Team (yummi) Coco!

Last week it was announced that Conan O'Brien will be taking his show on the road for an upcoming 30-city tour called "Legally Prohibited from Being Funny on Television Tour!."

Posting below that I published on InTandem Magazine's blog back in January. I still think that he should ditch the Fox late night show idea and go to HBO but what do I know, right?

According to this morning’s NY Post “the peacock ruffled Conan O’Brien’s feathers — and now he’s ready to fly the coop.”
Instead of giving Jay Leno the much-deserved boot in the ass, after it was determined in 2004 that he would retire, NBC has confirmed that Leno will get his old 11:35pm time slot back, demoting Conan O’Brien to an after-midnight schedule.

What the fuck?

Conan, officially the redheaded step-child of NBC, is now left with his balls blowing in the arctic-freeze, as lamo Leno gets his job back.
My advice to O’Brien: Run to HBO!

Rumor has it that FOX is courting O’Brien, but with Letterman and Leno rivalry subsequently back in effect, a third talk show added to the mix just wouldn’t work. Plus, what would happen to FOX’s successful late-night programming of sit-coms like Seinfeld and The Simpsons?

O’Brien should leave network television all-together and do something daring like take on a 30 or 60-minute weekly series with HBO-sweetheart Ricky Gervais and The Office’s Mindy Kaling, featuring sketch comedy and the occasional musical guest. Maybe a bit like 30Rock with entertainment insider-y jokes but with cursing and male full-frontal (NSFW).

Just a thought…