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So, after some debate, I broke down and bought a ticket for Conan's Legally Prohibited From Being Funny on Televisionn Tour. Tickets are kind of spendy, but this may be the last chance I ever get to see this man perform live. I was really looking forward to the possibility of seeing him host the Tonight Show, but then NBC sacked him, which just sucks for everybody.

Yeah, the tickets are expensive. And yeah, I don't usually like the sort of atmosphere that goes with live shows, but this is something that I really want to do.

The deciding factor for this, and the factor that outweighs my panic attack issues is why he's doing this tour. Conan is not getting a cent from this whole thing. 100% of the profit is going to pay the members of his former staff who weren't able to get an exit clause in their contracts. He's already spent a fortune of his own money to pay these people, and they deserve it. Most of his staff were former Late Night staff who uprooted their entire families to move to LA for what they'd assumed would be job security. Now they're in LA, where people with their skills and talents are a dime a dozen.

Most of the crew on his live tour are former Late Night/Tonight Show staff. It's all but been officially confirmed that the staff of whatever his next television project (probably on FOX) is will be the same staff.

Conan is awesome for so many reasons. If you're a fan, I strongly suggest checking his tour dates and trying to go if he's playing near you. Because, really, it's going toward a good cause.

Conan's "Don't Be Cynical" speech
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