Comments on: In The Year 3000… http://www.panicmanual.com/2009/06/04/in-the-year-3000/ We are a collective of individuals bringing you the latest in concert reviews, indie, britpop, Canadian, twee and all sorts of other music, movies, tv and everything else you like. Follow the manual to live a pleasant and fulfilling life. Sun, 29 Jan 2012 22:28:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.4 By: Allison http://www.panicmanual.com/2009/06/04/in-the-year-3000/comment-page-1/#comment-31884 Allison Thu, 04 Jun 2009 20:31:11 +0000 http://www.panicmanual.com/?p=2466#comment-31884 The first two years of Letterman on CBS were good and still had smatterings of quirkiness (Dick Ass Man, Mujibar and Sirajul, Rupert of the Hello Deli). Then they just stopped trying. Rupert almost got stabbed in Times Square. Letterman ass-kissed a lot and had a heart attack. He grew a beard, but unlike most beards it failed to sexify him. Now he just seems sad. Conan on the otherhand has given me some of the greatest laughs of my life, pre-drugs. The first Westminster Abbey dog show Triumph went to, the Bon Jovi concert, his interviews with Martha Stewart, the (sorry) Houston bus shelter incident - http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1880685_1880687_1880746,00.html and the guy's name was BUFFALO! Damn my old age. Then there was Mr. T, the Finnish President campaigning because of their similarly pasty, moon-faced appearances.. God speed, Conan. May the earlier time-slot not generify you. The first two years of Letterman on CBS were good and still had smatterings of quirkiness (Dick Ass Man, Mujibar and Sirajul, Rupert of the Hello Deli). Then they just stopped trying. Rupert almost got stabbed in Times Square. Letterman ass-kissed a lot and had a heart attack. He grew a beard, but unlike most beards it failed to sexify him. Now he just seems sad.

Conan on the otherhand has given me some of the greatest laughs of my life, pre-drugs. The first Westminster Abbey dog show Triumph went to, the Bon Jovi concert, his interviews with Martha Stewart, the (sorry) Houston bus shelter incident – http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1880685_1880687_1880746,00.html and the guy’s name was BUFFALO! Damn my old age.

Then there was Mr. T, the Finnish President campaigning because of their similarly pasty, moon-faced appearances..

God speed, Conan. May the earlier time-slot not generify you.

]]> By: Wade http://www.panicmanual.com/2009/06/04/in-the-year-3000/comment-page-1/#comment-31877 Wade Thu, 04 Jun 2009 15:05:09 +0000 http://www.panicmanual.com/?p=2466#comment-31877 I'm a huge Letterman fan, but I think he is in trouble. I’m a huge Letterman fan, but I think he is in trouble.

]]> By: Allison http://www.panicmanual.com/2009/06/04/in-the-year-3000/comment-page-1/#comment-31876 Allison Thu, 04 Jun 2009 15:00:50 +0000 http://www.panicmanual.com/?p=2466#comment-31876 I can't stay up past 11 on weeknights anymore. The sound of TV is like a fist-sized barbiturate to me past 10:00 PM. However I have nothing but the fondest memories of Conan from back in the day when he'd taken over Letterman's old time slot. My favourite bit they did was when Conan found out he was in a 2:35 AM time slot in Austin and proceeded to go to the Austin bus station to ask dangerous vagrants why they weren't at home watching his show. Conan interviewed a guy named "Bubba" who had no idea who he was but finally jogged the guy's memory and the guy exclaimed "OH YEAH...the one with the little fat dude!" Andy comes out after the bit is done and yells I AM NOT FAT! Then there was that brilliant push for a Dirty Dancing re-release where he continuously played clips with Jerry Orbach. I just hope Robert Smigel (genius behind Triumph the Comic Insult Dog) is still there. I can’t stay up past 11 on weeknights anymore. The sound of TV is like a fist-sized barbiturate to me past 10:00 PM.

However I have nothing but the fondest memories of Conan from back in the day when he’d taken over Letterman’s old time slot. My favourite bit they did was when Conan found out he was in a 2:35 AM time slot in Austin and proceeded to go to the Austin bus station to ask dangerous vagrants why they weren’t at home watching his show. Conan interviewed a guy named “Bubba” who had no idea who he was but finally jogged the guy’s memory and the guy exclaimed “OH YEAH…the one with the little fat dude!”

Andy comes out after the bit is done and yells I AM NOT FAT!

Then there was that brilliant push for a Dirty Dancing re-release where he continuously played clips with Jerry Orbach.

I just hope Robert Smigel (genius behind Triumph the Comic Insult Dog) is still there.

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