Dirty Neurotica 2009

I watched the Conan O’Brien documentary last night and I don’t know if it was just because I was high, but seeing Conan behind the scenes like that and being so upset over the Tonight Show thing kind of changed my opinion of him and not for the better. He actually is a bit of a tyrant to his staff, personal assisstant and writers and to see Conan not be a happy go lucky, albeit self- deprecating character takes away from the essence of the man. The documentary was a big mistake in my estimation because to see Conan taking this really fun, dumb humor so seriously and being so bummed out over a TV show is a bit of a joke in and of itself. Conan’s had a good life, better than most. Sure the Tonight Show debacle was unfair to him, but there are bigger problems in this world and people lose jobs every day in this economy that mean more to them than Conan’s who made a huge pay day and did not go gently into that good night with grace and dignity. Not that he had to and his last few weeks on NBC made for some great television, but he wanted to deal with the situation from every angle. Be an angry rebel, be a good little well paid employee without bitterness, be a TV leader and be a joke. That’s the conundrum of Conan and his TBS show is getting increasingly lower ratings because it’s easy to get Conan fatigue. The shtick gets old and we get that Conan’s a funny, awkward, weird looking guy, but when you see that dude being mean to his assistant and its not a joke and that Conan is just another person like everybody else it all suddenly stops being funny. I think I have a stoner’s sense of humor when I’m not high and a sophisticated British sense of humor when I am. Should’ve watched Keeping Up Appearances I guess.