Conan Burns NBC’s Millions in Revenge
Until they shut him down, "Tonight Show" host Conan O'Brien is free to spend NBC's millions doing things like dressing up the world's most expensive car as a mouse and giving it a Rolling Stones theme song. This may be a bit unseemly in the middle of an economic meltdown, but as revenge goes, it's pretty sweet.Until they shut him down, “Tonight Show” host Conan O’Brien is free to spend NBC’s millions doing things like dressing up the world’s most expensive car as a mouse and giving it a Rolling Stones theme song. This may be a bit unseemly in the middle of an economic meltdown, but as revenge goes, it’s pretty sweet. — PZS
NBC isn’t too thrilled with this, so if they yank the above clip, you can watch it here as a backup.
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