Conan On Leno: ‘Temperatures Rising Rapidly In My Personal Hell’

All eyes were on Conan O’Brien last night in anticipation of what, if anything, he’d say about NBC’s surprise announcement that Jay Leno would upstage his long-planned ascension to The Tonight Show throne. (With a half-hour of local news between the two as the delicious, late night sandwich filling.) While he never said the words “Jay Leno can suck my pink, Irish ass” directly, he did point to the worrisome 20 degree temperature-increase in NYC that accompanied the news. The subtext was clear: Conan had been following our Pop Culture Doomsday coverage closely, and was warning his viewers to find their quickest route into orbit before the planet erupts into flames the second Leno delivers his first joke about Bill Clinton getting handsy with Michelle Obama at the Press Corps dinner in primetime. [Late Show]