Nitpicker-proofing the Tonight Show

As of last week, Cody Deveraux, the brooding vampire on The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien, has committed suicide nine times (or ten times, I don't know, I lost count somewhere). And I laugh every time, even though he meets his death in exactly the same way, exposed to the same sun in the same cloudless sky.

He appeared again last night, and once again ran out of the stage to meet his death in the sun. But as Conan had remarked earlier in the show, it had rained in Los Angeles that day, and the temperature had dropped to a frosty 61 degrees. This prompted Andy Richter to nitpick the bit right on the show, mentioning not only the rain but also the fact that Cody has died nine times prior. Actually, he said ten, but the point is that Cody has died before multiple times. In response, Conan wondered that this is the point at which the bit lost credibility for Andy.

Conan makes a lot of predictable jokes. Yes, Larry King is old, Kristie Alley is fat, New Jersey stinks, big whoop, move on. But I still laugh about the vampire and the wolf boy. And for what it's worth, I'd go crazy for the wolf boy but not the vampire.