TV STAGE TUBE: Will Ferrell Bids Conan Final Farewell

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Last night, Friday, February 20th, was Conan O'Brien's final night as host of "Late Night." All this past week, the future host of NBC's The Tonight Show was honored by special guests celebrating his successful run as "Late Night" host and wishing him well on his upcoming duties on 'Tonight'.

Broadway's current 'Commander in Chief', Will Ferrell swung by to give Conan a "Bush" style send off and Stage Tube has the clip!

With "a comic identity as distinctive as his name" according to The New York Times, Conan O'Brien has firmly established himself in the late night universe. Hailed by The Washington Post as "modest, wry, self-effacing, and demonstrably the most intelligent of the late-night comics," O'Brien is "one of TV's hottest properties" according to People magazine's "25 Most Intriguing People" issue.

His unique brand of comedy has also earned Conan the title "Late Night's King of Cool" from Entertainment Weekly.

Since 1993, O'Brien has been combining his talents as writer, performer, and interviewer as host of Late Night, which The Boston Globe dubbed, "the most consistently funny and original show on late night." He will take over the reins of NBC's venerable The Tonight Show in June 2009.

Will Ferrell's You're Welcome America. A Final Night with George W Bush, still in its first month of performances, has now recouped its original investment of $2.09 million.

The show recently broken a Cort Theatre house record - taking in $846,507.05 for the week ending on February 15th. This breaks the previous house record set during the first week of previews, with an increase of almost $10,000.

Ferrell makes his Broadway debut in this show directed by Adam McKay, Ferrell's longtime collaborator, and director of the comedy classics Anchorman, Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby, and this past summer's box office hit Step Brothers.

 

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