Conan and Zucker’s first clash

[pokerfan]

Turns out, this is not the first time that O’Brien and Jeff Zucker, the CEO of NBC Universal, have skirmished. The first was, by certain measures, even fiercer than today.

The first time these two faced off was in the ’80s, at Harvard. Zucker was the editor of the Crimson, the daily newspaper. O’Brien ran the Lampoon, the humor magazine.

Back in the day, the staffs of the two publications often pulled pranks on each other. And in that vein, early one morning, O’Brien and his pals broke into the Crimson offices to steal that day’s run of papers.

O’Brien riffed about this stunt — proudly, in fact — when I talked with him for a 2007 Fortune profile of Zucker, “Life imitates TV,”: “Jeff went nuclear right away,” O’Brien recalled. “He called the police. Not the campus police, which were the kind and gentle police. He called the Cambridge police.”

O’Brien soon found himself spread-eagled, cuffed, and listening to his Miranda rights — in the hands of a Cambridge cop.

http://postcards.blogs.fortune.cnn.com/2010/01/13/conan-and-nbcus-zuckers-first-clash

[edbermac]

1. Is he going back to NY or staying in LA?

I think he's an East Coast guy, LA seems all wrong for him.

[pokerfan]

2. Probably depends on his next job

Per the terms of the settlement, he is required to stay off television for seven months after tomorrow which, perhaps not coincidentally, is the exact same duration as his tenure as Tonight Show host. He is also forbidden from saying anything bad about NBC or their people.

[Common Sense Party]

3. I still say, if he goes with Fox, he should start his show immediately...

...on the internet. Take advantage of the momentum and public interest, get some advertising revenue, and get a head start on crushing Leno come next fall.

[Iggo]

5. Iron? Hot.

Strike now.

[LoveMyCali]

4. David Letterman said

that Conan shouldn't worry about not being able to say anything bad about NBC or the Tonight Show because he would take care of it for him. :rofl: