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April 26: After months of searching to replace David Letterman on Late Night, former Simpsons writer Conan O'Brien is named the new host of Late Night by NBC. Later that evening, a clearly petrified Conan makes his first ever television appearance on The Tonight Show with Jay Leno. May 3: At a press conference held in New York's famed Rainbow Room, O'Brien addresses the media for the first time as the newly named host of Late Night. In response to a journalist's question referring to him as a "virtual unknown," O'Brien corrects him, "No, sir, I am a complete unknown." July 12: O'Brien meets the press at the annual TV critics tour in Los Angeles. He's first to show at NBC's party and the last to leave. At one point he tells critics: "I have no idea why they gave me this job. Really, no idea." NBC publicity types are aghast. September 13: Late Night With Conan O'Brien debuts on NBC with guests Drew Barrymore, Tony Randall and John Goodman, who crab-wrestles fellow lovable burly guy George Wendt. Conan tugs at the heartstrings with his closing rendition of "Edelweiss." September 14: Radiohead performs: the first of many network debuts for cutting edge musical guests. Also, President Clinton gives Conan the first of his hundreds of "Clutch Cargo" satellite interviews - other heads of state and celebrities would follow. November 25: An annual holiday tradition is established as Conan opens his Thanksgiving broadcast with a sycophantic turkey sucking up to him throughout his entire monologue, hoping to prevent the inevitable. February 28: David Letterman returns to Studio 6A for the first time since his departure from NBC to appear on Late Night. He asks Conan, "How did you get this job? Was it a theme writing contest?" May Sweeps: As Leno and Letterman travel cross-country in a sweeps battle, Conan takes Late Night to Queens, New York. June 22: Talk show planets align when late night chat staples Joe Franklin and Tiny Tim appear on the same episode. July 26: Despite rampant rumors of his demise, Barney Miller and The Godfather star Abe Vigoda makes his first of countless appearances on Late Night. August 15: Andy files a mud-caked report from the historic restaging of the Woodstock music festival. October 7: Conan's former boss, The Simpsons creator Matt Groening, visits the show. October 17: Conan files a remote from Memphis, Tennessee, and records his first record, "Talk Show Cowboy," at the legendary Sun Studios. March 3: Smashing musical barriers that needed no smashing, Dweezil and Ahmet Zappa, sons of rock legend Frank Zappa, jam with John Tesh, performing a classic Black Sabbath tune "Wizard." April 29: Conan appears at the White House Correspondents Dinner, interviewing the "Clutch Cargo" President Clinton as another man named President Clinton watches. June 23: Late Night broadcasts an entire episode from the Circle Line boat tour around New York City. Ed Koch accents the triumphant night with his rendition of "Old Man River." January 18: Conan begins the search for Grady from Sanford & Son. When one of the show's writers tries to cast him in a sketch and repeated calls to his agent go unreturned, Conan turns to his viewers for help. January 25: 22,958 calls are logged on the Find Grady hotline as a nationwide manhunt (or Gradyhunt) continues. February 8: Grady is found!!! Whitman Mayo appears on the program after an Atlanta cable repairman tipped off the actor's mother that Late Night was looking for her famous son. February 20-23: The first day of Late Night's "Time Travel Week." While most shows travel to other cities for Sweeps, Late Night bends the laws of time and space to visit different historical eras. Installments run the gamut from Ancient Greece with everyone in togas to the Civil War with Carl "Oldy" Olson appearing as the last Confederate soldier alive, stopping in the '80s and finishing in a post-apocalyptic future. March 22: The premiere of the shocking "Max on Max" sex video. April 9: Another Late Night holiday tradition is established with the short: "Conan's Claymation Passover." May 1: A Late Night musical milestone as blues legend John Lee Hooker's dentures sit in with the Max Weinberg 7. September 13: Late Night With Conan O'Brien's third anniversary special airs. Conan receives on-air congratulations from his competition, including Tom Snyder, infomercial star Tony Little, and a test pattern. October 10-11: Realizing that they will not get paid if they don't do the show, Late Night broadcasts outdoors from the Rockefeller Center plaza, after a fire the night