In what can only be described as Conan O'Brien’s best San Diego Comic-Con parody ever, we learn that our favorite red-headed late-night talk show host shares a lot in common with our friendly neighborhood Spider-Man.
In a spoof video, we learn about O'Brien's origin story and find out that he was bitten by a radioactive clown at his quinceañera, a Hispanic celebration for a girl's 15th birthday. Seeing the lanky, 6’4 man dance around in a dress would've been a sight to behold.
With his newfound powers, which granted his hair some form of sentience, giving him the ability to swing from building to building, O'Brien could have fought crime and helped people. However, instead he focused on “cheap laughs and light celebrity chat.” The entire story culminated in the grand statement “I am Comic-Con, and Comic-Con is me.”
That is rather fitting when you consider how involved O'Brien is at SDCC each year. This is now the fifth year he's attended, and the guests so far have been nothing but impressive. ConanCon featured the entire cast of the upcoming IT: Chapter Two, including Jessica Chastain, James McAvoy, Bill Hader, Bill Skarsgård, James Ransone, Jay Ryan, Andy Bean, and Isaiah Mustafa.
O'Brien has also spearheaded some of the bigger surprises seen so far at SDCC. Following the wrap-up for the panel on Terminator: Dark Fate, O'Brien stormed up and revealed Tom Cruise, giving viewers a glimpse at the long-awaited Top Gun sequel.
Later on, Cruise continued the conversation with O'Brien. Perhaps best of all, Cruise talked about Les Grossman, possibly one of the most endearing roles in recent history from Tropic Thunder.
O'Brien’s presence at SDCC so far has been as good, if not better than the previous years. Now, we eagerly await to see what O'Brien will next be announcing. He will be spending some time with the cast of Veronica Mars, including Kristen Bell, Jason Dohring, Enrico Colantoni, Ryan Hansen, Percy Daggs III, Francis Capra, and Kirby Howell-Baptiste. Tomorrow will see him interview both Orlando Bloom and Cara Delevingne from Carnival Row.
As always, we will continue to hold out hope that O'Brien will don an outfit from the episode of The Simpons he wrote, “Marge vs. the Monorail”, and sing to everyone at SDCC. It is a long shot, but we can dream.