larry: funny, george. funny stuff. thank you. larry: by the way, do you have any background with conan? are you friends? do you know him well? you know, i was on conan s show twice in 2004. in 2003 we co-hosted the emmys together. and we ve always been cordial. and very honest with each other. i think it s interesting that in hollywood, this deal was brokered the way deals used to be done. a guy comes into the office and says this is my intention. if i have your blessing, this is what i m going to do. i picked up the phone. i called conan on wednesday. he started to mull it over. i talked to him on sunday night, man-to-man. i called him and he picked up the phone. we did it the way things used to be done, face-to-face, phone call to phone call. that s the kind of integrity that conan has. he wanted to make sure i was happy moving to midnight and that i was okay. that he would not have come over if he would even feel a little bit like, you know, he was going to have done to him
he threw a party every night. he knew everybody in hollywood. he loved music. he smokes cigarettes. he was a good listener. that all came across. he was cool. this is a dedication to what i grew up watching on johnny carson. david letterman, the same thing. i love jimmy kimmel. i have no ill will toward anybody. i m happy conan is coming. it makes late night exciting. it s like a heavyweight division filled with contenders. everybody can knock everybody out. larry: does it mean you don t go out and do stand-up anymore? it s difficult. i was talking to chris rock about this on the show.
being told by parents for instance, when our daughter erica had a problem, she reported it to us. mrs. cosby then went to the school. the school immediately and erica is maybe 7, 8 years old, immediately brought the parents in of the child who was doing the bullying. and it worked. larry: we got more coming up. was george lopez, by the way the key to conan s deal with tbs? we re going to ask him from the set of lopez tonight. he ll be back in several minutes. back with the cos after this. [ female announcer ] it s lobsterfest.
know where conan will do his show from? do you know where he is going to work physically? i believe that it would be done at warner brothers. we re trying to keep him close because he and i want to have something that you don t see in late night. well want to have some synergy. east coast, west coast, conan and i talked about doing things together, about him being on the lot, about him and i doing pieces together back and forth, which i think is innovative for late night tv. sao. larry: is there space there? is there room on the lot they could build a nice studio by november? well, you know, i m prepared to blow out dark blue on the stage next to me. big bang theory, hands off. two and a half men, hands off. big blue, maybe we can get it to move out. larry: by the way, conan is now on tour with his live comedy show legally prohibited from being funny on television. but he was still featured in a way on last night s lopez tonight.
watch. i m looking forward to you being my lead in opposite family guy. why don t you two get together and have a coupe of spanglish love children. that s stew which, conan. he is now your lead-in. he is head and shoulders above your former lead-in. hey, i followed a baby for years. come on, guys, why are you taking a shot at me? that s hitting below the denim belt. i m not the bad guy. you see the news today? tiger woods had a tough weekend. hey, we ve got some big guests coming up on the show. wow. now he is trying to take over this sketch. larry: funny, george. funny stuff. thank you. larry: by the way, do you have any background with conan? are you friends? do you know him well?