Sigh.

Oh Internet.  You crack me up.  Here I am, a lowly lil blogger trying to make a few jokes and keep people laughing about our little unemployment predicament, and people go and try to stir up trouble! For the record: I don’t harbor any ill will towards NBC about what happened. I’ve been working for them for the last 9 years, and they’ve been great. Sure, I was a little upset a few years ago when we stopped stocking Yoo Hoo in the office (I know it’s not real chocolate milk, but it’s so delicious!), but other than that, I’ve been proud to work for The Peacock… And a peacock is an awesome mascot, by the way.  Much better than CBS and that giant big brotheresque eye they’ve got going on over there!  *shudder*  ;)

Anyway, with no new news coming out right this very second (OMG OMG) about Conan or the future of our show, I guess people will try to create stories or try to drum up some sort of controversy to fill the void… But the truth is, Friday’s post just had some jokes in it, nothing more. It wasn’t supposed come off all angry (or even “emo teen angsty”), so I don’t want people thinking that everyone’s all pissed off… Sad & hopeful would be the actual truth.  Geez! I namecheck Zucker swear a few times, and people start the rumor mill a-chuggin! I am learning a lot about you, new media.  Don’t break my heart. I still love you, baby.  We can still make this work… Now close those blinds and turn up the Barry White.  It’s time this white haired, brown bearded freak gave you a baby.

Friday was the last day in the office for most of our staff… But Saturday we all saw each other again; a bunch of us drove downtown to a boxing ring for a Funny Or Die shoot!  Our good friend (and master stuntman) Steven Ho was shooting something Conan related (not including Conan; just Conan themed) for them, and asked our staff if we wanted to be involved - and you can’t say no to Steven, because he knows kung fu. KUNG. FU. HE’LL KICK YOUR FACE RIGHT OFF YOUR FACE.  Seriously though, we all had a blast!  I don’t want spoil anything, but I get one of my limbs ripped off:

Good times, gooood tiiiiiimes.

How was everyone’s weekend?!  Superbowl thoughts: I was stoked for the Saints, sad for The Who, and the Letterman/Oprah/Leno Commercial made me laugh!  ;)

Oh!  And I got the theme song for the web vids from Crotteau, so you guys can call off the dogs.

Sorry for the late blog; today was a big day for all of us at the show, because it was the last day of NBC employment for 99% of the staff of The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien! There are a few of us who will still be working until the 19th, but today was the big last day for everyone else - badges, parking passes, office keys, work blackberries… It all had to be turned in today.  It was “NBC.. You Later” Day! It was “Don’t Let The Door Hit You Where The Big Zucker Split You” Day!  It was “Hey, Get The F Out And Don’t Steal Any Company Property, You A-Holes” Day! Edit to add: These were jokes, you guys.  I wasn’t trying to say that people were pissed off… In fact, people were more sad than anything else. Just relax and keep reading.  ;)

Needless to say, everyone left the office and headed directly to the bar for Happy Hour.

I went into the office for a number of reasons today; 1.) To see everyone again one last time to remember how it was to work on The Tonight Show, and 2.) To take pictures of the offices and studio as we all moved out.  Consequently, I made two photo galleries n this blog as separate posts: One is of the studio, and one is of the offices.  Spoiler Alert: Both photo galleries are extremely depressing.  Even so, I thought it was significant and important to snap the photos, and I’m sure that you’d all like to take a gander… So enjoy!  Just hide the knives and whiskey before you do.  I’m not kidding.

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Whew!  I just got back from attending my very first Meat Week event ever!!  It was at Huston’s Texas Pit BBQ down in Hollywood… And it was AWESOME.  When Tony Z and I first rolled up to the greasy meat joint, there was only four people there - but in the span of 5 minutes, at least 30 more people showed up!  The place was super small, and we packed that puppy tighter than an overstuffed spicy pork sausage!  I ate a bunch of great food, made a bunch of new friends, and basically soaked my whole beard in hot sauce, BBQ beans, and homemade boisinberry pie!  Mmm… Eating.

Why did I have such an appetite, you ask?  Easy!  I spent the day shooting!

I think the shoot went pretty well; Hardy came over, I rolled around on the floor, and YET ANOTHER MASTERPIECE WAS CREATED.  I’m gonna edit this weekend and then put the first episode of the web show up next week - I’m trying for Monday, but maybe not.  We’ll see, we’ll see.  GET OFF MY BACK ALREADY, INTERNET.  Jesus Christ.

Tomorrow I plan to head into work for a few hours, so I’ll try to make a short video or take some pictures of what the set and offices are looking like.  It’s gonna be depressing, I’m sure - not to mention the fact that it’s the last day of employment for 99% of our staff.  My wrap lasts for two more weeks, so it’s going to be weeeeeeiiiiird when there’s only 6 of us left in the office next week!  *Shudder*

Also, tomorrow morning I’m supposed to talk to a class at Michigan State about my experiences at Conan via Skype.  Talking to college classes is always interesting for me, because I never know what to say, I never know if anyone really gives a shit, and I never know what to do with the hundreds and hundreds of phone numbers that hot college girls try to give me!  Sigh.  I was thinking about giving myself a big scar on my face to try and make me look uglier - but knowing my luck, it’d just make me look more rugged and handsome.  Oh well.  HUNDREDS OF HOT COLLEGE COED NUMBERS IT IS.

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