Cory Helie

You can catch him on the two hottest radio stations in Central NE: Middays on the Tri Cities Country Leader Y102 and in the afternoons on Nebraska's Best Music, Hits 106 .
He loves writing short paragraphs on himself, baseball, overdosing, and drinking Culligan water when hungover.
He enjoys Weezer, Saturday Night Live, and telling people what the hell is up.



1/23/10

Going Conan-do

The following video is the last segment ever, on one of the greatest shows on television . . . EVER.



Last week we saw the end to what many believe was an all too short run for Conan O'Brien on the NBC Tonight Show. There has been worlds of talk about how this situation was handled, and it really is too bad the way things went down. But the real problem here is what all of us CONE-heads are going to do for seven more months without Conan. Last year, he had a short break while setting up his move to Los Angeles, and it was all to long.

Dammit, I thought that was going to be my last Conan gap for a long time. Late Night television is my favorite thing to watch and now I'm stuck with Jay Leno back in the bunch. Fortunately, with the exception of Carson Daly, evening programming is amazing. Although Leno was a great stand up comedian, his skills at hosting a humorous show have dwindled as the years have passed. If I had to guess why he had good ratings in recent years it is because of the geriatrics who watch his show don't watch it on the internet, like the thousands who regularly watch Conan, Jimmy Fallon, and Jimmy Kimmel.

Fallon, who took over Late Night last year will be NBC's big man soon, as he is hilariously funny, charming, and has great rapport with people in the industry as well as viewers. It will only be a matter of time until NBC figures out that Leno is over the hill, and they will be frantically searching for a shovel to dig themselves out of the hole.

As for the other night time talk show hosts such as the funny Scottsman Craig Fergusen, the legendary David Letterman, and portly humorist Jimmy Kimmel, be prepared to carry the weight that the Leno show will surely drop. Hell, maybe I should try to make my Night Time debut. That's is, I'm heading to H O L L Y W . . . OOOOOH, a delicious ring pop!

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