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The promos for this week’s episode of NBC’s Saturday Night Live are funnier than everything they have done over the last 3 years. Which isn’t saying much but since we’re huge fans of Zach Galifianakis (and his Amy Adams impersonation) we will actually have to watch this one.

Will the real Ryan Miller please stand up?!

Our friends at Olympic Updates found this fantastic clip. Team USA heads into the 2010 Winter Olympics with a chance to win the Gold Medal thanks to the terrific effort of their goalie Ryan Miller. Team USA will match up against the Canadians tonight [3pm Eastern] and hopefully the idiots at NBC will not try to tape delay/time delay the big game.

Just for the record, NBC’s coverage of the 2010 Winter Olympics is just embarassing.

That being said, here is their crappy cable channel MSNBC interviewing Ryan Miller before the game. Turns out the NBC standard of excellence is held high once again as this interview is actually with some dude pretending to be Miller. The cocky prankster doesn’t go too far over the edge but does call Canada and Russia overrated (he’s actually right on the Russian judgment) and then all but guarantees a victory.

Fun stuff but the best part is the last few minutes where MSNBC later breaks into their own programming to air an apology and allow the real Ryan Miller to politely point out that any idiot could have seen this was not real.

Athletes strive for perfection, but at times they are prone to accidents — just like the rest of us. Whether it’s a ball bouncing off someone’s head for a home run, a goalie letting a puck slip past from center ice, an injury-inducing sneeze or a wardrobe malfunction, there are plenty of accidents that plague the pros.

We just hope this list doesn’t jinx the Olympics.

We do not want Team USA to make any mistakes when they beat Canada for the Gold Medal in Vancouver.  And what’s up with NBC using tape delay for the Winter Olympics?  Is this 1984?  At least in 1984 you didn’t have Twitter, Google News, and anyone with a mobile phone to read you the results before you watched the events.

NBC, you suck.  Oh, and here’s the Top 10 Own Goals in Sports list.

Conan O’Brien is having fun at the expense of NBC’s wallet. He introduced a new bit that’s not aimed to be funny. Just expensive. See, as long as Conan is on the air NBC has to foot the bill.

Enter the Bugatti Veyron Mouse as a new Tonight Show character Thursday night Not because it was funny but because it was “crazy expensive” for NBC.

And in the background you’ll hear an original recording by the Rolling Stones to add to the fun. Once again, not to make it funny. Just to add to the bill. The royalty rates on that sucker are out of this world.

But if you want to see the clip on NBC or Hulu [partially owned by NBC] you are out of luck. The cheap bastards have edited the clip out of the show!

Thankfully, the good people at Jalopnik have a copy for you to view.

This instantly classic clip from Conan reminds us of one of our favorite clips of a young David Letterman visiting the GE executives after they bought NBC.

The stiffs at GE made themselves look like fools as Letterman poked fun at them when they wouldn’t allow Dave to give them a fruit basket to welcome them to the family. This of course help give Dave plenty of material to joke about for years to come.

Taiwan is down with Coco!

The late night battle for NBC’s The Tonight Show between Jay Leno and Conan O’Brien could not be better summed up than with cheesy 3D animation from Taiwan.  Even if you don’t know what the narrator is saying, you get the idea. It’s almost as good as the Tiger Woods edition!

For example, when Conan O’Brien turns into the Coco Hulk you know he’s angry. You also know that you’re watching one of the most awesome news reports ever.  If you could promise us that the U.S. news would include nutty animations like this we’d watch daily.

OK, for those of you actually wanting to know what the narrator is saying we do have for you the English version of the news report. It’s not quite as funny. Sorta like when you watched that Ozzy Osbourne reality show without the bleeps.

We remember years ago when Jay Leno and David Letterman were in a bitter contest over who would take over as host of the Tonight Show when Johnny Carson left the program. The ugly and public fight left both sides angered and Dave eventually went over to CBS. Now Dave’s replacement, Conan O’Brien, is in a similar situation which could of been prevented if Jay Leno had just listened to himself.

In 2004 we have a clip of Jay stating he didn’t want Conan to have to go through what he did to get the show. Six years later Jay is still pissing off people as he is all but forcing his way back onto the Tonight Show.

Leno’s original speech discussing handing over the Tonight Show to Conan O’Brien, saying that he wanted to end the show “on top” and retire before he was in his 60s, as well as avoid the broken friendships and bad blood that happened when the show went from Johnny Carson to Jay Leno, which many people viewed as a sleight to David Letterman

David Letterman does a great impersonation of Jay “Big Jaw” Leno while discussing the NBC Tonight Show debacle.   While Conan O’Brien stands by his claim he will not do the Tonight Show if it is bumped into the next day after midnight, it seems like Jay Leno is set to ruin another late night show.

It wasn’t enough he muscled in the Tonight Show years ago while Johnny Carson and David Letterman were left wondering what happened.  Jay had to go and take back the time slot from Conan.

Check out the video below of David Letterman making fun of Jay Leno and also check out this 1992 New York Times article about how Jay Leno reacts when NBC threatens to push his show back to 12:35 after it gets low ratings.

Bonus. If you’re read this far, enjoy this old video of Conan O’Brien and Hunter S. Thompson drinking and shooting guns.

Adding the Wu makes anything better!

Roots drummer and television scholar Questlove proves the connection between Parks and Recreation and the Wu-Tang Clan with never-seen-before audition footage. Turns out that Ghostface Killah could have landed the lead role in the NBC show.

Parks and Recreation is the Wu-Tang of Comedy – watch more funny videos

NBC made a bold move early in 2009 to ditch 10 PM scripted shows and install a new Jay Leno Tonight Show knock-off. With Conan O’Brien filling in as host of the Tonight Show, NBC was forced to do something with Jay to keep him happy and keep him off a rival network.

Now that time has passed it is safe to say that the gamble did not pay off. NBC has seen low ratings which in turn lead to lower ratings for local stations which follow the Leno time slot with their own programming. However, rival networks seem to love the Jay Leno 10 show.

Which leads us to the point where NBC is deciding what to do with Jay again. Rumor mills have been spouting off all week that Jay will take back the Tonight Show and leave Conan looking for a new gig.

For the first time we hear from Conan about the situation as he addressed the possible changes in his last show. During the monologue he made jokes that included [via GawkerTV]:

* “We’ve got a great show for you tonight. I have no idea what time it will air, but it’s gonna be a great show, let me promise you that.”
* “NBC has finally come up with an exciting new idea: they want me to follow Jay Leno.”
* “When I got to work this morning, there was a 1923 Duesenberg parked in my spot.”
* “Until this whole thing is sorted out, NBC lawyers have advised me to refer to this program as The Some Time at Night Show with Some White Guy.

So, is Jay Leno canceled? Or is Conan O’Brien canceled?

Who knows at this moment. But, judging by the quips from O’Brien we can easily gather he’s not going to lay down and let Jay take his job without a fight.

Now that might be something worth watching.

If you still need a gift for that NPR-loving hippie we suggest grabbing a sack of Pete Schweddy’s Balls. Holiday times are perfect for culinary delights like Pete’s Balls as mentioned here on “Delicious Dish,” an NPR show.

In this classic SNL skit staring Alex Baldwin we get the gift of ball jokes in the monotone NPR world. Who could ask for more?

How they keep a straight face is beyond us….