Sounds like you have a lot of work cut out for you. :-P

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Aaron Responds: You don't know the half of it, Natalie! I just took a peek at Shatner's file... And let's just say the words "Unabridged Dictionary" come to mind. F that!

Why not use alphabetical order to solve your problem? The guest whose last name comes first in the alphabet will be the bear, and the other the queen.

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Aaron Responds: I'll tell you why: Because it's more fun arguing about which celebrity would kill who! And flipping a coin can be fun, if you do it right!

this is the longest blog i've read about FLIPPING A COIN!!! a CANADIAN coin. this is a summary of your blog...or what i can remember "Oh, it's La Lohan...oooh..Party, YEAH!!! ARRrrrggg Garrrraaaa.....Ladies and Gentelmen, The Queen...Arrrrghhh Grrrrraa Awwwwrrr...Tea anyone?"

oooohh..gotta go. American Idol is on. ciao.

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Aaron Responds: Ah, but see...Without the coin, there would be no Research Department. And without the Research Department, there would be no guests on the show... And without guests on the show, there would be no advertising dollars... And without advertising dollars, there would be NO SHOW!!!

So what I'm saying is that the Queen Vs. Bear coin (or "the Combat Coin") is like alge - without it, nothing else would survive!

That sounds so fun!
However, I'm terribly sorry you actually had to STUDY Lindsay Lohan.
Hopefully Conan asks her some of the hard hitting questions!
I've always determined I would ask the hard questions to celebrities, and not be content with a "Well, theres a war going on, why do you care?" answer.
Screw THAT.
Like when Hugh Grant was on Leno and that whole prostitute thing was going on. I WISH I could have been Leno when he asked Hugh "WHAT WERE YOU THINKING!"
Conan needs to man up and ask those questions! I love him though.And I love you. And while we're at it, I love Tom Selleck, and his fuzzy moustache.

ps Can I get a "Aaron shouted me out on his blog" t-shirt?
K thanks!

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Aaron Responds: Whaaa? Hard hitting questions for Lindsay Lohan? What hard hitting questions are there?! "Excuse me LIndsay - are the drink prices at Hyde really expensive?". Come on, LK!!

I watched the show tonight, although I also recorded it on DVR... I have no problem watching it again!
And to answer your LAST answer, in the last blog (The city so nice they named it twice)
Nothing is really crazy, I mean, other than the wedding this weekend (My uncle Ricky's wedding, who actually reminds me of Denis Leary, whom I hear Conan is related to!) but other than that, this weekend has just been me and my sister relaxing in the GREAT weather!!!

ALSO I forgot to show you this, but I found a quote from Mark Twain that kind of made me chuckle...
here check it out you'd know why it made me think of Late Night!

"The coldest winter I ever spent was a summer in San Francisco."

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Aaron Responds: Uncle Ricky, eh? In my mind I have an image of Tom Cruise's character in "Risky Business" like 20 years later! And your Twain quote is extremely accurate!

hahaha sounds like you guys have a good time. If it were between Conan & Max, Conan would be the Queen and Max would be the bear. Nothing against Max, but Conan's prettier. = )

Have you checked out that Conan vs. Bear website? Do you know if Conan has? It's absolutely hilarious! I consider myself a hard-core fan, but I'm nowhere near the caliber of those people.

~~Liz

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Aaron Responds: HAHAHAHAHA!!! Oh man. I think you're spot on!

I HAVE seen the Conan Vs. Bear website... It's been around for awhile, no? I'm not sure if COB's seen it, but I know that it made the rounds pretty thoroughly when we first stumbled upon it! It's awesome - some of the artwork on there is really impressive!

Aaron, if you want to impress your co-workers, instead of calling it a "humdinger" called it a Toonie. They will be in awe of your superior Canadian knowledge and how you are clearly the master researcher of all things Canadian. In fact, for the added effect, add 'eh' at the end.

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Aaron Responds: A Toonie, eh? Nice! Thanks for the humdinger of a tip, Luke!

Hey A-dub,

They used my line about "shoot[ing] goo"! Whoo-hoo!

