Conan O’Brien Gets Back at NBC for Taking “The Tonight Show”
Conan O’Brien was handed The Tonight Show when Jay Leno made a comeback, but the network opted to give Leno the show back after Leno said he was done with retirement. Conan took it seriously, which makes sense, and he exacted the ultimate retribution by blowing a large portion of the networks’ budget.
Among his extravagant acquisitions was the world’s most costly vehicle, a Bugatti Veyron, which he customized to resemble a mouse. The original master recording of the Rolling Stones’ “Satisfaction,” which is “crazy expensive to play on the air,” served as the vehicle’s theme music. The host revealed that the comedic segment cost an incredible $1.5 million in total!
