“CONAN O’BRIEN CAN’T STOP” My rating: B- (Opening July 1 at the Screenland Crossroads)
89 minutes | MPAA rating: R
It’s said that comedy is born of anger. And you’ll no find a better illustration of that than Conan’s O’Brien’s Legally Prohibited from Being Funny on Television Tour.
In the wake of his 2010 breakup/betrayal with NBC, the former “Tonight Show” host — who in return for a huge cash settlement agreed not to appear on TV, radio or the Internet for six months — opted to launch a nationwide comedy tour.
It was no small affair: a full band, backup singers/dancers, elaborate props (like a masturbating stuffed panda) and an ever-changing slate of special guests.
And it was all fueled by rage.
In “Conan O’Brien Can’t Stop” the normally affable funnyman (more…)
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