# The Feud: Conan Moves to the Tonight Show by 42fish \[Game Over\] **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [May 16, 2009, 8:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-conan-moves-to-the-tonight-show-by-42fish-game-over/496680 "2009-05-16T20:29:55Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![swampbear](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/swampbear/32/467_2.png) [@swampbear](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/swampbear)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2009, 3:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-conan-moves-to-the-tonight-show-by-42fish-game-over/496680/21 "2009-05-17T03:16:27Z")
> [@gonzomax](#): > > Excuses,nothing but excuses. Play and take your whipping like a good Viking. Well, if that’s the alternative… 😉 ---
**Author:** ![Hap\_Shaughnessy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ecc23a/32.png) [@Hap\_Shaughnessy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hap_Shaughnessy)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2009, 3:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-conan-moves-to-the-tonight-show-by-42fish-game-over/496680/22 "2009-05-17T03:36:09Z")
1. Triumph the Insult Comic Dog 2. Driving the Desk 3. Abe Vigoda 4. Labamba 5. William Shatner 6. Bill Clinton 7. Andy Richter Controls the Universe 8. Johnny Carson 9. This is gonna suck 10. 48 months ---
**Author:** ![Sternvogel](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bc79bd/32.png) [@Sternvogel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sternvogel)\ **Post date:** [May 17, 2009, 3:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-conan-moves-to-the-tonight-show-by-42fish-game-over/496680/23 "2009-05-17T15:30:45Z")
1. Triumph 2. New State Quarters 3. Abe Vigoda 4. La Bamba 5. William Shatner 6. Bill Clinton 7. _Andy Richter Controls the Universe_ 8. Johnny Carson 9. “This is gonna suck.” 10. 24 months 11. Actual name is Richie Rosenberg ---
**Author:** ![Justin\_Credible](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/a8b319/32.png) [@Justin\_Credible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Justin_Credible)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2009, 7:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-conan-moves-to-the-tonight-show-by-42fish-game-over/496680/24 "2009-05-18T07:13:47Z")
1. Vomiting Kermit 2. Actual Items 3. Abe Vigoda 4. LaBamba 5. Snoop Dogg 6. Mike Tyson 7. The Andy Richter Show 8. Jay Leno 9. This is gonna suck 10. 24 months Pretty much a toss-up for #8 as to which one I thought would have more responses. I wonder if Joe Piscapo will get any. ---
**Author:** ![Simmerdown](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simmerdown/32/14859_2.png) [@Simmerdown](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Simmerdown)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2009, 4:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-conan-moves-to-the-tonight-show-by-42fish-game-over/496680/25 "2009-05-18T16:43:05Z")
1. Triumph the Insult Comic Dog 2. In the year 2000 3. Tim Russert 4. LaBamba 5. LaBamba 6. George W. Bush 7. Madagascar 8. Johnny Carson 9. I’ll give it a chance 10. 36 months ---
**Author:** ![Fiddle\_Peghead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddle_peghead/32/3506_2.png) [@Fiddle\_Peghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiddle_Peghead)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2009, 7:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-conan-moves-to-the-tonight-show-by-42fish-game-over/496680/26 "2009-05-18T19:35:44Z")
1. Masturbating Bear 2. Taking the desk out for a drive 3. Will Arnett 4. Mark Pender 5. William Shatner 6. Bill Clinton 7. Andy Richter Controls the Universe 8. Jay Leno 9. This is gonna suck 10. 24 months 11. I’ve watched Conan religiously since the beginning, and no one comes immediately to my feeble mind for this question. ---
**Author:** ![astorian](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ad7895/32.png) [@astorian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/astorian)\ **Post date:** [May 18, 2009, 10:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-conan-moves-to-the-tonight-show-by-42fish-game-over/496680/27 "2009-05-18T22:24:46Z")
1. Masturbating bear 2. In the Year 2000 3. Abe Vigoda 4. La Bamba Rosenberg 5. David Duchovny 6. Arnold Schwarzenegger 7. Andy Richter Controls the Universe 8. Johnny Carson 9. This is gonna suck 10. He never did ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2009, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-conan-moves-to-the-tonight-show-by-42fish-game-over/496680/28 "2009-05-19T18:40:46Z")
