Louis C.K. wonders why Conan wanted The Tonight Show to begin with - TCA Report

by admin on January 17, 2010

Louis C.K. at the 2010 Winter TCAsThis morning, FX was in the house here at the Langham Huntington, with panels for Damages, Justified — a show based on an Elmore Leonard character, starting Tim Olyphant — and Louie. The last show stars Louis C.K. as himself, as it intersperses scripted vignettes about a newly-single dad stand-up comic in New York with bits of new stand-up material.

I got a chance to speak to Louis after his panel, and we had a great talk, highlighted by the list of words he could and couldn’t say on FX; it’ll probably be the dirtiest thing we’ve ever published, but it’ll be worth it.

During his panel, however, one of the last questions was about the whole Conan/Leno debate. You’d think Louis would have sided with Conan, who gave him his first shot as a comedy writer. He did, but he had an interesting take on the matter: Why would Conan want the old moldy Tonight Show instead of a show with his name on it?

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