In 2010, after a much-publicized departure from hosting NBC’s The Tonight Show, ex-late night host Conan O’Brien hit the road on a 32-city tour with a music and comedy show, ending his 22-year relationship with the network.
The Legally Prohibited From Being Funny on Television tour was O’Brien’s answer to a contractual stipulation that banned his appearance on television, radio and the Internet for six months following his last show.
Did O’Brien hit the road to give something back to his loyal fans, or did he travel across the continent, stopping at cities large (New York, Las Vegas) and remote (Enoch, Alberta) to fill a void within himself?
Find out July 7 when the new documentary, Conan O’Brien Can’t Stop, is presented at select Cineplex theatres.
A hit at Toronto’s recent Hot Docs film festival, Rodman Flender’s documentary, which will be shown at Vernon’s Galaxy Cinemas, is an intimate portrait of an artist trained in improvisation, captured at the most improvisational time of his career.
It offers a window into the private writer’s room and rehearsal halls as O’Brien’s “half-assed show” (the star’s own words) is almost instantly assembled and mounted to an adoring fan base.
At times angry but mostly hilarious, O’Brien works out his feelings about the very-public separation. Throughout the documentary, O’Brien uses comedy and rockabilly music, engaging in bits with on-stage guests such as Stephen Colbert, Jon Stewart and Jim Carrey.
He also performs a duet with Jack White and sweats out manic Elvis Presley covers with his band and back-up singers.
The audience will see a comic who does not stop performing, singing, and pushing his staff and himself.
Tickets to see Conan O’Brien Can’t Stop are now available at the Galaxy Cinemas’ box office, through the Cineplex Mobile Apps and online at www.cineplex.com or the Cineplex mobile site m.cineplex.com.
