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Cameras:
Carl Eckett			Production Staff:
Mike Bennett			Kimberly Simon
George Ciliberto		Haleigh Safran
Bailey Stortz			Michael Hammek
				Jordan Schlansky
Videotape:
Steve Skorupka			Production Accountants:
				Roger J. Miletic
Electronic Graphics:		Dawn Massy
Carol Collings			Chris Williams

Editors:			Production Consultant:
Chuck DeJan			Key Aymong
Katherine Babiak
Ed Hinch			Music Equipment Provided by:
Mark Jankeloff			Amplification, Inc.
				Drum Workshop
Maintenance:			Yamaha
Marty Carver			Mackie
Steve Sirivanta			Gibson
Ed Wieczorek			Kurzwell/Young
Paul Kopcienski			Chang
				Lexicon
Assistant To Mr. O'Brien:	Diaz
Maysie Anderson			
 				Executive In Charge Of Production:
Script Coordinator:		Gary Considine
Susan Santamauro
 				Tickets for "Late Night With Conan O'Brien:"
Production Coordinator:		Write: NBC Tickets
Geoffrey Added			30 Rockefeller Plaza
 				
Research:			Or Call: (212) 664-3056/3057
Mariah Notaras			
Amy Roth			Broadway Productions
Eliza Minot			NBC


3.5 How can I write to other people on the show?

    Write to:

    (Person)
    c/o
    Late Night with Conan O'Brien
    NBC
    30 Rockefeller Plaza
    New York City, NY  10112

========================================================================
Chapter 4: Newsgroup-specific Information


"Don't go virtual on me."
		-- Conan O'Brien


4.1 What is the newsgroup?

    The newsgroup is alt.fan.conan-obrien.  This newsgroup is a forum
for discussion about any aspect of "Late Night with Conan O'Brien,"
including criticism, praise, questions, and general discussion.


4.2 So what is acceptable newsgroup-type behavior?

    The newsgroup welcomes any intelligent discussion about the show, its 
cast and crew, or tangential information about any of the above.  It is 
asked that basic rules of netiquette are followed pertaining to things 
like the prohibition of all caps, multiple postings of the same message, 
etc.  Spams, velveta, and other inappropriate or illegal postings (like 
ponzi schemes) are also obviously prohibited.

    Criticism *is* allowed, but not flames.  The newsgroup would get 
boring if all it contained was mindless praise.  The difference is that 
criticism requires an ounce of thought and can lead to a discussion, while 
flaming lacks any mental effort.  Criticism is: "I don't like Conan's 
style of humor because..."  Flaming is: "You're all dorks for watching 
this show."

    Do *not* post joke or sketch ideas for "Late Night" to the newsgroup.  
People from the show do occassionally read and post to the group and 
would have to stop for legal reasons if unpublished comedy material were 
posted to the group.  The only acceptable way to submit comedy ideas to 
the show is through their offices and via an agent.


4.3 Man, what do I do about this [spammer/flamer/etc]?

    The first and most important rule to any of the above is to *not 
reply to the spammer or flamer*.  For the most part, all these people are 
trying to do is disrupt the newsgroup by starting a fight and drawing in 
as many people as possible for the longest time.  Do not reward them by 
doing so.  Obviously, never send any money to someone posting a ponzi 
scheme or similar con.

    Sometimes, the infraction is a little more serious.  In the case of 
spams or ponzi schemes ["MAKE MONEY FAST"], you should take the header of 
the post and mail it to the postmaster of the user who posted it at: 

    postmaster@users.site

    Tell the postmaster what happened in your mail.  Be polite.

    Just plain flamers are a different story.  The best and only thing you 
can usually do is to ignore them and not reply.  If a particular person 
upsets you tremendously, you can put them in a "kill file," a file that 
filters out and deletes posts by a certain user before you see them.  Ask 
your internet provider about how to set one up for your particular 
newsreader.  There are only a pair of consistent flamers who, like an ugly 
rash, never seem to go away.  You will eventually run into them.  Once 
they are in your killfile, 98% of flames on the newsgroup will disappear 
for you.