before forces Late Night out of Studio 6A on the 10th. Still homeless, Late Night broadcasts from the set of Today the following night: a la the early years of Today, Conan and Andy wear matching sweater vests and Andy does the weather. November 7: In London to promote Late Night, Conan discovers that in order to get good English bread, you must travel to Paris, and that across Europe, he is merely known and promoted throughout as "That Yankee Ass" Conan O'Brien. November 27: Country legend Kenny Rogers fails a blind taste test to correctly identify his brand of chicken, choosing NBC Commissary chicken over Kenny Rogers' Roasters. December 31: Mindful of its 12:35 a.m. ET/11:35 p.m. CT airtime, Late Night turns its celebratory focus to the tragically overlooked Central Time Zone viewers and holds its first annual Central Time Zone New Year's Eve extravaganza. February 6: Trying to one up The Nanny's Fran Drescher's unmistakable (and horribly irritating) laugh, a herd of goats are let free into Studio 6A. Viewers are left struggling to tell which creature is making noise. February 13: A booking coup from the Westminster Dog Show as Conan presents champion Triumph, the Insult Comic Dog. Real dog owners are mortified when Triumph tries to hump the competitors. A legend is born: it is the first of many appearances for the cantankerous canine. Also (and by bizarre coincidence) a massive future showbiz blunder is committed when the show bumps a fast rising star - Jennifer Lopez - from the show because film critics Siskel & Ebert and comic Jeffrey Ross went long. February 26: Former pimp-turned-rapper-turned-actor Ice T meets Late Night's Pimpbot 5000, a 1950s robot with the dynamic flair of a 1970s street pimp. Pimpbot complains that he hasn't seen Ice in the old neighborhood for a while. April 7: After a series of short-term renewals, Conan O'Brien's contract with NBC is extended for five more years, guaranteeing he will host Late Night into the millennium. "Hopefully this means I'll be able to move out of the YMCA," says O'Brien. May 1: Conan risks his life to meet viewers in Houston, Texas (where the show airs at 2:40 a.m), meeting "fans" in a bus station, including a 300-pound biker known simply as "Buffalo." May 8: Conan boldly breaks a cardinal show business rule as he confronts Fabio about his man boobs. May 14: Senator Bob Dole confronts his "Clutch Cargo" alter ego. Audience is not sure which Dole is the still photograph. May 22: Fueled by the show's popularity in Europe, Late Night's Ventriloquist Dummy Choir flies to Budapest to appear on a Hungarian primetime variety show. June 11: Refusing to come to New York City, Conan instead lands an interview with famed writer Hunter S. Thompson at his retreat in upstate New York...to drink hard liquor and shoot firearms instead. July 10: Conan flies to London to nab an exclusive late-night interview with Paul McCartney. August 8: Late Night hosts an all-kids audience, filled with six- to eight-year-olds. "If the NBC research department is correct, this is our core audience," notes O'Brien. Guests appearing on the telecast are: Dave Foley of NewsRadio, CNN financial expert Myron Kandel and reptile expert Clyde Peeling as well as the "Boredom Monster" who appears when segments slow down. The show ends in a silly string fight. November 6: Conan files a remote from Amsterdam and is surprised to meet Ozzy Osbourne in his hotel. The two tour Amsterdam together, and years ahead of The Osbournes - America is treated to the unintentional comedy genius of Ozzy. November 12: Conan files a second European remote from Cologne, appearing on German late night show Die Harald Schmidt Show, of which he notices steals his "Desk Drive" and "Clutch Cargo" skits; Conan immediately demands $600,000 or threatens to go to the media. November 26: Political and social activist and Presidential hopeful Reverend Al Sharpton performs the James Brown funk classic "Sex Machine." March 19: Conan takes Andy for a day of relaxation at NBC's "Turkish Spa," which Conan convinces Richter to enter naked...only to discover it is, in fact, a live taping of Today, leaving a stark-nude Richter to ad-lib with shocked host Matt Lauer on the whereabouts of Katie Couric. July 17: Chris Elliott, promoting his latest film, shows viewers around the space he kept as "The Guy Under The Stairs" during David Letterman's tenure at Late Night. Overwhelmed by nostalgia, Elliott shoots himself. September 16: Late Night With Conan O'Brien celebrates its fifth anniversary with a gala primetime special from NBC's famed Studio 8H. October 8: Late Night marks