Anyone see the Late Show with David Letterman last night? It was a heck of a show. A heck. These were my favorite monologue jokes:

It’s really nice outside. Here’s how nice it is in New York City. Crack dealers, you know the crack dealers, they’re selling Dove Bars.

You know about big time baseball All-Star Manny Ramirez? Played for the Red Sox, now he plays for the Los Angeles Dodgers. What a slugger, you know what I’m saying? A couple of days ago they found out he tested positive for drug use. And you know what the drugs are that he was using: female hormone fertility drugs. And the Dodgers were suspicious cause Manny kept missing games because of morning sickness.

Dave did a segment on a scene from Star Trek. I don’t know how I missed those cameos.

The Top Ten Surprises in the Sarah Palin Memoir was also good. Number 8 was my favorite.

Robin Williams was Dave’s first guest. Williams is recovering from open heart surgery, so he and Dave spent the first fifteen minutes commiserating and bonding on their similar experiences. You couldn’t tell that Williams had been under the knife eight weeks ago by how energetic and funny he was. It was just non-stop jokes. I think he was funnier in ten minutes then in my entire life. Here’s part of that conversation:

Robin is coming to Durham, NC in October. I may have to see that.

Wynton Marsalis was the musical guest. He was fabulous.

Overall, the show was a solid A.

- Woody

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I’ve decided to dedicate today’s post to the final two episodes of The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien that aired last Thursday and Friday. That’s right; you’re getting a twofer.

Here were my favorite jokes and bits from Thursday night’s show:

Tomorrow is our last show here. So I’d like to apologize to the guests that were scheduled for next week: President Barack Obama, the Pope, the Queen of England and our good friend Elvis Presley was stopping by.

The desk segments included the most expensive sketch ever and a visit from Ben Stiller. They were pretty good:

Robin Williams was the couch guest. I remember when Robin did the last episode of The Tonight Show with Johnny Carson. He was hilarious then, and he’s still hilarious eighteen years later. The interview was fantastic and totally worth watching:

Barry Manilow was the musical guest. The performance was good. He then spent some time as the second couch guest:

A great show. I give it:

Here were my favorite jokes and bits from Friday night’s show:

We’ve had a lot of fun being here these last seven months. But like everything in life, the fun has to come to an end…a decade too early.

As I set off for exciting new career opportunities I just want to make one thing clear to everybody listening at there right now: I will do nudity.

The desk segment was a fun exit interview given by none other than Steve Carell:

Tom Hanks was the first couch guest. It’s always so much fun to see Tom when he’s a late night guest. I don’t know what it is, he’s just really really good. Tom and Conan had great chemistry and the interview was a ton of fun.

Neil Young was the musical guest. He gave a really great performance.

The Tonight Show ended with a wonderful thank you speech by Conan and Free Bird by Will Ferrell with many guests. It was crazy good farewell.

An excellent final show. I give it:

Bye Conan. Hopefully we’ll see you again in September.

- Woody

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