Quote of the day

“Some other stories are saying that, in the future, I may not be able to retain what is known as my show’s intellectual property. I may not be able to retain it, yeah. [Audience boos.] No, look on the bright side. Isn’t it great to live in a country where a cigar-smoking dog puppet and a bear that masturbates are considered ‘intellectual property’? Isn’t that amazing? U-S-A! U-S-A!” –Conan O’Brien

My thought: if Conan really loses the Masturbating Bear to NBC, he just needs to replace it (on his new FOX show, natch) with some other self-gratifying animal. Like, say, a Masturbating Peacock?

P.S. By the way, here are last night’s Late Night Wars clips. Lots of good stuff, as things turn increasingly bitter, especially on Letterman’s side. His disdain for Leno really came out yesterday.