That allegedly fans of Conan O’Brien, who was dubbed “Coco” by Tom Hanks, have been deluging NBC with boxes of Cocoa Puffs in protest.
PAD
That allegedly fans of Conan O’Brien, who was dubbed “Coco” by Tom Hanks, have been deluging NBC with boxes of Cocoa Puffs in protest.
PAD
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In case anyone wants to see where the nickname came from, I went to Hulu the other day and looked up the clips.
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First there was a sketch where an annoying voice over guy called him Coco (it makes sense in context):
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http://www.hulu.com/watch/75638/the-tonight-show-with-conan-obrien-twitter-tracker#x-4,vclip,73,0
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Later in that episode Tom Hanks came out and continually used the nickname despite Conan’s objections:
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http://www.hulu.com/watch/75639/the-tonight-show-with-conan-obrien-tom-hanks-interview-part-1#x-4,vclip,73,0
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It’s pretty funny stuff.
Well, thank God, given that they could’ve chosen other other Conan bits on which to base their campaign. Imagine what they’d be sending in if they chose the Mášŧûrbáŧìņg Bear as their inspiration.
Ah, thank you. I saw a headline the other day, something like, “NBC Loses Coco!” And I was like, “Who’s Coco?”
I had not heard about this, but I’m not surprised. After all, if Quasar fans can send a cake in the shape of the character to Marvel’s offices…
Hmmm…
Maybe we should send you potatoes, PAD.
Roswell survived for three years because after the first season fans sent in 1,000s of bottles of Tabasco sauce (a favourite food item of the aliens).
Off topic I know but heard anything good in bowling? 🙂
Trying to keep him spoiler free so let’s just let him watch the tourney.
Kath the Wife David
I thought his exit monologue was quite classy.