    However, a flamer can go to far.  If a flamer begins to harass you, 
either on the newsgroup or through e-mail, take the offending posts or 
e-mails and send them to the user's postmaster, using the same method 
described above.


4.4 Does Conan know about this newsgroup?

    conanshow@aol.com (now funnyontv@aol.com) takes mail from people for 
Late Night.  conanshow has posted a few times on a.f.c-ob, including once 
when she said, "I'm not Conan, just his assistant.  He knows about this 
newsgroup and thanks you all for your support.  I enjoy reading the 
messages and will tell Conan about points I feel he should know about.  He 
doesn't have time to read this stuff himself."

    Conan himself has written and said, "I don't read the Internet
computer network daily, but several of my staff members do and they give
me the gist of the comments."

    However, according to at least one recent article, Conan has been 
forcing himself to get more computer-friendly, and has been learning to 
use the Internet.  He has even taken a tour around the World Wide Web. 
Whether this will lead to more Conan involvement on-line is uncertain, but 
Conan does have a busy schedule (the show and all) that would preclude him 
spending any outrageous amount of time online.

    Elson Trinidad interviewed Conan, and says, "Of interest to you
people, I told him about THIS NEWSGROUP, and asked if he would make a
guest appearance on here, which he seemed very willing to do.  He is
definitely aware of a.f.c-o, though he's never been on, due to his busy
schedule and that he admits to not being much of a computer person, but
he told me that his staff prints out postings to him and that he reads
them."

    There are several staff members who read the group regularly, and 
some contribute to the discussion from time to time.  At the Conecon, it 
was revealed that more members of the staff are planning to become active 
on the internet, reading and possibly contributing to the newsgroup.


"I'm a technological kinda guy."
		-- Conan O'Brien


4.5 What if I don't get this newsgroup?

    Complain fiercely.  :)

    If you don't get news, ask your system administrator if you can.  It
does take a lot of time and effort, not to mention disk space and
computer resources.  However, if your site administrators know that
enough people from your site want it, they may be able to get it.

    If you get news, but you don't get alt groups, ask your system
news administrator.  Many admins don't like the "alt" groups because of 
their size.  However, your news administrator may decide to get them if 
enough people ask. 

    If you don't specifically get alt.fan.conan-obrien while getting the 
other alt groups, ask your news administrator to add it.  It is a fairly 
low-volume group and he should have no qualms about adding it.

    There are some public access newsreaders available via telnet or 
gopher.  They frequently close due to overuse, so if you are desperate 
enough to need one, you will have to hunt pretty hard to find one.  They 
do, however, exist.  Your system administrator may be able to help you 
find one.

    Several resources exist that allow you to post to a newsgroup via 
e-mail. For information on one of these services, mail:

    remailer@replay.com

    Some Conan web pages have links to the newsgroup in them.  However, 
you usually have to have a local news connection to use them.  See 
section 1.21 for a list of Conan web pages.  There are also web pages 
that specifically archive posts and give access to USENET newsgroups.  There 
are several, but two are:

    http://www.altavista.digital.com/
    http://www.dejanews.com/


4.6 What's this about #krunk?

    IRC (Internet Relay Chat) lets groups of people discuss things in
real time -- that is, it's more like a real discussion than a bulletin
board.  Groups of alt.fan.conan-obrien'ers (and others) often meet on
the IRC channel #krunk to talk about the show.  

    You can drop in any time and someone may be there.  Once fallen into 
disuse, the channel has become quite active recently.  Nights are 
generally more active than the days.  Virtual Cone-cons have been decided 
to be held on Sundays evenings, approximately 10PM EST.  This is when the 
most people are likely to be on the channel.

    If your provider does not directly support IRC, there are some sites 
where you may access it via telnet.  Ask your system administrator for 
help in locating these sites.


