9. Try to stretch the monologue to 15 minutes and then maybe 20 because we all know that on my show, it's all downhill after that.
8. Make sure that when I move to 10pm, the lead-ins are half-decent, unlike this year when you had garbage like Knight Rider. What's next, Alf: The Next Generation?
7. Grab as much stuff as I can from the studio right before I leave so I can sell it on eBay.
6. Start writing jokes now for the first time I get trounced by CSI.
5. Get that hair in the front of my head to finally turn gray so I no longer have the skunk look.
4. Book all the good guests, so that Conan is stuck with the D-listers.
3. Keep saying things such as I like Letterman, Dave is a good guy, we have a friendly competition, so that he looks like an idiot when he tries to start a spat.
2. Keep George W. Bush in the spotlight because I can't make Obama-is-stupid jokes yet.
1. Have my people book a guest shortly after his arrest so I can have another Hugh Grant what-the-hell-were-you-thinking moment.
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