Conan Rally Streaming Live: Fans Protest NBC's Treatment of Conan in the Rain
Conan Rally Live Stream Already Shown Andy Richter & Impersonated Leno Vs. O'Brien Fights
Update: TMZ is no longer live streaming the Conan rally on their homepage. A four minute clip of the rally can be found here. For rally highlights, continue reading.
Conan rallies are being held in Seattle and NBC's Chicago studios. A New York City protest is taking place, at 30 Rockefeller Plaza.
A Pope-mobile type vehicle drove by, causing protesters to go wild. Conan made a brief wind-blown appearance, rallying the crowd. Other Tonight Show favorites showed up to support Team CoCo. They include O'Brien's right hand guy, Andy Richter, Masturbating Bear and La Bamba.
The Hollywood protesters calmed to a chatting crowd, until an announcer asked if they wanted to see the real Tonight Show host. Cheers of excitement quickly turned to boos and hisses, as the man announced Jay Leno. Well a Leno impersonator, anyways. 'Leno' addressed the crowd, inciting their displeasure.
Cheers went up among the protesters, as a Conan impersonator ran out and gave 'Leno' a ninja-style beat-down. 'Leno' got up with a sucker punch to O'Brien, grabbing him from behind. 'Conan' managed to get the upper hand, by grabbing 'Leno's' chin. The crowd loves this move.
The 'Leno' impostor goes on to interview Conan rally goers, talking in a high giggly voice.
Conan supporters were seen holding homemade signs and the now familiar Mike Mitchell illustration. Mitchell, administrator of the "I'm with CoCo" Facebook group, is the creator of the black and white image of Conan, complete with blazing red hair. The "I'm with CoCo" slogan is printed under the portrait.
ABC reports that Conan may walk away from his divorce with NBC with as much as $40 million.
This Conan's last week of hosting the Tonight Show, with the final show expected to air on Friday. Martin Scorsese and Colin Firth are guests on Monday's show. Tom Hanks will be the featured guest on Tuesday's show.
Sources:
www.tmz.com
http://abcnews.go.com/Business/conan-obrien-nbc-agreement-expected-fans-plan-protests/story?id=9593133
http://www.tmz.com/videos?autoplay=true&mediaKey=d697bcba-7e3e-4c48-b3f3-af1af46c8a77
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Post a CommentVideo of the Team Coco rally to support Conan O'Brien at 30 Rock, NYC. - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z4Fm5F15tAk
Tonight Show regular, Steven Ho (as Conan) was the one who beat down the Jay Leno impersonator.
http://www.hulu.com/watch/95629/the-tonight-show-with-conan-obrien-hollywood-stuntman-steven-ho
Tamnara, Nice article but you forgot to mention some very important highlights of the Rally:
1. Conan made an appearance. He actually sprinted from the Universal Studios entrance down Lankersheim into Gate 1. Fans followed him and clogged the entrance to the studio. Conan then gave an impromptu speech from the roof of the Tonight Show offices.
2. La Bamba came out in a "pope-style" bullet proof shield mounted on a pick-up truck and waved to the fans and he was driven slowly down lankersheim.
3. The ninja fight featured regular Conan guest Stuntman Steven Ho dressed in a red wig as Conan.
New NYC Rally Video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AitLuiJidFo
conan > everyone else
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C1JC3o-uIbg
What a hoopla!