Conan O'Brien films episode in Cuba in first for US late-night host since 1959

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Source: Guardian

Conan O'Brien films episode in Cuba in first for US late-night host since 1959

• Representatives: filming to provide look at Cuban daily life
  
• Jack Paar recorded interview with Fidel Castro at Havana Hilton in 1959

Monday 16 February 2015 09.44 EST

Conan O’Brien spent the weekend in Cuba, becoming the first American late-night talkshow host to film in the country since 1959.

Representatives for O’Brien’s eponymous show said the filming was meant to provide a look at Cuban daily life, according to Deadline.

President Barack Obama announced in December that the US and Cuba are working to ease relations. Reporters from NBC, ABC and CBS have broadcast from Cuba since, but O’Brien is set to be the first late-night host to broadcast segments from the country in 56 years.

In February 1959, The Jack Paar Tonight Show featured an interview with Fidel Castro, which was conducted at the Havana Hilton shortly after the Cuban Revolution. Paar was criticized by some for giving a televised platform to a communist.

Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2015/feb/16/conan-obrien-films-episode-cuba

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1. Coco Rocks!

Conan > Fallon > Rich Little > Jay Leno

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3. Coco does indeed rock!

Leno suuuuuuuuucks!!

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2. Thank you, Judi.

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