Review of Conan O'Brien Can't Stop (2011) by Lorenzo V — 21 Aug 2011

"You have forty thousand people in the palm of your hand. It's like watching Hitler... but a nicer Hitler.".

A documentary on Conan O'Brien's comedy tour of the U.S. and Canada after leaving his post at "The Tonight Show" and severing his relationship with NBC.

REVIEW.

TV talk-show comic host Conan O'Brien's inspired "Legally Prohibited From Being Funny on Television" stand-up concert tour - in response to his being unceremoniously bounced from NBC's "The Tonight Show"/Jay Leno fiasco allows documentarian Rodman Flender full access to the comedian's attempts to adapt to the ongoing frustrations of performing, maintaining his sanity and daily odds-on battles with his personae - nice guy comic or misanthropic egotistical jerk (more so the former, frankly) - with his sidekick Andy Richter, special guests Jack White, Jack Black, Kyle Gass, Jim Carrey, Stephen Colbert, Jon Stewart and Jack McBrayer - that manages to keep tabs with the pent up anger at his mistreatment and his personal goals of being funny (sounds harder than it is). Funny, glib, witty, snarky and clever by a mile - the film, like its subject - can be pricky and sweet at the same time and trust me edgy comedy is always the best in the long run. Go Coco!