Yesterday Tom Bolling and I went to see a taping of "Late Night with Conan O'Brien".
See the episode here
Screen cap from the monologue, Tuesday February 10th 2009:
It's so 'New York' to go to these live tapings, see the teenieness of the studios (which don't seem at all teenie on TV), and the professional-ness of the way it all goes down. Very inspiring.
Also it's being in the presence of history to be there in 30 Rock (the main building at Rockerfeller Center).
The musical guest was Levon Helm. Real treat. He's getting along in years, but his musical style makes it suit him. Respectfully, I can't imagine Brittany Spears singing "Oops I did it again" at age 68. "The Weight" is better now somehow. He had an onstage band of 14. Very pleasant surprise.
They make the show very funny and welcoming. Letterman tapings are more perfunctory and unpleasant. I'm not sure I'd want to go back to Letterman. There are only 8 more tapings of Conan's show as of today. He heads out to LA to do the tonight show after this.
I go to Jon Stewart a lot as well.
Below are some pictures of our outing:
Tom in the Cab on the way up:
Tom in front of 30 Rock:
Self Portrait, near the ice rink having some food:
Leaving the show after the taping:
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