Conan O'Brien

Since 9/11, no longer begins the show by jumping around the stage but still makes the big final leap onto his mark and then spins his arm to "throw" to Max Weinberg
Frequently lampoons how much he is "unknown," "disliked," or poorly paid compared to guests and his "competition," despite the fact that the opposite is sometimes true
Frequently makes jokes at his own expense and at the expense of band leader Max Weinberg, and band member Richie 'La Bamba' Rosenberg
Frequently knocks over the microphone at his desk, usually after an awkward moment or brazen joke
The string dance (a little made-up jig in which he pulls an imaginary string behind his back that moves his hips, and finishes by cutting it)

When Burt Ward was asked to give a speech at Harvard about his role on Batman (1966), he brought the original Robin costume, said to be valued at half a million dollars. Some students dressed as security guards came up to him and told him they would keep the costume safe. Then, in the middle of Ward's speech, one student stood up and asked, "When is a costume not a costume? When it's stolen." The lights dimmed and the students grabbed the costume and made off. After snapping pictures of one another wearing the cape, they later called Ward and gave the costume back. The ringleader of the gang? Harvard Lampoon editor, Conan O'Brien.
He was given the nickname Coco by Tom Hanks on the second episode of The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien (2009). Conan jokingly replied, "If that sticks, I'm going to sue you!" The name Coco would later be used for the Team Coco online campaign to support him during the "Late Night Wars" in late 2009.
Replaced David Letterman in the late-night slot on NBC after Letterman left for CBS. Virtually no one thought the show would last. It did last, for over 15 years.
He was editor of the Harvard Lampoon for two years in a row, and he is the second person to have ever done this. Before him, it had been 85 years since it was done.
Graduated magna cum laude from Harvard University, with a BA in American history and literature.

The nightmare is you spend the rest of your life being funny at parties and then people say 'Why didn't you do that when you were on television?'
If you can really laugh at yourself loud and hard every time you fall, people will think you're drunk.
"I've always believed, in my heart of hearts, that it would be a better show if, when I crossed over to the desk, the band kept playing for an hour and I danced in a cage.
If I existed 200 years ago, all the other farmers in my community would be like, 'That guy is worthless! He's sitting on a rock, jumping up like a frog, coming up with weird concepts and ideas, making faces, and combing his hair into a giant pastry.' It's a good thing I was born in this century, when superfluous television seems to be part of the economy.
[Final words at the final The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien (2009)]: And all I ask is one thing and this is... I'm asking this particularly of young people that watch. Please do not be cynical. I hate cynicism; for the record, it's my least favorite quality, it doesn't lead anywhere. Nobody in life gets exactly what they thought they were going to get. But if you work really hard and you're kind, amazing things will happen. I'm telling you, amazing things will happen. I'm telling you, it's just true.