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by Tony Sheppard Capitol Weekly Conan O’Brien Can’t Stop Directed by Rodman Flender Last summer, Sacramento’s Memorial Auditorium was one of the venues for Conan O’Brien’s “The Legally Prohibited From Being Funny on Television Tour.” That tour is now the focus of the behind the scenes documentary “Conan O’Brien Can’t Stop” – a somewhat unflinching look at an attempt to make show business lemonade from a deluge of unwanted lemons (or perhaps, in some opinions, a single unwanted Leno). For those who live in caves, go to bed at 9pm, or go to bed at 9pm in caves, last year saw messy contract negotiations over late night programming at NBC. Years earlier, O’Brien had been promised the holy
Jay Leno brought his signature blend of late-night humor and stand-up comedy to a nearly sold-out Thunder Valley Casino and Resort stage on Friday night. This was no typical late night line-up, but a more salty appearance by one of the kings of late-night television. The evening began with KCRA Channel 3 anchor Walt Gray taking the stage to introduce Jay Leno. Before the introduction Walt took a moment to rib himself and Jay a little. First mentioning a little pre-show mix-up of Jay’s plane landing at the wrong airport (Sacramento instead of Lincoln) and then about his own new Droid phone he received for work and how his young son had to teach him how to use it. It was nice to see a loca
Late night talk show host Conan O'Brien's career dilemma following his role as "Tonight Show" presenter at NBC may soon be solved -- with a job opportunity at KTXL FOX40. On the Wednesday edition of the morning news program "FOX40 Live," hosts Natalie Bomke, Joe Orlando, Rosemary Orozco and Paul Robins will extend a formal job offer to the former host of "Late Night with Conan O'Brien" and current host of NBC's "The Tonight Show." "We're totally serious," said FOX40 news director Brandon Mercer. "We're hiring producers anyway, and he's one of the most creative guys in the business." "We are always looking for the best available talent," FOX40 general manager Bob Ramsey said. "There has