Ken Burns Presents: 'The Late Night War' (video)

Ken Burns Presents: 'The Late Night War' (video)

Published: January 22, 2010 @ 1:37 am
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By Josef Adalian

If this year's Emmys had a category for Best Video Spoof of the Late-Night Crisis, the clip below would surely be nominated.

The increasingly inspired gang at ABC's "Jimmy Kimmel Live" debuted a Ken Burns-inspired four-minute distillation of The Troubles on Thursday. A spoof of "The Civil War," it features a hapless President Zucker, a devious Jebediah Leno and ... the Masturbating Bear.

As much as we want this whole thing to be over -- and, in fact, things should cool down for a week or so after Coco signs off Friday -- there's no denying the last two weeks has creatively charged the late-night community. Guess there's nothing these guys like talking about more than ... themselves.

 

 

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Tags: Conan O'Brien, jay leno, Jimmy Kimmel, late night, Television, The Tonight Show, video
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