Boss-man Conan O'Brien steps in after writer complains about late-night comedy

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Comedian Andrés du Bouchet, a staff writer for Conan, tweeted several thoughts about the state of late night comedy on April 17.

The rant, which seemed largely directed at the comedic style of Jimmy Fallon and The Tonight Show, was ultimately deleted by du Bouchet, although not before several news outlets had written about it. Conan O'Brien responded on Twitter, calling du Bouchet's tweets "stupid."

See also: An Open Letter to Jimmy Kimmel

Below, you can read the text of du Bouchet's tweets:

Comedy in 2015 needs a severe motherfucking shakeup. No celebrities, no parodies, no pranks, no mash-ups or hashtag wars. I’m fat.

@dubouchet and shove your lip-synching up your ass.

Prom King Comedy. That’s what I call all this shit. You’ve let the popular kids appropriate the very art form that helped you deal. Fuck.

None of the funniest stuff ever involved celebrity cameos.

Once again I’m a bonehead for tweeting as a fan of comedy instead of as a guy who earns a living doing it.

@guybranum thanks but now comes the inevitable dressing down at work for criticizing other talk shows!

@dubouchet add games and lip synching and nostalgia and karaoke to this list. Read more...

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