Heartwarming / The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien

• When Conan told about his concussion, he thanked Andy for riding with him to the hospital and keeping him company while he recovered.
• David Letterman, one of Conan's comedy idols and his predecessor on Late Night, going absolutely nuclear on NBC and Jay Leno when the fiasco first broke up. Letterman has his own reasons for disliking Jay Leno, but it's gotta be nice to know that your comedy hero has your back.
• On January 18, 2010 a large crowd of people gathered outside of Universal Studios — in spite of cold, rainy weather — to show their support for Conan. Turned into a Moment of Awesome when Conan himself came running out into the crowd to hug, shake hands, literally jump around, tell the crowd to "Keep cool, my babies!" (the crowd went insane at this), lead them on a Rocky-style run to the studio, then from the roof of the studio waved and performed an impromptu string dance which drove the crowd even crazier. Similar rallies were held in cities across America, most notably in front of 30 Rockefeller Center in New York. Not only that, but he bought pizza for the entire crowd on account of them being in the rain so long.
• The contract negotiations with NBC for ending the series to let Leno back on the air didn't cover his stagehands, so Conan paid them out of his own pocket for six weeks.

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