From: nebusj-@-rpi-.edu   
      
   Drew  writes:   
      
   >I just watched this episode after recording it on my PC. (I have an ATI TV   
   >tuner card, although I haven't used it as much lately because my hard drive   
   >is packed.) As many people have mentioned in this newsgroup and elsewhere,   
   >Conan's ad-libbed bits are often the funniest parts of his show, and this   
   >one was no exception. Joseph's extremely detailed episode recap caught most   
   >of Conan's riffs, but there were two that he missed -- I'll attempt to   
   >reproduce them here. (Sorry, it's second nature: whenever I see a blank, I   
   >am tempted to fill it in.)   
      
   	Thank you, so very much.  I do feel compelled to write down as   
   much of the experience as I can, but now and then I just get so far   
   behind, particularly when the quips are fast and furious, that I give   
   up and try to make a graceful bridge to the next big point.  I really,   
   *really* appreciate having things filled in.   
      
      
   >> Lewis Black:   
   >This last exchange contained another funny improvisation by Conan, although   
   >I think it kept Black from finishing his joke. Here's how it unfolded:   
      
   	Yeah, the structure of this got so jumbled in who was talking   
   when that I gave up and tried to hit the big nouns.   
      
      
   >Sometimes it bothers me that Conan interrupts and even upstages his guests   
   >with his frequent comic interludes, but usually I don't mind. Conan, off   
   >the cuff, is much more entertaining than the average guest's prepared   
   >material. In this episode, for instance, Heather Graham would not have been   
   >nearly as interesting without Conan's comedic takes on her stories. Lewis   
   >Black can be hilarious on his own, so Conan wisely let him do his thing   
   >until the end, when Heather seemed to catch Lewis off guard with her   
   >lingerie remark, and Conan jumped in.   
      
   	It could be so, although I would rather Conan was a bit more   
   relaxed about jumping in on his guests's responses.  Andy seemed to be   
   much better about when to divert the guest's answer.   
      
   	But Heather Graham and Conan's interactions went really naturally,   
   like friends clowning around while talking together.   
      
   	Lewis Black gave me the impression he had worked out a bunch of   
   fine Lisa Nowak jokes and then was annoyed that Anna Nicole Smith went   
   and upstaged them all.   
      
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