30 B4 30 Day 8: Write a Fan Letter to Conan O'Brien

There are some people in this world who are just naturally funny without having to try. Of all the funnies, I think this is the best kind of funny. For these people, it just comes up on a daily basis without provocation, like a vurp. My brother is one of these people, so is TK's friend Greg and my friend Jonelle. Sometimes TK even comes out with a few quick one-liners and just cracks me up. A sense of humor is one of the best qualities to have and I really admire funny people. One of the people that I admire most because of his wittiness, creativity and intelligence is Conan O'Brien. So I chose Write a Fan Letter to Conan O'Brien as today's activity for my 30 B4 30 project.

In all these years of watching television and movies, listening to music and reading magazines, I never felt compelled to write a fan letter to anyone. So, this is the first fan letter I've ever written:

Dear Mr. O’Brien:

So, I am writing to you because I am turning 30 in less than a month and I created a 30 B4 30 project that requires me to do 30 things I have never done during the 30 days that lead up to my 30^th birthday. (Sorry about all of the 30’s in that sentence.) One of the items on my list is to write you a fan letter, so that is what this note is supposed to accomplish. Do you feel flattered yet? No. OK…I will go on.

Basically, I started watching your show while I was in college at Penn State from ’98-’02. I was an art major so I could stay up late and not study. I continued to watch your show for years afterward, up until you went off the air in January of this year. And, in my honest opinion, you got robbed! I guess the choice for who should host The Tonight Show was based solely on seniority because Jay Leno is not funnier than you; he is just older and has more cars and a bigger chin. I wanted to know if most people felt the same, so of the 600 people I polled, only 12 answered, but 10 of them said they like you better than Leno.

Like many folks, I am anxiously awaiting your return to television to entertain the world. Late night television is just not the same. Now I just scan the Food Network, the Travel Channel and sometimes the History Channel, in hopes that something interesting is on. Maybe you should make a guest appearance on Down Home with the Neelys as their pasty neighbor or Pawn Stars trying to sell some memorabilia from The Tonight Show? It’s just a suggestion and it would kind of make things a lot easier for some of us.

Also, I included a graphic design project I did in typography class while in college. I had to use the letters of someone’s name to create a rendering of them and I chose you. You had an “interesting” look and I figured I could do a lot with your image. Let me know if you agree…or don’t, whatever.

Thanks for the laughter,

Melissa

Yes, that part at the end is true. I created the image to the left in my sophomore typography class. The people who have seen it have told me to send it to him because maybe he will put me on his show. What? That won't happen. Do you know how many crazy people send him stuff they made for him? There's probably a Conan potato chip and a Conan pot holder out there somewhere. Anyway, tomorrow I am sending this letter, along with my pride, to California. We'll see if I ever get a response. I'll keep you posted.

UPDATE: It is 2013 and still no response ... What the heck, Conan?
UPDATE: It is now 2014, and still nothing. I am posting this to his Facebook page. Take that!