its 1,000th show - by pleading on-air with potential future guest Sandra Bullock not to cancel her October 14 booking. Bullock does show up on Late Night. December 11: At the height of the Clinton Impeachment furor, actor Alec Baldwin courts controversy by claiming that, if in another country, that Congressman Henry Hyde would be stoned to death (Conan administers oxygen to the left-leaning actor and he eventually calms down). NBC later apologizes for the incident, and vows never to re-run the episode again. February 18: Triumph the Insult Comic Dog files his first report outside Studio 6A - from where it all began: the Westminster Dog Show. February 26: Bruce Springsteen shows up to take Max away for the E Street Band's reunion tour. With the Boss' urging, Max removes his suit jacket and tie as the Max Weinberg 7 and Bruce rip into "Working on a Highway" to herald Weinberg's return to the road. March 17: To honour St. Patrick's Day, Conan goes in search of his family roots all the way to Ireland, honouring famous Irish-Americans at a public school (including Shaquille O'Neal), performing John Denver in an Irish Pub, and finally discovering O'Brien's Tower on the Cliffs Of Moher. April 13: Accomplishing what most would consider impossible, Conan convinces homemaker extraordinaire Martha Stewart to dine on a Taco Bell burrito, and to wash it down with Olde English malt liquor, to which Conan replies with unabridled glee. On her final visit on Feb. 18, 2009, Martha brings burritos and OE to recapture the moment. October 14: In what may be a first (and last) for late night television, Saturday Night Live star Will Ferrell appears and heckles himself from the audience. November 9 - 12: Late Night makes its first-ever road trip to sunny Los Angeles. In addition to booking A-list celebrities for the entire week -- Conan and Andy pitch mega-producer Aaron Spelling a new show, Conan tracks down several of the actresses that have flirted with him on the air and hits on them and Triumph conducts a tour of the stars' homes. December 17: In his first appearance on the show, Jim Carrey gives a sneak peek at his future project, "The Conan O'Brien Story" with Carrey as a brooding, manic depressive O'Brien. February 24: During a Clutch Cargo satellite interview with Democratic candidates for the party's nomination, real candidate Bill Bradley surprises Conan and disconnects the lip-flapping version of himself. April 20: After being unable to book major boy bands, Conan decides to come up with his own boy band: Dudez-A-Plenti. After training on their dance moves and making a music video, the "Dudez" finally perform their smash hit "Baby, I Wish You Were My Baby" on Late Night. May 4: Triumph the Insult Comic Dog holds a press conference on Late Night to attack the Pets.com sock puppet for plagiarism. May 26: No guests are needed when after seven years on the show, sidekick Andy Richter bids a fond farewell to Late Night in a gala send-off complete with a full blown musical number and a final staring contest where Andy finally wins. June 7: Conan addresses the graduating Class of 2000 at his alma mater, Harvard University. The celebrated speech is later distributed widely via the internet. July 11: Legendary guitarist Jimmy Page plays on the show with the Black Crowes. Later in the interview, Crowes' frontman Chris Robinson is surprised by his favorite character - the Masturbating Bear. July 18: Despite being mid-way through the ACTUAL year 2000, Conan once again looks "all the way to the year 2000," in this the first installment without Richter. Filling in is William Shatner. Other stars will follow, including: Will Ferrell, Mr T., Chris Rock and Jim Carrey. September 14: As the finish line approaches for the Presidential election, Democratic Vice Presidential candidate Senator Joe Lieberman appears on the show and clinches his eventual loss by performing "My Way." October 2: After a two-week hiatus for the Summer Olympics, Conan files a remote from Sydney, Australia. October 12: In a less geographically challenging but equally ambitious remote - Conan checks out fall foliage and goes apple picking with Mr. T. December 21: Late Night debuts its holiday animated minor classic - "The Late Night Potato Christmas." February 2: The debut of recurring Late Night feature "Secrets" in which celebrities spill their guts, telling their darkest, truest Hollywood stories. Revelations emerge over the next two years from the likes of William Shatner, John Ritter, Snoop Dogg and Gwyneth Paltrow. March 10: Conan hosts Saturday Night Live - debuting, among many other