Conan to turn over entire episode to U2 [Archive]

Roddimus

10-04-2005, 09:42 PM

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/APWires/entertainment/D8D1FH308.html

NEW YORK — In his 12 years in charge of booking musical guests on Conan O'Brien's "Late Night," Jim Pitt always listed U2 and Johnny Cash as the dream artists he'd tried but never succeeded in getting.

He lost his chance with the late Cash, but the U2 dream is coming true Thursday in a major way.

O'Brien will turn over his entire show to the band, which is in New York for seven sold-out engagements at Madison Square Garden.

:confused:

huond

10-04-2005, 09:51 PM

yeah i'm not looking forward to it, either!

Rabot

10-04-2005, 10:36 PM

I have always known that Bono was attempting to take over the world.

Guys prepare for an hour of song (just vertigo played over and over), dance, charity talk and special edition ipods. I bet they will podcast the entireshow and the onlyway to get it is by donating your left nut to disaster victims.

agent_PUNT

10-04-2005, 10:42 PM

Originally posted by Rabot
I bet they will podcast the entireshow and the onlyway to get it is by donating your left nut to disaster victims.

too bad that it's the only way you selfish americans will donate ANYTHING to charity. You need to be rewarded for being charitable.

listen to yourself... boo hoo I can't watch Conan's tv show... oh boo hoo me...

(I'm kidding Rabot, I don't think you were being serious)

Rabot

10-04-2005, 10:43 PM

yeah who would miss not seeing that shitty show?

P.S. spacesare overated

AndersLevant

10-04-2005, 10:44 PM

You know, I had a friend who was constantly listening to a Greatest Hits of U2 from the 1980's. And a lot of their songs were pretty awesome. So, my question for you guys is, what happened?

AndersLevant

10-04-2005, 11:04 PM

Also, has anyone here ever balled a twin?

I haven't yet, but I'm working on it. Now, she's not an identical twin, but they might as well be. Because they're Asian, so it's not like I already wouldn't have enough trouble telling them apart. (Because I'm racist, and they all look alike.)

Rabot

10-04-2005, 11:09 PM

No but I've balled a pair of twins...at the same time!

High five my frat-brother.

Roddimus

10-04-2005, 11:24 PM

Originally posted by AndersLevant
You know, I had a friend who was constantly listening to a Greatest Hits of U2 from the 1980's. And a lot of their songs were pretty awesome. So, my question for you guys is, what happened?
Bono kept on being Bono.

quartersmostly

10-05-2005, 12:08 AM

Originally posted by Roddimus
Bono kept on being Bono.

Nothing happened it's just what bands do. They are new and exciting and have all of this creative energy, then they get old rich and boring. It's just the way it works.

agent_PUNT

10-05-2005, 12:13 AM

ever notice that every dane cook joke ends the same way?

with me not laughing.

quartersmostly

10-05-2005, 12:18 AM

I quoted the wrong text on my previous post. Somebody yell at me.

5InchTaint

10-05-2005, 12:50 AM

Originally posted by agent_PUNT
too bad that it's the only way you selfish americans will donate ANYTHING to charity. You need to be rewarded for being charitable.
Enough with your fucking Canadian ethnocentricity. Give it a rest. Yes, yes...anyone who isn't retarded realizes that Canada is far superior to the U.S. Did anyone tell you that rubbing a dog's nose in shit isn't the best way to teach it to stop crapping on your rug?

5InchTaint

10-05-2005, 12:57 AM

Originally posted by agent_PUNT
ever notice that every dane cook joke ends the same way?

with me not laughing.
I watched him on the Tonight Show and I realized that Dane Cook is the person that all your friends seem to like, and sometimes he is kind of funny and charming, but just rubs you the wrong way. That guy that you just can't stand at a party and every now and then you seriously consider just punching him in the face really really hard. Then you think that maybe he's OK, he ingratiates you somehow; he kisses your ass, takes your side in a disagreement, makes you laugh. Then you see him again half an hour later and you just want six hundred pounds of rusty rebar to slam through his sealed up fontanelle.

What the fuck am I talking about?

terris

10-05-2005, 01:57 AM

oddly enough i know the exact feeling you are describing

3v3+Z

10-05-2005, 02:28 AM

Off the top of my head, I can't think of an example of a band that's still putting out great records after more than 10 years.

Charities shouldn't have to exist at all. We need a Robin Hood.

My brother had an identical twin. I mean "had" in the biblical sense. Oh, wait. That's "KNOWN". I should have known. Anyway, his buddy was dating her sister, but apparently the sister had zero sex drive.

Dane Cook is like one of those underground christian Rock bands that's almost not shitty. You'll catch part of a song only half paying attention. They seem alright, so you start to really listen. Then it's like, "they do sound awfully smiley though. And now that I think about it, this music seems pretty derivative. Okay, he's talking about christ! Game over!"

Nipsey Russell is dead.

Soma

10-05-2005, 02:35 AM

Dane Cook has made me laugh but only in group situations. He's very hit or miss.

