I really enjoy Late Night With Conan O'Brien. At times, I think it's the smartest, funniest show on TV. I feel this at other times about other shows but Conan's often takes the lead, especially when the hand of Robert Smigel is in evidence. Smigel is a writer and occasional performer who contributes in many ways, one of them being Triumph the Insult Comic Dog. Recently, America's rudest hand puppet did a segment that was, like most of what he does, hysterical if one could get past its fundamental cruelty. Triumph went to a Manhattan movie house where dedicated Star Wars fans were camped out to see the new release and "he" (Smigel, via the puppet) interviewed and unmercifully ridiculed them.
It was very, very nasty but — I'm almost ashamed to admit — very, very funny. And this is an early TiVO ALERT (bwoop-bwoop) that the episode reruns next Monday night, June 24. It's so funny they put it at the beginning of the show, spinning off from O'Brien's opening monologue.
Actually, since Conan starts at 12:35 in the morning in most time zones, this episode technically airs on Tuesday A.M.. This is a concept that seems to have eluded the makers of TiVos and VCRs that allow you to program a Monday-Friday recording pattern. Late Night is actually on Tuesday through Saturday, as are all sorts of shows that air early in the morn. You'd think they'd add this recording option, wouldn't you?