Don't get me wrong, I think Conan O'Brien is one of the greatest people on the face of the earth. He is hilarious in every way and seems like an all around awesome guy. That being said, this writers' strike has got to end, because he must be exhausting himself. It seems like he has no faith that guests who are not in the entertainment field can actually speak on their own, and therefore he has to work extra hard to keep up the laughs. I don't ordinarily watch the show, seeing as how I'm an old lady and I like to go to sleep before 12:30, but sometimes I catch it on the weekend. Tonight he had on some professional skier girl, who actually seemed totally relaxed and probably could have held up her end of the conversation quite well. But instead of asking her open ended questions, he just kept asking these incredibly pointed questions that involved long silly explanations of his own ski misadventures, such as, "So in this video, you're going down this huge cliff. Don't you get scared? Because when I ski, it's like [insert silly self-deprecating explanation of his awkward gangliness here]." Again, I could watch Conan read the phone book, but I feel sort of bad for these people who were actually invited to be on his show, only to be completely talked over by him because he's too afraid that they won't be funny. Normally I think that's a great skill of his, to be able to have on a guest with no personality (like Charlize Theron or Nicole Kidman) and just carry the whole thing himself, but I'm a little disappointed that these days he seems to just presume that anyone he's having on will have nothing to say, so he needs to take over. Sort of like my sister, who gets totally stressed out at parties because she feels that she needs to maintain the fun levels on behalf of everyone. They're working incredibly hard just to keep the plates spinning.

Conan, you know I love you, but maybe we should think about taking a break for a little while, just until you can get yourself together. I'm not saying it would be a permanent thing, it would probably just be good for us to have some space from each other. So good luck, and give me a call when your writers come back.

xoxo,
Kate