Hometown Hero!
It was a rip roaring hometown crowd tonight - and we did our best to please! The Wang was throbbing with anticipation this evening, and we really wanted to penetrate the crowds eyes and ears with sights and sounds they wouldn't soon forget. Standing backstage, I always judge the crowd by where and how much they laugh at the cold open of the show; and then again when Conan goes out. Tonight is going to be hard to top, y'all. Hard to top. REALLY REALLY HARD. (Okay, I'll stop the Wang jokes for now)
Anyway, tonight was obviously very special for Conan; about 300 members of his family were in the audience, and he really got loose and played around a lot tonight, which was super cool to see. I always love all the ad libbing, because it helps keep the show fresh and funn for us, too - and tonight, Conan was ON FIRE. It was GREAT!! Also great: OUR SPECIAL SURPRISE GUESTS...
DROPKICK MURPHYS!!
(That's them & Conan from soundcheck today)
Conan joined them onstage for a rabble rousing rendition of "I'm Shipping Up To Boston", which you know from The Departed, and it BROUGHT THE HOUSE DOWN. Holy mother of god in heaven above. The crowd went absolutely dragon fruits! It was insanely, INSANELY cool. Also cool: Our OTHER surprise guest....
ED HELMS!!!
(That's Ed before the show with Writer Matt O'Brien and Head Writer Mike Sweeney)
Ed sang a sweet song on the piano about everything that had happened in the show last night! Ha ha ha. It had all of us backstage in stitches! Rock on, my man! ROCK ON.
A great great show tonight... And I can't wait to see what tomorrow's crowd is gonna bring! YOU BETTER BRING IT, BOSTON. YOU'VE ONLY GOT US FOR ONE MORE NIGHT!!!
See you tomorrow. ;)
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No comments? Bummer.
I'll leave a comment Bley! =)
Awesome show!! I love Ed Helms...he's so hilarious!
I feel out of the loop because I hadn't heard of Dropkick Murphy's before (I know, I feel ashamed typing about it), but I saw their performance with Conan and I like them. =)
Can't wait to see what you guys have in store for the second night in Boston!!
oh and p.s. I haven't been able to find a video of Conan's performance at Harvard, and I've looked everywhere! (well, google and youtube), but still. Have you seen any video of it roaming around in the interwebs? I would greatly appreciate it!
The show last night was AMAZING! Everyone rocked it out so hard. And Bley I totally saw you snapping a picture of the audience, you were all mysterious and shrouded in mist. I also managed to film a couple things:
Ed Helms: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iK1pDQNol... />
Dropkick Murphys: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahXkpW042... />
I'm still going crazy over last night! You just made the next few months harder for me while waiting for you guys to get the new show going D:
Aaron Scott Bleyaert!!
Okay, well I swear I posted a comment on here last night... >:(
Anyway. I think it was something along the lines of OMGOMGOMG DROPKICK MUPRHYS & ED HELMS!?!? That's soooooo intense!!! And then hearing that Conan was in a good mood puts me in a good mood. All I need now are youtube videos and pictures from the show and I'll be satisfied.
Take care everyone!!(:
♥, Courtney
argh is there something wrong with the comment section?
i tried adding a comment twice yesterday and it wouldn't show up =/
anyway, that's a really nice picture you took up there Bley.
and that song in The Departed was the best part of the movie, seriously.
I posted last night too, but it didn't take.
Let me just speak for myself and say that THIS crusty Gloucester fisherman (who doesn't actually eat fish, but that's besides the point) had the time of his life! I posted this on the I'm with Coco Facebook page, but it bears repeating here: I was so hyped up for last night's Boston show that my expectations were unreasonable by any measure... and yet they were exceeded. So thank you all for that experience.
Aaron---I tried to leave comments this morning and have tried several times throughout the tour....and it almosts never posts. IDK...
Boston rocked....really, really hard.
I was there! You even gave me a high-five! Awesome show, CoCo. I'd have to say my aunts gave me the best birthday present I could get this year. The show rocked, see you TBS!
Yeah, I posted a comment last night, but it's probably for the best that it didn't show up -- I, too, was drinking last night and I'm not sure how much sense my comment made lol.
I love everything about your first paragraph. And WOOOT Ed Helms, that's TWO Office stars that've showed up! Hehe (I'm a huuuuuge Office fan). I don't listen to the Dropkick Murphys myself, but that's awesome that they showed up!!! Also, I love that you are keeping dragon fruits in play! :D
i just tried to post a comment, but i think it's broken again.
wait. did this one post? ack. i have no idea wuz going on...
Mike Sweeney is such a sweetheart! I met him after the June 2nd show at Radio City. He took some time out to talk to me, which means a lot. I know how busy all you guys are.
"It's Matt O'Brien!!" ;)
Sadness - I (thought) I posted a comment last night as well~
It went something like this:
"HOLY CRAP, DROPKICK MURPHYS!!! Add Ed Helms onto that madness & I'm now officially jealous that I wasn't there last night."
(Don't worry, Bley - we love your blogs ^^)
I posted last night too! Bah. Anyway, 1) 300 O'Briens = awesome. 2) "Dragon Fruits" tag. Nice. 3) Please promise to never, ever censor your wang...jokes.
I knew Conan performing for a hometown crowd would be awesome, so I HAD to come up from NY to see it for myself - and it didn't disappoint! I pretty much cried with joy when Dropkick Murphys showed up, not gonna lie >_> Great energy, great performance, great venue, what can I say, I love Wang! ;) And although they may not read this, I want to thank Andy, Deon, Mike, Reggie, the LPB, the Coquettes, and Conan himself, for being so very kind to all of us waiting around outside both before and after the show, I'm sure all they wanted to do was drink!! ;) So the fact that they took the time to say hi was appreciated more than they can imagine!
PS, sorry if I scared you by screaming "BLEY!" from the mezzanine like a psycho... it's how New Yorkers show their love, I guess... ;)
Ah, guess my comment about the Boston show (6/4) from last night didn't go through either. Well let's try again...it went something like this:
Drove down from northern Maine for this show, just got back to my hotel room now. So, so, SO good. I've been watching Conan since I was 11 (2000) and am still watching ten years later, and as proven by tonight's show, he's still got it and then some. I'm actually kind of depressed now, knowing that I won't experience something as awesome as that show again for most likely quite some time...pretty impossible to match.
Huge thanks to everyone involved in putting on such an amazing show and tour, and of course a zillion props to Coco himself for such an unforgettable performance. Good luck on the rest of the dates; I'll be counting down the days 'til the new show on TBS. November can't come soon enough!
hometown!