characters, the superhero, Moleculo: the Molecular Man. May 17: After eight years of punch lines, Kathie Lee Gifford makes her first appearance on Late Night. Says Gifford: "There's more sexual tension in here than in 15 years with Regis." May 18: Will Ferrell appears on the show as Robert Goulet, performing a stirring rendition of Rodgers & Hammerstein's "My Favourite Things." September 7: More controversy for Triumph as he begs to sniff J. Lo's butt ("the Mount Everest of asses"), humps Moby's head and goes toe-to-toe with hip-hop superstar Eminem at the MTV Video Music Awards. September 18: Conan and Late Night return to the air after the terrorist attacks of September 11. October 18: Conan brings Ozzy Osbourne to the office to cheer up the Late Night staff in the wake of 9/11. Ozzy answers phones, helps out around the office and performs "Down To Earth" in the elevator bank. November 2: Late Night adds another awards show to the crowded landscape with the "Law & Ordies" - awards given only to Law & Order shows. The gala's only guest, Christopher Meloni of Law And Order: SVU, is snubbed for every award, and furiously storms out of the awards a sore loser. February 26: After a two-week hiatus for the Winter Olympics, Conan files a report from Salt Lake City featuring him speed skating and snowboarding: badly. March 13: In a craven attempt to rectify an error from the early years of the show, Conan begs forgiveness of superstar Jennifer Lopez - who was bumped off of Late Night in 1997. He offers her a spot following Dateline's Stone Phillips. No calls from J. Lo have been received. May 17: Triumph's Triumph: The pugnacious puppet unleashes himself on the geeky fans waiting in line at the Ziegfeld Theater for the New York premiere of Star Wars: Episode II. September 22: Conan hosts the 54th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards and delivers what The Los Angeles Times calls "one of the funniest opening monologues in Emmy history." September 26: The Sopranos star Joe Pantoliano bets Conan $10,000 that his character Ralph will survive the mob drama's entire fourth season. (On November 10, Ralphie is beheaded. No money changes hands.) November 29: Triumph previews his feature film debut - biting off his new nemesis Eminem - in the new feature "8 Nipples." December 11: After taking Max Weinberg on the road a second time, Bruce Springsteen and the entire E Street Band return to Late Night and play the rare "Kitty's Back." Conan joins the band for "Merry Christmas Baby." December 26: Taking the "talk show gold" moment of a guest removing his pants on the air a bit further - diminutive 5"2' star Roberto Begnini switches suits with 6"4' Conan O'Brien. January 16: Guest Tom Selleck is reunited with his first mustache, only to find out that it is in a coma. Selleck visits it in a miniature hospital, where the mustache expresses jealousy toward his new mustache. When left alone, Selleck murders the facial hair. He remains a free man today. March 27: Academy Award winner Robert Duvall reveals a lost scene from The Godfather with Late Night favorite Abe Vigoda. April 22-25: In an unprecedented musical booking, Conan welcomes The White Stripes as musical guest for the entire week. May 15: Late night television history - the show broadcasts an entire episode in Clay Animation. May 22: Bending time and space, Jim Carrey does a comedy bit via cell phone with eminent physicist Stephen Hawking: three times in one segment. May 23: Conan airs a video diary from his USO Tour to Bahrain, Kuwait and aboard the U.S.S. Nimitz. July 17: Late Night With Conan O'Brien receives its first Emmy nomination for Outstanding Comedy/Variety Series (in addition to its 8 previous nominations for Outstanding Writing). August 15: When the biggest blackout in U.S. History befalls the Northeast and Canada, Late Night broadcasts a 10 minute opening with minimal power, no guests and no audience. September 14: Late Night With Conan O'Brien celebrates its tenth anniversary with a star-studded event at New York's Beacon Theater, including appearances from Andy Richter, Mr. T, Will Ferrell, Jack Black and Ben Stiller. December 31: Highlighting the annual Late Night CST New Year's bash, Inside The Actors Studio host James Lipton counts down the final ten seconds to 2004 in ten different costumes, including Einstein, Batman, Ben Affleck and the Dalai Lama. February 10-13: Conan takes Late Night on the road for only the second time ever, spending a week at Toronto's historic Elgin & Winter Garden Theatre for four shows. In addition to major guests like Jim Carrey, Mike Myers and