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   Anthony Hopkins:   
   	- He's turning 70.  He's returning to Wales to see people he   
   hasn't seen in 65 years, some of whom he remembers.  Has he invited   
   other stars?  Catherine Zeta-Jones and Michael Douglas, Tom Jones,   
   Shirley Basset.  They may not be too busy.  And Michael Sheen.   
   	   
   	- It's the rain and the coal dust bringing so many talented   
   people out.   
   	   
   	- He's in an unusual project: the wrote, directed, starred,   
   composed music.  Why did he wait till now?  He looked at it as an   
   experiment, and didn't have an idea it would be a movie when he started.   
    He thought to break all the rules, all the editing rules, just   
   something *so* weird.  What sort of acid was he on?  It goes back to his   
   old tequila days.   
   	   
   	- Conan doesn't know what 'Slipstream' means.  Neither does   
   Hopkins.  He's messing with the idea of life as a dream within a dream   
   within a dream.  He can't explain his life or why he's here (``we booked   
   you and you had to come here'').  Are you real?  ``That we're not sure   
   about.  I haven't actually been here in the building for years.  I'm a   
   hologram.''  We're not real.  ``This is blowing my mind ... this isn't   
   even a real window.''   
   	   
   	- It comes across as making fun of the movie-making business in   
   a fresh way.  Christian Slater dies from overacting.  LaBamba could do   
   it.  ``A worse overactor than the Christian Slater character?  A *worse*   
   overactor?  NOOOOOOOOO!''  Hopkins calls him the master.   
   	   
   	- Conan thinks actors from the UK take themselves less seriously   
   than American actors do.  Hopkins thinks it's because English actors   
   don't get paid so much; if you get too much money you take yourself   
   seriously and if you get too much publicity you end up in jail.   
   	   
   	- Movie clip: it feels like a dream sequence from a bigger   
   movie, but yeah, it does look well-made.  Hopkins makes some quip that I   
   can't figure out.  LaBamba is ready to be in the next movie, as a deer   
   in the headlights holding bongos.   
      
      
   Screen Bugs:   
   	- Today: Meredith Vieira on Today pops up on screen, annoying   
   Conan.  And everyone else in existence ever.   
   	   
   	- Today:  If you want to see it, go to sleep now!  That's so   
   insulting, they're telling people not to watch this show.   
   	   
   	- I Fall Asleep As Soon As Conan Starts To Talk (with Vieira   
   yawning in her bug).  What are they doing, why not just show Meredith   
   Vieira sleeping?   
   	   
   	- ZZZZZZZZZ, with her in bed.  This is unbelievable, we're all   
   on NBC, we're supposed to be on the same team.   
   	   
   	- Watch NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams.  Williams bobs and   
   nods and Conan approves, but Williams takes out his remote and turns off   
   Conan.   
   	   
   	- Unfortunately, Conan will be right back.   
      
      
   	+ Another excellent bit, by the way, and that's on a first-rate   
   week.   
      
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