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   mark.silverman2@gmail.com to All   
   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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