I imagine that some guests are way, way easier to deal with than others. The Shatner file must be like the complete works of Shakspeare (that's how I spell it, 'cuz I'm all street like dat). I may be promoted to a research position in a couple of months, so we may eventually be doing similar jobs, only--get this--*I'll* be getting paid to do it. (Sorry man, I just had to. Unless you're one of those cool paid-intern types, in which case, more power to us--in the "smart person zone", I mean.)

I noticed that Studio 60 went completely unmentioned during the Amanda Peet appearance. I thought that was...significant. I guess there's some real animosity towards that show inside NBC, huh? "Finally, a show about comedy that isn't funny." That line was gold, and I really mean that, double A.

Don't work too hard at your pretend job, buddy boy. And I say that as someone with a pretend job myself.

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Aaron Responds: More like the Complete Works of Shatspeare!! GET IT?!

I think the reason why there was no Studio 60 mention was more about the fact that there's nothing really to talk about in that area.... I mean, unless she's got a funny story about the show, what would we say? "So... You're on Studio 60... Yeah." I don't hate Studio 60 at all - I just love 30 Rock!!

A researcher, huh?! INTERESTING. Where at?

Hi A-dub,

I don't want to give away too much, but I'd be doing research for a Foundation, looking into people who could give money. Don't worry, it's nothing too NGO or sinister--it's all for a good cause, and I wouldn't be the one doing the asking. It sounds like it's kind of the same thing as what you do, only our Research department's reports go to people who solicit folks for money rather than interview them for TV. So it's significantly less fun, but no less stressful. The people making that ask need to know how to sell these folks on why they should donate and how much they can really ask for, so once again, it's all about the Benjamins (to use a tired, old, mid-90's phrase).

Yes, I realized over the weekend that Studio 60 isn't really playing anymore, even though NBC has said they're standing behind the show.

"Shatspeare." OW!

Can you believe the mid-90's were 10 years ago?

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Aaron Responds: Hmmm... Mysterious Foundation, huh? Are you located on an island in the Pacific? Do you spend your time stealing children from a band of crash survivors?!

Welcome to the research world, SOJ. Yes, it IS all about the Benjamins... Or the Lincolns, in my case.

hee! I love the blog sounds like everday is hilarious. I was thinking about applying for an internship to Conan. What would you recommend to include in the resume? Keep on blogging :)

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Aaron Responds: Thanks!

Hmm... Well, obviously include any relevant experience you might have. More importantly, I would make the resume and cover letter as professional as possible. The worst thing you could do is try to be "funny" and "cool" in your resume. We don't want interns who want to be writers. We don't want interns who want to be comedians. We want interns who want to be hardworking interns. There ARE interns who have gone on to be writers here, but when they were interns, they were really great INTERNS. People forget, I think, that show business is actually a business - and don't realize that putting on the show is actually a lot of work, not just goofing off all day (although that happens also).

So treat your resume for Late Night like you would any other job; polished, professional... and another word that starts with "p" that means "contains relevant information".

Hey, Aaron, word up!
I realize that I am over a month late on this, but I would just like to say much grande thank you for replying to my question with the Intern information! Yes, I do love this blog with all my heart pluse more. And yes, that was a tad bit creepy but that’s ok. You’re the bomb diggity-yo and never forget that. (does anyone say that any more? No? Damn.) And I did see you in San Fran but my screams were faded by the wicked wind for I was on the other side of the street…
Any who, my family, including myself, gives you a huge ha-ooh for using a Canadian coin to make critical decisions, you big Loonie you. ( OH COME ON! Admit it, that was funny,eh?).
Ok, that’s all I really had to say. Do you know what you can do for me? Keep being you and have a great day :D

Pip-pip!

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Aaron Responds: Hey, no problem! That's what I'm hear for, yo! I went though a "bomb diggity" phase a while back, but now I'm more into a "that's fresh" or "that's stale" phase. I DO still say "No diggity" every once in a while. Like the Blackstreet song, knowhatimsayin?!

And Canada rocks the HOUSE, man! You guys have produced a TON of hilsrious people! And you make great cheese!! I'm from Michigan, and would always get my pary on in Windsor... Ah yes. Good times, Canada. Goooood times.

And I'm sorry we didn't meet up in SF!!! I have poor hearing... Probably due to all that rocking out in Canada!!