>I KNOW I don't like Conan now. He is an entitled weeny.

He had the expectation that, once he was in the Tonight Show chair, he'd be allowed to roll until he didn't want to anymore. Which, based on the history of the show, he was completely justified in feeling. Especially given that NBC had a prior history with giving both he on Late Night and his predecessor on the Tonight Show plenty of leeway to find their feet and gain an audience. Don't forget, Jay was losing to Dave for the first two years after he took over the Tonight Show. There's no reason to believe Conan couldn't have done the same, though Dave isn't going to ever host another Oscar telecast again.

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>But Jay? The dude that don't NEED to be liked by his peers,
>because he's comfy in his own skin and *seems* ABOVE the idea
>of being some tortured comedic soul...like, Jay knows that
>whole schtick and rejects it...you don't have to SUFFER
>because you're gifted. It's BS.

Meh. Conan comes from a family of Catholics. They've got guilt and suffering cornered.