Friday January 15th Late Night Talk Show Recap

Letterman: Only a few jokes about NBC this time. Sue the costume lady comes out to brush Dave’s suit. Fruit of the Loom fruit are the security at an airport. Bloomberg wants people to grow up big and strong, just like him, but he’s short. A run down of recent host changes on TV including Larry King being replaced by a boot. Dave gives a restaurant gift certificate as a birthday gift to an audience member. Dave reads green tips in the style of fun facts. One of them was save paper by printing all green tips on one page. He his interrupted by a stage hand who talks to him about random topics. Dave does a joke where he has to pay 8 million lira so he pulls out a bunch of towels that look like money. Top 10 excuses of the naked White House jogger. Glenn Close. Comic Eddie Brill does standup, this guy does warm up for the show. Matt Morris performs.

Conan: Jokes about his situation. Video of Conan getting out of his car and he is getting shot at as he runs to the studio doors. Classic clip is Conan showing off his vocal range to Eddie Murphy. Conan runs down the features of a Tonight Show with Conan travel bag that they plan to sell. Conan goes through some offers he has received on Craigslist for the show. Writer Deon Cole this time compares Conan to a pimp. Jeff Bridges talks and then sings a song with a guitar. Mary Lynn Rajskub talks about Conan and about being a comedian. Lifehouse performs.

Fallon: Weekly thank you letters included a lot of asides such as music playing in time with Jimmy sealing an envelope, Higgins doing a Japanese voice while Jimmy badly tries to synch his lips to it, Jimmy saying Ringo is his favorite drummer then Quest being sad about and footage of three Jets players doing a thank you letter. Hot dog in a hole with the cardboard celebrity heads being Bill O’Reilly, Glenn Beck and Sarah Palin. Kiefer Sutherland. Kerry Washington. Hot Rats perform.

Ferguson: Craig’s Spanish Word of the Day. Thomas Lennon. Shiri Appleby. Luke Bryan performs.