Mayor Mike Says Good-Bye to Late Night With Conan O'Brien

Conan O'Brien receive a key to somewhere from Mayor Bloomberg

During Late Night, Conan O'Brien reminisced about how much he loved New York (he will soon to depart to Los Angeles to take over the Tonight Show)—and as if on cue, Mayor Michael Bloomberg walked out to the strains of "New York, New York." He spoke about O'Brien's 16 years in NYC and presented a key, to which O'Brien exclaimed, "I'm floored. I'm stunned. I'm receiving a key to New York City."

However, Bloomberg said, "No, sorry, it's not a key to New York. It's the key to the Port Authority bus terminal's men's room. Hasta la Vista, baby." There's our up-for-reelection mayor, rocking the Spanish! You can see an edited clip below:

As for what Hulu/NBC edited, it was the part when Mayor Bloomberg exited the wrong way. It was a minor—but still amusing—moment and he quickly righted himself. We can't understand why it was taken out (maybe Bloomberg, one time 30 Rock guest, called Jack Donaghy to work his magic) but we have a screengrab of the walk wrong after the jump.

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By Jen Chung in Arts & Entertainment on February 19, 2009 12:38 PM

Comments [rss]

slny

Wow! Either Conan is 8ft tall or Mike is 4ft tall.

Ed

Cool, Jimmy Fallon is taking Conan's time slot. Now I can go to sleep earlier.

nomnomnom

Bloomberg exiting the wrong way kind of reminds me of that time that Bush exited the wrong way after a press conference.

NannyState

Bloomie struggles to exit the stage? Where have we seen that before?

Atomische

Couldn't they find a box for Mayor Mike to stand on? Like the one used in his recent photo with Kennedy and Armani.

FranklinBluth

I don't think a box would have helped. Conan is freakishly tall.

contortionist

Went to conan for the first time yesterday, it was great. Now I wish I'd went more.

EastRiver

Conan tapings were great because he would actually walk up the stairs into the audience and interact for about 10 minutes. Daily Show and Colbert Report tapings are similar but neither is quite as energetic as Conan. Contrast that with Letterman who comes out and talks at the audience for about a minute.

henricus

Honest question, does anyone know a single person who thinks Jimmy Fallon is funny? It seems like he is considered to be unfunny by just about ever level of society.