List of Conan sketches

The following are sketches that have appeared on the TBS series Conan.
20 Air Fresheners in 20 Nights
In reference to big-ticket giveaways by hosts such as Oprah Winfrey, Conan responded by announcing his intent to give away 20 pine tree-scented air fresheners in 20 days. He later hastily added that each air freshener would come inside a Chevrolet Cruze, the air freshener being needed as La Bamba has slept in each one. The giveaway was conducted on the Team Coco website.
Blimp
Conan has repeatedly commented that he is the only talk show host with his own blimp, and has gotten his big orange blimp to do trivial things, such as film a bike race and stalk actor Gary Busey.
Black commercials
In response to TBS having a lot of Tyler Perry-created African-American based sitcoms, writer Deon Cole offered to create a series of commercials for the show to appeal to a black audience. A commercial typically consists of black people in a club with a TV airing Conan doing silly monologues with the words "Conan's back on TBS" sung in a mellow R&B style. The commercials end with an afro substituting Conan's hairstyle in the Conan logo with the slogan: "TBS: Righteously funny".
Conan's Video Blog
Conan announces he is going to share his thoughts via a blog to appeal to his broadening online following. The screen then cuts to a simulation of a camcorder with Conan in front of a wall in what looks like a typical teenager's room. Much of the segment is devoted to Conan saying things that are stereotypically said in teenagers' YouTube videos. After a few minutes, Andy comes in and asks what's taking so long and that they have a show to do. Conan responds by getting annoyed at Andy and yelling for him to get out of his room. After continuing the segment, LaBamba walks onto the set and receives the same treatment from Conan.
Interactive Backdrop
The landscape backdrop has a video element that allows some interaction with Conan and his guests. In one episode, he watched a ship sink. In another, Conan and Tom Hanks watched some whales jump through the ocean. One of the whales jumped very close to Hanks, spraying him with water.
One of the more common gags of the interactive backdrop is the moon. Since the moon in Conan's backdrop is a separate element, he can manipulate it with a remote control. Sometimes he just makes it go back and forth. Other times more happens, such as a man dubbed Moondancer coming out to prance behind the moving moon.
Local news
Conan explains that since the show airs during local newscasts, they decided to make one of their own, with stories and items stereotypically found in them (a fire on the bad part of town, a city council meeting, a short weather forecast, the local sports team won, and a lighthearted animal video at the end).
Minty, the Candy Cane That Fell on the Ground
Timed for the Christmas season, Minty is a giant candy cane (played by Brian McCann) who walks through the crowd throwing mini candy canes to the audience members as a 1940s crooner-style jingle plays in the background. According to the jingle, he fell on the ground for "just a moment or two", which was enough for him to be covered in "excrement". Actually, his costume is covered in the typical kind of garbage that might be found on a dirty floor, such as dead bugs, string, a penny and a cigarette butt. One loyal fan created a video game based on the character, which was posted to the show's website.
Spider-Man musical
Parodying the musical Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark, Conan claims his show was selected for a special screening. This "screening" is then performed by a man in a poorly made Spider-Man suit and gym shoes, a man dressed as Doctor Octopus with dryer tubes for tentacles, and other varying cast members. After the performance, an assortment of characters completely unrelated to the performance will come out and bow with the performers. This group usually includes a very apathetic looking man wearing a Wonder Woman uniform. This random assortment of characters grows every time the sketch is performed. In the most recent version, an ensemble of injured characters was shown, referencing the numerous injuries that have occurred to the actual play's cast.
Ted Turner
Ted Turner, played by Will Forte, has appeared on three episodes so far. In those episodes, he has appeared on a stuffed buffalo to harshly criticize Conan and his audience by claiming the show will ruin the reputation of TBS.
TSA screening
Following the uproar over revised TSA screening policies deemed by many as invasive, Conan invited TSA agent George Bautista to demonstrate a TSA screening. On Thanksgiving, Conan invited Bautista back to stuff a turkey. In both cases, the sketch involved excessive touching and other inappropriate behavior by Bautista.
Tyler Perry's Row 11
A parody of Tyler Perry's House of Payne and Meet the Browns featuring an African-American family that lives in the 11th row of the Conan audience.

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