4.7 Is anyone doing episode summaries?

    Herbert Gambill (hgambill@rbdc.rbdc.com) began an episode capsule 
project with episode #401.  He has gathered a stable of volunteer 
capsule writers who are still churning out capsules to this day.  If you 
would like to help with this project, e-mail him at the address above.

    The capsules used to be housed at both Herbert and Damone's websites.  
The sheer volume of capsules has precluded that effort.  The capsules are 
posted to alt.fan.conan-obrien as they are written, and then are archived 
directly to Joe Shaw's FTP site. (See section 1.21)

    Although specific links to the capsule sections of the FTP site are 
at both Damone and Herbert's sites, Herbert still has some sections of 
information about the capsule project at his site.  He has short bios on 
the capsule writers, a tabular, linked listing of most of the capsules, 
and other info. (See section 1.21 for the address)


4.8 What was all this about a Conecon?

    The First Tenth Annual Conecon was held on Friday, August 18th, 
1995.  Approximately 30 or so Conan fans from all over the country from 
Oregon to NYC went to the taping of this show.  Afterwards, the group 
was treated to a pizza party with all of the cast and crew.

    In addition to the people who were at the show itself, a smaller 
group who couldn't join them in New York gathered on #krunk to share in 
the experience.

    There is an official Conecon page, maintained by Joseph Nebus. (See 
section 1.21)

    An audience picture with identification markers to various people is 
available as a subsidiary to Herbert Gambill's (hgambill@rbdc.rbdc.com) 
page at:

    http://www.rbdc.com/~hgambill/conecon.html

    The First Eleventh Annual Conecon II was held in New York on Friday, 
August 9th, 1996.  A slightly larger group came and even included people 
from Canada.  Due to time contraints placed on the show by the new 
set, Conan and head writer Jonathan Groff were only able to talk briefly 
with the group after the taping of the show.

    All indications seem to suggest that this will be a yearly event.  
Check out the Conecon webpage and the newsgroup to check on when the next 
one is being planned.


4.9 Hey, I need an episode!  What should I do?

    Many people find out about guests that they wanted to see but missed, 
or bits and the like.  Or their VCRs failed in their task.  You get the 
idea.  There is recourse for you.  You can post requests for tapes to 
alt.fan.conan-obrien. Include as much information as you can about the 
episode.  You will probably be asked to pay for the tape and postage.

    Another resource is the Conan Video Project.  In addition to posting 
to the newsgroup, you may want to use this as well.  It is a place on the 
web that lists the episodes that people want with e-mail links to them. 
If someone has an episode someone wants, they can e-mail them and arrange 
it.  It is a part of Damone's page. (See section 1.21)

========================================================================
Chapter 5: Information on this Faq


"Mmm.  Heavy.  Filled with knowledge."
		-- Conan O'Brien


5.1 Who compiled this faq?

    Joseph Gebis (j-gebis@uiuc.edu) is the creator of this faq, and wrote 
some of what you see here.

    Damone (damone@ios.com) did all revisions from 1.2 on, however.  I wrote 
most of the stuff new for these versions.


5.2 How do I submit additions, comments, and corrections?

    Posting suggestions and information to the newsgroup is the most 
accepted way of submitting information.  You may, if you wish, mail it 
directly to me at damone@ios.com as long as I retain editorship of the faq.


5.3 How do I get the latest version of the faq?

    Now that posting has resumed on the *.answers newsgroups, the most 
current version of the faq is archived as it is posted.  It can be found 
on the rtfm.mit.edu FTP site in /pub/usenet/news.answers/tv 
as "conan-obrien-faq."

    The current version of the faq is also available at Joe Shaw's FTP 
site. (See section 1.21)

    If you don't have FTP, you can use the ftp-by-mail
service.  Send email to mail-server@rtfm.mit.edu with "help" and "index"
(on separate lines) in the body of the message.

    An older version is available by ftp from Joseph Gebus' machine
(isr0906.urh.uiuc.edu) when it's up, in /pub/docs.


