Quote of the Week

If you're like me (or like this guy), you got plenty sick of seeing Bob Costas' face on NBC during the Olympic coverage this summer. Be that as it may, Costas was on with Conan last week, and he took some pretty funny shots at NBC, endearing himself to some of the viewers and redeeming himself at least a little bit in the process. He's still a smug, smarmy, takes-himself-way-too-seriously little troll, but at least he seems willing to acknowledge that fact at times.

Either way, I got a kick out of his appearance on Conan, and he gets this week's honor for his ironic sense of humor.

This week's QUOTE OF THE WEEK

"I'm sure you'd be the first to attest, Conan, that when it comes to the tough calls, NBC usually gets them right."
                               - Bob Costas

Watch the video below to see the context. Good stuff.

Clip of the Week

It was a pretty slow week for clips, so I'll just take this opportunity to share some of the best recent work done by my favorite late night host, Conan O'Brien (I used to love Letterman but he's way past his prime, I've never liked Leno, Kimmel is increasingly solid but not my favorite, and Fallon is mediocre except for his hysterical musical skits--plus Conan's a Harvard guy so I've got a soft spot for him, especially since his awesome Class Day speech way back in 2000).

Now, I don't really watch the late night shows much any more, but Conan is clever and his skits are well-written--even if they're now buried on TBS instead of a major network. More importantly, his staff tends to do a great job with video editing, which generally makes his job a lot easier. Along those lines, he did a great job mocking Apple's Siri commercials with an ad of his own, and he also put together a hysterical video of him delivering Chinese food in New York City. But my personal favorite, and the best-edited video of the bunch, is this manufactured clip of Obama without his teleprompter. Good stuff. Go Conan.