Barry Hand » conan o brien http://www.barryhand.ie Addicted to Trying Mon, 06 Sep 2010 07:11:53 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Amazing things will happen http://www.barryhand.ie/blog/amazing-things-will-happen/ http://www.barryhand.ie/blog/amazing-things-will-happen/#comments Sat, 23 Jan 2010 15:18:07 +0000 Barry http://www.barryhand.ie/?p=1188 I’ve been following The Tonight Show fiasco over the US where Conan O’Brien has got bumped from the host slot after only 7 months, with Jay Leno likely to return.

From all accounts Conan was getting a rough deal from the network NBC and he’s received massive support online.

I really like Conan, not just because of his Irish roots, or his razor sharp wit, or that he wrote some of the best Simpsons episodes ever – he’s just an all round funny guy.

His last show presenting The Tonight Show aired last night and he gave a great relfection on his own personal state of mind, ending with the following…

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“Please do not be cynical, I hate cynicism, it doesn’t lead anywhere, no one in life gets exactly what they thought they were gonna get. If you work really hard and are kind, I’m telling you amazing things will happen, amazing things will happen…”

Typical of Conan to finish on a high, you can watch the best bits of the show here, the final playout song was with Will Ferrell.

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Conan can’t host a show for 7 months, but I’m sure he will be back bigger, better, faster, strong in 2011.

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