Whew!  After going through what seems like ten billion tweets, I sat down with Sweeney and Conan today and we picked our winner!  Here's the announcement:



If you're impatient, here are the top 5 finalists after the jump:

We have no winners of the Team Coco Tweet Contest just yet.

After a long and exhausting search, I've narrowed the over 700 Tweets down to between 30-40 entries.  I'm hoping tomorrow to sit down with Sweeney and Conan and pick the cream of the crop.  Again, excellent work everybody.  There were a TON of great entries.  All of you should be proud.  It is going to be really, really hard to cut them down any further... But that's what we've gotta do!!  Look for an announcement tomorrow in this space!

SHOW UPDATE: I spent most of today at the office, and things are looking great!!  The furniture is in, the phones work, more people are around, and the place is starting to buzz a little bit!  It's funny; I'm a huge fan of Mad Men, and I can't help but draw parallels between what's happening on that show this season, and what's currently happening with our show getting into a new space and starting up again (very, very general parallels - no one's sleeping with anybody quite yet, ha ha.).  The comparison feels apt in certain ways, though - since Conan now owns the show, there's a lot more to do and a lot more to get up and running!  However, while it's a lot more work, that also makes things a lot more fun... It truly feels like we're embarking upon this great, grand adventure in ways that I never before imagined.  It feels a lot more exciting and edgy; we've moved from a sailboat into a speedboat!  And not just any speedboat; One of those speedboats with some flames on the side and a skull on the bow.  IT'S THE SS TEAM COCO, PARTY PEOPLE!  OOOOH SNAP.

The office is actually looking like a real office now... Although we're missing one vital component:



Computer Guru Chris Hayes is back in full effect... And he brought some friends!

COMPUTERS.  Oh man.  We've got enough work to do without having to do it all on our laptops; but that's the way things are rolling right now!  I trust in my man Hayes; we'll have a network up and running in no time... And soon my office will be ready and I'll have somewhere to spend my days and hang my Care Bears poster up again.  Then, I will truly be ready to kick some ass.

Like I mentioned previously, the Warner Brothers lot is like no other.  The history is fantastic, and they've got all these cool plaques on each Stage that tells you what was shot there before!  Here's the plaque for Stage 15, our current and future home:

Wow!  Thanks to everyone who suggested great ideas for our Team Coco Contest Contest this past week!  Hardy and I went through all the comments, and while there were some super creative ones ("design a cover for a fake Conan autobiography") to great suggestions that made us laugh ("post a picture of an animal that looks most like a Team Coco member" or "who has the highest hair"), in the end, we wanted to make sure that it was a contest where A.) people could be creative and funny, and yet B.) still be a contest where everyone had an equal chance of winning:

Howdy everybody, and welcome to yet another Team Coco Tuesday!  Last week, I promised you all something special this week... And ol' Bley DOES NOT DISAPPOINT.  Might I direct you to this little video I made earlier this afternoon:



THAT'S RIGHT.  WE'RE HAVING A META CONTEST. I AM A GENIUS AND ALSO LAZY AND I THINK THAT CALLS FOR WRITING IN ALL CAPS.

So, to clarify, this week I'm asking everybody to suggest different kinds of contests in the comments on this post - it should be something not too complicated; best nickname, best new character, best new type of Bley beard configuration, etc. You can suggest as many different kinds of contests as you can think of; the only stipulation is that your contest suggestions should be Team Coco related in some way! Anyone in the world can enter. In the event of identical entries, the earlier comment wins out. I'll probably be the sole judge, but I may have my good Team Coco buddy Sharon Hardy help me out with deciding the winning contest because I have enough trouble deciding what kind of pants to wear in the morning, let alone figure out a contest winner by myself.   ;)

If your contest is chosen, not only will you win that sweet limited edition tour poster signed by Mr. Conan O'Brien himself... We'll also put your contest into action next Tuesday!!  That's right!  TWO TEAM COCO CONTESTS IN A ROW!!  (It should also be noted that if you win this week's "Contest" Contest, you can still enter your own contest next week and try to pull back to back victories.)

A better shot of this awesome poster is under the cut: