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The Conan blimp
The Conan blimp is an orange dirigible owned by Turner Broadcasting System for the purpose of promoting the premiere of Conan O'Brien on his self-titled late-night talk show. It was designed by the Atlanta firm Blue Sky.[1] It debuted several weeks before the premiere to provide aerial footage for 2010 Major League Baseball postseason games airing on TBS.
The blimp has made several appearances on Conan's show. It usually appears along with dramatic music after Conan says, "As you know, I am the only television personality...who has...his own blimp". Conan delights in using the expensive blimp for purely trivial purposes, such as providing aerial coverage of a bike race among Conan's crew, and a recurring gag where it follows actor Gary Busey around Los Angeles, much to his annoyance.[2] Team Coco announced the blimp was being retired on December 1, 2010.[3] It plans to become donated to the Smithsonian Institution.[3] However, the blimp returned to the skies for the 2011 MLB playoffs.
The blimp was an American Blimp Corporation type A60+, built in 2002 to promote the Rolling Stones' 2002 World Tour and is registered as N620LG cn 020.[4]
References
- ^ Barol, Bill (2010-10-12). "The Birth of the Conan Blimp". Boing Boing. http://boingboing.net/2010/10/12/the-birth-of-the-con.html. Retrieved 2010-11-24.
- ^ "Conan Video: Blimpstalking Gary Busey". Team Coco. 2010-11-22. http://www.tbs.com/video/conan.jsp?oid=235498. Retrieved 2010-11-24.
- ^ a b Bleyaert, Aaron (2010-12-01). "Farewell, Conan Blimp; You Served Us Well.". Team Coco. http://www.teamcoco.com/blog/farewell-conan-blimp-you-served-us-well/. Retrieved 2010-12-03.
- ^ "N620LG at Airliners.net". http://www.airliners.net/search/photo.search?regsearch=N620LG&distinct_entry=true.
Conan O'Brien Television hosting Late Night with Conan O'Brien (1993–2009) (episodes · sketches) · 54th Primetime Emmy Awards (2002) · 58th Primetime Emmy Awards (2006) · The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien (2009–2010) (episodes · sketches) · Conan (2010–) (episodes · sketches)Major appearances "Bart Gets Famous" (The Simpsons, 1994) · "Xmas Story" (Futurama, 1999) · "The Denial Twist" (The White Stripes 2005 music video) · "Valentine's Day" (The Office, 2006) · "Tracy Does Conan" (30 Rock, 2006) · Who Made Huckabee? (2008)Other television work Not Necessarily the News (writer, 1985–1987) · The Wilton North Report (writer, 1987–1988) · Saturday Night Live (writer, 1988–1991) · Lookwell (writer, 1991) · The Simpsons (writer, producer, 1991–1993) · Andy Barker, P.I. (creator, 2007) · Operating Instructions (executive producer, 2010) · Outlaw (executive co-producer, 2010) · Eagleheart (executive producer, 2011–)Other work Harvard Lampoon (writer, editor, president, 1981–1985) · Happy Happy Good Show (cast, 1988) · The Legally Prohibited from Being Funny on Television Tour (2010) · Live at Third Man (live album, 2010) · Conan O'Brien Can't Stop (documentary, 2011)Collaborators The Basic Cable Band · Pierre Bernard · Joel Godard · Steven Ho · Brian McCann · Mike Mitchell · Jimmy Pardo · Andy Richter · Robert Smigel · Brian Stack · Abe Vigoda · Reggie Watts · Max Weinberg · Jack White · Will ForteRelated articles Conaco · Pale Force · Triumph, the Insult Comic Dog · Finnish presidential election, 2006 · 2010 Tonight Show conflict · The War for Late Night · Conan blimp · The Flaming C DC Comics characterWikibooks · Wikiquote · Wikimedia Commons · Wikinews 
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