Mar
2010
Andy Richter Talks Tonight Show Mess On Regis & Kelly
Since Conan O’Brien left the airwaves, no one involved with the show has given interviews. Now, Andy Richter, Conan’s longtime sidekick, has made an appearance, and it’s fascinating to listen to.
No one from the former The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien has made any sort of TV appearances since the show went off the air. Mr. O’Brien is actually not allowed on television at the moment as part of his settlement with NBC, however, Andy Richter, Mr. O’Brien’s longtime sidekick and friend, does not have such an agreement.
The other morning, Mr. Richter filled in for Regis Philbin on Live with Regis and Kelly, and Kelly Ripa did bring up the whole late night debacle. Through out the eight-and-a-half minute segment at the beginning of the show, you get some clarifications from Richter about some of the rumors about what Mr. O’Brien has done to help his former employees who moved from New York City to Los Angeles to work with him, only to lose their jobs (Richter confirms Mr. O’Brien is indeed helping them with funds out of his own pocket), he explains how NBC essentially left them out to dry and he also touches on some obvious bitter feelings he has towards Jay Leno.
If you were the least bit interested in what happened with the whole O’Brien/Leno situation, this is the video clip we’ve pretty much been waiting to see. (My apologies for it being out of sync, still very easy to listen to though, and it is barely out of sync)
