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Conan O'Brien is one of the greatest comedic minds of our time. From being a writer on SNL to being a writer on The Simpsons and, most notably, giving us that monorail episode, Conan O'Brien went on to follow Jay Leno with his NBC show Late Night with Conan O'Brien.

Throughout his run there, he made television history in making a major network air such ridiculous characters as "The Masturbating Bear", "Vomiting Kermit", "In the Year 2000" and Pierre Bernard's recliner of rage.

After NBC gave him the boot and decided to give Jay Leno an extended (unwanted) stay, Conan bounced back by touring across the country and now has his show back, only on TBS. People can swear, Conan has more control and they're bringing in ratings that are making TBS want to buy some knee pads.

Aside from keeping his cool over the whole Leno thing and actually making history with his amazing Twitter feed (even people who don't like Twitter love his Twitter feed), his tour and his triumphant return to television, Conan O'Brien brings a young, self-depricating, honest and relatable sense of humor that he makes look easy to the world every single night.

Being able to do this for as many years as he has while keeping his image and even, in what I like to call his "Phoenix" era (not a red hair joke, more of a re-birth thing.), growing an awesome beard, Conan O'Brien isn't only one of my personal heroes, but a man we should all strive to be more like.