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==Biography==
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Conan Christopher O'Brien was born in [[Brookline, Massachusetts|Brookline]], [[Massachusetts]], a [[suburb]] of [[Boston, Massachusetts|Boston]]. He is the third of six children in an [[Irish American]] family, one of four boys. His father, Dr. Thomas O'Brien, was a research physician at [[Brigham and Women's Hospital]] and an associate professor at [[Harvard Medical School]], specializing in infectious diseases. His mother, Ruth Reardon O'Brien, is a former partner of the Boston law firm of [[Ropes & Gray]].<ref name="mother">[http://www.stanford.edu/group/WLHP/papers/obrien.html Ruth Reardon O'Brien], from a [[Stanford University]] website</ref> His sister [[Jane O'Brien|Jane]] is a comedy writer and producer.
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|job= Producer<br>Supervising producer<br>Writer<br>Guest voice actor
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|birthdate= {{birthdate|1963|4|18}}
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|status=Inactive
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|episodes= 32
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|seasons= [[Season 3|Seasons 3]] - [[Season 5|5]]
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|Character= {{Ch|Conan O'Brien|Himself}}
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|first episode= "[[Stark Raving Dad]]"
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|latest episode= "[[Bart's Birthday]]"
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|first album= ''[[Songs in the Key of Springfield]]''
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|latest album= ''[[Go Simpsonic with The Simpsons]]''
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After graduating as the [[valedictorian]] from Brookline High School (Brookline, Massachusetts), O'Brien entered [[Harvard University]].  Throughout his college career, he was a writer for the ''[[Harvard Lampoon]]'' humor [[magazine]].  During his sophomore and junior years, O'Brien served as the Lampoon's president, making him only the second person ever to serve as president twice, and the first person to have done it in 85 years.  He graduated [[Latin honors|magna cum laude]] from Harvard in 1985 with a concentration in History and Literature.  
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'''Conan Christopher O'Brien''' (born April 18, 1963) is an American television host, comedian, actor, writer, podcaster, and producer.
  
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===Television career===
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In fall of 1991, he signed on as a producer and writer for ''[[The Simpsons]]'', where he also became a supervising producer. In a speech he gave at Harvard on Class Day in [[2000]], he credited ''The Simpsons'' with "saving" him, a reference to the career slump he was experiencing prior to his hiring for that show.<ref name="commencement">[http://everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=692946 Text of his 2000 commencement speech at Harvard] from Everything2</ref>
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O'Brien moved to [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]] upon graduating from Harvard to join the writing staff of [[Home Box Office|HBO]]'s ''[[Not Necessarily the News]]''. He spent two years with that show, and performed regularly with improvisational groups like [[The Groundlings]]. He also acted in corporate [[infomercial]]s to earn money during this period.
 
  
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After ''[[Not Necessarily the News]]'', O'Brien partnered with Harvard classmate [[Greg Daniels]] (who went on to be the [[executive producer]] of ''[[King of The Hill]]'' and ''[[The Office]]'') as staff writers on the short-lived ''[[Wilton North Report]]'' for [[Fox Broadcasting]]. He also occasionally served as the show's live audience warm-up person.  ''Wilton North'', with former Letterman producer [[Barry Sand]] as executive producer, lasted only 4 weeks, and is noteworthy mostly as the show that bumped the [[Arsenio Hall]]-hosted ''[[Late Show]]'' off the air.
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He wrote the episodes "[[New Kid on the Block]]", "[[Marge vs. the Monorail]]", "[[Homer Goes to College]]" and the wraparounds of "[[Treehouse of Horror IV]]". He also wrote the [[unproduced episodes|unproduced sequel]] to "[[Stark Raving Dad]]", which was intended to revolve around [[Prince]].<ref>{{cite video | people=Reiss, Mike|year=2003|title=The Simpsons season 3 DVD Easter Egg commentary for the episode "Stark Raving Dad"| medium=DVD|publisher=20th Century Fox}}</ref> He also created the character of [[Horatio McCallister]] (the Sea Captain) and he named [[Patty]] and [[Selma Bouvier]]'s iguana [[Jub-Jub]] (something he would say during awkward silences while writing). Of the episodes he wrote while there, he considers "[[Marge vs. the Monorail]]" to be his favorite. In the writer's room, O'Brien used to act out jokes and other actions, entertaining the other writers.
  
