On Monday night Conan O’Brien executed a pretty wonderful Cam Newton sketch, in which he told an (intentionally) awful joke and then had to deal with the post-joke press conference aftermath.
INTERVIEWER: “Why did you think calling Cam Newton a cookie would get laughs?”
CONAN: “I don’t know, bro.”
It ended predictably.
Listen closely to Conan’s original joke, and you’ll hear crickets. Ha, wonderful.
The whole thing gave us exactly as much insight as Newton did on why he didn’t fall on that late fumble.
My favorite part: the graphic beneath Conan during the press conference which reads: Andy Richter: I Tried To Warn Him