5.4 Is there an html version of this faq?
 
    Since the close-down of Noah Sturr's (sturr@cis.ksu.edu) site, the 
most up-to-date and fully marked-up version of the faq is maintained by 
Damone (damone@ios.com) and can be found at:

    http://styx.ios.com/~damone/gconanfaq.html

    The most recent copy can also be found in a partially marked-up state at:

    http://www.cs.ruu.nl/wais/html/na-dir/tv/conan-obrien-faq.html

    Older HTML versions of the faq are found at:
 
http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/hypertext/faq/usenet/conan-obrien-faq/faq.html
 
    http://wwwcgi.umr.edu/faqs/conan-obrien-faq


5.5 What other information do you need?

    Here's a partial list of information that needs to be added to the faq:

    - Any information about Andy
    - Information on the other people on the show: who plays what character
    - Send in your favorite Conan smiley!
    - More drinking game info
    - 


* 5.6 Who are all the wonderful people that added information to the faq?

    (conanshow@aol.com)
    (creation@panix.com)
    (dsrekcc@prism.gatech.edu)
    (eschles@merle.acns.nwu.edu)
    (JL1027@aol.com)
    (mliskov@husc.harvard.edu)
    (OREL@delphi.com)
    (TVschlub@aol.com)
    Dean Adams (dadams@netcom.com)
    Al Bell (allbell@delphi.com)
    Sarah E. Blecksmith (sb6q+@andrew.cmu.edu)
    Tim Boychuk (tboychuk@unixg.ubc.ca)
    Risa B (RSB@epix.net)
    Cia (cia@lmaxx.net)
    Margaret Chen
    Jonathan Collura (jc14249@navix.net)
    Patrick Cosner (pcosner@ukelele.gcr.com)
    Andrew Cunningham (cunning@epas.utoronto.ca)
    Damone (damone@ios.com)
    Huw Davies (hdavies@bu.edu)
    Death To All (bsheinl@isisa.oit.unc.edu)
    Mark Diaz (umdiaz@cc.umanitoba.ca)
    Michael R. Dong (mdong@galaxy.csc.calpoly.edu)
    Cindy Elder (cindye@lincnet.com)
    Jim Ellwanger (trainman@merle.acns.nwu.edu)
    Scott Erickson (xkot@ix.netcom.com)
    Herbert Gambill (hgambill@rbdc.rbdc.com)
    David Garcia (dlgarcia@dorsai.org)
    Michael Gebis (m-gebis@uiuc.edu)
    Carol J Gerber (cgerber@dolphin.upenn.edu)
    Cynthia Gill (conanfan@aol.com)
    James Groat (james@CGK.com)
    Leslie Grossman (lesleyg456@aol.com)
    Lore Guilmartin (LAG2471@zeus.tamu.edu)
    Joe Harris (midx@aol.com)
    Jack Helmuth (jahelmut@mailbox.syr.edu)
    "Honor's Blade" (josephj@hubcap.clemson.edu)
    dd jackson (djackson@nyx10.cs.du.edu)
    Kampy (sdk19@mail.idt.net)
    Yong-Mi Kim (kimy@cs.umd.edu)
    Linda Knight (ozzie@airmail.net)
    Ed Krauss (epk@netcom.com)
    Abigail Marie Larsen (mabs@teleport.com)
    LateNite24 (latenite24@aol.com)
    Michael Levy (mlevy1@umbc8.umbc.edu)
    Joe Lourenco (lourenco@wit.edu)
    Dave Mackey (71052.365@compuserve.com)
    Brian Malmon (bkm6@columbia.edu)
    T. K. Manning (tmanni@uic.edu)
    Amy Elizabeth McWilliams (aem2192@tam2000.tamu.edu)
    Greg Ryan Mitchell (grm129@herald.usask.ca)
    Mike "Palomar" Morier (palomar@magic.mb.ca)
    Jeremy Morse (jeremym@merle.acns.nwu.edu)
    Grace Nall (gracen911@aol.com)
    Paul Nazaroff (paul.nazaroff@canrem.com)
    Joseph Nebus (nebusj@rpi.edu)
    Heather Anne Newport (00HANEWPORT@bsuvc.bsu.edu)
    John Adam Nimpfer (jn2i+@andrew.cmu.edu)
    Charles Papworth (skip3@cris.com)
    Dave Porter (dave@wcbs.demon.co.uk)
    Don Porter (dgp@essrl.wustl.edu)
    Brad Randall (hapq40a@prodigy.com)
    David S. Rose (dsr@delphi.com)
    Sean Russell (Sean.Russel@launchpad.unc.edu)
    Leif Rustvold (leif@agora.rdrop.com)
    Steve Saunders (mib@ix.netcom.com)
    Henning Schroeder (henning@phoenix.leer.north.de)
    Mark Schuster (MB_Schuster@acad.fandm.edu)
    Chris Shabsin (shabby@mit.edu)
    Joe "Uno" Shaw (joeshaw@csgrad.cs.vt.edu)
    Lauren T. Slawe (lslawe@sas.upenn.edu)
    N. Smith (nrs107@psu.edu)
    Mike Southworth (mikes@comtch.iea.com)
    Tjoyia Spetsieris (ts95@columbia.edu)
    Brooke Steffes (bsteffes@juno.com)
    Steklo (steklo@aol.com)
    Noah Sturr (sturr@cis.ksu.edu)
    Todd (twl@mail.wsu.edu)
    Elson Trinidad (etrinida@scf.usc.edu)
    Sue Trowbridge (trow@access.digex.net)
    Typhon (an101096@anon.penet.fi)
    Hunter Walk (GrenGoblin@gnn.com)
    die Wawafrau (han@minerva.cis.yale.edu)
    Bob Williams (bobw@icontech.com)
    Wendy Wimmer (wawimmer@students.wisc.edu)
    Christopher Wooff (wooff@snoopy.usask.ca)
    Chester Wu (EQTP21A@prodigy.com)
    Jame Yu (jamestyu@ccwf.cc.utexas.edu)
    <  Your name here :)  >


