End of the Week: 01/17/10- 01/23/10

END OF THE WEEK:

Sorry for the late post. Looks like I'm not as poised as people claim Mark Sanchez is. Oh well. Here it is anyway, my picks for some of the past week's moments that stood out:

Song of the Week: Prince's "Purple and Gold"
Now I wouldn't really call it the worst sports song I've ever heard. But it's really close. Prince should stick to his regular style. And the NFL should ban the making of any song for a team that has had one for over thirty years. "Skol Vikings" is good enough for Minnesota.


Video of the Week: Conan O' Brien's Last Time Hosting "The Tonight Show"
If 2010 were to end right now, this would be my vote for the best hour of television I have seen this year. It was a good way for O'Brien to end his short run on the program with an ending that was both terrific and epic (that's the only way I could describe O'Brien, Will Ferrell, ZZ Top, Max Weinberg, Beck and Harper playing "Free Bird." If there is a better word for this, just let me know) . Also, it was a nice end to the Late Night War of '10 that has been going on for the last two weeks (or is it?). Finally, it was watched by over ten million people and registered a whopping 4.8 Nielsen rating. Overall, the real question is: why shouldn't it be the video of the week?

Stories of the Week: - The Actual Story of the Week: Republican Scott Brown wins Massachusetts Senate Seat
I already gave my opinion of it on Thursday. Here's out good old friend Adolf Hitler's opinion on it:


- The Tiger Woods Saga of '09 Memorial Story of the Week: Promoter Announces He Will Start All- White Professional Basketball League
I don't care if this is racist or not. At least cities like Cheyenne, Wyoming and York, Nebraska will finally have a professional sports team to claim as their own.

Person of the Week: Conan O' Brien
This week marked Conan O'Brien's last week hosting "The Tonight Show" after a seven month stint that climaxed with NBC canceling "The Jay Leno Show" to put Leno back to 10:35, which O'Brien disagreed to do. As you might expect, he didn't finish quietly. Here's a quick recap:

-Monday:O'Brien shows footage of the Los Angeles "I'm With Coco" rally, put's himself up on Craigslist with the description "Tall Slender Redhead Available for Nighttime Recreation," and sang that the people in charge of NBC are "incompetent morons."

-Tuesday: Calls the heads of NBC "brainless sons of goats who eat money and crap trouble" in Spanish, promotes next week's 0.6 Anniversary Show, have Quentin Tarantino and Norm McDonald on the program, who bash NBC for this decision.

-Wednesday: What a show. O'Brien did everything to piss NBC off. First, he continued his criticizing of the netw0rk, i.e. their poor ratings. Then, after making a list of everything that occured shorter than his run on the program, The Masturbating Bear, one of his beloved characters on "Late Night," returned (even though O'Brien said he was retired) for a quick appearance in what might have been is last time on TV.
After the commercial break was over, O'Brien probably delivered his biggest blow. After showing all the hamsters that were born during his run, he introduced his newest character, The Bughatti Veyron mouse with Rolling Stone's expensive-to-play "Satisfaction" in the background. The pricetag: $1.5 million. Take that NBC! He also brought Adam Sandler out as a guest, who called NBC "nothing but c****s."

- Thursday: Hours after Conan and NBC announced a $45 million buyout, O'Brien announced that Friday was, indeed, his last show on NBC. He also made additional jokes at NBC's expense as well as matching the previous show's $1.5 million mouse character by introducing his newest character, 2009 Kentucky Derby winner Mine That Bird wearing a minque Snuggie while watching restricted Super Bowl footage. The pricetag: $4.8 million. Finally, he had Robin Williams as a guest, who sang a pretty provacative song about the network.

- Friday: If you watched the video above, you already know what happened. Truly classy. Hopefully, he will return to the TV airwaves pretty soon. This time, I will actually watch it, and not just once a week.

And that's the way it is! Enjoy the rest of your weekend, everybody!

Sincerely,
Your pal: mj15

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