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Conan O'Brien's comedy work from his days at Harvard [pic]

harvardlampoon.com — When Conan O'Brien went to Harvard University, he was twice the editor of the Harvard Lampoon (inspiration of the National Lampoon) which has graduated such writers as BJ Novak, many of the Simpsons creators, Andy Borowitz, and even all the way back to William Randolph Hearst. This is one of his pieces entitled "Lincoln Comix"

Who dugg this? Made popular Nov 16, 2007

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  • ckdiggs, on 11/16/2007, -1/+57Conan is awesome...read about this construction prank he pulled while at Harvard...

    http://harvardmagazine.com/2004/03/the-pranksters- ...

    Enter one notorious prankster, the aforementioned Conan O'Brien, once president of the Harvard Lampoon and now a late-night talk-show host on NBC. Legend has it that O'Brien spent a night in jail following a stunt he pulled as an undergraduate. (On "advice of counsel," O'Brien declined to comment.) Having procured a jack-hammer as well as several hard hats and other construction-related paraphernalia, he and a group of fellow students cordoned off a section of street in downtown Boston and went to work, as it were, tearing up the pavement.

    O'Brien then reported his own crime to the Boston police: college students dressed as construction workers were jack-hammering in downtown Boston — Do something, quickly! His handiwork only half done, O'Brien then telephoned the Massachusetts state police. He and his fellow construction workers, O'Brien said, were trying to do their jobs but were being harassed by a bunch of college pranksters dressed as policemen. In short order, the Boston police came to arrest the students and the state police came to arrest the Boston police. The confusion that followed landed its choreographer in hot water, but also in the annals of Harvard prank history.
  • laurelrinkya, on 11/16/2007, -0/+40cool website, his comic "meh"
  • JazzFlight, on 11/16/2007, -8/+32Wow, I know Conan has a bit of a fascination with Lincoln, so it explains why he did the comic, but...
    It just wasn't funny. Also, it was badly drawn and it has a misspelling. Ouch. This is Harvard, Conan, not your high school paper.
  • jaelae, on 11/16/2007, -0/+20He is a lot older. This doesn't say he graduated with BJ Novak, just that BJ Novak was at the school.
  • theradical, on 11/16/2007, -0/+17Wait a minute... why does the gun all ready have smoke coming from it? Why, that means the real killer is-! *BANG*
  • cgruber, on 11/16/2007, -1/+15I graduated from Cornell...ever heard of it?
  • MrHappy123, on 11/16/2007, -1/+15yes he was, he worked in the Simpsons and in SNL
  • drizzlelicious, on 11/16/2007, -0/+14If that's true, thats one of the best pranks I've ever heard of
  • TheFlood16, on 11/16/2007, -0/+10While that comic wasn't very funny, Conan is still the man.
  • trotskyist, on 11/16/2007, -2/+11While I love Conan, I'd hardly call this "Comedy"
    =/
  • theradical, on 11/16/2007, -1/+9There is no spelling error. http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/alright
  • castevens, on 11/16/2007, -0/+6That website labels the Harvard Lampoon as a "knockoff of National Lampoon." It is most definitely the other way around. The Harvard Lampoon's funding comes from it's royalties from National Lampoon
  • gregdigg, on 11/16/2007, -0/+6Conan O'Brien is hilarious, but the funniest thing on that page was the comment under the cartoon:
    "What the ***** is that "Click this image to mark your favorite part." *****?"

    Plus... what the ***** is that *****, anyway?
  • deose, on 11/16/2007, -0/+5http://www.favoritepart.com/HeatMap.aspx?img=826&s ...

    here is the heat map/ lulz at the many wiener clicks.
  • FreshWes, on 11/16/2007, -1/+5maybe he meant that "comics" was incorrectly spelled "comix"

    yessss
  • Wailord, on 02/25/2009, -0/+3... hacked?
  • zoinnk, on 11/16/2007, -4/+7BJ was my year at Harvard ('02).
  • jaythree9, on 11/16/2007, -0/+3i think you mean segues, but i can totally see him riding a Segway to a commercial
  • praisethelard, on 06/06/2008, -0/+3"There are no such forms as all-right, or allright, or alright, though even the last, if seldom allowed by the compositors to appear in print, is often seen ... in MS." [Fowler]

    To me, it seems that he spelled it as one word, "allright", so would technically be in the wrong. As for being badly drawn...meh...it's just a simple comic with simple drawings.
  • DonJohnTom, on 11/16/2007, -0/+3look at that grin on booths face
  • BigBrother87, on 11/16/2007, -0/+2Try reading it yourself. Third one down says "There are no such forms as... alright, though even the last, if seldom allowed by the compositors to appear in print, is often seen." And 2 of the other 3 say nonstandard.
  • inactive, on 11/17/2007, -0/+2Is that the basis for Dirty Work's prank on the fraternity guys?
  • Hoogs, on 11/17/2007, -0/+2That is awesome.
  • timjim31, on 11/17/2007, -0/+2and you spelled "he" wrong...
  • thrallie, on 11/16/2007, -1/+3BJ Novak's are a lot better:

    http://harvardlampoon.com/files/images/BJNfreud.jp ...
    http://harvardlampoon.com/?q=node/150

  • KingGorilla, on 11/17/2007, -0/+2I actually found that funnier than the actual comic strip
  • timjim31, on 11/17/2007, -0/+2oh my
  • Dundasbro, on 11/16/2007, -2/+4Calvin and Hobbes?
  • randydaytona, on 11/20/2007, -0/+1hmm....i dont think so http://www.snopes.com/college/pranks/roadwork.asp
  • juckman, on 11/17/2007, -0/+1What the hell? What's so funny about all the blank parts of the comic?
    ... Oh! I get it...
  • antdude, on 11/17/2007, -0/+1Far Side, Dilbert, FoxTrot, etc.?
  • leejae, on 11/16/2007, -0/+1Wow... That was so bad it was funny!
  • Rocketbird, on 02/25/2009, -0/+1yeah, hacked. weird.
  • twrife, on 11/16/2007, -1/+2heh bj
  • mwalker05, on 11/16/2007, -0/+1well its better than any of the comics my college paper comes up with
  • natastna2, on 11/17/2007, -0/+1Are you deaf?
  • Asianwaste, on 11/17/2007, -0/+1Reminds me of the old caricature he had of himself during the early days of Late Nite.
  • therightclique, on 11/17/2007, -1/+2wow. i've never heard comedy that was better than american comedy. i hope to someday.
  • KingGorilla, on 11/18/2007, -0/+1touche
  • inactive, on 12/05/2007, -0/+1Well, he got funnier.
  • x00x, on 11/16/2007, -0/+1Sigh!. If only it were true.(that it wasn't ticket-stub-checker's night out), history might very well be quite different today.
  • JaredXM, on 11/18/2007, -0/+1How about I qualify all over your face?
  • KingGorilla, on 11/17/2007, -0/+1like it matters
  • whojaybe, on 11/18/2007, -0/+1i knew conan grew up in boston but i didn't know he went to harvard...
  • elbergel, on 11/17/2007, -1/+1cathy?
  • inactive, on 11/19/2007, -0/+0Hey cut him a break on the drawing. This makes toothpastefordinner sketches look like movie frames.
  • def1234, on 11/17/2007, -0/+0notice that I used the qualifier "rarely"
  • AngelaLucille, on 11/26/2007, -0/+0i love conan. this comic is all right, but i like to see his early starts. plus i just love cartoons.
  • inactive, on 11/17/2007, -2/+1"alright" is not a word.
  • KingGorilla, on 11/17/2007, -2/+1Hobbes and Calvin?
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