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In January 1988, ''[[Saturday Night Live]]'''s executive producer [[Lorne Michaels]] hired O'Brien as a writer. During his 3½ years on ''SNL'' he wrote such recurring sketches as "Mr. Short-Term Memory" and "The Girl Watchers," the latter of which was first performed by [[Tom Hanks]] and [[Jon Lovitz]]. O'Brien also wrote the sketch "Nude Beach", which became infamous due to the fact that the word ''[[penis]]'' appeared in it no fewer than 42 times, much of it in the form of song <ref name="nudebeach">[http://snltranscripts.jt.org/88/88bnudebeach.phtml Transcript from "Nude Beach" ''SNL'' sketch written by O'Brien]</ref>. In 1989, he and the other ''SNL'' writers were awarded an [[Emmy Award]] for Outstanding Writing in a Comedy or Variety Series. O'Brien, like many SNL writers, occasionally appeared as an extra in sketches; uncommonly in a speaking role. One of his most visible apperances was a sketch in which Tom Hanks was inducted into the SNL "Five Timers Club" for hosting his fifth episode. O'Brien played the doorman who takes Hanks's coat. Years later, when Hanks was a guest on ''Late Night'', O'Brien showed the clip and jokingly claimed their appearance together was the source of all of Hanks's subsequent success.
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He left ''The Simpsons'' in [[1993]] to host ''{{W|Late Night With Conan O'Brien}}'', taking over after [[David Letterman]] left {{W|NBC}} for {{W|CBS}}. He was also interviewed in ''[[The Simpsons 20th Anniversary Special – In 3-D! On Ice!]]'' and performed "[[The Monorail Song]]" with the [[Gay Men's Chorus of Los Angeles]] in ''[[The Simpsons Take the Bowl]]''.
  
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While on a writers' strike from ''Saturday Night Live'' following the 1987-1988 season, O'Brien put on an [[improvisational comedy]] revue in [[Chicago]] with fellow ''SNL'' writers [[Bob Odenkirk]] and [[Robert Smigel]] called ''[[Happy Happy Good Show]]''.
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== Credits ==
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=== Written by ===
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[[Image:1F11ConanOBrien.jpg|left|thumb|Conan O'Brien portrayed on ''[[The Simpsons]]''.]]
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=== Producer ===
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In the spring of 1991, O'Brien left SNL to write and produce a pilot for the television show ''[[Lookwell]]'', starring [[Adam West]]. It was broadcast on NBC in July but was not picked up as a [[television program|series]]. That fall, O'Brien signed on as a writer and producer for the Fox series ''[[The Simpsons]]'', where he also became a supervising producer. In a speech he gave at Harvard on Class Day in 2000, O'Brien credited ''The Simpsons'' with "saving" him, a reference to the career slump he was experiencing prior to his hiring for that show <ref name="commencement">[http://everything2.com/index.pl?node_id=692946 Text of O'Brien's 2000 commencement speech at Harvard] from [[Everything2]]</ref>.
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During his time as a writer for ''The Simpsons'', he created the character of [[Captain Horatio McCallister]] (the Sea Captain) and he named [[Patty and Selma Bouvier]]'s iguana Jub-Jub (something Conan would say during awkward silences while writing).  Of the episodes he wrote while there, he considers "[[Marge vs. the Monorail]]" to be his favorite.
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=== Supervising producer ===
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Since 1993 he has hosted [[Late Night With Conan O'Brien]], taking over after [[David Letterman]] left the network for [[CBS]]. He is currently contracted through to [[2009]]. He is set to take over [[The Tonight Show]], as [[Jay Leno]] has announced he will retire in [[2009]].
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=== Special guest voice ===
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*{{ep|Bart Gets Famous}}
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*{{ep|Bart's Birthday}}
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*{{spec|Homer Simpson Conducts Conan's TBS Exit Interview}}
  
