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   From: alphakittenx@netscape.net   
      
   arnold kim wrote:   
   > "J"  wrote in message   
   > news:Ocrme.5682$yG4.201219@news20.bellglobal.com...   
   >   
   >> wrote in message   
   >>news:1117292315.102608.25120@o13g2000cwo.googlegroups.com...   
   >>   
   >>> the skits are funny sometimes, but i can't watch because of his   
   >>>pathological solipsim.   
   >>> he'll turn every subject around to himself and refuses to listen to   
   >>>his guests.   
   >>> i sometimes fantasize about going on that show, just so i can exclaim,   
   >>>"will you shut up for one second, conan; it's not about you!"   
   >>> probably the stars say that all the time, but they just cut it out.   
   >>   
   >>This is all true, but who the hell cares?  Yeah like it's vital that we   
   >>hear   
   >>all the details of some moron actor's insipid story about nothing or about   
   >>how great it is to work with so and so (I *hate* that).  The entire show   
   >>is   
   >>of no consequence anyway so who cares what happens.  Especially when Salma   
   >>Hayek is on...no one's listening anyway.   
   >   
   >   
   > I'm just wondering how many people are watching for the guests as opposed to   
   > just for Conan himself.   
   >   
   > True, he often does take control, but I've noticed that with really good   
   > guests who appreciate the show's style, like, say, Lauren Graham, there's a   
   > very good back-and-forth between them.   
   >   
   > Arnold Kim   
   >   
   >   
      
      
   Exactly. When the guest is entertaining, he either spars brilliantly   
   with them, or hangs back & lets them do their thing. It's really only   
   when the guest is bombing that he takes over. And personally, I'd rather   
   watch Conan hijack a boring interview than be subjected to the average   
   celebs witless prattle.   
      
      
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