Another Feud that’s too narrow in its target audience - I’ll score this tomorrow and put up an easy one. (Maybe today if I get a chance.) ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2009, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-conan-moves-to-the-tonight-show-by-42fish-game-over/496680/29 "2009-05-19T19:00:24Z")
1. Masturbating Bear 2. In the Year 2000 3. Abe Vigoda 4. Richie LaBamba 5. Max Weinberg 6. Arnold Schwartzenegger 7. Andy Richter Controls the Universe 8. Johnny Carson 9. Suck 10. 18 months ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2009, 7:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-conan-moves-to-the-tonight-show-by-42fish-game-over/496680/30 "2009-05-19T19:49:41Z")
1. The Masturbating Bear 2. In the Year 2000 3. Abe Vigoda 4. La Bamba 5. Jim Carrey 6. Arnold Schwarzenegger 7. Andy Richter Controls the Universe 8. Jay Leno 9. This is gonna suck 10. 36 months ---
**Author:** ![Freudian\_Slit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/5daacb/32.png) [@Freudian\_Slit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Freudian_Slit)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2009, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-conan-moves-to-the-tonight-show-by-42fish-game-over/496680/31 "2009-05-19T20:08:38Z")
> [@Rebo](#): > > Another Feud that’s too narrow in its target audience - I’ll score this tomorrow and put up an easy one. > > (Maybe today if I get a chance.) Yay, thank you! ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2009, 8:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-conan-moves-to-the-tonight-show-by-42fish-game-over/496680/32 "2009-05-19T20:17:46Z")
1. Triumph, Insult Comic Dog 2. In the Year 2000. 3. Jim Carrey 4. LaBamba 5. Jim Carrey 6. Bill Clinton 7. Andy Richter Controls the Universe 8. David Letterman 9. This is gonna suck. 10. 24 months 11. Frankly, I think he’s going to be good (after a period of time), but everyone’s gonna answer “suck”. ---
**Author:** ![pravnik](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/8edcca/32.png) [@pravnik](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pravnik)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2009, 9:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-conan-moves-to-the-tonight-show-by-42fish-game-over/496680/33 "2009-05-19T21:45:50Z")
1. Masturbating Bear 2. In the year 2000 3. Andy Richter 4. La Bamba 5. Alec Baldwin 6. Bob Dole 7. Andy Richter Controls the Universe 8. Carson 9. This is gonna suck 10. 18 months 11. Actually I’ll give it a chance, but going for popularity ETA: Abe Vigoda! :smack: ---
**Author:** ![mshar253](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/6de8d8/32.png) [@mshar253](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mshar253)\ **Post date:** [May 19, 2009, 11:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-conan-moves-to-the-tonight-show-by-42fish-game-over/496680/34 "2009-05-19T23:19:43Z")
1. Masturbating Bear 2. In the Year 2000 3. Will Ferrell 4. La Bamba 5. Stephen Colbert 6. George W. Bush 7. Andy Richter Controls the Universe 8. Johnny Carson 9. This is gonna suck 10. 12 months ---
**Author:** ![Larry\_Borgia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/larry_borgia/32/156_2.png) [@Larry\_Borgia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Larry_Borgia)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2009, 4:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-conan-moves-to-the-tonight-show-by-42fish-game-over/496680/35 "2009-05-20T04:40:44Z")
1. Masturbating bear 2. In the year 2000 3. Will Farell 4. La bamba 5. David Duchovny 6. Bob Dole 7. Andy Richter controls the universe 8. Jay Leno 9. I’ll give it a chance 10. right when it started ---
**Author:** ![BigT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigt/32/12044_2.png) [@BigT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigT)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2009, 5:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-conan-moves-to-the-tonight-show-by-42fish-game-over/496680/36 "2009-05-20T05:40:17Z")
1. Masturbating Bear 2. If they mated 3. Will Ferrell 4. LaBamba 5. William Shatner 6. Arnold Swartzenager 7. Andy Richter Controls the Universe 8. Leno 9. “This is gonna suck” 10. 36 months I’ve always heard it took him 3 years, and I didn’t think it would it would suck, but most of my friends did.Oh, and coming up with a frequent guest was hard. ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2009, 2:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-conan-moves-to-the-tonight-show-by-42fish-game-over/496680/37 "2009-05-20T14:10:07Z")
