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Conan O'Brien Owes His Career to a Crank

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O'Brien onstage last night.Photo: Getty Images


Four things about Conan O'Brien and his show that we're pretty sure haven't been published before, which we learned last night at his rare public appearance — with four of his writers — at the Museum of Television and Radio:

• The character "requires you to suck!” — Bon Jovi's security team prevented Triumph from even approaching the singer at the Grammy Awards.

• Writer Brian Stack once approached Walter Cronkite backstage to thank him for appearing on the show and didn’t understand Cronkite’s perplexed reaction until he realized he was dressed in an elaborate Frankenstein costume in preparation for the recurring bit called ", nbc

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