You've seen the comedy bit, now you can see the behind the scenes rehearsal and outtakes from the infamous Conan O'Brien/Jon Stewart/Stephen Colbert "Who Made Huckabee First" late night fight.
Late Night Underground, the official Late Night with Conan O'Brien writers blog, has a really funny clip showing how the three late nights hosts filmed their epic battle in the hallways and stairwells of NBC. You see the various times the three smashed fake bottles over their heads (and at one point one doesn't break and seems to be a real one), you see Stewart asking if they can change one of the signs in the hallway, and you also see Colbert come out of a room (maybe a dressing room?) that has a Colbert Report sign on it. Not really sure what that's all about.
There's also a nice shot of them just sitting on the stairwell that would make a nice poster for fans of the three of them, and the last shot has the three reminiscing a bit about David Letterman's tenure in the studio and Saturday Night Live.
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2-12-2008 @ 4:42PM
Oreo said...
The fight was really about who created Huckabee. :)
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2-12-2008 @ 6:23PM
Josh said...
The bit in the hallway with the Colbert Report sign on the door is actually from when they were doing the "waiting out in the hall" segments that were on TDS and TCR that night. On TDS, Stephen and Conan were shown waiting around in that hallway, chatting and waiting for Jon to finish his show. At the end of TDS, Stephen had already disappeared to do his show and Jon and Conan went through the door with the TCR logo to go get him. Similarly, at the end of TCR, Conan had left to do his show and Jon and Stephen went through that narrow closet door which had a "Late Night" sign on it (as was being discussed in this behind-the-scenes video). It was like all three shows were depicted as being magically accessible through doors in this single hallway.
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2-12-2008 @ 8:43PM
Richie said...
It's a magical alley where the leprechauns and unicorns doth frolic.