CONAN O'BRIEN: You know, it is, well, it's looking like this is our, you know, could be our last week. The good news is that until NBC yanks us off the air, we can pretty much do whatever we want and, this is the best part, we can do whatever we want and they have to pay for it. Yeah, they do. That's how it works. I do it and they have to pay for it.
So, for the rest of the week, we're going to introduce new comedy bits that aren't so much funny as they are crazy expensive. Yeah. So, with that in mind, say hello to our new Tonight Show character, the Bugatti Veyron Mouse.
Ah, yes, there it is, ladies and gentlemen. There it is, the most expensive car in the world dressed up like a mouse. And as you can hear, the mouse's theme song is the original master recording of the Rolling Stones' classic, "Satisfaction."
Now let me ask you a question, let me ask you a question: Is this appropriate music for a car that looks like a mouse?
No.
Does it add anything at all to this comedy bit?
No, it doesn't.
Is it crazy expensive to play on the air, not to mention the rights to re-air this clip on the Internet?
Hell, yes!
That's right, ladies and gentlemen. Total price tag for this comedy bit: $1.5 million. Sorry, NBC!
So, O'Brien is getting revenge on NBC by making the network pay ungodly amounts on the last episodes of his Tonight Show.
I know networks spend ridiculous amounts of money and stars get paid millions. Still, seeing the price tag makes me think just how twisted it is.
$1.5 million is a lot of money to be pissing away.
A few moments earlier in the show, O'Brien plugged Ben Stiller's charity, STILLERSTRONG, to help the Haiti earthquake victims.
$1.5 million would go a long way in Haiti.
It was an uncomfortable juxtaposition.
I thought O'Brien was going to say that the car would be auctioned off as a fundraising effort for earthquake relief. Didn't happen.
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