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Conan is an American late-night talk show airing each Monday (as of spring 2012, Monday is a re-run) through Thursday on TBS in the United States. The hour-long show premiered on November 8, 2010, and is hosted by writer, comedian and performer Conan O'Brien. The program's host previously starred on NBC's Late Night with Conan O'Brien for 16 years, then presented The Tonight Show for seven months until Jay Leno's return to his version of The Tonight Show due to the 2010 Tonight Show conflict.
Describing itself as a traditional late-night talk show, Conan draws its comedy from recent news stories, political figures and prominent celebrities, as well as aspects of the show itself. The show typically opens with a monologue from Conan O'Brien relating to recent headlines and frequently features exchanges with his sidekick, Andy Richter, and members of the audience. The next segment is devoted to a celebrity interview, with guests ranging from actors and musicians to media personalities and political figures. The show then closes with either a musical or comedy performance.
Paul Andrew "Andy" Richter (born October 28, 1966) is an American actor, writer, comedian, and late night talk show announcer. He is best known for his role as the sidekick of Conan O'Brien on each of the host's programs: Late Night and The Tonight Show on NBC, and Conan on TBS. He is also known for his voice work in the Madagascar films and for starring in the sitcoms Quintuplets, Andy Richter Controls the Universe, and Andy Barker, P.I..
Richter, the third of four children, was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan. His mother, Glenda Swanson (née Palmer), was a kitchen cabinet designer, and his father, Laurence R. Richter, taught Russian at Indiana University for more than 32 years. Richter was raised in Yorkville, Illinois. He is of Swedish and German descent. In high school, he was elected Prom King.
In the late 1980s, Richter attended Columbia College Chicago as a film major. While at Columbia he learned the basics of comedic acting and writing by starring in numerous student films and videos. After leaving Columbia in 1988 Richter worked as a production assistant on commercial shoots in Chicago. In 1989, he began taking classes at Chicago's Improv Olympic. His quick wit and acting skills catapulted him from student to "House Performer" within a year. Richter branched out working with "The Comedy Underground" and the Annoyance Theater.
Actors: Patrick Aubert (miscellaneous crew), Martin Dubreuil (actor), Pierre-Luc Brillant (actor), Edward Yankie (actor), Paul Dion (actor), Nicolas Canuel (actor), Marc Beaupré (actor), Leonardo Fuica (actor), Leonardo Fuica (writer), Leonardo Fuica (producer), Leonardo Fuica (producer), Emmanuel Auger (actor), Nanette Workman (actress), Mélodie Simard (actress), Jason Roy-Léveillée (actor),
Plot: Guillaume is a good young man. He has never taken hard drugs in his life, doesn't plan on trying, and has a honest job. Everything goes chaotic when he witnesses his father's attempted suicide, over a heavy gambling debt. In order to pay out his father's debt in a record time, Guillaume follows his best friend, Manu, in the difficult world of drug dealing.
Keywords: ambition, detachment, drug, friendship, jealousy, money, montréal, the-family, violenceActors: Joris Jarsky (actor), Stephanie Mills (actress), Sarah Manninen (actress), Matt Gordon (actor), Joel S. Silver (composer), Aden Bahadori (editor), Adam MacDonald (actor), Alex Jordan (producer), Adam Frost (writer), Adam Frost (director), Adam Frost (actor), Mitchell Lazar (actor), The Tieu (producer),
Genres: Drama, Short,Actors: Joshua Grote (writer), Joshua Grote (actor), Joshua Grote (producer), Joshua Grote (editor), Joshua Grote (director), Liesel Kopp (producer), Jon Forsythe (actor), Brian Jerardi (writer), Brian Jerardi (producer), Amber Powless (producer), Amber Powless (producer),
Genres: Action, Short,Actors: Donal Logue (producer), Robert M. Melnik (miscellaneous crew), James Duval (actor), Cary Elwes (actor), Diana Terranova (actress), Lori Grabowski (miscellaneous crew), Cary Elwes (producer), Mike Elliott (producer), Michael Rapaport (actor), Marshall Bell (actor), Donal Logue (actor), Natasha Lyonne (actress), Eileen Brennan (actress), Donna Sloan (miscellaneous crew), Emily Rice (miscellaneous crew),
Plot: Told from the point of view from Archie, a comic book collector, this is the story of a rivalry between two comic book shop owners. One does it for the love of comics, while the other shop, run by a husband-and-wife team are in it strictly for the money. The situation brews to a head when a sneak collector, Conan discovers a large collection of perfectly-preserved classic comics, leading the two shops to vie to acquire them, along with a "villain" who hopes to steal them first.
