The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien/Recurring Bits

A list of recurring sketches, segments and characters on The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien.

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Audiencey Awards

An awards show sketch brought over from Late Night, Conan bestows awards upon the audience members in odd categories like "Best Impression of a Celebrity."

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Celebrity Survey

A sketch brought over from Late Night, Conan begins a phrase like "If I were a car, I would be..." with made-up answers by three celebrities. The third celebrity answer is always the punchline.

Conan's Tabloid Moment

Conan stages an embarrassing photograph that he believes he can sell to tabloid newspapers and make a little money.

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In the Year 3000

An update of the Late Night sketch "In the Year 2000," Conan and Andy make predictions on what will happen in the distant future.

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Made-For-TV Movie Casting

A sketch brought over from Late Night, Conan claims that NBC is producing a made-for-TV movie about a topical subject and that he has the cast list for the production. He then reads off the list with the real person and "actor" in a split screen. The first few are usually lookalikes and the final ones are usually characters from movies/TV and, often, not people.

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Noches de Pasion con Señor O'Brien

Another sketch brought over from Late Night, a Spanish-language [[telenovela] parody starring Conan as Conando, a macho hero with a thin mustache, who saves women in danger. This version added Nachito, a sidekick played by Andy Richter who doesn't speak Spanish very well.

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Triumph the Insult Comic Dog

A character created and voiced by Robert Smigel that dates back to Late Night, Triumph is often sent out to cover events (and mock the participants of those events) like the American Idol auditions and, in his first appearance on The Tonight Show, the Bonnaroo Music and Arts festival.

Twitter Tracker

An overly excited announcer (Brian McCann) shouts mundane Twitter updates made by celebrities, despite Conan lamenting about how lame the "tweets" are.