Saturday, February 19, 2022

Conan O'Brien was involved with the 4 Pillars of TV comedy... SNL, The Tonight Show, The Simpsons, & Late Night (Legacy franchises)

Just randomly thought of this the other day:

SNL is known as the greatest & longest running sketch/variety show of all time. Conan was a writer back in the late 80s.

The Simpsons is the longest running sitcom of all time & is highly regarded as one of the greatest shows of all time. Conan wrote for it.

The Tonight Show is the longest running late night talk show franchise & has that weird Johnny Carson prestige still.

& "Late Night" was the first ever after midnight late night talk show, initially known to be the "anti-Tonight Show". A creative timeslot to try out anything. Plus David Letterman created the show.

In addition to writing, he was an extra in several SNL sketches & even hosted the show once. He also played himself in a Simpson's episode.

As far as TV comedy goes, to be a writer & a performer/host in all 4 of these legacy franchises is pretty rare. I don't think anyone else has done that?

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Submitted February 20, 2022 at 12:08AM by Sudden-Degree9839 https://ift.tt/0lmaDV5

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