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Over the past month, it’s kind of been “all Christmas, all the time.” But there are other things going on in the world, including something that we mentioned on the show, but didn’t get into too much.
The Golden Globes were recently handed out, and that kind of signals the start of awards season.
Now, I have an unofficial tradition of never watching award shows. It’s not that I go out of way to ignore them. I really don’t. It’s more that I generally forget they’re happening until after they’ve aired.
It doesn’t matter if they’re film, TV or music awards. I’m kind of forgetful that way.
But there is one award show that I’ll probably go out of my way to catch. And it’s the big one.
About a month ago, it was announced that my favourite late night host/writer/comedian, was announced as the host of the upcoming Academy Awards.
That’s right. On March 2nd, Conan O’Brien will be hosting the Oscars!
So, despite the fact that I haven’t seen any of the nominated films, and have no stake in who wins, I’ll be watching to see what kind of absurdity Conan brings to the biggest award show of them all.
It won’t be the first hosting gig he’s done. He’s hosted the Emmys twice, along with the MTV Movie Awards, the NFL Honors, and even the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. So this isn’t new territory to him.
Conan discussed the Oscars gig with his podcast cohosts, Sona Movsesian and Matt Gourley.
I have been Team Coco for a long time.
Of course, he succeeded David Letterman as the host of NBC’s “Late Night” back in 1993. But I didn’t discover Conan until my first year of college, out in Medicine Hat, back in the fall of 1995.
This was something I hadn’t seen before – a perfect mix of the silly and stupid with the smart. Amazing characters, odd concepts and the chemistry between Conan and his sidekick Andy Richter, that captured my sense of humour to a tee.
I’ve been “Team Coco” from his Late Night years, through his brief ill-fated run as host of the “Tonight Show,” to his run on TBS with “Conan.”
There are a few things that have made me a Conan fan for life.
One, is that his humour isn’t particularly mean-spirited. It tends to lean more to the absurd, and he’s more than willing to be the butt of the joke. He doesn’t need to be the coolest guy in the room.
Two, when it comes to remote segments, where he left the studio, there has never been anyone better.
Case in point, a segment that he said is possibly his favourite thing he’s ever done. When he heard about a group of people that get together to play baseball 1860’s-style, he had to check it out. I can’t really do it justice. You just have to watch it yourself!
And finally, he’s the best reactor. When something goes wrong, or something unexpected happens, he just rolls with it and lets it happen, and usually he laughs as much as the audience does.
I can’t wait to see what happens on Hollywood’s biggest stage. I know there’ll only be so “out there” that he’ll be allowed to get, but I’m looking forward to it!
