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Conan O'brien

Movies & TV

An Oral History of 'Marge vs The Monorail'

The episode that changed The Simpsons.

Sean Cole Vice Nov 2020 20min Permalink

Arts Media

Simpson Family Values

An oral history of The Simpsons.

John Ortved Vanity Fair Aug 2007 40min Permalink

Arts Tech Media

Conan 2.0

When Conan O’Brien left NBC, he agreed to stay off TV for months and stay quiet about the network and its executives. The agreement contained no mention of social media, however. On the origins of a digital renaissance.

Douglas Alden Warshaw Fortune Feb 2011 15min Permalink

Arts Media

The Unsocial Network

Behind the scenes of Conan vs. Leno. An excerpt from The War for Late Night.

Bill Carter Vanity Fair Nov 2010 30min Permalink

Arts Media

I Was with Coco

A writer for Conan O’Brien on how The Tonight Show really ended and on how his boss got screwed.

Todd Levin GQ Jul 2010 20min Permalink

Arts Music

The Mad Liberationist

Born in Germany, raised in Montana, now living in New York, comedian Reggie Watts describes his style as “culture sampling.”

Sam Anderson New York Jun 2010 10min Permalink