Man, so good to hear the staff is growing and in place (that's what she said!). Can't wait for Conan to return to the air, but you, my friend, are doing a great job giving me the inside scoop and my Conesy fix. Glad you're adjusting to life in L.A. Have you hacked out a lung from all the smog yet?

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Aaron Responds: Well thanks, Brad! It's been a little rough during the transition, but once we're back up and firing on all cylinders, I'll be able to do a much better job!

Awesome, set, Bley! I had an extremely surreal moment today, when, while listening to the radio, I heard Joel Goddard(or someone who sounds an awful lot like him) doing a voice over for a Taco Bell commercial. I'm gonna miss him.

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Aaron Responds: Thanks!

I wonder if it was Joel...

oooh, i really hope there is a valcano!!!!
thanks for the preview. :)

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Aaron Responds: Ha ha, I think a "Valcano" is when Rhoda loses her temper!! (Valerie Harper played TV's Rhoda, I know you kids don't remember awesome things like that)

Aaron Scott Bleyaert!!
I LOVE that drawing; so realistic! I hope the "time is right" very soon... I'm missing you all SOO much! Only 48 more days. *sigh*
I've been doing pretty good.. our spring break just ended.. we get out for summer break on June 2nd, but too bad, I'm staying up and partying all night on June 1st.
Okay, well, I'll let you get back to replying to the other comments and PLEEEASE post a video or something?? I'm dying over here. ):
Take care everyone!!
PS- Did I mention that I miss you guys like a monkey on a cupcake??
PSS- I don't know what the monkey or the cupcake has to do with anything, I just reeeally wanted to use that analogy.
PSS- Was that an analogy? I'm not so good at grammar. x_o

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Aaron Responds: Don't worry, Court - we'll be back before you know it. There are videos coming! I wanted to save them for the "presite" that's going up soon. And I didn't realize that monkeys were into cupcakes! You learn something new every day, I guess! ;)

TOTALLY AWESOME!!! At first I thought the guy in the bubble was you, because of the white hair, but then I realized that you probably have better fashion sense. =P

You're pretty good at computer drawing. Must take lots of practice. And maybe some boredom?

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Aaron Responds: HA HA HA. No, I have TERRIBLE fashion sense - today I'm wearing jeans and a Bob Dylan shirt! Ha ha. And yeah; after I posted it I noticed that I forgot to color in Andy's hair! Ooooooooooops.

Oh if only 3rd graders ruled the world Bley, life would be interesting, and entertaining, which is what NBC wants, right?

Bummed we don't get to see some "sneak peeks" of the set, but can you at least tell me how large it's going to be? I'm dying to know whether or not I'll actually have to freak out because Conan is selling out to a large audience which will make it appear like he's doing live theater every night which entails echoing, I despise echoing, lol! I just wanna know, that's all :)

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Aaron Responds: Hmm... I don' t know, Sarah. I seem to remember a lot of mean 3rd graders when I was that age... Maybe you're right, though. How big is "big"? I mean, it'll look different on TV anyway...

Damn it WHY DID YOU SPOIL THE SURPRISE?!?! With the clock radio I'll know what time it is always! Thank you NBC!

Also I lived on the West Coast for all my life until I came to university so Conan O'Brien was always on at 9.35 since we had an East Coast NBC feed :D

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Aaron Responds: SORRY DUDE!!! I was just trying to give you guys the inside scoopage!!

And you guys had an East Coast feed?! How'd you pull that one off??

Hey!
I'm from Lawndale here in the South Bay, by the 405 freeway, and i haven't heard "burrito hole" before. lol. If you don't know Lawndale you will soon because there is an In-n-Out right off the freeway.
Oh and be careful with the Mexican food, based on Conan's countless Taco Bell jokes, you know what it may lead up to. Hmmm...A live Volcano?...how will Universal pull that one off...lol.

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Aaron Responds: You haven't?!? Then maybe you aren't hanging out at the same (dirty) places I'VE been hanging out at!

And yeah - Bley The "Human Volcano" is terribly imminent...

Hi Aaron,

I can't wait for the live volcano! Will Andy be given a wheel so he can have fun or is it just the ball? Anyway, I can't wait to see the new set!

Mark

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Aaron Responds: Not sure about the wheel yet. I'm pushing for yellow tubes in the ceiling that Andy can run around in!

Big Bley, you've done it again...

And by "it", I mean giggle ridiculously while trying to pretend to be doing work in the office. (It's currently 3:22 on Tuesday afternoon here)

That set drawing kicks all kinds of arse, seriously. It's totally radical, and they should have at least two of your idea's included in the actual set design, otherwise I shall boycott the show.

Kidding of course about the boycott, oh boy I miss my daily Conan fix, can't wait for June 1st to roll around, it can't come soon enough!

And with that, I bid you good day.