Adam Sandler, Conan takes a shot at hockey glory, defends America's borders and sends Triumph The Insult Comic Dog on his most notorious assignment ever - to lampoon the people and culture of Quebec. May 6: Determined to purchase a "large estate" in Europe, Conan heads around New York getting his "Green Machine", a 1992 Ford Escort SHO, appraised by both Christie's and the Cooper Classics Collection for a top-line price. After failing to sell off the car to buyers, he later sells it to the night's guest, Brad Pitt. May 12: With the purchase of NBC by Universal, Conan debuts perhaps one of the most famous features ever - The Walker, Texas Ranger Lever - programmed to play a random clip with the simple pull of a lever, sparking a wave of popularity surrounding Chuck Norris paralleled perhaps only by Beatlemania. June 25: Conan heads to Long Island to visit the Old Bethpage Village Restoration society, and take part in a baseball game under 1864 rules. Chaos ensues when Conan charges the mound during play, spots historical inaccuracies to the reenactors themselves, and tries convincing actors their cowardly, now-gay husbands have perished in the Civil War. July 30: Actually taking his rants into account, Late Night graphic designer Pierre Bernard, of Pierre Bernard's Recliner of Rage, is offered a guest spot on the hit sci-fi show Stargate SG-1, which came under Bernard's criticism earlier in the year for lacking creative value. August 12: Forgoing guests, Late Night decides to bow to its true master, cheap plugging, in order to shill Late Night's first two DVD releases, the Late Night 10th Anniversary Special, and the Best of Triumph The Insult Comic Dog. September 8: After months of ridicule, Chuck Norris appears on Late Night with his own lever, which reveals a massive beatdown on Conan in retribution for the Walker, Texas Ranger lever, including an overdramatized roundhouse kick through a strategically placed wall of boxes. September 27: On the 50th anniversary of The Tonight Show, Conan O'Brien is announced as Jay Leno's successor as host of The Tonight Show in 2009, after Leno announces his intent to retire from show business. February 1: Conan pays tribute to late night legend Johnny Carson, devoting his entire monologue and opening segment to the funnyman, who passed away on January 23. March 6: Risking life and limb, Conan's comedy act "Slipnuts" actually get their first live gig...opening for the heavy metal band Slipknot in East Rutherford, New Jersey. Fans are outraged and equally confused by the unnecessary clowning around, and slipping on nuts. May 12: Conan gets up bright and early to try his hand at bird watching in Central Park, with a group of die-hard birders. Later trying to sway "rival" birder groups, Conan scales a tree and successfully fools dozens with his attempts at bird calls. June 10: Triumph The Insult Comic Dog returns with a vengeance, visiting the ongoing Michael Jackson child molestation trial, mocking Jacko impersonators, ridiculing fans, and asking fellow reporters such qualms as "On a scale of 1 to 10, how old is Michael Jackson's boyfriend?" July 22: Proving his ability to make virtually anybody funny, Conan presents "Detective Conan O'Brien and Detective Former Secretary of Labor Robert Reich," starring himself and Reich fighting crime, solving cases, and spouting out memorable one-liners like Reich's "you have the right to be my bitch!" September 16: Comedian Jim Gaffigan, a fellow cream-skinned comrade, debuts his new side project, a cartoon featuring himself and Conan - aptly titled "Pale Force" - where the dynamically white duo fight the likes of Lady Bronze and other more colourful villains. October 7: For the first time in Late Night history, Conan devotes an entire show to a single guest - this time Irish rockers U2 - to mark the debut of their new album. The band performs four songs, films a special "Secrets" segment and a U2 Edition of "In The Year 2000," revealing to the world that "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" is really about failing to find a box of Boo Berry Cereal after searching four supermarkets. October 11: Wondering about his immense popularity in Finland, viewer mail finally answers the question - Conan is a nearly identical look-a-like of Finnish President Tarja Halonen, setting off weeks of not only spoofing the resemblance, but Conan in fact helping her electoral campaign to push her to a victory in the 2006 Finnish presidential elections. November 11-15: To mark the release of his new album Prairie Wind, Canadian rock legend Neil Young appears on Late Night