TomWopat

10-05-2005, 05:59 AM

Remember that episode of Conan with all the kids in the audience? That was pretty cool.

AndersLevant

10-05-2005, 08:45 AM

Originally posted by 3v3+Z
Dane Cook is like one of those underground christian Rock bands that's almost not shitty. You'll catch part of a song only half paying attention. They seem alright, so you start to really listen. Then it's like, "they do sound awfully smiley though. And now that I think about it, this music seems pretty derivative. Okay, he's talking about christ! Game over!"

That's the perfect description of the things I hate the most.

CptPlanet

10-05-2005, 09:35 AM

JESUS CHRIST WHY DO PEOPLE STILL CARE ABOUT THOSE ASSHOLES

Roddimus

10-05-2005, 09:57 AM

Originally posted by agent_PUNT
too bad that it's the only way you selfish americans will donate ANYTHING to charity. You need to be rewarded for being charitable.
Yep. We have more or less devalued the word. We're very good at it.
Sorta like when people mix up the words capital and capitol in this country. Remember when there was actually a distinction between the two? Barely anyone does.

CptDOUCHEFACE

10-05-2005, 10:09 AM

Originally posted by CptPlanet
JESUS CHRIST WHY DO PEOPLE STILL CARE ABOUT THOSE ASSHOLES

JESUS CHRIST Y DO PPL SAY YUO LOOK LIEK A ASSHOLE OMFG IT BECAUSE YUO R ONE!!!!

Brain Stew

10-05-2005, 10:13 AM

Originally posted by Roddimus
Yep. We have more or less devalued the word. We're very good at it.
Sorta like when people mix up the words capital and capitol in this country. Remember when there was actually a distinction between the two? Barely anyone does.
Capital is the city that houses a state's government. A capitol is the building that houses the legislators of a government.

Roddimus

10-05-2005, 10:26 AM

Originally posted by Brain Stew
Capital is the city that houses a state's government. A capitol is the building that houses the legislators of a government.
Actually, there was a time when capital was strictly monetary in its definition. Check out an antique dictionary. I've got one from the 30s that defines capital in monetary terms, and nothing else.
Its only in recent years that the two have become intertwined.

Brain Stew

10-05-2005, 10:49 AM

Originally posted by Roddimus
Actually, there was a time when capital was strictly monetary in its definition. Check out an antique dictionary. I've got one from the 30s that defines capital in monetary terms, and nothing else.
Its only in recent years that the two have become intertwined.
Actually, it comes from the Latin word capitalis which means head. In capitalism, wealth was orignally measured by how many heads of cattle you had. But, a capital is also the head of a state.

So both meanings have been there since the beginning.

CptPlanet

10-05-2005, 10:50 AM

Originally posted by CptDOUCHEFACE
JESUS CHRIST Y DO PPL SAY YUO LOOK LIEK A ASSHOLE OMFG IT BECAUSE YUO R ONE!!!!

POST OF THE CENTURY RIGHT HERE FOLKS

Roddimus

10-05-2005, 11:03 AM

Originally posted by Brain Stew
Actually, it comes from the Latin word capitalis which means head. In capitalism, wealth was orignally measured by how many heads of cattle you had. But, a capital is also the head of a state.

So both meanings have been there since the beginning.
**scratches chin**
Ah...interesting. You learn something new everyday on this board.

CptPlanet

10-05-2005, 11:07 AM

Brain Stew

10-05-2005, 11:26 AM

Originally posted by CptPlanet
*givez u a swirlie*
http://www.port.hu/picture/instance_2/46840_2.jpg

Seth, you are going to make me late for my visual programming test!

Roddimus

10-05-2005, 11:41 AM

Originally posted by 3v3+Z
Off the top of my head, I can't think of an example of a band that's still putting out great records after more than 10 years.
Funny thing is, this also applies to Conan's comedy.
Can't wait to see In The Year 2000: The Bono Edition.

fritter

10-05-2005, 09:56 PM

i have an antique thesaurus that says antique dictionary collector= lonely bespectacled queer.

Roddimus

10-05-2005, 10:13 PM

Whats it got for antique thesaurus collector?

quartersmostly

10-05-2005, 11:05 PM

Originally posted by Roddimus
Whats it got for antique thesaurus collector?

Funny

huond

10-06-2005, 08:09 PM

Originally posted by Roddimus
Funny thing is, this also applies to Conan's comedy.
Can't wait to see In The Year 2000: The Bono Edition.

How do you know about that already?

and *cough cough* it's really The Edge Edition *cough cough*

tjamick

10-06-2005, 08:21 PM

Chris, just tell Conan to shut up and take his show back.

3v3+Z

10-06-2005, 08:33 PM

They should've done "The Larry Mullen, Jr. Edition".

"These guys are from England and who gives a shit!?" Casey Kasem

Roddimus

10-06-2005, 08:47 PM

Originally posted by huond
and *cough cough* it's really The Edge Edition *cough cough*
Haha!
Conan should have Bono and him have a death match to see who gets the honor of furthering that bit's demise.