Today, Conan O’Brien finishes his second week on his new TBS show “Conan”. That’s why it’s time to take a look at his first week. I know it doesn’t make sense, but hey, it’s the Internet. Anyhoo, so far, I like what I’m seeing.  Somehow, “Conan” feels like a marriage between The Tonight Show and Late Night with Conan O’Brien. Everything feels bigger and more prestigious, plus he has a wider audience now, which Conan had in his short Tonight Show run. But things are more relaxed and, well, very Conan-y. The main thing I love about Conan is his self-deprecating humor, and now that he’s on basic cable, which is more or less a demotion for someone who just came from network TV, he is seemingly once again the underdog. This means self-deprecation-based hilarity galore! I may have mourned the passing of The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien, but I didn’t think for a second that it was the end of the road for Conan and his trusted sidekick, Andy Richter. With that said, I think Conan’s first week back was awesome. Not groundbreaking, but awesome nonetheless. Here are my 15 favorite moments from his first week:

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I’ve been watching a lot of movies lately and save for a few mentions on my Tumblr blog, I haven’t really talked about them. I’m thinking of writing Stubby Movie Reviews on the 10 films I recently saw but that sounds like a lot of work. So I’m just going to spoil each of them for you with a sentence and a random screen cap. You know, just because.

The Book of Eli

Mah Boy Denzel, who turns out to be blind, and Mila Kunis protect a copy of the Bible from Gary Oldman and his goons in a post-apocalyptic world, but they fail, which doesn’t mean a thing because Mah Boy Denzel has the entire book memorized and he eventually reaches Alcatraz, which is now a giant library, where the Bible is republished before Mah Boy Denzel dies.

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I’ve been watching a lot of movies in the past several days. The theaters, on DVD, on the computer, on HBO and Star Movies, it doesn’t matter. If it interests me, I’m all over it like paparazzi on Britney Spears. I’ve already talked about (well, sort of) one of these interesting movies, the 4th Rambo movie. It’s time for me to talk about 4 more. And no, I will NOT post spoilers. I’m nice like that.

JUNO

I heard all the hype, and it was deafening. I expected it, though. I think it’s the Arrested Development factor that initially attracted people, including me, to the movie. And I’m thinking none of us were disappointed with Jason Bateman and Michael Cera practically doing their AD acting bit. I call it the Owen Wilson School of Acting. It doesn’t change from one project to another, but it works.

The AD boys may have been the bait, but without a shadow of a doubt, Ellen Page was the hook. She’s simply brilliant. Of course, her character’s a little to weird for my taste, but Page played her magnificently. The plot was a little straightforward, but the execution is very satisfying. “Quirky” doesn’t begin to describe it, and that’s how I like my movies about 16-year old pregnant freaks. Love it. And the soundtrack too.

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