LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Conan O’Brien has spent five years as the anointed heir to the coveted “Tonight Show” TV slot.
Now, with just a few days to go before stepping into the shoes of host Jay Leno on June 1, the comedian just wants to get started.
“I feel like a racehorse that was put in the stall five years ago and I feel now, like ‘Let’s go,” O’Brien said on Tuesday.
“The biggest danger to me taking over ‘The Tonight Show’ is to overthink it. I think it just has to be a funny show…I think we are ready and we have a lot of fun stuff planned,” he told reporters in a conference call.
O’Brien, 46, wrapped up his last stint of “Late Night with Conan O’Brien” in February, and moved his family and crew to Los Angeles from New York.
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