Conan O'Brien Can't Stop

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Conan O'Brien Can't Stop

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2011

1h 29m

Documentary

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In 2009, Conan O'Brien took over for Jay Leno as host of NBC's "The Tonight Show," but, after only seven months on the job, he suddenly found himself unemployed. Embroiled in a legal battle with the network, Conan took his talents on the road for a 32-city comedy show aptly titled "The Legally Prohibited from Being Funny on Television Tour." Filmmaker Rodman Flender was there every step of the way to document the comic's personal struggles during the most tumultuous time of his career.

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Bill Goodykoontz

Arizona Republic

Jul 28, 2011

4/5

It's hard to feel sorry for a guy who banked millions for not hosting "The Tonight Show" anymore, but it's also fascinating to see a man this compulsively driven to get back in front of people and tell jokes, to hear the laughter, to soak in the applause.

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Liam Lacey

Globe and Mail

Jul 8, 2011

2/4

While a lot of geography is covered, as a concert film, Conan O'Brien Can't Stop is decidedly thin entertainment.

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Peter Howell

Toronto Star

Jul 6, 2011

3/4

It's ... entertaining, not to mention revealing about the emotional toll exacted upon people who, in O'Brien's words, "feed their bone marrow to the wood chipper that is television."

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

Mar 11, 2023

3/4

Through O’Brien’s hilarious, unwavering buffoonery and comedic frontage, the doc never probes too deeply into its subject’s bitterness. But there are enough laughs and insight here to prove O’Brien’s dedication as an entertainer.

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Jack Fleischer

Battleship Pretension

Mar 25, 2021

While this is absolutely Conan's show, one of true highlights is Conan's "off camera Andy," his personal assistant Sona Movsesian.

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Allen Almachar

The MacGuffin

Aug 6, 2020

B

An entertaining documentary about one of the funniest people on television.

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Ben N

@Bneffer Jan 19, 2026

Good overall, this falls short of being anything great. I love Conan, his story deserves telling, and I appreciated the behind the scenes looks at the firing from NBC, the development of the road show, and the people involved as it goes off. Worth a look, especially if you are on Team Coco!

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Lu N

@luu1a May 4, 2025

a truly action taker!

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Geke g

@RT40239519 Jul 28, 2024

Such an interesting documentary. Specially for comedians

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Munkhchimeg T

@RT64187897 Jul 27, 2024

Plot is very good. Very interesting movie. I can’t spoil it. Must see movie

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Apr 12, 2019

I loved it so much. I'm a big time Conan O'Brien fan so I'm a little biased but I thoroughly enjoyed this movie. You get to see the real Conan at a more difficult time in his life and there were a lot of emotions but man did I laugh hard. I laughed a lot and I was so sad when it was over. There was also a lot of great music in the movie (I had no idea Conan was a good singer). If your with coco and you like to laugh this movie's for you. :)

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Jul 20, 2018

An interesting, somewhat private look at Conan O'Brien in the months following his infamous Tonight Show exit. This documentary follows him around on his 'Legally Prohibited from Being Funny on Television' tour, and apart from the spontaneous madcap humour we've all come to know, reveals surprising aspects of Conan's personality, such as insecurity, stress, unpleasantness and social aversion.

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Gavin Polone

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Rachel Griffin

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Synopsis

In 2009, Conan O'Brien took over for Jay Leno as host of NBC's "The Tonight Show," but, after only seven months on the job, he suddenly found himself unemployed. Embroiled in a legal battle with the network, Conan took his talents on the road for a 32-city comedy show aptly titled "The Legally Prohibited from Being Funny on Television Tour." Filmmaker Rodman Flender was there every step of the way to document the comic's personal struggles during the most tumultuous time of his career.

Director: Rodman Flender
Producer: Gavin Polone, Rachel Griffin
Distributor: Abramorama
Production Co: Pariah Productions
Rating: R (Language)
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jun 24, 2011, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Mar 31, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA): $267.5K
Runtime: 1h 29m
Sound Mix: Dolby

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