Conan visits Minneapolis

Conan O'Brien, who once had a show and now has a Twitter account, is in town and has been spotted mingling with locals and checking out local restaurants . Conan, who brings "The Legally Prohibited From Being Funny on Television Tour" to the Orpheum tonight, showed up a day early to stop by Al Franken's fundraiser. @DustryTrice, who had the pleasure of meeting Conan at the fundraiser, reports: "He said he's never been political but has known Al forever. And it was the only day off from the tour so he was free." Dusty was not the only one who got to chat with the famous comedian: Judy Grundstrom and Steve Marsh got their chance too:

@DustyTrice: FYI: @ConanOBrien is much taller than me. And he smells of lilacs and daydreams."

Also, Dusty realized this, a bit too late I guess: "Spent most of my evening with @ConanOBrien with an huge rip in the crotch of my Dockers. Or as I like to call it 'Family Entertainment'."


@stephenhero: "Conan confirmed that his guests tomorrow night will include Prince, Kirby Puckett, and Presidents Obama & Clinton on sax."


@justjudyblog: "Yeah, I'm with CoCo - like really "

And what are Conan's thoughts on Minneapolis?

Submitted by @marrina.

Who's With Coco?

We kinda knew based on a bunch of local Twitter chatter that you guys liked Conan O'Brien, but we had no idea you liked him THAT much. KARE 11 (who is an NBC affiliate) announced just this morning that a group of O'Brien super fans decided to organize a "MN Coco Rally". Apparently, "Local supporters of Conan O'Brien are planning a protest outside the KARE 11 studio in Minneapolis in response to NBC's decision to move Jay Leno back to the Tonight Show, pushing Conan out." The Facebook event page has a more detailed description of what will happen at this rally. For example: participants are encouraged to bring along COCO posters, banners, t-shirts, wigs and of course, to make this a "PEACEFUL event".

Too bad the event was organized the night before another, even bigger announcement: O'Brien signed an agreement early Thursday to part ways with NBC, which basically makes the rally irrelevant. O'Brien will reportedly get a $32.5 million payout for himself and roughly $12 million for his staff. Within a matter of months he will probably get an even better show on a new network. Coco is going to be fine. As for the organizers of the MN Coco Rally- they're not giving up. They updated the Facebook event page this morning saying: " We're still going to celebrate Conan's years of excellence and his future in host a nightly television on another network." Great, because we can't wait to see the local look-a-likes in red wigs!



Submitted by @marrina.