Coco and Loco: Coming Soon
The new star of the TNT/TBS Universe bolted out on stage bright and early at the Hammerstein Ballroom, looking a little worse for the wear–after an amusing video clip showing him in a fat suit with a long beard, putting peanut butter on his feet and having his dog lick it off among other funny vignettes, while waiting for that hoped for call–to get a new show after the debacle of his short-lived Tonight Show gig.
10 a.m. is not exactly Conan O’Brien’s best time of day, especially between road gigs in Minneapolis and Chicago, but he did bang out a couple of good one-liners. “I first met Steve Koonin {prez of Turner Broadcasting} on Jdate, where the raw sexual enthusiasm was palpable.”
O’Brien then brought out an acoustic guitar for a rendition of “On the Road Again” that became “My Own Show Again.”
When it was Lopez’s time in the spotlight, he compared the duo to Desi and Lucy 50 years later, although they will of course be back to back instead of side by side. And naturally, the comic noted that he flew cross country, but bypassed Arizona.
Turner spared no effort in promoting a large slate of new programming and parading the casts of each on stage, after, of course, the mantra of the week and the Powerpoints to prove it: television advertising is back and better than ever. Some of the product placement for brands like Yoplait and Pantene in network promos was a bit over the top, but seemed to go over well in the crowd of advertisers and media buyers.
