Hey hey, party people!  Today's blog is going to be short and sweet, because I've got a wicked upset stomach and am fighting off the urge to yark all over myself at any moment.  Happy Friday!!!!!!

First of all, I trust that all of you enjoyed our Wing Pang Kodak remote last night... And also saw the extra bonus footage that we put up!  You're welcome, sugarsnap.  You're welcome (don't throw up).

Secondly - thanks for all the suggestions of what to ask The Pixies today!  I think their interview will turn out really great! (Provided we get it, of course).  Like I mentioned elsewhere, their Minotaur box set is INSANE - it's the size of a tombstone, and has got stuff on vinyl, giant books, dvds, cds, and all this other great stuff I'm feeling too pukey to really get into right now.  Plus, the whole thing is wrapped up in fake cowskin or something awesome.  Seriously.  It's a sight to behold - and one that I'll post pic of on Monday, if you guys are really into it (don't throw up don't throw up).

Aside from The Pixies, TONIGHT ON THE SHOW WE'VE GOT...

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Here's some hilarious extra Wing Pang footage that we couldn't fit into tonight's show!  Enjoy!

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Hey there, everybody!  First off all, I'm sure you've all heard about Levi Johnston's response to our "Shatner Reads Levi's Tweets" bit from last night. Make sure you tune in tonight... Because Conan fires back a response!!  I think you'll like it.  ;)  Plus, we'll have that clip up right here on the site before the show airs... So make sure to check back often (or keep an eye on twitter). 

We've got an absolutely fantastic show tonight.  SO FANTASTIC, that I can only truly express myself in list form!  YES.  THAT FANTASTIC.  Let's do this!

- Our first guest tonight is the incredible... The incomparable... Jim Carrey!  I love it when Jim's on the show, because he always does something awesome and amazing - from doing a comedy bit with the real Stephen Hawking, to eating a fake passport made out of chocolate & fruit leather, to singing a beautiful (kind of) rendition of "Hair", CARREY ALWAYS BRINGS THE GOODS.  And tonight is no exception!!  I don't want to spoil anything, but - well, I can't actually.  We've got like 5 things planned, and I have no idea which ones they're gonna do!!  It's the end of the movie Clue or something.  ;)

- From the show "House", Olivia Wilde - aka Maxim's #1 hottest woman of the year - will be joining us as well!  #1 hottest woman of the year seems like a lot of pressure... I mean, they asked me first, and I had to turn them down because I didn't think I could handle the attention!  After all... It seems unfair to be both the #1 hottest man AND the #1 hottest woman, don't you think?   PS - I'm insane.

Also tonight, I'm SUPER excited about tonight's remote: Kodak Presents... THE RETURN OF WING PANG.  As you guys know, every week I do a weekly Vlog using the awesome Kodak Zi8 "Sweetcam" (that's not what it's really called, that's just my special name for it)... Well, we thought it'd be cool to grab a few Zi8 Sweetcams and catch up with our good friend - and notoriously odd NBC Co-worker Wing Pang!  Conan and Wing first met in the NBC Universal Store, because Wing is really cheap and was buying his lunch there... And since then, their friendship has blossomed into a beautiful, gigantic, flower of friendship!  Ha ha ha.  As Conan says tonight, "Every road leads to gold" with Wing.  Seriously. YOU'LL SEE.  There's fencing, giant toothbrushes, and self defense... All tonight!  If you love smiles and things are insanely awesome... You'll want to watch tonight!  A big thanks to Kodak for helping us out! ;)

BUT THE AWESOMENESS OF WING DOESN'T STOP THERE!  Oh no! We've ALSO got WEB EXCLUSIVE EXTRA WING PANG FOOTAGE that we didn't have time for on the show!!  You can check it out up at the top of the page there later this evening. YOU'RE WELCOME, INTERNET.  SORRY I HAVE TO MAKE YOUR DAY SO AMAZING ALL THE TIME.

Finally... I've been giving you guys video treats all week - and today is no exception!  May I present...

