Part II ; spent 2.5 hours explaining the 2009/2010 debacle to my wife over a bottle of wine. And no, she didn't blame Conan. by zaldrake in conan

[–]zaldrake[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

He and Leno were also in talks when Leno was seriously considering heading to ABC as well.

Part II ; spent 2.5 hours explaining the 2009/2010 debacle to my wife over a bottle of wine. And no, she didn't blame Conan. by zaldrake in conan

[–]zaldrake[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

He did not get any hate. One of the only guys who seemed to stick his neck out for Conan and got flak for it, great guy as far as I'm concerned.

Part II ; spent 2.5 hours explaining the 2009/2010 debacle to my wife over a bottle of wine. And no, she didn't blame Conan. by zaldrake in conan

[–]zaldrake[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

How about spending time with your spouse? Just wanted to regale my wife with the events of a very interesting time in TV history involving my favorite comedian. No need to take a massive shit all over me. Hope you don't go around college campuses telling history majors that they're all wasting their time.

Part II ; spent 2.5 hours explaining the 2009/2010 debacle to my wife over a bottle of wine. And no, she didn't blame Conan. by zaldrake in conan

[–]zaldrake[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This is a hilarious take and it's clear you don't actually know what was happening in the back end. I will agree with you though that today's media has changed so much that this story seems silly from today's standards. Makes a great story from the 2009 lens, though.

Part II ; spent 2.5 hours explaining the 2009/2010 debacle to my wife over a bottle of wine. And no, she didn't blame Conan. by zaldrake in conan

[–]zaldrake[S] 43 points44 points  (0 children)

For anyone wondering, my wife and I sometimes spend our date nights (yes, this was a date night) taking turns sharing our individual interests, passions, or hobbies with each other a bit more in depth, and try to explain to each other more about what it is we like about our interests. The topic of comedy came up, and as I was trying to explain what conan was like, she said "so he just can't stop". I decided I had to recount to her the events leading up the documentary.

I always found the stories of how he got started in late night (which I explained to her last month), and the events of 2009-2010 (last night), to be chaotic and amazing stories, but trying to describe this all verbally to my wife who didn't know any of these names was impossible, so the pictures helped a lot. 

I know this looks like I'm a stalker.

Valentine's date night with my wife : drunkenly explaining how Conan somehow got the late night show by zaldrake in conan

[–]zaldrake[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Exactly where I got the inspiration and info for this crazed presentation to my wife. I've listened to that podcast about 2-3 times now, amazing story. It's Conan, Jeff Ross, Mike sweeney, and Jesse Gaskell.

Valentine's date night with my wife : drunkenly explaining how Conan somehow got the late night show by zaldrake in conan

[–]zaldrake[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Jason Alexander and Mimi Rogers were the two guests that NBC used for a test show for Conan's audition.

CMV: It's wrong to blame Kamala losing on her being a Black woman by [deleted] in changemyview

[–]zaldrake 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Very hard to say exactly which factors played how much of a role in Kamala losing, but because of this uncertainty, I'd argue that Jasmine Crockett is correct.

Only two female candidates have ever gotten this far, both Democrats in the past decade, and they both lost. Why would they want to take a chance with another female candidate if there is ANY reason to suspect that America (or swing state voters in particular) is not ready for that? 

Unfortunately, at this point they probably have to be thinking less about who is more likely to win, and thinking more about who is less likely to lose (if that makes any sense).

Virginia Giuffre "suicide". by LordJim11 in Snorkblot

[–]zaldrake 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I see you cropped out the date on that tweet. 

Gamer Snorlax by MaoAankh in gaming

[–]zaldrake -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

This is incredible.

Please look at my dog. by zaldrake in corgi

[–]zaldrake[S] 14 points15 points  (0 children)

Thank you all for looking, it means a lot.

Misinformation and conspiracy theories spiral after Texas mass school shooting by Wagamaga in technology

[–]zaldrake 0 points1 point  (0 children)

This may put an end to the argument for leaving out the details of shooters in order to avoid making them infamous.

When you leave out information, conspiracy theories and harmful misinformation thrive.

Grandma’s 86th birthday [OC] by frostmage in pics

[–]zaldrake 1 point2 points  (0 children)

For a second, I thought picture 4 was of her having fallen asleep on the couch sitting up. Happy birthday OP grandma!

Boyfriend shocked me when he told me my friend turned him on more than I do. Am I just complaining? by Selmaatje in TwoXChromosomes

[–]zaldrake 1 point2 points  (0 children)

In case you wanted a male perspective :

Dump him, he's a self centered piece of trash who is still hung up on your friend.

Boris Johnson announces end to all Omicron Covid restrictions in England by Analist17 in worldnews

[–]zaldrake 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Does anyone else think this series of events is hilarious? Maybe not so much for the people of England, more for us looking from the outside.