The Kimmel/Conan/Palin Controversy

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By Nads | Thursday, December 23, 2010 | 3:00 pm | 13 Comments
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Oh god, here’s the big internet controversy of the day…Did Conan rip-off Kimmel?

Here’s the quickie: Kimmel ripped Sarah Palin’s audio from her reality show, and inserted it in the famous Rudolph clamation cartoon. And so did Conan, but Conan used some reality in his version.

Here it is, you decide:


And here’s Conan’s version:

I don’t know if Conan ripped off Kimmel, I think it was an easy comedy joke. I mean anyone who watches Sarah Palin’s Alaska would have come up with that same joke. It is odd that they both used the same cartoon…

Kimmel did it first, so I guess Kimmel wins? What do you think?

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13 Comments

  1. 1
    itchy
    Posted December 23, 2010 at 4:02 pm

    Anytime anyone makes a good joke about Palin, it’s a win for the American Way of Life.

  2. 2
    JC
    Posted December 23, 2010 at 4:12 pm

    Anytime anyone makes a good joke about shooting Rudolph, it’s a win for the American Way of Life.

  3. 3
    thiajok
    Posted December 23, 2010 at 4:56 pm

    I think they both ripped of IceQueen.

  4. 4
    JC
    Posted December 23, 2010 at 4:56 pm

    Ha! Conan responds-
    http://teamcoco.com/content/web-exclusive-conan-apologizes-rudolph-clip

  5. 5
    thiajok
    Posted December 23, 2010 at 4:59 pm

    Make that “ripped OFF IceQueen”. Need nap.

  6. 6
    thiajok
    Posted December 23, 2010 at 5:05 pm

    Hey, give credit for the apology–I don’t think Leno has ever apologized for ripping off other comedians.

  7. 7
    truthsquad
    Posted December 24, 2010 at 6:21 am

    In Leno’s defense, if he started apologizing to every comedian he’s ever ripped off, it would become a daily event…

  8. 8
    thiajok
    Posted December 24, 2010 at 6:50 am

    LOL! Truthsquad speaks truth!

  9. 9
    nads
    Posted December 24, 2010 at 9:52 am

    thanks for posting the response @JC. That was great!

  10. 10
    FuriousFlipper2
    Posted December 25, 2010 at 4:28 pm

    I came up with that joke as well, but I didn’t have access to a film crew at the time. Really, it was just laid out there and the fastest to it got it…at the same time, both were pretty good. An obvious take on the segment. No rip offs here, methinks.

  11. 11
    FuriousFlipper2
    Posted December 25, 2010 at 4:31 pm

    And Conan, he would never rip anyone off so intentionally and yet he would totally give credit to his comedy heroes and influences….hey, funny is funny…but his writers may need to kick some researcher’s ass.

  12. 12
    Jason
    Posted December 27, 2010 at 8:55 am

    They’d do us all a big favor by ignoring that publicity-hungry Tundra whore.

  13. 13
    Memememe
    Posted December 28, 2010 at 4:05 pm

    Well technically they’re both ripping off Mad TV’s Raging Rudolph, who did it first and best.

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