Here’s the new print promo for Conan O’Brien’s upcoming TBS series, Conan! Conan is wild and nocturnal, like a wise old owl.
Owls are having a moment, you guys. Owls are EVERYWHERE. There’s a movie coming out Sept. 24 from the makers of Happy Feet called Legend of the Guardians: The Owls of Ga’Hoole. It looks like The Lord of the Rings but with owls. Also, correct me if I’m wrong, but hasn’t there been a recent and sort of annoying resurgence of owls-as-ironic-kitsch-symbols-for-”ironic”-hipsters trend? That’s a thing, right? Owls are EVERYWHERE. Owls! They sponsor my favorite craft fair! My sister just bought an owl necklace and it wasn’t some thrift-store find donated by my second or third grade owl-obsessed oddball teachers!
I just hope this is not the peak of owls. I’ve had a soft spot for the species ever since the aforementioned teachers used to hide them all over the classroom. I’m convinced that these women and their owls were chiefly responsible for my twisted compulsion to mine the dark pits of reality television for hidden gems.
Ever had an Owl Person in your life? Have you had it with owls, or do they still have a ways to soar? I can’t believe I just typed that either.
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My babysitter collected owls in the 70s. I have noticed their resurgence too!
My mom collected them in the 70′s, too. It totally made her cry and start re-collecting when I gave her a hand-blown glass one for Christmas when I was a kid.
They’re practically giving away those owl necklaces at Forever 21.
Unfortunately owls just remind me of Kelly from RHONYC.
Is that Hedwig?
Haha, no. But that would be rad. The owl on Conan’s shoulder is a barn owl and Hedwig’s a snowy owl.
does anyone really care?
Get out of here, old man. Go troll all the posts about Jay Leno. Oh, wait…
I’m with Coco!
I love me some Conan, and I think TBS has been doing a decent job with the ads so far, but I don’t really think they fit Conan’s style. :/ The color and font looks more “TBS”.
The Conan owl is the cutest owl I’ve ever seen.
Go Rice Owls!
Rubicon also prominently features a golden owl that has a bug in it… OR DOES IT?
Ha!!!
There was a (somewhat creepy) guy who would come to our elementary school in the 70s to show off his owl menagerie. All I can remember about it now is being kind of terrified of their talons.
I love this post. I am obsessed with owls, and my sister is deathly afraid of them…yet she still bought me an owl necklace (my total is now up to four — I also have a semi-matching ring!). Great shout-out to the Renegade Craft Fair, too — I was just there this weekend!
Yes indeedy owls are back in and I couldn’t be happier. That’s a beautiful example of a male barn owl perched on Conan’s shoulder. If you love owls, please check out Molly the Barn Owl. It’s a website of a live barn owl nest with two owlets that was featured earlier this year in an Entertainment Weekly must list. The site is on UStream.
Haha, I’ve been making my way back there every so often since EW highlighted it. GREAT site!
Is that the one where the babies died because the conditions were far too hot?
Owls are also a main symbol for the sorority Chi Omega. Thus, owls rock. the end.
I’m a chi o too… and have a mini owl collection because of it!
go Chi Os!
Kappa’s symbol is also the owl, though they use they use the key more! though Chi O was my first thought when i saw this post!
I used to be creeped out by owls, and two of my roommates in college were Chi O’s. :-\ I may have hid some of their owls (especially the creepy inflatable one that they put on top of the tv)…
I like the cute kitschy ones though.
My daughter’s (due Thursday) nursery is owl-themed. I hope they’re not ‘over’ quite yet.
Without fail, if that owl showed up on Conan’s show it would crap on his shoulder. Conan would find a way to make unrehearsed bird crap really funny.