Jay Leno returning to Tonight Show, Conan gets the boot.

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Wreckem

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Platypus said:
Triumph is owned by Robert Smigel, not NBC, and isn't really that great anyway.

Dave renamed the top ten list to avoid the infringement but soon after stopped referring to it as such from what I remember. I don't think NBC really needs any more bad PR considering what just went down but we'll see what happens if Conan lands another show and people have forgotten about this 6 months later
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Actually no. Triumph is owned by NBC. Robert Smigel created Triumph when he was working on Late Night with Conan O'Brien in the early days of the Late Night. Smigel left Late Night. Ever since then Smigel had to ask NBC for permission to film Triumph for skits or take Triumph on other shows.
 
NFS4

NFS4

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Wreckem said:
Actually no. Triumph is owned by NBC. Robert Smigel created Triumph when he was working on Late Night with Conan O'Brien in the early days of the Late Night. Smigel left Late Night. Ever since then Smigel had to ask NBC for permission to film Triumph for skits or take Triumph on other shows.
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Gah!!! No more Triumph :(
 
Fritzo

Fritzo

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Platypus said:
He'll change them slightly to get around the legality of it.. they did the same bullshit with Letterman and he still does the top 10 list every night without consequence.
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Exactly. Conan will have fun changing the name too, you can bet on that.
 
zinfamous

zinfamous

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Platypus said:
He'll change them slightly to get around the legality of it.. they did the same bullshit with Letterman and he still does the top 10 list every night without consequence.
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how does one get around pimpbot or masturbating bear?

...masturbating platypus?

:(

But if they take Abe Lincoln I'm going postal at NBC headquarters!
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0roo0roo

0roo0roo

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Wreckem said:
Actually no. Triumph is owned by NBC. Robert Smigel created Triumph when he was working on Late Night with Conan O'Brien in the early days of the Late Night. Smigel left Late Night. Ever since then Smigel had to ask NBC for permission to film Triumph for skits or take Triumph on other shows.
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nbc destroyer of all things good.
 
Triumph

Triumph

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Fritzo said:
He's actually correct. He has nearly 2000 songs memorized note for note and can play any style of music on command. Paul was also the first musical director of SNL.
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You guys are right. Mozart, Beethoven, Brahms, Schaeffer.
 
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mav451

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Hah Nastradamus in the making. So is tonight the last one, since the deal is done?
 
Cuda1447

Cuda1447

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NFS4 said:
Bump for Conan's last show.
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I'll be watching. I like Conan. He has really grown on me over the years. His scripted comedy isn't really all that good, what makes him funny/entertaining is when things don't go as planned. He is one of the best in the biz at improvising, IMO.
 
Fritzo

Fritzo

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Holy CRAP! FREEBIRD W/ BILLY GIBBONS!!!!! Conan got his dream- he always wanted to be a rock star :)
 
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