Conan O'Brien is best known as the host of what used to be Late Night With Conan O'Brien. The late night talk show is now hosted by Jimmy Fallon of Saturday Night Live fame and O'Brien will be taking over The Tonight Show in June of this year. O'Brien went to Harvard University where he expressed interest in comedy by writing for Harvard's humor magazine and was even the president for two years. Before becoming the host of Late Night, OBrien wrote for Satruday Night Live for a few years and from 1991 till 1993, he was a writer for The Simpsons. He is credited as writer or co-writer for four episodes. As for his work as the host of Late Night, Conan O'Brien showed his ablilities as a skilled communicator by improvising jokes during interviews. Not all the jokes in the clip are improvised, (obviously some are sketches planned beforehand) but to really see his communication talents, watch some of his interviews at the NBC website: http://www.nbc.com/Late_Night_with_Conan_O
"The Best of Conan O'Brien." Late Night With Conan O'Brien. 27 August 2008. 29 March 2009. Youtube.
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