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===Family===
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=== Soundtrack ===
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On [[January 12]], [[2002]], O’Brien married former advertising [[copywriter]] [[Liza Powel]] in her hometown of [[Seattle, Washington|Seattle]], [[Washington]], in a [[Mass (liturgy)#Nuptial Mass and other Ritual Masses|nuptial Mass]] at [[St. James Cathedral (Seattle)|St. James Cathedral]]. Elizabeth Ann Powel was born [[November 12]], [[1970]], is from [[Bainbridge Island, Washington]] (near Seattle), and is the daughter of Seattle Dixieland band-leader Jake Powel.<ref>http://www.buzzle.com/editorials/1-17-2002-9405.asp</ref> They met in the spring of 2000 when [[Foote, Cone & Belding]] (FCB),<ref>http://www.fcb.com/</ref> the advertising agency she worked for, redesigned the television commercials for O'Brien's [[Houston, Texas|Houston]] sponsor, Hilton Furniture.
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They have a daughter, Neve, born on [[October 14]], [[2003]] in [[New York City]], and a son, Beckett, born [[November 9]], [[2005]] in [[New York City]].<ref name="baby">[http://nbcumv.com/entertainment/release_detail.nbc/entertainment-20051110000000-birthnoticefroml.html NBC Universal: Birth Notice from ''Late Night with Conan O'Brien'']</ref>
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=== For The Simpsons ===
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*{{alb|Songs in the Key of Springfield}}
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*{{alb|Go Simpsonic with The Simpsons}}
  
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O'Brien is a distant cousin of actor and comedian [[Denis Leary]] through marriage.
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=== Interviewee ===
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*{{spec|The Simpsons 20th Anniversary Special – In 3-D! On Ice!}}
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== References ==
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== External links ==
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*{{IMDb|name/nm0005277/}}
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*{{Wikipedialink}}
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*{{twitterpage|ConanOBrien}}
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{{Season 5 Guest Stars}}
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{{Season 36 Guest Stars}}
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Latest revision as of 19:51, September 29, 2024

This article is about the guest star. For the character, see Conan O'Brien (character).
Conan O'Brien
Conan O'Brien.jpg
Crew Information
Gender:
Male ♂
Job: Producer
Supervising producer
Writer
Guest voice actor
Birth date: April 18, 1963 (1963-04-18) (age 61)
Status:
Inactive
Number of episodes: 32
Character(s): Himself
Seasons active: Seasons 3 - 5
First episode: "Stark Raving Dad"
Most recent episode: "Bart's Birthday"
First album: Songs in the Key of Springfield
Latest album: Go Simpsonic with The Simpsons


Conan Christopher O'Brien (born April 18, 1963) is an American television host, comedian, actor, writer, podcaster, and producer.

In fall of 1991, he signed on as a producer and writer for The Simpsons, where he also became a supervising producer. In a speech he gave at Harvard on Class Day in 2000, he credited The Simpsons with "saving" him, a reference to the career slump he was experiencing prior to his hiring for that show.[1]

He wrote the episodes "New Kid on the Block", "Marge vs. the Monorail", "Homer Goes to College" and the wraparounds of "Treehouse of Horror IV". He also wrote the unproduced sequel to "Stark Raving Dad", which was intended to revolve around Prince.[2] He also created the character of Horatio McCallister (the Sea Captain) and he named Patty and Selma Bouvier's iguana Jub-Jub (something he would say during awkward silences while writing). Of the episodes he wrote while there, he considers "Marge vs. the Monorail" to be his favorite. In the writer's room, O'Brien used to act out jokes and other actions, entertaining the other writers.

He left The Simpsons in 1993 to host Late Night With Conan O'Brien, taking over after David Letterman left NBC for CBS. He was also interviewed in The Simpsons 20th Anniversary Special – In 3-D! On Ice! and performed "The Monorail Song" with the Gay Men's Chorus of Los Angeles in The Simpsons Take the Bowl.

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  1. ↑ Text of his 2000 commencement speech at Harvard from Everything2
  2. ↑ Reiss, Mike. (2003). The Simpsons season 3 DVD Easter Egg commentary for the episode "Stark Raving Dad" [DVD]. 20th Century Fox.


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