Team Coco News: Conan O'Brien plans live stage shows, while Jay Leno remains unfunny (with video)

Conan: coming to a theater near you?

Good news for Team Coco fans: Conan O'Brien has some work ahead of him. Even though it's not an announcement about his imminent return to TV (where he's expected to end up on either FOX or HBO), the following news will surely delight fans of the world's largest Irishman. Meanwhile, Jay Leno's fans are upset that your music is being played to loudly. Read on for all the details, my gentle Team Coco members and Examiner readers...

It's been several weeks since Conan was dumped from "The Tonight Show" by NBC, and finally Team Coco fans have something to look forward to: a series of live stage shows being put together by the comedian. The news comes to us from TheWrap.com, who had this to say about the situation:

Conan O'Brien is about to finalize a plan to hit the road in the next few months, performing a live show in several cities across the country, a person familiar with the plans told TheWrap. His representatives at William Morris Endeavor, which has a unit devoted to live apperances, have been working to secure dates for several days now.

The idea has been in the works for almost two weeks now, but nobody has wanted to talk about it because mounting such an event won't be easy. While nothing's official yet, if the tour goes forward -- and all signs are that it will -- it would be a clever work-around to the clause in O'Brien's exit settlement from NBC that prohibits him from appearing on TV until September.

Whoa, whoa, whoa: a tour? As in, this is something that people outside of Los Angeles or New York are going to get to experience? My friends, this is easily the best news that's come along all week. Ever since Conan left "The Tonight Show", we've been expecting some sort of announcement as to what the gangly Irishman had up his sleeve next, and the expectation was we'd be hearing what network he's headed to sooner rather than later. Instead: this. Frankly, this is even better news at the moment.

TheWrap goes on to say:

Expect the road tour to be tied in to a new Intenet presence for O'Brien, allowing Team Coco members to interact via an official hub for the once-and-possibly-future late-night host. As for when and where O'Brien will land next on TV, all signs continue to point to Fox as the first candidate for a new home -- assuming all sides can figure out a way to make things work financially. While neither O'Brien's camp nor Fox is talking, even privately, late-night industry insiders say it wouldn't be shocking if the two sides begin face-to-face meetings by next month.

In other words, nothing new as far as where Conan's headed. The scuttlebutt has been that FOX would be welcoming Conan with open arms and starting him the moment his NBC-imposed exile from television ended, but there have been some other rumors circulating that HBO might take him on (and, for what it's worth, that's where this writer would like to see him end up). Stay tuned for more Team Coco news as it becomes available. While you're waiting, take a trip down memory lane with this footage from a pro-Conan rally covered by "Attack of The Show":

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