Ladies and gentlemen, it is with a proud voice I present to you, The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien. The wacky pompadour with pizazz has taken the reigns from Jay Leno and is now the present image beamed to televisions across the United States first thing after the news now. I could not be happier. Conan's first show was a fantastic sight to see, that nothing had changed. Conan still came out with that quirky, high energy personality that he's always had. He even debuted the hip strings! And the famous 1992 Ford Taurus he's been driving all along this time.
A lot of people were worried about the transition of Conan moving from New York to Los Angeles, but Conan kept the intro song, which I think is a huge part of Conan's signature, besides everything else practically. He also kept the band, The Max Weinberg 7 along for the ride. Although it is a shame Joel Goddard did not transition, Andy Richter is now the voice of The Tonight Show. He isn't a bad announcer to be quite honest, I was a little worried, but he did a fine job. I think he interjected a little too much during the opening monologue, but given a month or two I'm sure everything can get settled in quickly. 

The set for The Tonight Show looks absolutely gorgeous, with a gargantuan amount of space that can be utilized to their advantage. I can't wait for some of the skits they come up with in that huge area.

People all over seemed to think that Conan was playing it safe the first episode, which I could see. But I easily saw Conan slip into fine form and get comfortable with what was going on with the show. Give him a couple of weeks, we'll have a prime Conan. 

I thought for the first show guests were interesting, Will Ferrell and Pearl Jam, which were both highly entertaining even though I'm not a Pearl Jam listener. 

As someone who has watched Conan O'Brien since 7th grade, staying up late at night when I should have been going to bed, I'm glad Conan has come to an earlier time slot, sure he might be a little wackier than the time slot's previous viewers are unaware about, but I'm sure Conan will safely tuck in America like that of Jay, and before him that of Johnny Carson. 

Welcome home Conan.

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