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   Conologue:   
   	- Cute mime training for Max.   
   	- Nice yet still nasty joke about Bush and the Indians.   
   	- Good grief, cocaine being sold through an Army   
   recruiting office?  Seriously?   
   	- Saw the ``unknown singer'' joke marching up Broadway,   
   but it's still a solid one.   
   	- I like Conan playing with the boundaries of the screen.   
    	   
      
   Walkover Music:   
   	The Little Drummer Boy   
      
      
   Christmas Decorations:   
   	About time!  Good grief.  I know they don't want to date   
   the shows too badly for reruns, but one week isn't enough.  But   
   having the little menorah is adorable.   
      
      
   Tourists at Dateline NBC:   
   	Fun little bit.  I know they've done variations on this   
   in past years, but it just doesn't age.   
      
      
   Conan's Christmas Cards:   
   	- Larry King: You know, raccoons really aren't native to   
   Bethlehem.  Just saying.   
   	- Kirstie Alley: I'm sorry Andy wasn't here to riff on   
   them.   
   	- Michael Richards: In his picture he looks like he's   
   turning into Detective Munch.   
   	- Madonna: I've missed quick jokes like that.   
   	- Saddam Hussein: It was read well on Conan's part, you   
   know.   
   	- Mark Foley: That's the least convincing card; the   
   others look more authentic.   
   	- Mel Gibson: Nice quick punch. What is with celebrities   
   this year?   
   	- Britney Spears: Oh, that's such a lovely late Christmas   
   sentiment.   
   	Where did that apple (or whatever it was) Conan gave away   
   come from?  have they been handing out a lot of snacks lately?   
   	   
   	   
   Patricia Heaton:   
   	``We All Need Somebody to Love'' as intro music; I love   
   it.   
      
   	I'll forgive the jeans as she showed having late panicked   
   thoughts about the sheer outfit, although against the matte   
   painting it wasn't easy to see the dress.  Otherwise, please,   
   folks, it's network TV, not casual night at Burger King.   
      
   	Peter Boyle.  It does sound like they had a fun time on   
   the set.  Is anyone surprised at Young Frankenstein being one of   
   Conan's favorite movies?  (I accidentally typed Young Einstein,   
   which I could also kind of see.)  What kind of person has a   
   defibrilator at home?  Admittedly, these things have gotten   
   sophisticated enough nearly anyone can use them, from what I   
   gather.   
      
   	Checking her son's e-mails, though, and text messages ...   
   I'm sorry; that's quite obnoxious.  Kids deserve reasonable   
   privacy.  Serves her right to not understand the lingo, not that   
   anyone understands them.   
      
      
      
   Mulligan's Trans-fat Speakeasy:   
   	Funny bit, but they missed on the editing and failed to   
   show the inspector actually entering the place.  Just the hazards   
   of live-on-tape.   
      
      
      
   Jason Ritter:   
   	Much better outfit, yes.  I know the sort of problem with   
   gifts being easy to get at random times of year, but not knowing   
   what to do with Christmas.  My gifts this year were a pretty   
   unimaginative bunch, I'm sad to say.   
      
   	Ah, so he is related to John Ritter; that makes sense.   
   When I was a kid I had parts of Three's Company I liked, but it   
   was also the first show I ever turned off because I could see how   
   the setup was going to pay off and I didn't want to see it.   
      
   	Talking about awkward dates: obviously an easy thing for   
   Conan.   
   	   
      
   Tony Bennett:   
   	Always a delight.  They don't have him around enough.  I   
   liked the bit of giggling in the bit.  The snow was a neat touch   
   but a bit too understated; it only showed up in the closer shots.   
      
   	I love him talking about his influences and had no idea   
   he was on the initial Tonight Show with Johnny Carson; I'd never   
   heard that.  Neat that he able to introduce such an iconic song   
   for that.   
      
      
   Credits:   
   	It's so weird seeing the normal-proportion screens with   
   the NBC 2000 squeezed credits to the side.   
      
   	Did you catch the fake-foods.com plug?   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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