"Late Night" host Conan O'Brien is about head West to replace Jay Leno as host of NBC's "Tonight Show" in June, and he's making the most of his final week at the studios in New York, running through montage after montage of best-of clips from the show. To celebrate 16 years of late-night laughs, we've compiled our own Best Of Conan collection for your gut-busting enjoyment!
10. Conan O'Brien Hates My Homeland
"Late Night" received many angry letters from viewers in Ukraine after a bit aired mocking that nation. In New Euros, the joke was an image on a Ukrainian Euro Coin depicting a man in Eastern European dress with four arms, waving, with the caption on the coin saying "Over 17 years since the Chernobyl Accident". O'Brien had no previous idea that his show even aired in the Ukraine, and as a result set out on a mission to dole out rapid-fire insults of every country on Earth in alphabetical order, to determine where else the show is being aired without his knowledge. Announcer Joel Godard then proceeded to tell insulted viewers around the world a real address to send their angry letters.
It's worth noting that an announcer on Finnish entertainment channel SubTV asked people to defend Finland before Conan got around to insulting it, and mail from Finland began pouring in before the bit had even gotten to the letter F. Conan responded by assuming the Finnish "just couldn't wait" to be insulted and skipped ahead in the segment to attack Finland. After a spectacle involving a formal apology and transferring his fake hatred over to Sweden, Conan realized that he bears a resemblance to two-term president Tarja Halonen, which eventually led to a short visit to the country in mid-February 2006.
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The sketch continued, but on August 9, 2007, Zimbabwe was the last country to be featured, ending the bit after three years.
9. Will Ferrell Gives Conan A Birthday Leprechaun Dance
Conan always tends to bring out the more colorful character in his guests, but when the guest starts out as a colorful character, where do you go from there? Into the absurd, of course. This litle birthday dance was just as memorable as it was nauseating, if only for the fact that Conan and Ferrell work so well together.
