BREAKING NEWS: According to Los Angeles NBC anchor Robert Kovacik’s Twitter feed, this afternoon a bright orange blimp with the word “CONAN” in big, bold letters written across it could be seen hovering over the NBC studios in Burbank, Calif., right before Jay Leno began taping The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. Kovacik even took a photo of the foreboding sight. At press time, it was not entirely clear who or what this “CONAN” is, or why he/she/it would be hounding poor Leno so. Perhaps the strange lowercase “tbs” that appeared to be rising out of a bowl holds the answer. You tell me, PopWatchers. What does this mean?
Nov 15
2010
08:50 PM ET
'Conan' blimp haunting Jay Leno, reports local Los Angeles NBC anchor
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When the blimp starts dropping bombs it’ll be news.
” As God is my witness, I thought turkeys could fly”
LOVE LOVE LOVE this LOL!
FLMAO with that post, toooo funny!
LOL!!!!
You sir win the internet. Good Job!
TURKEYS DO FLY!!! I LIVED IN TENNESSEE FOR A WHILE & THEY WERE ALL OVER OUR 75 ACRES!! NEIGHBORS WOULD KILL THEM & FRY THEM FOR DINNER…YUK!!
that line is stolen from the cult classic movie UHF with weird al, from a skit called ‘raul’s wild kingdom’ about a guy who films a nature show from his apartment and im sure you can guess what happnes then.
I believe ann p that actually came from and episode of WKRP in Cincinnati in 1978, google WKRP Turkey Drop. It is the funniest episode.
Yes, Vicki, you are correct. Loved WKRP, great show.
so i guess then that weird al stole it for the movie.
he is kinda known for that. i stand corrected. thx
you should watch UHF again, he never drops turkey’s or says that line. He throws poodles out the window in order to teach them how to fly.
But Leno’s show is riddled with bombs already.
Both Leno and Conan suck. If you want real comedy, watch Jon Stewart.
I’m with Coco!
it means that conan is officially the pimp daddy of late night tv. EAST SIDE! [ah the good old days]
BYU sucks.
That’s not the only thing haunting Leno. He’s also haunted by the Ghost of Unethical Behavior Past.
And the ghost of really bad jokes.
How quickly you Cocotards forget that he did the same thing Leno did to him to George Lopez.
Conan spoke to Lopez beforehand. Lopez wanted Conan to come to TBS because it would provide a lead-in to his show and bring him more viewers.
Yeah except Lopez isn’t hosting a TV institution like The Tonight Show. Plus, Lopez wanted Conan.
Leno also did the same thing to letterman. Letterman was in line to take the tonight show from johnny carson, he was carsons’s pick. Leno weasled his way in and basically stole the show (not in a good way)
Scott is correct. Leno even hid in a closet while the NBC executives were meeting to discuss the future of The Tonight Show and eavesdropped on the whole thing.
I hope he filmed a bit regarding this for his show, Conan that is. Leno is too oblivious.
I’d just like to point out that “CONAN” is only one word.
Thanks for the fix
And this is what happens when you act unprofessional to someone that is way funnier than you.
conan you had a shot you blew it.get over it.
Except that Conan is getting better numbers on BASIC CABLE than Leno is now getting on one of the BIG THREE!
let’s let it go now…
For real. That’s actually kind of pathetic.
It’s worth pointing out that the NBC studios are not that far from the Warner Brothers studios where Conan’s show tapes. In fact, a blimp flying above Warner Bros. would likely be visible from NBC, so this is really more ironic, poetic justice than vindictive taunting.
Good point – they are directly across the street from each other. Still pretty funny, though…
Oh, so that’s what slowed my commute down this evening. Meh.
Turkeys DO fly…we lived on 75 acres in TN. and they were all over our property!! Neighbors would shoot them & eat them for dinner….YUK!!
Alright Conan, enough already. You have a new show on a new network. Let it go. What are you? Five.
they taped a segment about the blimp. the blimp was over conans studio, not lenos. it just happens that the two studios are very close to eachother. like the earlier post said, it’s ironic, but not intentional.
no offense but if you think it wasnt intentional, you dont know obrien
No offense, but YOU don’t know O’Brien. He’s been saying for weeks on his website that he wanted the blimp to come to the West Coast and greet him. If you had a blimp, wouldn’t you want that too? So what was he supposed to do? NOT have the blimp fly over his studio just because their studio happens to be near NBC and it might hurt their wittle feelings? Please.
speaking of conservativ somedians who dont get it like leno, did anyone see dennis miller get bit^hslapped by craig ferguson on his show tonight when he started his ridiculous conservative rhetoric? i was hoping ferguson would bring out the profane bunny but no such luck he did it as himself.
What the heck are you even talking about? Did you see the interview? I like Craig but he backed down and let Miller do his thing.
well if you call backing down him ridiculing miller for his views. your right. but then he didnt ask him if he really believed global warming didnt exist awhile looking at him like a total loon. you are so right
At what point did he ridicule him? Craig gave him a look of curiosity because he wanted to know why Miller thought this way. Big difference from looking at him like a total loon. You could also tell Ferguson enjoyed having him on but it doesn’t matter because you’re going to see what you want to see.
Does anyone else find it ironic that after the whole Jay/Conan brew-ha-ha, the only one left without a job is former NBC entertainment chief Jeff Zucker, who caused the whole mess in the first place?
Just to confirm this…Conan did NOT do the same thing to Lopez. It was Lopez who approached Conan and suggested he come to TBS! No more conspiracies please.
You know because you were there when the conversation happened? or you “know” because you read about it on various entertainment sites.
Or George Lopez himself.