1. Name a recurring character from “Late Night with Conan O’Brien.” **1. The Masturbating Bear 10** 2. Triumph, the Insult Comic Dog 7 3. The Interrupter 1 4. Vomiting Kermit 1 5. Name a recurring sketch (other than a recurring character). **2. In the Year 2000 10** 6. If They Mated 4 7. Driving the Desk 2 8. New State Quarters 2 9. Actual Items 1 10. Name a celebrity who frequently appeared on “Late Night”. **3. Abe Vigoda 8** 11. Will Ferrell 3 12. Andy Richter 2 13. Jim Carrey 2 14. Adam Sandler 1 15. Matthew Broderick 1 16. Tim Russert 1 17. Will Arnett 1 18. Other than Max, name a member of the Max Weinberg Seven **4. Richie “La Bamba” Rosenberg 16** 19. Jimmy Vivino (he’s not La Bamba) 2 20. Mark Pender 1 21. Other than Andy Richter, name someone who joined Conan in looking into the future, all the way to the year 2000. \*\*5. Jim Carrey 4 22. William Shatner 4\*\* 23. David Duchovny 3 24. Alec Baldwin 1 25. Jack Black 1 26. La Bamba 1 27. Matther Broderick 1 28. Max Weinberg 1 29. Mr. T 1 30. Snoop Dogg 1 31. Stephen Colbert 1 32. Name a celebrity that Conan did a fake interview with via Synchro-Vox (that technique where moving lips are superimposed on a still picture). \*\*6. Arnold Schwarzenegger 6 33. Bill Clinton 6\*\* 34. George W. Bush 4 35. Bob Dole 2 36. Mike Tyson 1 37. Name something Andy Richter did between leaving “Late Night” and rejoining Conan for “The Tonight Show.” **7. Andy Richter Controls the Universe 18** 38. Madagascar 1 39. Name a “Tonight Show” host other than Conan O’Brien **8. Johnny Carson 12** 40. Jay Leno 6 41. David Letterman 1 42. Your reaction to Jimmy Fallon taking over “Late Night”: “This is gonna be great”; “I’ll give it a chance”; or “This is gonna suck”. **9. This is gonna suck 13** 43. I’ll give it a chance 6 44. How long did it take for Conan to get good at hosting “Late Night.” **10. 24 Months 6** 45. 36 Months 5 46. 18 months 4 47. 12 months 1 48. 48 months 1 49. beginning 1 50. never 1 ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2009, 2:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-conan-moves-to-the-tonight-show-by-42fish-game-over/496680/38 "2009-05-20T14:17:58Z")
And the winner is… **Miller**!!! Way to go! ::flings confetti:: **Miller** got 8/10 top answers. Good job! Highest possible score was 542.11. Thanks for playing, everyone! Good effort, **42fish**. I’ll get an easy one going very soon. \*\*1. Miller 510.53 \*\* 2. astorian 505.26 2. ekedolphin 505.26 4. Sternvogel 484.21 5. pravnik 457.89 6. mshar253 452.63 6. Hap Shaughnessy 452.63 8. 42fish 447.37 8. BigT 447.37 10. Munch 431.58 11. Thudlow Boink 426.32 12. Mahaloth 405.26 13. NDP 394.74 14. want2know 389.47 14. Larry Borgia 389.47 16. Meeko 357.89 17. Justin Credible 352.63 18. Fiddle Peghead 342.11 19. Simmerdown 315.79 ---
**Author:** ![Fiddle\_Peghead](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fiddle_peghead/32/3506_2.png) [@Fiddle\_Peghead](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiddle_Peghead)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2009, 3:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-conan-moves-to-the-tonight-show-by-42fish-game-over/496680/39 "2009-05-20T15:37:34Z")
As someone who has watched, oh 80-90% of Conan’s show from day one, I am deeply, deeply ashamed. But thanks for a great feud! ---
**Author:** ![Munch](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/munch/32/5281_2.png) [@Munch](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Munch)\ **Post date:** [May 20, 2009, 8:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-conan-moves-to-the-tonight-show-by-42fish-game-over/496680/40 "2009-05-20T20:18:17Z")
I have to say I’m really surprised that “Staring Contest” didn’t make any answers for recurring skits. And while I put Triumph down, one of my fondest memories was of Jim Carrey emerging from the Masturbating Bear suit, which colored the rest of my responses. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-conan-moves-to-the-tonight-show-by-42fish-game-over/496680.md?page=1) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-feud-conan-moves-to-the-tonight-show-by-42fish-game-over/496680.md?page=3)