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What's this another Tonight Show Underground video?! That's right, kids. Read it and weep (with joy)! Last week, Garry Shandling was on our show - and after the show, when Conan tapes the local promos for htat night... Garry decided to help out. Wait, that should be in quotes: He decided to "help out". Ha ha ha. Oh Garry. You so crazy. Enjoy, y'all:





I'm pretty excited about the show tonight - from Parks & Rec (and SNL of course), the great Amy Poehler is on our show!!  Amy's a good friend of ours - if you remember way back to the early days of Late Night, she used to play Andy's sister who was in love with Conan!  Hilarious.  It's always great when she comes back to see us... I can't wait to see what she writes on The Wall!

As for our second guests... You all know my feelings about baseball (that it sucks), but I'm a huge NBA basketball fan, and we've got two of the all time greats on tonight: Magic Johnson & Larry Bird!  Yeah!!  Now, sure - both Magic and Larry are great basketball players - two of the best to have ever played the game.  HOWEVER, the reason why I'm into these two dudes is more than that:
- Magic Johnson went to my alma mater (MIchigan State)
- Every time I play roulette I play #33 because of Larry Bird.  I won't say how much I've won... But Larry's been good to me. Verrrrrry good.  I've won at least twenty bucks.  IN A SINGLE NIGHT.  YES I HAVE.

Also, I was thinking today:  Larry Bird has GOT to be the coolest dude named Larry of all time.  Right?!  What do you guys think?  Was there ever a Larry cooler than Larry Bird?!  I think not.  But I'd love to hear your suggestions in the comments.

Oh, and before I go...

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The wait is almost over.  If you wanna know the cameo... Head to the end of the blog!  Otherwise, keep reading.  ;)

On the show this evening... We've got the great and hilarious Neil Patrick Harris joining us - if you're one of the 0.1% of the population who still hasn't seen "Dr. Horrible's Singalong Blog" CHECK IT OUT.  Seriously.  Really great and funny and you'll love it (or hate it, if you're a douchebag).

Also on the show: From the show "American Chopper", Paul Teutel, Sr will be joining us - with an AMAZING electric futuristic Tron looking chopper!  It's even all lit up with electric blue lights!  SO. COOL... Although I'm still waiting for the American Chopper dudes to come up with a bike that creates a wall of solid light behind it so that I can finally fight the Master Control Program properly.

Finally tonight, the band Creed has returned... TO ROCK YOUR SOCKS OFF.  So if you're living in a cold climate, you might want to put at least one extra pair of socks on your feet before you watch the show this evening!  Especially if you have a cold tile kitchen floor or something.

Finally tonight... We've got a very special guest making a cameo on tonight's show. I've been teasing you guys about it on Twitter all day... And now it's time to reveal the surprise!!  Our special mystery guest making a special cameo on tonight's show is none other than...

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Happy post Halloween Monday, party people!  How was your Halloween?  Candy?  Drinks?  Costumes?  I ended up going as "Childish loser who had trouble relating to other party goers when talking about subjects that weren't Halo 3:ODST and so ended up crying into his whiskey in the corner until a guy dressed as an S&M skeleton took pity on him and drove him home at 3am". 

It was a pretty complicated costume.

Well, Halloween is over for another year, but the big wheels keep on turning and proud mary keeps on burning - so let's start the month of November off right with a BRAND NEW UNDERGROUND VIDEO!  Heck yeah!  The Yankees play the Phillies tonight in Game 4 of The World Series, and no one on staff is a bigger New York Yankees fan than our very own Saxophonist Jerry Vivino!  Now, as you all know, Conan is a big Boston fan - but instead of jeering Jerry when the Yankees made it into the World Series, Conan took the high road and congratulated him:





Well, he tried to take the high road at least. ;)

Tonight on the show...

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Happy Halloween, everybody!  Halloween is my absolute favorite holiday of the year - candy, scary costumes, whiskey - sure, those things happen every weekend for me, but on Halloween it's SPECIAL. 

I discovered something HORRIFYING yesterday: My good friend (and Tonight Show Music Production Supervisor) Roey Hershkovitz has NEVER CARVED A PUMPKIN IN HIS WHOLE LIFE I KNOW SRSLY.  I couldn't let another Halloween go by without fixing that sitch and fixing it hard:




I hope it helps anyone stuck in their offices without any sharp objects who for some reason have a immediate need to carve a pumpkin!  I know that's a large segment of the blog reading population. 

