Walker, Texas Ranger
When NBC bought the (highly coveted?) rights to Walker, Texas Ranger, Conan devised a way to incorporate the western police drama into Late Night. How did he do it? With a giant lever, of course!
The Walker, Texas Ranger lever is a magical thing. You can pull it anytime — day or night — and view a 15-sec. clip of Chuck Norris’ goateed brilliance as he deals with bear traps, fist fights, headbutts, unopened parachutes … well, just watch.
Fagerstrom!
When Finnish tourists told Conan he resembled their country’s female President, he was so amused that he fake-campaigned for her re-election. Conan urged Fins to vote for Tarja Halonen because she looked like him — admitting that he knew nothing about her actual platforms — and promised to visit Finland if she won. At the time, Late Night with Conan O’Brien was very popular in Finland, and his unofficial campaigning had been aired on local news programs. So when Halonen won re-election in 2006, Conan made good on his promise.
Conan was mobbed by fans at the airport, appeared on a weird Finnish talk show and tried to surprise one of his fans, but she wasn’t home. “If this was a scripted show,” he said, “someone would have answered the door.” Instead, Conan knocked on the door of another person, named Forss Fagerstrom.
No, really.
