Comments on: Conan O'Brien ribs 'nerds' at Intel science fair

"How do I calculate the size of meatballs?" That was the title of one of the seminal science projects that NBC's Conan O'Brien covered at an Intel science fair.

[DMAN3k]

Conan rocks!

[Been_there_Saw_it_before]

How sad, what he does not understand, he ridicules.

He was out of his element until he had the drink at the slot machine. Maybe he should have gone there first and then a strip joint. Leave the science to the scientists.

[lang0502]

Conan is actually a geek, himself. It takes a geek to be able to make fun of geeks.

[this1!]

how sad, what you dont understand, you feel necessary to comment on.

He ridicules things for a living, mostly himself. He makes a living doing it.

Leave the comedy sketches to the comedic writers.

Learn better.

[SlimGem]

Man you have absolutely no sense of humor. I watched it last night and it was hilarious.
Those kids weren't stupid - they were in on it. I especially liked when Conan was trying to weasel in on the one guys project and he turned it around to get credit for the show.

I never watched Conan O'Brien before he got The Tonight Show - I didn't think he was funny. Guess I was wrong. He's also kinda nuts.

[oassaf]

That drunk is also a Harvard graduate

i don't get why this is news. i'm a geek. i've also watched conan for years.

for those that didn't know, conan has been making fun of geeks his entire tv career in an entertaining way. intel has also been a sponsor of his since the late show with conan o'brien. this is nothing new.

anybody remember his visit to san fran sponsored by sam wo's restaurant and intel? or his visit to george lucas' ilm? or triumph's segments poking fun of star wars geeks? he does so not in a hateful manner, but in a funny way where you can laugh at stereotpical idiosyncracies within the subculture.

in a manner of speaking conan's a nonconformist who is just like a geek that pokes at these stereotypes in a comical way.

[klemiere]

I don't see this segment as making fun of the students. I think he is having fun with them. I think he makes fun of himself for the fact that these kids know more than he does.

[drichards1953]

Conan is an idiot. Yes, he may have a degree from Harvard, however that means little, even at Harvard there is someone that graduates last in their class. O'Brian is rude, crude and socially unacceptable. NBC is in a total panic as he is not producing the big numbers they thought he would. Conan is not a geek, he is a jerk.

[Seaspray0]

Let me guess. You have a GED from the internet online high school which means more?

[monkeyfun14]

Cite your sources

[Kainchild]

Conan is the best thing on television.