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Conan O'Brien Has Mouths To Feed, Too, Y'Know (And It's Not Just Andy Richter's)

By Rob Payne | Posted Under Trade News | Comments (9)

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Conan O’Brien has at least two kids, and even if you don’t want to watch “Conan” on TBS, the network is still willing to pay him American Dollars for more television programming. (I’m not on a high horse, guilt just loves company.) Like the unfortunately canceled “Andy Barker, P.I.”, O’Brien is producing a half-hour sitcom, but unlike that ahead-of-its-time series, this untitled project’s logline doesn’t, how you say, jump off the page:


“[C]enters on a family man who quits his day job and returns to the neighborhood where he grew up. While there, he reunites with his former best friend. Production on the project will begin later this year.”

Oh, excuse me. I seem to have left a piece of news in that description due to a copy/paste fiasco. Many apologies.

Anyway, thankfully David Kissinger, who also produced “Andy Barker,” will be co-executive producing this new show. Conan the O’Brien will need all the help he can get battling the forces of evil writers from two equally bottom-of-the-barrel and lowest-common-denominator series. Ben Wexler from the Fat Dad standard “Still Standing” and, from human tragedy “Secret Girlfriend,” Ross Novie and Jay Rondot will help pen the show. In fairness to them, good writers don’t always come from great series, so, I hope they can come up with something to surpass the road’s middle here. Those hopes aren’t all that high, of course.

Interesting, weird series are kind of “in” right now to varying degrees, so maybe they can come up with something as bizarrely fun as “Andy Barker, P.I.” was. Which, did I mention, was sort of before it’s time? Watch the show’s Pilot as proof and call me in the morning (don’t call me). At the very least, it would be nice for Conan himself to make an appearance at some point in this venture, ala his perfect — yes, perfect — cameo in Andy Richter’s other failed, prescient awesomeness, “Andy Richter Controls The Universe.”


In short, the guy who wrote the best “Simpsons” episode ever could use your support, and if the prospect of a sitcom doesn’t do anything for my fellow I’m With Cocoers, here’s a picture of Conan O’Brien with his kids to blatantly pluck those heart strings:

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Aww.


Rob Payne also writes the indie comic The Unstoppable Force, co-hosts the podcast We’re Not Fanboys, and has been to known to geek out on the Twitter machine @RobOfWar.









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Comments

Andy Richter will always be Mort to me -

MANGOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!

Posted by: Mrs. Julien at September 13, 2011 11:17 AM

here’s a picture of Conan O’Brien with his kids to blatantly pluck those imaginaryheart hips strings:

His children look like how I imagined them to be. Haha, so cute.

Posted by: Adrien at September 13, 2011 11:44 AM

Oh, how I miss Paget Brewster doing stuff with Conan and Andy. She just seemed to belong in their nonsense.

Plus out of the three, she is the only one I can have grownup thoughts about without the weirdness.

I may have said too much. Go Coco!

Posted by: Vermillion at September 13, 2011 12:28 PM

Come on, Lisa the Vegetarian is the best Simpson episode. Or maybe Treehouse of Horror V.

Posted by: Cree83 at September 13, 2011 12:31 PM

Andy Barker, P.I. was funny. As was Andy Richter Rules the Universe.

Posted by: John W at September 13, 2011 12:48 PM

THANK YOU! The "Monorail" episode WAS the best ep of the Simpsons! I no longer feel alone!

Posted by: ChristianH at September 13, 2011 2:20 PM

So, where have all of Conan's supposed 'fans'gone? You know, all of those faux shithole hipsters who wouldn;t shut the fuck up about how much Conan RULZZZZZ!!!!!!LOLZ and how much Leno ishte SUXLOLLLLLLLLLL!!!!! and how Conan was going to bury Leno in the ratings and how cool and hip Pabst Blue Ribbon beer was? Where did all of those shit bags slink off to? Back to mommy's basement? I guess so.

So tell me this, Conan 'fans'. What is your loser pal going to do when TBS cancels his show when his contract ends in 3 years? He has no experience as a stand up and his monologue skills are the absolute worst in the history of comedic monologues? He has no acting skills whatsoever so he isn't going to be getting any acting offers from either tv or the movies? I suppose he could try doing that lame as act that he already did of taking his show on the road, but even that was tired out and lame after the first 1/2 hour of the first show. If he isn't as much of a moron as he is about everything else in his life and has a decent financial planner he could just sit around and jack off and love out his days as an utter and complete failure.

Posted by: Farty McFart at September 13, 2011 4:34 PM

Let it out, buddy, let it out. Show me on the TV Guide where the bad host failed to entertain you.

Posted by: Mrs. Julien at September 13, 2011 11:26 PM

i guess ur fav simpsons ep depends on ur personal taste but that one is a definite standout. anyway conan has millions in the bank, him and his family would be fine. he has a great business mind as well. he has to take care of his staff, many of whom were loyal to him for many years. he wont abandon them even if he has to pay them out of his own pocket. conan's comedic talent hasnt faded in the least, i hope that one day he would be able to write again. conan's involvement in this sitcom would probably make it better than it would have been despite ratings.

Posted by: ca at September 16, 2011 1:23 AM