Conan O'Brien joins Twitter - Within the first three hours had more than 100,000 followers

[Kadie]

Conan O'Brien joins Twitter
By Nellie Andreeva Nellie Andreeva – 19 mins ago

LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) – If Conan O'Brien's debut on Twitter is any indication Coco fever is stronger than ever.

In his first public comment since his final "Tonight Show" on February 12, O'Brien launched a Twitter account Wednesday afternoon, (at)conanobrien, and sent his first tweet. "Today I interviewed a squirrel in my backyard and then threw to commercial. Somebody help me," he wrote on his page, which also includes his bio summed up as "I had a show. Then I had a different show. Now I have a Twitter account."

What followed was a wildfire on the microblogging site. Within the first three hours, O'Brien had more than 100,000 followers, with 1,000 new fans signing up every minute.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/us_conan;_ylt=AsjSSDZB.nMnnGNUM9iCJYPmWMcF

[Rick Myers]

1. Wow!!!

I don't get Twitter, but that is amazing!!!

[woolldog]

2. Am I the only one who doesn't think he's funny?

Surprised so many are bent out of shape for Leno taking his job. Good for Jay Leno.

[glinda]

3. Don't care for either one of them. Both conservatives it appears. Coco is boring.

[Dappleganger]

5. Yep. nt

[aquart]

8. Leno is a staunch union man.

His final show before Conan took his job from him was entirely a tribute to his union staff.

[glinda]

20. I felt that was for show because I think Letterman did something. Leno is not original

[spoony]

26. He also did some free shows for out-of-work

auto workers here.

[glinda]

28. Meh. Maybe so but I perceive him as doing everything for his image.

[spoony]

29. If you want to be cynical you can apply that to pretty much anyone. nt

[glinda]

31. I reserve it for those that I think are shallow as I like being positive mostly

[high density]

10. Conan the conservative

Yes, I'm sure all 'conservatives' would have things like the masturbating bear on their TV shows.

[4lbs]

15. Conan's been a staunch Democrat since first voting for Mondale in 1984.

Although, he's more "moderate" than "leftie Progressive".

He's donated to Senator Dodd's campaign fund several times.

[glinda]

21. Yea and he might work for Fox next.

[LostInAnomie]

24. Seth McFarlane works for Fox.

He is a far cry from a conservative.

Fox News and Fox Entertainment are worlds apart.

[glinda]

27. I am not so sure in that Fox Entertainment likes to portray stupid as normal or

violence as normal or yelling as normal. I think they work in tandem.

[4lbs]

17. Leno's also a Democrat. Moderate maybe.

His wife Mavis is on the board of the Feminist Majority Foundation, whose founder was involved with the NOW, and FMF is the publisher of Ms. Magazine.

President Obama has appeared on his show several times, once as President, and once during the campaign. I don't think Obama would have gone on his show if Leno was a Republican.

I don't think Mavis, being a liberal, would have married a Republican.

Although for some on DU, Leno possibly being a "moderate Democrat" is just as good as being a "Republican" I guess. :eyes:

[glinda]

22. I think he is a Republican. Obama doesn't fear where he shows up at.

[theHandpuppet]

18. Count me in

Don't think either one is worth missing a minute of extra sleep. All this fuss over too outrageously wealthy "entertainers" is just weird.

[Webster Green]

19. Same here..

I did't get either one of them, even before I got rid of the TeeVee altogether.

I really hated Leno though. Totally unwatchable.

[Missy Vixen]

23. You actually think Conan O'Brien is a conservative?

OMG.

:eyes:

[DontTreadOnMe]

4. "Good for Jay Leno"

it won't look good if his ratings tank! Might be the end of Leno.

Am I the only one who thinks Leno is not funny?

[aquart]

6. No, you are not alone. And Conan took Leno's job not the other way around.

People seem to have very short memories.

[AndyA]

7. If you knew the whole story you probably wouldn't feel that way.

Jay Leno is a real piece of work. I don't have an opinion about Conan really. Sometimes he's funny, sometimes he's not. But he got a raw deal from NBC.

I will never watch Leno again. He is so typical of what's wrong with the world today. :puke:

[aquart]

9. Your whole story seems to be five years short.

[AndyA]

12. I have no idea what you mean by that.

And I'm not going to try to figure it out. :eyes:

[sudopod]

13. How it went down

http://conandefeat.ytmnd.com/

[woolldog]

11. What real story? Leno wanted a job and went after it.

I don't have a problem with that. It's called competition.

[Moochy]

14. survival of the funniest?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWB-kd09GXY

Jay Leno Company Man Till The End - Bill Hicks - Oriel Films

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

30. No, that's the natural consequence of having the humorlessness required to like Jay Leno.

[Skink]

16. My favorite part of the tonight show growing up was the guest hosts.

Leno ended that. When I was a kid I was so into Joan Rivers.

[Duer 157099]

25. He's such a copy cat. Craig Ferguson started his skeleton robot army

via Twitter a few weeks ago and I think Conan is jealous.