International Law

Conan O'Brien came out swinging Friday night, tackling the late-night craziness swirling around him with a series of sharp quips.

"We?ve got a great show for you tonight. I have no idea what time it will air ? but it?s going to be a great show," O'Brien said at the start of his monologue, according to a transcript from NBC.

Other jokes:

--"I?m sure you?ve heard all the rumors. NBC has come up with an exciting new idea, they want me to follow Jay Leno."

--"I had a weird day. When I got to work this morning there was a 1923 Dusenberg parked in my spot." (Leno is a well-known classic car nut).

--"I do have to let you know that until this whole thing is sorted out NBC lawyers have asked me to refer to this program as 'The Sometime-at-Night Show With Some White Guy'."

O'Brien then went into his normal news-of-the-day routine before coming back around to The Crisis. Noting all the speculation going around, O'Brien rattled off a list of rumors -- none of them serious, of course:

I really hope NBC doesn't make the mistake of bring back Jay Leno to late night, thereby forcing Conan O'Brien to leave NBC. That said, David Letterman and Craig Ferguson at CBS must enjoy seeing the mess NBC has made of late night.