5.7 Who else needs to be especially thanked?

    Chris Baird (chris@glencoe.apanoe.org.au), keeper of the
alt.tv.simpsons faq, for also providing a source to copy from.
    Aaron Barnhart (barnhart@mcs.net), keeper of the alt.fan.letterman
faq, for providing a good form for the faq to blatantly rip off.
    Terry Carroll (tjc50@ccc.amdahl.com), keeper of the copyright
law faq, for allowing the use of information and ideas from it.
    Jonathan I. Kamens (jik@security.ov.com), keeper of the news.answers
faqs.
    Leanne Phillips (phillips@syrinx@umd.edu), keeper of the
killfile faq, for allowing use of that information.
    Mike ---- Schneider (Schneider@cup.portal.com) for maintaining
the David Letterman Top Ten lists, and for allowing use of Dave's
list to Conan.
    Lt. Starbuck (an54835@anon.penet.fi), keeper of the
alt.fan.karla-homolka faq, for use of information about alternate ways to 
receive newsgroups.

    Undying gratitude goes out to all of you.  Thank you.


5.8 Have you heard the one about the lawyer and the...?

    For all versions of the faq previous to version 1.2, Joe Gebis' 
copyright applies to the document.  It is found on copies of those 
versions.  For all current versions after 1.2, I (Damone) have taken over 
editorial duties of the faq.  For this version and all under my editorship, 
the following applies:

    This document is protected by my public copyright.  It may be freely 
distributed as long as the document remains wholly in tact and and it is 
not sold, not published for profit, and not encorporated into commercial 
documents without prior approval.  Any change to this document for purposes 
such as HTML viewing is encouraged, but needs prior approval by the 
current editor.

----
Joseph Gebis   j-gebis@uiuc.edu   http://www.cen.uiuc.edu/~jg11772/home.html
Damone	        damone@ios.com       http://styx.ios.com/~damone/gogo.html

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