Take note, ye who wish to be classy gentlemen. When Conan O’Brien left NBC, they gave him about $45 million as severance to him and the band and a few others. It didn’t cover the working guys, the stagehands. The guys who really keep the show going. They got fired and nothing else—no severance package, no pat on the back, no thumbs up.

But that’s okay, because Conan himself gave them six weeks’ pay out of his own pocket. And a pat on the back. And a thumbs up.

NBC may have screwed up royally by giving Leno his old spot back (I sure as hell won’t be watching that time slot anymore), but it really gave Conan O’Brien yet another chance to shine. All jokes about his pale skin aside.

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