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Though he's legally prohibited from being funny on television — until he debuts on TBS in November anyway — Conan O'Brien brought laughs, jabs at his former employer and even a new character on the road with him as he kicked off his live comedy tour."This is the first time anyone has paid to see me. They've ...
Though he's legally prohibited from being funny on television — until he debuts on TBS in November anyway — Conan O'Brien brought laughs, jabs at his former employer and even a new character on the road with him as he kicked off his live comedy tour.
"This is the first time anyone has paid to see me. They've paid me to go away, " O'Brien told the adoring crowd in Eugene, Ore., Monday, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
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The show was chock-full of familiar faces: Sidekick Andy Richter is along for the ride, as is the Max Weinberg 7 (minus Weinberg). Indie rock band Spoon, 30 Rock's Jack McBrayer and Triumph the Insult Comic Dog also stopped by.But in a wink at intellectual property law that prohibits O'Brien from bringing his Late Night bits and characters to his new show, he transformed the Masturbating Bear into the Self-Pleasuring Panda. Of his new show, O'Brien said: "I'm sure some of you heard I got a new job. Starting tomorrow, I'm the new assistant manager of the Eugene Banana Republic."But, no really, O'Brien's going to TBS — though probably without the sequined pink jumpsuit he later wore."Right now, the people at TBS are watching, going, '"What the hell? He's wearing a pink leather outfit!'" O'Brien said.O'Brien's next stop is Vancouver on Tuesday.