In the end, Conan was sent to the hospital and it was later determined that he had suffered a concussion but would be fine after resting for a few days at home.

Remarkably, he returned to work on Monday and then last night, he sat down and talked about the experience with his friend/announcer, Andy Richter, who filled the audience in on what happened backstage when the production team began questioning Conan about how he was feeling.

The video isn’t the best quality but it’s good enough.  Warning – I found the fall pretty yucky so if you are sensitive to this sort of thing, you might want to fast-forward.

NBC Photo: Paul Drinkwater

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According to Variety, Conan won the ratings race for his first 13 nights in the 18-49 demographic and averaged 2.013 million viewers.  Compared the the 1.126 million who tuned in to Letterman, the margin of victory is the largest NBC has seen in the five-plus years since the frame of the Friends finale in May 2004.

However, Letterm did enjoy some major boosts from his interviews with Howard Stern, Julia Roberts and that huge feud with Alaskan governor, Sarah Palin.

I do think, though, that in the long-run, Conan will end up taking some of Letterman’s younger viewers since his kind of humor is more appealing to that age group.

NBC Photo: Mitchell Haaseth

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NBC Photo: Mitchell Haaseth

“Ryan Seacrest and I are lovers, so that just makes sense. That is around. The Post, I think, Page 6 already had it,” Conan said.  Good to know that moving out to Los Angeles from New York hasn’t changed him a bit!

He got serious for a second, though, when he talked about the importance of taking on a show that has been hosted by favorites like Johnny Carson and Jay Leno.  “Johnny Carson, when I met him years ago, told me, ‘Just be yourself,’” Conan said. “That was back in 1993. That is basically all anyone who knows anything about these shows can tell you: You’ve got to do it your way.”

I think that’s great advice because Conan is still on the air because his audience loved him exactly as he is (even if he is a little crazy).  I was also pleased to read that he plans to gradually incorporate familiar segments from his old show (including “Year 2000,” “Noches de Passion con Conan O’Brien,” and Jim Gaffigan’s “Pale Force”) so that his loyal fans won’t miss out.  “I want to keep the best of the ‘Late Night’ show … a couple of pieces here and there that really worked for us,” he adds. “I see no reason why Triumph, the insult dog, can’t file reports for us.”

What about the set and the theme song?  Apparently, he’s going with a new LA-style art deco look that he calls “elegant” but he will keep his theme song but promises that it will be “turbo charged.”

He also revealed his guest lineup for the first week which include Pearl Jam, Gwyneth Paltrow, Tom Hanks and Ryan Seacrest.

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