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Aaron Responds: Thanks, Ryan!! You know how much I love me some MS Paint!! And don't worry... You'll be seeing Conesy soon enough... ;)

WHY DO I HAVE TO KEEP REWRITING TO POST A COMMENT??? IT MAKES ME ANGRY.DON'T YOU WANT US TO REPLY? If it happens again You have just lost a reader.I'm tellimg Sir Conan about this.

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Aaron Responds: Huh?! What do you mean??!????!

That is so exciting!!!!!!!! I'm very very anxious to see The Tonight Show with Mr. Conan O'Brien! Your set sounds equally as awesome as I'm sure the one they're building is. You created a very wonderful piece of artwork Aaron. I think you should hang it up in your new office in the corner.

How are you liking my sunny state? Though, I don't know why people think the weather here is so awesome. It's the most variable weather ever. Though, I am from NorCal, so we have it a little bit different here than in the city of angels. It is really nice some days, which makes it horribly difficult for me to focus on my studies when there are birds chirping so happily outside.

You're not the only one who has to get used to the time change. I was accustomed to your late night blog posts and was okay with them because they would show up here at a nice early time, anywhere from 6-10 PM. Now I'm going to have to stay up later to catch your wise and wacky words. Though, I'll be up for Conan anyways ;)

Hope you are doing awecellent!

I'm sure Might Max isn't around--probably on tour with Brucey or something--but if you hear from/see him, wish him a happy birthday!!!

Aaron, more pictures please!!! I don't care if it's not of the set. It could be of a pencil sitting on a desk (preferably Conan's desk with him and writers/producers in the background), but give us some more inside scoop! Okay, I know I ask a lot. I take it back. Just relax a little. :)

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Aaron Responds: I saw Max last week, I think! He's doing well!! And don't worry... More pictures are coming!

Wow if only that set where true!

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Aaron Responds: Well, the Pterodactyls are true, anyway...

you bastard! i hate those phone calls! next time i'll hang up! ha! then what will you do? on a serious note, um... UFOs fighting pterodactyls equals the best show ever to exist ever and forever!

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Aaron Responds: I don't know why they don't do more Dinosaurs vs Aliens in general!!

And sorry about those calls... It's just that I have such a great long distance plan!! It's a shame not to use it!

Now that is a sweet set. I'm sure the real set is even much cooler.

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Aaron Responds: It is, friend. It is.

Wow I think it is really great how you respond to everyones comments. It's really cool

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Aaron Responds: Thanks man! I like for fans to have a more direct line to the show, you know? ;)

:D Nice one. You are pretty good with Paint.
Anyways, it's great to hear that the show is building up day by day. Thanks for these weekly updates. :)

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Aaron Responds: Pretty good... or REALLY GOOD?! (ps - that picture took me like 3 hours).

Thank you for including the very appropriate disclaimer, Aaron. To the angry reader, I assume you're using IE because the same thing used to always happen to me before I got Firefox!

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Aaron Responds: HA HA! You're welcome. What angry reader?

Re: twitter...

The ORIGINAL Evil Puppy? That's like hearing there's more than one Lassie, or more than one Santa.

What does a retired Evil Puppy do nowadays (besides root through trash, which he obviously needs to do because he is currently out of work)?

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Aaron Responds: Yup! The retired Evil Puppy (now just a bad dog) likes to chew on plastic bowls! Who would've thought?

You could have a little contest to see which one of our third grades selves can draw the best new set. :) I could even get one of my third graders to submit one.

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Aaron Responds: Ha ha ha!! Oh man! I'd LOVE to see what real third graders would like our new set to look like!! That would be AMAZING. ;)

I laughed to myself when i misread - Conan's desk is also a giant clock radio. Would actually be awesome if it was a giant c*** radio.

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Aaron Responds: HA HA HA. Nice. Get your mind out of the gutter, Baldwin. How's everything going back in NYC?

dude, if you want GOOD mexican food, come down here to texas. we got better mexican food than mexico.

if only that were the real set: you guys would get a SERIOUS ratings boost. :D we all miss consey desperately, PLEASE hurry!

i luuuuv u all!

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Aaron Responds: Wait; that seems impossible! BETTER Mexican food than in Mexico? That's like saying we got better moon rocks than the moon! Okay, bad analogy...

I would literally burn myself in a fire without any updates on you guys (and Conan)

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Aaron Responds: Geez! I guess I better keep this up then.

*Gulp*

The biggest question of all... how are you going to get all eleven letters of "TONIGHT SHOW" to fit on your fists? I guess you could shorten it to: 2NITE SHOW, and contort your thumb so that all five characters of "2-N-I-T-E" are discernible- but that would require some level of flexibility, so I guess you're screwed.

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Aaron Responds: Easy! I've been rubbing my hands against the leaky microwave here at work in an attempt to grow more fingers! DUH. ;)