As Conan O’Brien nears closer to signing a nearly $40 million deal to walk away from the Tonight Show, his dream job, there are two sticking points have surfaced in negotiations. A clause that would prevent Coco from continuing to publicly bash NBC and the custody of his show’s intellectual property. Among the characters in question are Triumph the Insult Dog, Pimpbot 5000 and the Masturbating Bear. No news on the “In the year 2000″ segment, but if they take that as well I’ll be overwhelmingly pissed.
This is not the first time NBC has stripped late night talk show host of their material. In 1992, NBC retained the rights of several of Letterman segments and characters. The network’s head, Jeff Zucker, becomes the bad man in all of this by the day.
All in all though, news of a legal fight over a Masturbating Bear is probably the greatest news you’ll hear this year.
If you’ve never seen these characters in action, behold:
Triumph interviewing Star Wars fans.
Masturbating Bear gunned down Governer Sarah Palin.
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