SLASH Featured In New Conan O'Brien Skit; Video Available
June 12, 2009, 15 years ago
Examiner.com is reporting:
While early speculation on falling The Tonight Show ratings Conan O'Brien, The Tonight Show, Craigslist skit videoabound, a Conan O’Brien Craigslist video skit is making favorable Internet buzz. With former GUNS N' ROSES guitarist Saul Hudson aka Slash - lead guitarist of VELVET REVOLVER – in tow, Conan, the new NBC's Tonight Show host, sets out to find a bargain on "a guitar" via the popular online classified ad service.
In the Conan Craigslist video skit below – which effectively satires stereotypes known to online buyers -- the duo visits a few sellers’ homes. At the final stop, Conan and Slash approach a – shall we say, ‘modest’ -- home as Conan likens it to a scene in the thriller Silence of the Lambs. A shirtless homeowner answers the door.
Soon Conan O'Brien asks, “Would you like to put a shirt on at any point, or are you comfortable?” to which the would-be Craigslist seller affirms he is and continues on to promote his wares. It turns out that the guitar featured on Craigslist was already sold, a typical finding for real life would-be buyers.
Soon Slash jams on the homeowner’s electric guitar to the tune of ZZ Top’s La Grange – which the household, including an elderly man, enjoys. Then, the three proceed to the seller’s junk-filled garage in search of other second-hand treasures.
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