Which CNN-er is Conan O’Brien’s Guardian Angel?

By Alex Weprin 

As we mentioned yesterday, last night was the premiere of Conan O’Brien’s new late night show “Conan” on TBS. The program started with a cold open “recapping” the last few months in O’Brien’s life, and included cameos from people like Jon Hamm, in addition to a moment taken straight from the 1967 classic “Bonnie and Clyde” (Update: actually, it was a reference to “The Godfather,” not sure why I had “Bonnie and Clyde” on my mind).

But Hamm wasn’t the only guest star to make a surprise appearance. A well known CNN personality popped in to serve as O’Brien’s guardian angel in a time of need:


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How did they get Larry King? Considering the two networks are part of the Time Warner family of channels, it probably wasn’t too hard.

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