I was going to write something coherent but I had a hard time putting everything I remembered in order. Instead, here are some bullets.
- Reggie Watts from Portland opened for Conan. He did some live voice sampling, played piano, sang, and did some impersonations. The music sounded great but it wasn’t exactly a laugh riot. He’s obviously talented but things that started funny went too long.
- The Legally Prohibited band came out and did ‘Move On Up’ to open. Live bands make everything better. They did songs throughout the show with Conan playing guitar. It’d be nice if Max Weinberg was with them on tour, but they’re great regardless.
- Video of Conan lazing around the house was good. The workout montage after it was better.
- Conan came out and said his goal was to have the crowd leave thinking that it was kind of sort of worth it. Then he opened with some of his thoughts about Seattle, which he loves. His wife is from here and his wedding was here so it’s nice to know that it’s not like the school principal saying ‘best class ever’ during graduation.
- He shared a slideshow of people he’s angry about being on TV while he isn’t, including Snooki and the Kardashians. At some point I thought Jay Leno would flash on the screen, but he didn’t and Conan never mentioned him.
- Andy Richter came out and did what he does on Conan’s shows. But he also did a couple of fake commercials Dick’s Drive-In and the Fremont Troll.
- Conan came out for a few minutes in the leather suit from Eddie Murphy’s ‘Raw’. On to the next bullet point.
- A few elements from the old show made appearances. Masturbating Bear did his thing. Triumph made a video appearance. And Conan also brought out the Chuck Norris Rural Policeman Handle. I started watching Conan after seeing the Walker clips online, which puts me in the same light as the guy that started watching Chappelle’s Show after the Rick James skit, but I can live with that. I love these clips.
- At some point they inflated a giant plastic bat. There aren’t a lot of people that can make that funny, but Conan’s one of them.
- Deon Cole came out to do some stand-up and he killed. Great and unexpected. Would’ve been the best surprise of the night except, well, Conan brought out a musical guest.
- My friend Jerry went the night to the first Seattle show and said that Dave Matthews performed. I figured he’d have a different guest perform for the second showing, but I wouldn’t think it’d be a bigger deal than Dave Matthews. Eddie Vedder came out and did his ‘Rise’ cover from the Into the Wild soundtrack. Mike McCready joined him and the Legally Prohibited Band and did the Pearl Jam cover of ‘Baba O’Riley’. Conan’s tweet sums it up:
‘Eddie Vedder’s set at my show in Seattle last night melted my eyeballs. Seriously, I’m going to sue Eddie for boiling my ocular-jelly.’
Absolutely kind of sort of worth it. Catch it if you can.
Update: Albert said I should have more pictures. Here’s the bat:
