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  Conan O’Brien on 60 Minutes: “I’m happy with my decision. I sleep well at night.”

  posted by matt | 05.04.10 | permalink | comment?

  In a 60 Minutes interview that aired Sunday night, Conan O’Brien tries to stay on that high road, but makes plenty of passive aggressive jabs at Jay Leno and NBC. When he says, “I wish them the best”, I’m not so sure if he’s trying to convince us or himself.

  STEVE KROFT: I think he– Leno would say—“Look, I was riding high.  I was number one and   I was still number one when I left and Conan made this deal with NBC and NBC said, ‘Okay, Jay, we’re  going to take you off the air in five years regardless of whether you’re number one or number two or what.’” I think he felt like he was forced out by NBC at a time when he was– a strong number one and was pushed out the door.  That’s his argument.

  CONAN O’BRIEN: It’s hard for me to get inside his head and argue his side of this whole thing.  I– I– here’s what I can say.  I’m happy with my decision.  I sleep well at night.  And– I, you know– hope he’s happy with his decision.

  STEVE KROFT: Do you think that Jay lobbied for this?

  CONAN O’BRIEN: I don’t know.  But– what I know is what happened which is that he– went and took that show back.

  STEVE KROFT: Do you believe he acted honorably during all of this?

  CONAN O’BRIEN: [EXHALES] I don’t think I can answer that. I don’t think– I can just tell you maybe how I would have handled it. And I would do it differently.

  STEVE KROFT: You wouldn’t have come back on The Tonight Show.

  CONAN O’BRIEN: If I had surrendered The Tonight Show and handed it over to somebody publicly and wished them well– and then– I don’t– would not have come back six months later.  But that’s me, you know.  Everyone’s got their own, you know, way of doing things.

  STEVE KROFT: What would you have done?

  CONAN O’BRIEN: Done something else, go someplace else.  I mean, that’s just me.

  Here’s another segment, where Conan takes Steve Kroft for a ride in his 1992 Ford Taurus SHO.

  Full transcript after the jump: (more…)

  Tags: 60 minutes, CBS, conan o'brien, ford taurus, interview, late night, nbc, SHO, steve kroft, tbs, tonight show

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  R.I.P. Ed McMahon, you glorious rapper

  posted by songspeak | 06.23.09 | permalink | comment?

  Ed McMahon passed away today at the age of 86. He had health issues for a number of years. Known as Johnny Carson’s sidekick on the Tonight Show, he also was the spokesperson for Publisher’s Clearing House, delivering giant checks to winners everywhere. But his most recent accomplishment are the rap commercials he did for FreeCreditReport.com. And as we wish you R.I.P. Ed McMahon, we enjoy your sense of humor.

  Ed McGansta part I:

  Ed McGansta part II:

  Tags: ed mcmahon, freecreditreport.com, johnny carson, nbc, sidekick, tonight show

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• songspeak

  Yes! Ed McMahon raps on new FreeCreditReport.com commercials

  posted by matt | 09.26.08 | permalink | comment?

  When I read about this, I thought it was a joke, but it’s true. The newest commercials for FreeCreditReport.com feature Ed McMahon rapping. They will air throughout October. Does this mean that Eric Violette just isn’t cool enough with his own rap video for FreeCreditReport.com? (See the MSNBC article, “Sing It, FreeCreditReport.com guy!”)

  From the AP:

  The 85-year-old former “Tonight Show” sidekick will star in two viral rap videos for FreeCreditReport.com, a financial Web site owned by credit bureau Experian. The videos feature McMahon wearing a tracksuit, being chauffeured around Los Angeles in a Cadillac Escalade golf cart and waxing lyrical about his very public financial troubles.

  “I knew I could sing the blues, but I didn’t know I could rap,” McMahon said Wednesday…

  …After being joined by two scantily clad women, McMahon continues: “Got a bump from the media chumps, but that was temporary/Wife with bad credit was scary, so I got wise/I may have fallen, but I got back up/Now I’m back on the attack, like a ninja swinging nunchucks/I told the haters, ‘Go on, take a hike’/It’s my show now, and I can do what I like.”

  We’ve seen the FreeCreditReport commercials where Eric Violette dresses up like a pirate in a seafood restaurant, rolls around in a used subcompact, marries his dreamgirl, and rides around on a bicycle.

  And of course, here’s the latest rockstar rap video with Eric Violette:

  Here’s to hoping McMahon’s rap skillz measure up, son. Heeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeere’s Money.

  

  Tags: 00s tv commercials, bad credit, cadillac, credit rating, credit report, credit score, ed mcmahon, eric violette, escalade, experian, freecreditreport.com, golf cart, johnny carson, L.A., los angeles, media chumps, rap, rapper, rapping, rockstar rap, tonight show

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