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Clearly he can't stop

posted 13 years ago by ddmaingot
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What I'm referring to is whining. I know what this documentary is about, and I get it. I don't think anyone will disagree that what happened to Conan was jacked up, and he is clearly scarred. Add to that extreme personal losses, and this is understandable. I would expect Conan to have a thorn in his paw about this whole thing for a while, but he seems so bitter still. On his new network the fact that he can't let it go, to me, feels ungrateful that someone else recognized his talent and value was too good to go to waste. NBC effed up and effed him over, but still raving about it(I am aware that this doc was filmed a while ago, but he still puts on his Conan Scorned hat on TBS rather frequently)makes it harder to sympathize with him - for me anyway. I feel like he has the opportunity to be the bigger person and in some ways isn't really seizing the opportunity. Obviously he's angry with NBC (I think most people were at the time), no one would expect less, but at some point it begins to mean more to look at what you do have rather than what you do not.

[–] gloomyrival 13 years ago

More whining from Conan not the comedian but the shrewd greedy businessman. He screwed Leno out of his prime spot and now whines that Leno wrestled it back from him and all the while Conan walked away from NBC with a multi-million dollar settlement. Boo-hoo! Conan stopped being funny to me when I realized what a nasty, cold-hearted game-playing businessman he truly is.

[–] DirkNoItsMe 13 years ago

Leno retired on top. then he started a new show at 10pm. talk about greedy

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[–] Lord_X 13 years ago

As a Conan fan, yeah, it was kind of annoying to hear him whining for one and a half hours. I wouldn't mind if it was only about Leno, because he is right about that, but he was behaving like a prima donna all the documentary, and actually being kind of rude to the people that supported him all the way through. I didn't really get the point of this documentary.

Language! The thing that means stuff.

[–] msdemos 13 years ago

Wow......really ??? I appreciated the chance to finally get to see some 'unguarded' moments of the guy.

And yes, though I do admit he sometimes came off looking bad, I defy ANYONE to undertake a continuous tour of this kind for two full months, while a camera crew constantly follows you around recording the events at all times of the day and night, and still come off looking 'perfect'.

You know what I learned about him ??? Turns out he's human, just like the rest of us......yet still pretty damn funny (and a pretty good guitar player, too!!)

SAVE FERRIS

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[–] moviemania12 13 years ago

I liked the documentary a lot. I thought it was very interesting to see the personal side of Conan. I agree that he came off as jerk at times, though I could not tell if he was just being sarcastic or just pissed off.

A lot of people talk about how he still shows his anger toward NBC and how he still feels upset about it. I know where he is coming from in regards to that. I had a situation happen to me a short time ago where I was denied something I wanted and was not given a chance to prove myself. While it was not a host of a late night talk show shown all over the US, it was still something I thought I worked hard to get and was furious that I was denied the opportunity by people who felt they know what's best. That's not something easy to just get over, even if you had millions of dollars in compensation (though the no TV for 6 months clause was in my perspective going too far). I still have a lot of anger toward the thought of it and wished things could have worked out better considering all I put into it.

The important is that you keep moving forward and stay positive. I think that's what Conan is doing now and I commend him for that. He is a great late night guy though he needs new writers.