Hey!  Hey there!  We've got a super sweet Halloween Scarestravaganza on the show tonight... Starting with our first guests:

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Howdy, hello, and salutations. 

Sorry again for the late blog - the week after hiatus is always a crazy one, and I've just been tagged all day with different things; I shot a Halloween video for tomorrow, edited a bunch of Underground videos I have yet to get approved; tested out the new Shaun White snowboard game for the Wii; stared at myself in the mirror for twenty minutes trying to will myself back in time like Ashton Kutcher in The Butterfly Effect; talked to Conan's assistant about shooting some web videos with him next Friday (fingers crossed!); and ate a sandwich that Jordan gave me!  No, I have no idea why I ate that sandwich, either.  I'm starting to feel a bit dizzy... But hey, it could just be the Swine Flu!  Point being: YES, I WILL STILL MAKE OUT WITH YOU.

It's been a crazy day.

ON THE SHOW TONIGHT...

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Today is Andy Richter's birthday.  It was announced in the morning meeting today, and was met with a loud chorus of BOOOOOOOOOOOO!!  Ha ha ha.  I don't know why we boo everything good (seriously, any happy announcement is always met with loud boos), but we do. IT'S JUST OUR NATURE. SO TAKE THAT, ANDY. That'll knock that punk down a peg or two.  He's been riding too high lately after that whole women's jeans thing anyway.  (Although they were pretty flattering on him).

From the Aaron Should Really Stop Dragging Ass Dept: I am finally caught up on comments!  Holy smokes!  It took me awhile, but you and I are all squared up, pardner!  Even Steven!  Steady Betty! Equated... Nate & Ted?  That was a stretch.  Point being: I don't want to hear any complaining.

However... I would like to MAKE some complaints:  I have nothing to wear this Halloween!  EVERYBODY PANIC.  Normally, Halloween is FAR AND AWAY my favorite holiday, but the LA weather and a poorly timed case of junglebrain have thrown me off this year.  So... Anybody got any ideas?  The best I could think of at the moment is a bit meta: I was going to put a brown beard over my brown beard and a grey wig over my gray hair and go as myself!  Thoughts?  Lame or awesome?  Oh!  I know!  Let's do a poll and see: 

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Man, I gotta get my head of the stupid jungle already and get back in the game!  I've got jungle on the brain, people - yes, the dreaded JUNGLEBRAIN.  Just look at that last sentence. What am I even talking about?  I have no idea.  Fannygazoo.

Today has been a weird and wonderful day.  I've often said before that one of the things that I enjoy the most about coming to work here is that I never know what each day will hold - and today was no different!  Instead of coming into work bright and early like I normally do on tuesdays (and everyday, honestly), I headed over to The Kodak Theater to speak at the #140 Character Conference!  I was asked to speak on all the different ways of how The Tonight Show uses Twitter - which, as it turns out, is more ways than I realized!  I talked a little bit about how awesome our fans are (that's you, dear reader), and how I like to treat you guys the way that I'd like to be treated by MY favorite shows... And then I showed one of our Twitter Tracker sketches, which people really seemed to like!  (Well, at least I THINK they liked it; the entire audience was staring at their laptops tweeting the whole time!  It was pretty disconcerting, to be honest.  But people came up to me afterwards and said that I did great, so I guess it wasn't that bad).  Regardless, it was a thrill being onstage at the beautiful Kodak Theater once again - most people don't get that experience once, let alone twice!  At least this time, I didn't have to carry anybody across the stage on my back: 



Anyway, thanks to Jeff, Dan, Tina, Lauren, Kathy, Tan, Esther, Todd, Dominic, Ed, Jennifer, and everyone else who I met today!  It was a pleasure.  And I realized after I left that my breath smelled pretty bad, so... Uh, sorry about that.  Or, YOU'RE WELCOME.  ;)

MADNESS on the show tonight, as we're visited by...

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