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* MilestoneCelebration: Invoked: One sketch started out seemingly as yet another tribute to the 30th anniversary of ''Film/StarWars'', until Conan said it was the 30th anniversary of ''another'' classic film: ''Film/BreakerBreaker'', and revolved a sketch around that movie instead.

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* MilestoneCelebration: Invoked: One sketch started out seemingly as yet another tribute to the 30th anniversary of ''Film/StarWars'', ''Film/ANewHope'', until Conan said it was the 30th anniversary of ''another'' classic film: ''Film/BreakerBreaker'', and revolved a sketch around that movie instead.
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*** "Skelevision" Halloween special: Everyone was replaced with skeletons on strings. Aired in 2006.

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*** "Skelevision" [[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0891811/ "The Skeleton Show" Halloween special: special]]: Everyone was replaced with skeletons on strings. Aired in 2006.
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** In an interview with Creator/RayLiotta in 2003, he mentioned how he had to gain a lot of weight for a role. Except he said "wained a lot of geight." Conan didn't let it slip by, and ended the interview by saying the movie is "pow naying".

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** In an interview with Creator/RayLiotta in 2003, he mentioned how he had to gain a lot of weight for a role. Except he said "wained "geighted a lot of geight.wain." Conan didn't let it slip by, and ended the interview by saying the movie is "pow naying".
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** Many episodes in mid-2003 had Conan making fun of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monkeypox monkeypox]], which was a new thing at the time. Conan found the term amusing so he worked it into many moments.
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** The yearly "State of the Show" episodes, which abandoned the opening monologue and sketch in favor of a parody of the president's "State of the Union" speeches.
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* WhoDares: The RunningGag in "Live via Satellite" whenever Zell Miller was on. He would tell Conan, "How DARE you" and then challenge him to a duel.
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* ConspiracyTheorist: Conan was suspicious that the [=ESPYs=] cut his interview down to merely saying "Red Sox" because it aired on ABC, and other ABC stars (Drew Carey) got significantly longer sound bytes.
--> '''Conan''': ''(pointing into the camera)'' It's a CONSPIRACY, man!

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* BoyBand: Parodied in a segment where Conan assembles a band which he calls "Dudes A-Plenty".

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* BoyBand: Parodied in a segment where Conan assembles a band which he calls "Dudes A-Plenty"."Dudez A-Plenti".


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* SuddenNameChange: A RunningGag in the "Dudez-a-Plenti" sketch. As the boy band that Conan was manufacturing had made-up names for the five guys to begin with, he would routinely change their name at a moment's notice.
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* WunzaPlot: The fictional crime drama/action show starring Conan and former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich.
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* NotHelpingYourCase: In one of the interviews with Creator/HarrisonFord, Conan noted that because of many of the roles Ford has taken, some have come away with an impression that he's intimidating or not a nice guy. Ford's response is classic:
--> '''Harrison Ford''': That's bull(shit).
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** In an interview with Creator/HarrisonFord in 2003, Conan noted that part of what makes Ford's angry stare into the camera so effective is the creepy music accompanying it. He wanted to try a different set of music with the same stare: A ''Series/BennyHill''-style piece.

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** In an interview with Creator/HarrisonFord in 2003, Conan noted that part of what makes Ford's angry stare into the camera so effective is the creepy music accompanying it. He wanted to try a different set of music with the same stare: A ''Series/BennyHill''-style ''Series/TheBennyHillShow''-style piece.
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** In an interview with Creator/HarrisonFord in 2003, Conan noted that part of what makes Ford's angry stare into the camera so effective is the creepy music accompanying it. He wanted to try a different set of music with the same stare: A ''Series/BennyHill''-style piece.


Conan announced that sometime in January 2019, the entire series will be available for streaming. That... obviously hasn't happened yet.

