Late-night TV is about to get less zany, less brainy, less… tall?

However you quantify it, the after-hours talk show landscape won’t be the same withoutConan O’Brien.

His prognostications were as creative as they were crazed.

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Conan O’Brien.Paul Drinkwater/NBCU Photo Bank; Todd Williamson/Getty Images; TBS

when it was in fact just the opposite.

(Same can be said for the bit’s spiritual sequel,Conan’sPimp on a Treadmill.)

Pimpin' ain’t easy for humans, but Mr. 5000 had no trouble turning it out and up.

Did Conan ever pay back the money he (allegedly) owed to this metallic menace?

Only Pimpbot’s switchblade knows for sure.

Whatever you call the Masturbating Bear, the pleasure was, um, all ours.

As O’Brien once summed up to EW: “There’s something anarchic about it.

(just, let us never speak of the Max Weinberg porn channel,Max on Max.)

“Thank God for Saddam Hussein!")

with a sick guitar riff and rock-and-roll rallying cry: “In-a-PRO-priate!”

Rudd’s prank was as inevitable asMac and Meis terrible, but it got Conan and us every time.

Whether questioning Schlansky’s precise role on the show (“various duties”?

(“Oooh, CoCo Say No CoCo on His Show Show?")

And that’s how Coco went from no-no to go-go.

When he wasn’t getting distracted by random and irrelevant questions DoesTony Hawk: Pro Skater 5have in-game snacks?

What’s the best way to flirt with the strippers inGrand Theft Auto V?

Conan and his guests deliveredMST 3K-style commentary about the on-screen action.

Nothing showcased the trio’s opposites-attract chemistry like their joyride withConanstaffer/student driverDiana Chang.

at fellow motorists are not AAA-sanctioned maneuvers but we’d let them (backseat) drive our car anytime.

KB

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