the full sketch [[https://youtu.be/oLOa7Kv5OwU?t=289 here]].
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* TheyWastedAPerfectlyGoodPlot: Some viewers were surprised that Trump was not mentioned at all when Seth had "El Chapo" (played by Horatio Sanz) on the show in January 2016, considering the unconfirmed threats El Chapo had made against Trump and the meme narrative of their beef.
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* GrowingTheBeard: Once the show began to become a news-centric program with an increasingly political take on things, Seth's run garnered more acclaim, particularly for his "A Closer Look" segments which were seen as honest, simple breakdowns that got to the meat of an issue, especially in the tumultuous 2016 election.
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'''Conan/Triumph''': (singing) It can drive you nuts, with a couple of muuuuuuuuts! With a couple of muuuuuuuts! With a couple of ''muts''!

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'''Conan/Triumph''': (singing) It can drive you nuts, with a couple of muuuuuuuuts! With a couple of muuuuuuuts! With a couple of ''muts''!''mutts''!
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* BaseBreaker: Was the show better with or without Andy Richter? The former camp likes the chemistry between the two, but the latter camp enjoys the fact that, without anyone to bounce off of, Conan did a lot more improvising and ad libbing, which is one of his biggest comic talents.

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* BaseBreaker: BrokenBase: Was the show better with or without Andy Richter? The former camp likes the chemistry between the two, but the latter camp enjoys the fact that, without anyone to bounce off of, Conan did a lot more improvising and ad libbing, which is one of his biggest comic talents.
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** In one "Conan and Andy on the Aisle", the duo accused ''Film/{{Twister}}'' of this, and showed "footage" from the film to prove their point: A bunch of obviously [[ChromaKey green-screened]] actors reacting while they were pulled out of the frame.
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** There was also the lesbian kiss that Triumph coaxed two elderly women to give each other when he went to the Tony Awards.
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* HoYay: One "sweeps week" featured two women in the audience who made out with each other, for no other reason than it was sweeps week.
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** The "Live via Satellite" segments did this deliberately, with no illusion that it's a different mouth grafted over the celebrity faces. One notable instance of SpecialEffectsFailure occurred when Conan interviewed Sammy Sosa about steroids in baseball: Sosa refused to comment on the scandal, and at one point, Robert Smigel (voicing Sosa) moved his head so that his mouth wasn't in the proper cut-out spot. He placed his right eye where Sosa's mouth was supposed to be, and said he had an eyeball in his mouth and couldn't talk.
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* HarsherInHindsight: In December 2008, Conan did a "Live via Satellite" segment and interviewed "Arnold", like usual. The discussion came to Conan taking over ''The Tonight Show'' in 2009 and Leno moving back to 10 PM, to which Arnold exclaimed that Leno has mastered time travel. Arnold further stated that Conan needs to travel back in time himself and stop Leno from hosting the show. Makes you go "Oh wow" in light of the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2010_Tonight_Show_conflict Tonight Show conflict.]]

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* SpecialEffectFailure: Triumph's arm, which is unnaturally long and often looks completely detached from his body.
--> '''Triumph''': ...Let me fix my arm here. ''(Robert Smigel puts it back into place)''\\
'''Conan''': [[LampshadeHanging He has trouble with his arm sometimes.]]
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!!Conan O'Brien era:
* BaseBreaker: Was the show better with or without Andy Richter? The former camp likes the chemistry between the two, but the latter camp enjoys the fact that, without anyone to bounce off of, Conan did a lot more improvising and ad libbing, which is one of his biggest comic talents.


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!!Seth Meyers era:
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This was a YMMV trope that was originally in the main page.


'''Conan/Triumph''': (singing) It can drive you nuts, with a couple of muuuuuuuuts! With a couple of muuuuuuuts! With a couple of ''muts''!

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'''Conan/Triumph''': (singing) It can drive you nuts, with a couple of muuuuuuuuts! With a couple of muuuuuuuts! With a couple of ''muts''!''muts''!
* UnacceptableTargets: Played with in "Ya Burnt!", which is a rundown of [[TakeThat Take Thats]] to various people, places, and things Seth that feels like making fun of. The last item on the list will always be something like "Blind Orphans" or "Single Moms Just Doing Their Best", where it seems like any joke Seth could possibly make about them would be in poor taste, and that's conveniently when he runs out of time, narrowly saving them from being burnt.
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* EarWorm: The theme song to "A Couple of Mutts":
--> '''Conan''': (singing) You, need to be cleaner.\\
'''Triumph''': (singing) And you, can eat my big wiener.\\
'''Conan/Triumph''': (singing) It can drive you nuts, with a couple of muuuuuuuuts! With a couple of muuuuuuuts! With a couple of ''muts''!

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