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   From: ANIM8Rfsk@cox.net   
      
   in article 429B2AA2.1090109@netscape.net, alphakitten at   
   alphakittenx@netscape.net wrote on 5/30/05 8:00 AM:   
      
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   >   
   > 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   
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   >>   
   >   
   >   
   > 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.   
      
   I guess I've never seen Conan have an entertaining guest then.   
      
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