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Conan announced that sometime in January 2019, the entire series will be available for streaming. That... obviously hasn't happened yet.While no full episodes have been posted yet, Conan announced in March that hundreds of remote sketches have been uploaded to the [[https://teamcoco.com/conan25 Conan 25 site]], with more videos to come.
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** In an interview with Creator/RayLiotta in 2003, he mentioned how he had to gain a lot of weight for a role. Except he said "wained a lot of geight." Conan didn't let it slip by, and ended the interview by saying the movie is "pow naying".
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Conan announced that sometime in January 2019, the entire series will be available for streaming.

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Conan announced that sometime in January 2019, the entire series will be available for streaming. That... obviously hasn't happened yet.
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* TheHeckler: One sketch had Conan install a V.I.P. seat behind his desk. Creator/WillArnett won the raffle and proceeded to make a lot of noise in the V.I.P. seat, distracting Conan from trying to tell a joke about his mom. Eventually Will booed Conan, causing Conan to have security escort Will out of the studio.
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* {{Parody}}: "Actual Items" is a parody of Leno's "Headlines".

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* {{Parody}}: "Actual Items" is a parody of Leno's "Headlines"."Headlines", except that instead of highlighting mistakes from actual newspapers, Conan presented blatant edits that he insisted were real.
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* {{Unishment}}: In the episode where the audience consisted entirely of kids, Conan warned that anyone who misbehaves will be sent to Naughty Land. Said place apparently takes place in ''Film/TheWizardOfOz'' with costumed mascots who give the kids $500 for the Disney Store.
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** One satellite channel showed various famous people trashing their hotel rooms. The one featured was Mother Teresa, who trashed her room because the front desk forgot to give her a wake-up call.
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** During an interview with Jon Lovitz, Conan brought up the VMA moment where Britney Spears and Madonna kissed. Jon was disgusted; at first it seems like he had a moral objection to same-sex kissing, but it was the opposite: He thought the kiss was too short.
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** A frequent gimmick in "Late Night Budget Cuts".
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* LosingHorns: The theme music for "Late Night Budget Cuts" is done in this manner, ending with a gong.
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* AccentuateTheNegative: Invoked in "Conan on the Aisle": Conan rarely has anything good to say about the movie he's highlighting, in order to set up the ManipulativeEditing joke in the clip.
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* MilestoneCelebration: One sketch started out seemingly as yet another tribute to the 30th anniversary of ''Film/StarWars'', until Conan said it was the 30th anniversary of ''another'' classic film: ''Film/BreakerBreaker'', and revolved a sketch around that movie instead.

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* MilestoneCelebration: Invoked: One sketch started out seemingly as yet another tribute to the 30th anniversary of ''Film/StarWars'', until Conan said it was the 30th anniversary of ''another'' classic film: ''Film/BreakerBreaker'', and revolved a sketch around that movie instead.
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* MilestoneCelebration: One sketch started out seemingly as yet another tribute to the 30th anniversary of ''Film/StarWars'', until Conan said it was the 30th anniversary of ''another'' classic film: ''Film/BreakerBreaker'', and revolved a sketch around that movie instead.
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* CarefulWithThatAxe: Mark Pender's shtick whenever he sings about a particular topic. The ballad will start out normally, but after the first few verses he'll start ''screaming'' about the topic over and over until Conan tells him to calm down.
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** Parodied when Kristin Davis was interviewed in 2004 about ''Series/SexAndtheCity'' coming to TBS. Conan showed a clip of how an episode had to be edited to be aired on TBS, and it was only five seconds long.
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** Whenever Conan gets a phone call at his desk, whoever's on the other line (usually Creator/SeanConnery or the Queen of England) will repeatedly get his name wrong.
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* ShareTheMalePain: In a 2006 monologue, Conan told a "news of the weird" story where a man cut off his own penis and threw it at some cops. It particularly grossed out Jimmy Vivino, which of course Conan ran with.
--> '''Conan''': What's your problem? Man, Jimmy couldn't handle that one. He cut it off and threw it at them! I'm gonna keep saying it unless you drop it. Not the, you know what I mean.

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