for an entire week's worth of musical performances. December 20: With the city crippled by a transit strike, Conan decides to do some good, renting a large van and driving frightened tourists and locals alike throughout town. Staying true to the MTA, Conan searches bags and has a homeless man urinate in the back seat, for that "authentic" subway experience. February 4: James Lipton, host of Inside The Actors Studio, appears on Late Night, sideways baseball cap and all, to perform his own stirring rendition of "PopoZao," Kevin Federline's first attempt at a rap career. So popular, Lipton would return on March 17 with an encore, even shotgunning a beer funnel in honour of St. Patrick's Day. March 10: Returning from a two-week hiatus for the 2006 Winter Olympics, Conan devotes an entire episode to his visit to Finland, featuring a traditional Finnish nude sauna, Conan dogsledding at the base of the North Pole, and finally meeting his match, meeting with President Tarja Halonen at her chambers in Helsinki. May 9-12: Conan takes Late Night on the road yet again, this time to Chicago for a week's worth of tapings, featuring guests like Dave Chappelle, John C. Reilly and Sean Hayes, and hosting Illinois Senator, and future President, Barack Obama, as a guest, trying to succesfully rally himself as a Vice Presidential Candidate. June 15: Trying to one-up Daryl Hannah, who had earlier chained herself to a tree in protest, Darrell Hammond begins a protest of his own: refusing to come down from the studio rafters until allowed to do his impression of Regis Philbin. August 27: Conan O'Brien gets his second hosting gig at the Primetime Emmys, opening the door for the most memorable entrance in Emmys history, with stops over with the cast of Lost, The Office, 24, and a memorable finish on To Catch A Predator. October 31: Breaking down doors with another talk show first, Late Night commemorates Halloween with "Skelevision", redoing a complete episode as skeletons, right down to Larry King's suspenders being held up by mere shoulder bones. December 4: A simple NCAA mascots sketch inadvertantly turns to history, when Conan accidentally blurts out the then-fake website Horny Manatee.com, forcing NBC to purchase the website, and giving Conan weeks worth of manatee porn fodder to play with. April 13: Trying to capitalize on the power of Aaron Sorkin dramas, Conan presents a new show, "Studio 6A On The 6th Floor Of Rockefeller Plaza", starring Liev Schreiber as Conan O'Brien (and Conan as a greedy, mustachioed network exec), presenting Conan as an angry, conflicted host who seems to only find solace with his one true friend, the misunderstood Masturbating Bear. April 30-May 4: Conan hits the road for the third year in a row, this time to the Orpheum Theatre in San Francisco, featuring guests like Robin Williams, Snoop Dogg and Randy Jackson, a tour of the city with Bob Saget, and an exclusive behind-the-scenes look at the secluded Skywalker Ranch. September 16: After years of recognition, but failing to win, Late Night wins its first Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Variety, Comedy or Music Program. November 5: Due to the pending Writer's Guild Of America strike, Late Night, along with all other NBC talk shows, goes on strike and enters immediate re-runs for the next two months. January 2: Forced to return to the air to save his non-writing staff's jobs, Conan comes back, writer-less and sporting a handsome strike beard, producing shows featuring only non-WGA members or supporters. February 4: After weeks of on-air taunting between talk show hosts Conan, Stephen Colbert and Jon Stewart over who "made" Republican Presidential nominee Mike Huckabee, tensions finally boil over on Late Night, as the three hosts brawl through the studio, utilizing fire extinguishers, stairwells and ice skates before being simultaneously lambasted at once by Huckabee himself. February 13: Late Night returns to the air with its writers, featuring perhaps the first ever "silent" interview with a laryngitis-struck Matt Lauer. April 24: After months of speculation, Jimmy Fallon is announced as Conan's successor on Late Night, becoming the third host in the show's history. May 9: Conan goes to an Italian restaurant with the obnoxious, seemingly-endless comedic goldmine Jordan Schlansky, Late Night's associate producer, giving Conan the opportunity to repeatedly curse and shout death threats to the eloquent (yet equally pompous) Schlansky. June 17: Seeking deeper meaning to life, Conan visits spiritual guru Deepak Chopra at the Chopra Center, for relaxing massage, bath