Keywords: barcelona-spain, broken-arm, burning-building, car, car-accident, cigarette-smoking, comic-book, comic-book-collection, comic-book-collector, comic-book-shopActors: Bill Davis (miscellaneous crew), Simon Williams (actor), Maureen Duffy (miscellaneous crew), James Woods (actor), Andrea F. Cannistraci (miscellaneous crew), Ralph B. Meyer (miscellaneous crew), James Woods (producer), Melanie Griffith (actress), Lou Diamond Phillips (actor), Brent Briscoe (actor), Peter Sarsgaard (actor), Maeve Mannion (miscellaneous crew), Natasha Gregson Wagner (actress), Luis Colina (editor), Christopher Doyle (actor),
Plot: Bobbie is an addict and small-time thief. When one of his jobs goes bad, Mel is called in to patch him up. Mel offers him a chance at a bigger score. Over time, Mel and his girlfriend Sid become almost like parents to Bobbie and his girlfriend Rosie, but this can't last.
Keywords: addict, addiction, adolescent-boy, adolescent-girl, anger, based-on-book, bathroom, beating, bigotry, black-humorActors: Karin Gregorek (actress), Brigitte Janner (actress), Zbigniew Zamachowski (actor), Burghart Klaußner (actor), Hanns Zischler (actor), Karin Gregorek (actress), Oscar Ortega Sánchez (actor), Dieter Landuris (actor), Peter Fitz (actor), Stephan Kampwirth (actor), Hanns Zischler (actor), Jan-Gregor Kremp (actor), Fabian Busch (actor), Enjott Schneider (composer), Brigitte Janner (actress),
Plot: The movie's plot is based on the true story of a group of young computer hackers from Hannover, Germany. In the late 1980s the orphaned Karl Koch invests his heritage in a flat and a home computer. At first he dials up to bulletin boards to discuss conspiracy theories inspired by his favorite novel, R.A. Wilson's "Illuminatus", but soon he and his friend David start breaking into government and military computers. Pepe, one of Karl's rather criminal acquaintances senses that there is money in computer cracking - he travels to east Berlin and tries to contact the KGB.
Keywords: 1980s, ambulance, archive-footage, based-on-true-story, berlin-germany, betrayal, border-crossing, border-guard, bully, burning-moneyActors: Tony Lo Bianco (actor), Kurt Fuller (actor), Philip Baker Hall (actor), Lilyan Chauvin (actress), Mimi Kuzyk (actress), Cybill Shepherd (actress), Tracy L. Moody (miscellaneous crew), Cybill Shepherd (producer), Arthur Malet (actor), Diane Salinger (actress), Ryal Haakenson (actor), Robert Beltran (actor), Judith Drake (actress), Roy Thinnes (actor), Zelda Rubinstein (actress),
Genres: Action, Adventure, Crime,Actors: Mark Dacascos (actor), Dion Lam (actor), Dion Lam (actor), Craig Stuart Garfinkle (composer), Antony Szeto (actor), John Fujioka (actor), Aryeh Moskona (actor), Sam Firstenberg (director), John Corcoran (writer), Laura Dinolesko (costume designer), David Bradley (actor), Rex Ryon (actor), Shlomo Hazan (editor), Ron Vreeken (actor), Koby Azarly (actor),
Plot: An American reporter and a martial arts expert with a half-brother who is a yakuza drug dealer battle swordsmen from around the world in a Turkish arena.
Keywords: adopted-son, airplane-crash, american-ninja, arena, axe, axe-fight, balisong, bar-brawl, bar-fight, bare-chested-maleActors: Nick Cave (actor), Brad Pitt (actor), Catherine Keener (actress), Tina Louise (actress), Ruth Waldburger (producer), Peter McRobbie (actor), Samuel L. Jackson (actor), Bruno Pésery (producer), Lisa Katcher (miscellaneous crew), Tom DiCillo (director), Tom DiCillo (writer), Ron Vawter (actor), Geraldine Peroni (editor), Calvin Levels (actor), Larry Eudene (miscellaneous crew),
Genres: Comedy, Music, Romance,