Hosive

reminiscing of the good old days when conan was our city’s treasure and we could go see him on a regular basis…at least 3 times a year. so many times that i lost track….i’ll have to count my bracelets.

here we are with him during sketches the time u2 was the sole guest. i was shown licking theresa’s forehead on national tv. besides that, i’ve danced with conan before…i’ve hugged max weinberg…all during preshows.

the good old days….hanging out with our flannery o’connor loving irish friend.

i seem to have a lot of irish friends.

theresa seems to take a lot of pictures like this.

here we are in an illegal picture….didn’t know how illegal until much later when the security made others erase their pictures!!

never made it to the new studio at universal studios…the week we were in la, conan was not taping. but we hope to see the really new studios when he restarts at fox, abc….wherever he lands. we are with coco!

i hope he considers coming back to nyc.

no more conan pangs! he’s back on the air tomm(monday june 1)!

no more staying up late to catch conan…he’s on earlier!   i can at least catch the first half of the show each night…maybe even more. that’s good timing since i’m starting to decline into old head-ness….especially with baby in less than 2 weeks!

for a bit, it might be me, baby and the red headed albino every night.

here’s a preview:

upon reflection, both conan and leno have been markers in my life….i’ve been a minister longer than jay was host of the tonite show…that’s some perspective for you. and me….and over time in the far future when jay maybe less known , i’ll be able to say that i’ve been in ministry longer than conan’s been on the air. assuming and hoping for a long run!

this the last time i’ll see conan in the fall in nyc as he is set to move to la to take over the tonight show from jay leno. jimmy fallon will then inherit the late night show sometime in march. so the winter is your last chance to catch conan….at least in nyc. here’s how…….

after you go to the late night website on nbc.com to get the number for tickets…call and check for availablity….then reserve up to the max of 4 tix. find three friends and gather on the mezzanine at 30 rock/nbc studios at 49th between 5th and sixth between 2:30 and 3:15 to pick up your tickets and wristbands. the instructions say to come no later then 4:15…but i do this 3-4 times a year…sometimes they hand out better seats in the order that you line up so its worth it to show up a bit earlier(only one time was it completely random where you sat relative to when you lined up to pick up your tickets). then come back at 4:30p to line up according to the assigned placement.

the best part of all this: tickets are free.

this time I went with debby fung, angie and steph.its really nice to have debby back in the fold as our lives had a big hole without her.

snoop dogg, comedian brian regan and musical guest blitzen trapper were on. snoop dogg infuriated steph by saying that football was a man’s sport and not for girls! the usually super funny brian regan was only regular funny…which is still good. blitzen trapper was too folksy for me but its nice to hear real music and not commercial crap.

a bit sad as conan finishes his long run in my city.

conan has already bought a 10 million dollar house in the los angeles area. i hope to one day catch a conan show out there as well.