Conan O'Brien FALLS, Hits Head, Injures Himself (VIDEO)

LOS ANGELES (AP) - Conan O'Brien has turned his "Tonight Show" stunt injury into comedy, showing footage of it as a "cautionary tale" for kids.

"As many of you may know, on this past Friday's show I was doing a stunt and I hit my head and suffered a slight concussion. And I promise, if you're a good audience, I'll do it again tonight," O'Brien said during Monday's taping.

In a transcript released by NBC, he joked that he struck his head so hard "that for five seconds I actually understood the plot of 'Lost.'"

O'Brien and guest Teri Hatcher were in a footrace when he tumbled, forcing Friday's show to be halted. He was taken to a hospital for examination, and a "Tonight" rerun aired instead of the planned episode.

In his monologue Monday, O'Brien joked that he got so much media attention from the accident that he's planning a sequel with one of Hatcher's "Desperate Housewives" co-stars.

"So tune in tomorrow when Eva Longoria pushes me down an elevator shaft," O'Brien quipped.

Before showing clips from Friday, O'Brien suggested parents "wake up your children because this is a cautionary tale."


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The race between him and Hatcher was to end at the studio with the two rushing down stairs to the finish line. His memory was fuzzy, O'Brien said Monday, but he thinks he was trying to slide on a slick floor when he lost his footing.

"Why don't we show people what happened. Set your VCR to record, and your friends can all laugh watching this later," he said before the tape rolled. "'His pumpkin really got pounded' -- that's my father talking."

O'Brien took over as "Tonight" host in June, after Jay Leno's 17 years on the job. Leno is host of a new daily prime-time comedy show for NBC.

Comments

[m2cran]

Terri Hatcher looks way hot and Conan runs like no barbarian, for sure.

[Paolo7219]

I'm certainly happy to see that Obrien is alright.

[Marcel09]

wow he's going bold on the top of his dome he should use that stuff to stop ur hair from falling out!

[StephenJK]

That was a large pumpkin smash on the floor there. I'm surprised it didn't explode.

[MarsAmbassador]

He needs to start a Headstrong movement like Colbert did with his Wriststrong after breaking his wrist from falling while running around the studio like a loon. You're next, Stewart!

[hapiday]

Head injuries are never funny. An actress died from a head injury from skiing earlier this year. I'm glad he's alright.

[lmvd3]

I can't believe his hair didn't break the fall.

[DonBlv]

Conan: Stick to doing interviews sitting in your chair
Hope he got himself checked out by a Dr....

[quivira]

Uh, yeah, ambulance took him to the hospital. . .I'd imagine he saw a doctor

[kynandog]

Why is all this bullsh** in between the headline and the story

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Is it REALLY necessary to place 37 variations of Conan's name as well as a poll ABOVE the story? WTF?

[Deja Peterson]

how many nickels in a 1.35 lol no one can answer that right off the top of their head.

[okila]

27

[StephenJK]

Yeah it's really quick math. 20 in 100 and 7 x 5 = 35

[RevBookburn]

Sorry, I was only watching Terri Hatcher.

[gobsmacked2]

I remembered what happened to Natasha Richardson last winter when she sustained a head injury while skiing. So it was right thing to do to stop tapeing the show and take Conan into hospital for observation.
I`m glad he`s fine but it could have been serious.

[impressiveprogressive]

Conan has his funny moments, but they should make Andy the host. 10x funnier

[FirstShirt]

Yeah, he bumped his wittle head. Lets watch Teri run some more.

[GeorgeBright]

H8ter comments aside, I found this a very thoughtful, analytical perspective into the experience of a concussion. It's good to see Conan wasn't badly injured and it was interesting to hear his narrative of the event (with the blanks filled in by video tape and Andy Richter). Most interesting was watching as he continued performing his hosting duties on autopilot after he conked his noggin.