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|    Re: Andy's funniest remote?    |
|    24 Feb 17 08:22:29    |
      The Thin Lizzy bit was one of the funniest things I've ever seen              I found this post here googling for it. I want to see a video clip of it       somehow. :)              On Thursday, August 12, 1999 at 3:00:00 AM UTC-4, gm wrote:       > Well, this is killin me.       > Andy's leaving, which sucks.       >       > I'm trying hard to be positive about the whole thing, but after watching       > Andy and Conan together since the beginning, they're like two old friends to       > me. I have plenty of real friends I've known since I was a kid, but I wish       > half of the conversations I have with them could be half as entertaining as       > the five minutes I spend watching Andy and Conan trade jokes at the start of       > each show.       >       > Hell, I even look forward to what Andy will do when Conan points to him       > during the monologue every night - it's always different, but somehow he       > always makes me giggle.       >       > Anyone remember how the show wasn't quite the same when Andy was gone for a       > week a few years ago, and they were doing these taped "Where is Andy today?"       > bits every night? It was kind of lame. What's it going to be like when we       > know he's not coming back? It'll still be funnier than any other late night       > show, but it won't be the same.       >       > Anyway, we can always make this a nine-month Irish wake, and talk about the       > funniest things Andy's done on the show.       > Myself, I'm having a hard time deciding between my three favourites:       >       > Andy covering Mardi Gras in New Orleans (talking to drunks and collecting       > beads)       >       > Andy at Woodstock II (obeying the demands of a mob by chugging a       > beer....interviewing Melissa Etheridge with a straight face that was       > completely covered in mud)       >       > Andy covering.....was it the Grammys? (Lobbying for the induction of Thin       > Lizzy into the hall of fame, and yelling like a lunatic from a balcony to       > every musician and record exec in the business: "WERE IS THIN LIZZY?!?!       > YOU'RE ALL ASLEEP!!!"       >       > Anyone else got any favourites?              --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05        * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)    |
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