David Letterman and Conan O'Brien, Part 1: 1993-2009, Recut

September 13, 2018, marks Conan O'Brien's 25th year on late night television. Here's a two-part Dave/Conan compilation to commemorate the milestone.

Part 1 documents Dave's and Conan's interactions on each other's shows from 1994 to 1999, followed by Dave's reactions when Conan was awarded The Tonight Show in 2004 and then finally took over the show in 2009.

NOTE: Part 1 is a recut; the bird network blocked part of the 2/28/84 video, so that's been deleted here. (Why they blocked part but not all, and why they left alone a poorer-quality version uploaded elsewhere last December escapes me, but thus is the arbitrary corporate logic.)

Update: The blocked segment is now available here: https://youtu.be/D9NHDRt1_Xc

In the absence of further appearances, Part 2 is devoted mostly to Dave's gags and running commentary on the fiasco that was The Tonight Show in January 2010. The collection ends with Conan's last Late Show guest appearance in 2012.

Part 1
Beginning where we left off before Conan's Late Night debuted:
1. June 25, 1993. On the final Late Night with David Letterman, Dave wishes Conan well and hopes to someday be invited onto his upcoming show.*
2. February 28, 1994. Dave guests on Late Night with Conan O'Brien.
BLOCKED BY the bird network: available in poor quality here: https://tinyurl.com/yatd2f7v
3. July 29, 1994. Conan guests on Late Show, 1.
4. March 21, 1995. Dave's pre-Oscar nightmare.
5. May 2, 1995. Late Show's stand-by audience is sent to LNwCO. (Inclusion of the giant rat at the beginning is paid off at the end.)
6. December 19, 1995. A Day in Dorothy's Life (excerpt).
7. January 26, 1996. Conan guests on Late Show, 2.
8. February 23, 1996. Cold Open on LNwCO.**
9. February 6, 1996. Joan Collins guests on Late Show (excerpt).
10. March 19, 1996. Dave makes a surprise appearance on LNwCO to talk to Joan Collins.***
11. March 27, 1996. Dave goes to LNwCO and gives Conan a joke.
12. May 24, 1996. Dave and Conan in Late Show's cue cards room.
13. June 24, 1996. Conan guests on Late Show, 3.
14. January 13, 1999. Conan guests on Late Show, 4.
15. October 15, 2003. Dave announces the birth of Conan's and his wife's baby, Neve.
16. September 27, 2004. Dave on Conan hosting The Tonight Show -- in five years.
17. June 1, 2009. Dave on Conan as the new Tonight Show host.

Thanks to @therealtriggi on Twitter for the idea.

*A look at the media coverage and Dave's Late Night segments in the Spring of 1993 when the bird network announced Conan as the next host of Late Night after Dave would leave his then-current network for CBS is here: https://youtu.be/kJKKy2X4mb0
**Thanks to Bill Bredice for the video.
***Video courtesy Inflatable Conan's upload here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7clqKZbbMh4&spfreload=10

Part 2 here: https://youtu.be/1Jfs_icf-D4

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