Whenever a promo for Conan O’Brien’s show comes on, the last image is of a box with a black and white picture of Conan standing in profile next to it. I know Conan constantly mugs, I just don’t understand why he chooses to make this particular expression- his eyebrows are drawn up at the center and he has a frown- he looks as if he’s about to start crying. I don’t get it.
Everything about Conan is supposed to be a hip, ironic parody of a talk show. Why not use a hip, ironic parody of a promo?
But it doesn’t work, you say. That proves you are not properly hip and ironic.
So there.
A poor attempt to be humorous 
I haven’t seen it; perhaps an hommage to Alfred Hitchcock Presents?
Do you mean this? Not exactly a profile…