and oil treatments, an attempt at meditating, and a discussion on enlightenment....which quickly turns to a discussion on the Die Hard trilogy. July 18: Embracing the working man's spirit with Republican Presidential candidate John McCain on the show, Conan dons the brown short-shorts, and hits the road delivering packages for UPS around the Tri-State area. September 4-5: Two months removed from the most heated election in American history, Late Night sends its most responsible journalist to the 2008 Republican National Convention...Triumph The Insult Comic Dog. Highlights including "pooping" on Joe Lieberman and Rudy Giuliani, receiving a warning from Anderson Cooper ("I poop on you!"), and accusing Fox News of "swinging more to the right than Ann Coulter's strap-on!" September 25: With his latest stunt, "The Dive Of Death," mere blocks away at Central Park, David Blaine is interrupted during his record bid to hang upside down for a week by none other than Triumph The Insult Comic Dog, who proceeds to hang upside down as well, and later attempt to recreate the dramatic upside-down kiss scene from Spiderman. September 30: Upset over her snubbing at the Primetime Emmys, Julia Louis-Dreyfus escapes Studio 6A, rampages through Rockefeller Center and steals the Best Actress Emmy from building-mate and 30 Rock star Tina Fey, leading to a showdown between the ladies on the Late Night studio floor. October 29: In perhaps the oddest spontaneous moment in Late Night history, a fire alarm test goes off right before an interview with Paget Brewster, and popping up randomly throughout the rest of the show, leading to hysterical ad-libbing, and a personal security tour of 30 Rock for Conan the next day as "punishment" for interrupting the show. January 26: Finally getting the chance to turn the tables and make an ass of Conan, James Lipton hosts Conan on Inside The Actors Studio. January 28: With Max Weinberg, Mark Pender and La Bamba in Tampa Bay, rehearsing with Bruce Springsteen for the Super Bowl XLIII halftime show, Conan is left to host with the "Max Weinberg 4," eventually having audience members fill in to complete the band. February 1: Conan shows up in Tampa for Super Bowl XLIII, learning to kick field goals with the Gramatica brothers, having to resort to using a cube van to be successful. During the game, Conan even appears in a coveted Super Bowl commercial for Bud Light, showing himself off in a mesh tank top, and sparking the hit phrase "vroom vroom party starter!" in the process. February 5: Late Night conducts its 16th annual and final "State Of The Show," promising to carry on the legacy of Late Night over to The Tonight Show, and heeding the call of new President Barack Obama to "set aside childish things," Conan retires some of his silliest characters in anticipation of the move. February 11: Hosts of present and future collide, when Conan hosts his successor, Jimmy Fallon, a mere 19 days before his takeover as host of Late Night. Fallon leads the audience in a serenade of Conan, belting out the incorrect lyrics to "Wind Beneath My Wings". February 12: Hoping to become the first guest ever "killed off" a late night talk show, Late Night favourite Alec Baldwin is "taken care of" by former Sopranos star Tony Sirico and his trusty garrote. February 17: After a claim that his invisible strings from Conan's string dance would be held "hostage" by The Colbert Report host Stephen Colbert, Conan and Colbert face off in a String Dance showdown on Late Night. Later on, in an attempt to preserve the now-banned Masturbating Bear in carbonite a la The Empire Strikes Back, Conan's plan is foiled by Princess Leia herself, Carrie Fisher, who escapes with the Bear on a yacht, sailing off from New York Harbor, to never be seen again. February 18: For his contributions to the city of New York, Mayor Michael Bloomberg surprises Conan with a key...to the men's bathroom at the Port Authority Bus Terminal. Later, Nathan Lane serenades Conan with his tribute to the Sinatra classic, marking 16 years of Late Night with "Your Way". February 20: Promising his fans to never let himself grow up on the 11:30 show, Late Night With Conan O'Brien airs its 2725th and final episode, with the "release" of Abe Vigoda into the "wild" of Central Park, the last pulling of the Walker, Texas Ranger Lever, a musical performance of "We're Going To Be Friends" from The White Stripes, and special visits from Will Ferrell, John Mayer, and one last visit from Andy Richter. TVIV.org Gothamist.com Biercephile.com Globe Television, February 7-13, 2004 issue, pg. 4; www.globeandmail.com