From: rkettune@mail.student.oulu.fi   
      
   On Thu, 13 Oct 2005, Nagging Rabbit wrote:   
      
   > If any Fins are reading this and know English, can you please explain   
   > Conan's popularity in Finland?   
      
   Can't say why it's popular, maybe it's got something to do with the fact   
   that we don't get any of the other talkshows over here (at least not on   
   "regular" channels, and certainly none of the other comedy talkies). And   
   I'm not even getting started on the Finnish talkcraps they put out (grrr!).   
      
   >   
   > I'm just curious.  Conan makes a lot a references that seem to be   
   > particularly American and that foreigners would not understand.   
      
   Finland has often referred to as the most American of the Euro countries,   
   but... I know the translators work hard (lol :) ) to maintain the humor,   
   but have never really cared about what they write, prefer just to listen   
   to the words.   
      
   I watch Conan (we get the episodes on delay of a few days), though not   
   religiously. I enjoy the self-mockery style that he often uses, and I can   
   identify with that ;).   
      
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