maybe not a good time to say this but this was a kick ass regular season of nba basketball

also there was a dog catchin frisbees at halftime

breathe in at 'spangled' and out and 'eyes'

On one hand it’s so fucking cool that CC made it on SNL. You have to famous FAMOUS to get that invite.

On the other hand it’s so lame that Michael Che, who has repeatedly made sexist jokes at the expense of women’s sports, gets to share the moment with her. Boo.

this parody review O’Brien wrote of himself in advance of his LATE NIGHT debut is possibly the funniest piece of prose I’ve ever read

archive.nytimes.com/www.nytimes.co…

A Dan Cronin classic!

Kiefo Nilsson off the top of my head: Highlander, Thief, The Set-Up, They Live. Big Trouble in Little China, Predator 2, Collateral, Dead Reckoning, Kill Zone, Rumble in the Bronx. lot of good alleyways in Batman & Batman Returns iirc.

no NBA tonight

Chicago jazz guitarist George Freeman playing at the Green Mill to celebrate his 97th birthday earlier this week. (That’s Mike Allemana at right.)

Trying this Twitter thing out.

People don't realize that Conan O'Brien and Brian McCann perfected the 'Hot Ones' routine more than twenty years ago. One of my favorite 'Late Night' bits.

A little story about bacon. 🥓

I never really thought about it but man it’s sad that there’s generations of people who haven’t the slightest clue that late night talk shows can be great. Not just tolerable, or gently inoffensive in the background but outright great art.

While we’re appreciating Conan, here’s his camera switcher bit he was doing during the ‘07-‘08 Writers Strike that, to me, cemented him as one of the funniest to ever do it.

there is a lot to unpack about Conan’s current media moment. but most importantly—he is somehow the only person handling this chaos properly. this is the face of our times: