Sean Moriarty
2745 Garland Ln. N
Plymouth, MN 55447

February 19, 2008

Mr. Conan O'Brien
C/O Late Night with Conan O'Brien
30 Rockefeller Plaza
Room 901W
New York, NY 10112

Dear Mr. O'Brien,

I wanted to write you first and foremost to thank you for everything that you have done for people like myself. People who laugh at things that are genuinely funny. People who love dirty humor and pushing the limits of being awesome. There are a good amount of us out there who have watched you for a long time in the 12:35 time slot.

I first starting watching you daily in December of 2000. I would catch you in the summers before that daily, and here and there during the school year. When I finally got a TV for Christmas in 2000 I was pleased to know that you would be on the TV making me laugh as I fell asleep from Monday-Friday (back then your shows were usually reruns on Monday, no gripes here though). I would always laugh at whatever it was you were doing that night. Analogies for the SATs, Desk Driving, Taking you Taurus for a spin, Satellite TV surfing, Via Satellite, In the year 2000, If they Mated, Hollywood secrets, Hollywood guest book, 5th grade coloring, Joe's bar, horny manatee, state quarters, stamps, etc, etc, etc. You never had a show that made me think "wow I didn't laugh at all". You are not afraid to call out silliness of the show and I love that. People can say that you are vulgar or childish, but I don't. Your show has been such a staple for myself for the past 9 years that in just over 24 hours I won't know what to do.

I am lucky to have had you in my late night life for as long as I have. I have watched you for over half of your late night career. I have heard the better half, but I cannot judge that. I can honestly say that you are the best late night host that I have come across. Adding up Letterman, Leno, Kimmel, etc. together and they are still nowhere near your stratosphere. I honestly feel that when your time of hosting late night TV is over you will go down as the best. Your demeanor to your guests is of genuine interest. It is easy to tell when you carry an interview from some prick celebrity who couldn't give 2 shits for being on your show. You carry them though, you make them look good, but I know its mostly you. You are witty and cleaver and can go off the cuff with the best of them.

I will never stop watching you, but I must say I will miss you on late night. Jimmy Fallon will most likely do a fine job with Late Night, but he won't be as good as you. It really isn't a far comparison for him though, I mean, you are the best. I am torn emotionally about your exit/promotion from late night. Obviously you will do the tonight show and will become bigger and get more viewers. You will most likely need to tone down some jokes too. Jokes that are amazing and vulgar and dirty. You cannot beat those jokes. The Paris hilton jokes. The kirstie alley jokes. The michael jackson jokes. All the controversy that you did was always great. They made people laugh. I guess myself, like many other loyal viewers, are just selfish and want to see you stay at late night. If people don't want to stay up late to watch you then fuck em, cause we were there most every night. I don't know how many times in the past 9 years that I have watched you with friends and you killed us with your jokes. I remember in high school one of my favorite things was going into school the next day after a show and talking about the show from the night before (remember those days Andy??). You were just an escape from whatever was going on in my life on that particular day. Bad day? You would give me laughs? Good day? You would give me laughs.

Good Luck Mr. O'Brien. I will wish you from Late Night with all my heart. It honestly hasn't hit me yet that you will not be on at 11:37pm after tomorrow night. Please do not change at all (wishful thinking, don't change too much though) and keep the crazy, kooky skits that are so great. You are the best. See you soon friend.


Sincerely,

Sean M. Moriarty

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here is Conan's website where you can relive a lot of his awesome bits.

http://www.nbc.com/Late_Night_with_Conan_O%27Brien/favorites/index.shtml#cat=5