How did this one escape the all-seeing eyes of Mediaite? Somehow the Republican Party has unveiled a 2011 “campaign ad” in Spanish, and we’re seeing it for the first time on Conan O’Brien‘s late night show. But hey, it’s been a busy few weeks. At any rate, if this ad is to be believed as a genuine message by the Republican Party–and we have our doubts–the GOP needs to work on its accent. A lot. As Conan explains, the “Get Your Own Patatas” ad comes in response to a slick Spanish language ad produced by the Democrats.

For all of you jocks out there who haven’t heard, this weekend is the San Diego Comic Con, the huge, annual convention dedicated to any comic book, movie, TV show, or other form of entertainment that features cool, iconic costumes for overweight cosplayers to ruin. Studios and publishers will be unveiling sneak peeks at their biggest upcoming works, but it turns out that they won’t be the only ones showing off art. TBS and Conan O’Brien have opened up the Coco MoCA, a “fan art exhibit” museum of “Conan art.”

This week’s headline-grabbing Paris Hilton interview by ABC’s Dan Harris got most of the attention for the reality star’s decision to walk out mid-chat rather than address Harris’ question–has your “moment” passed? But as Conan O’Brien discovered, there was an equally significant revelation in the interview–that Hilton’s on-camera voice is, basically, a put-on. In a clip aired on Conan Thursday night, Hilton ditches the baby voice and breathy whine and reveals–for the first time on camera–her real voice. And, well, it’s probably best that she sticks with the baby talk.

The team over at Conan made the mistake (cue sly wink) of booking two comedians – Jon Dore and Rory Scovel – to perform their stand-up routines on the same night. How awkward yet opportune! How embarrassing yet rife with comedic possibilities!

The result was a fun look at the nature of the genre itself, complete with a joke about butt warts.

Michele Bachmann has recently made a few interesting historical claims that are either clear evidence of her incompetence (or proneness to make public gaffes), or an example of a biased media out to get her (depending on one’s political persuasion, of course.) Conan O’Brien mined this to an appropriately absurd level last night, in presenting his own vision of how this should play out: The Michele Bachmann History Channel!

Whatever his political status may be today, there was a time in which Jon Stewart‘s claim to being merely a court jester was indisputable, way back when he was a fixture on the half-music, half-talk, pre-reality MTV. During his tenure as host of The Jon Stewart Show, the idea of him even entering the White House was a punchline in and of itself– a punchline early and often employed in this 1994 interview with gangly underground talk show host Conan O’Brien.

NBC’s Late Night host Jimmy Fallon speaks honestly about his own company’s missteps in handling the transition from Jay Leno to Conan O’Brien–and then back–calling the original decision to tell Leno he’d eventually be replaced by O’Brien “an insult.”

President Barack Obama‘s recent trip to Ireland was highlighted by many by his visit to a local pub during which he consumed a pint of Guinness. After watching footage of Obama’s later speech, Conan O’Brien could only conclude that the President of the United States is a light weight.

TNT took the wraps off its plans for the fall, telling advertisers Conan O’Brien‘s late night show Conan will be hitting the road, with a week-long visit to New York later this year, and a Chicago trip in 2012.

The Hollywood Reporter, which attended the network’s upfront presentation, reports the trips will be O’Brien’s first late night shows in New York–set for the Beacon Theater (October 31-November 3) since he hosted Late Night with Conan O’Brien on NBC.

Conan O’Brien unveiled “exclusive footage” of Arnold Schwarzenegger “meeting his love child” ten years ago on last night’s Conan. These, Arnold, are the hazards of ever having made a movie about a man becoming pregnant and giving birth to a child. At any rate, Conan served up the comedy, and it’s certainly worth a look.

Anyone who’s watched the hilarious web series Between Two Ferns knows that Zach Galifianakis has a special love for the comedy of discomfort. It shouldn’t be any surprise then that his favorite part of attending the White House Correspondents’ Dinner was sitting near Donald Trump and watching the man’s growing discomfort as every joke seemed to focus on him. Galifianakis described the pleasure of this rare experience last night to Conan O’Brien.

A few weeks ago, Will Ferrell sent a disturbing message to Conan O’Brien, promising to shave off the beard which had become an iconic symbol of his post-NBC days. He even set a date for, what TBS marketing people dubbed the “Beardpocalypse:” May 2nd. Well, that day finally arrived and, as of last night, O’Brien’s face-covering is no more.

A discussion of healthy ways to add years to your life got mildly–and entertainingly derailed–on CONAN last night when CNN’s Dr. Sanjay Gupta asked Conan O’Brien about his sex life: “Are you having regular sex?” Apparently, having “regular sex” is good for you, as is limiting your coffee intake and making sure you floss daily (flossing? why’s it always got to be flossing?) But 30 Rock‘s Tina Fey, sitting next to Gupta, immediately jumped on the adjective “regular.”

If you felt a little twinge around 11 o’clock last night, don’t be alarmed. That was only the universe beginning to close in on itself. The reason? Andy Richter, Conan O’Brien’s sidekick, received a sidekick of his very own. Sure, this disruptance could tear a hole in the very fabric of time and space, but it also resulted in some great TV. I think that balances it out.

Larry King is back. He’s got the desk, the desktop microphone, the suspenders, and the live phone calls (“Steve, from Grover Falls, Minnesota, you’re on with Larry King”), and all of it happening thirty feet above Conan O’Brien‘s show–in the studio’s rafters. “All my life I’ve dreamed of doing a show from these creepy rafters,” said King, peering down on Conan from high above.

Thanks to our friends at BuzzFeed, here’s a run down of all the funniest, weirdest, most disturbing, and all around best viral stories of the past week!

In keeping with internet timing regulations, the suggestion that Rebecca Black might make a million dollars for her universally panned video Friday must lead directly to a claim of theft. And it’s come in the form of Conan O’Brien, who’s leveling the ripoff charge in a web video. “I’m pretty mad at this Rebecca Black person,” a visibly hurt Conan says to camera. “Pretty sure she ripped me off, ’cause I did one a couple weeks ago called Thursday.”

Conan O’Brien is promoting a new documentary about his life that debuted at the SXSW Film Festival, titled “Conan O’Brien Can’t Stop.” Director Rodman Flanders explains the title refers to Conan’s inability to stop performing and not as some may have thought, his inability to keep talking about his separation from NBC.

It appears that “live show” is the new go-to hobby for TV personalities who suddenly find themselves off the airwaves. Taking a page from the Conan O’Brien playbook, Charlie Sheen announced via Twitter that he will now be going on a live tour with a new show entitled “My Violent Torpedo of Truth/Defeat is Not an Option Show.” I guess he couldn’t choose which hiiiiiilarious title he liked more. For a similar tough choice, many people are having a hard time choosing which news outlet to use for coverage of the deadly earthquake in Japan that is affecting the entire world right now as you read this.

Last night Piers Morgan appeared with Conan O’Brien and cashed in on his buzztacular interview with Charlie Sheen Monday night. Conan lauded Morgan’s interview the (formerly?) hard-partying and embattled actor and engaged in a somewhat surprising debate over the merits of Sheen’s “partying.” It was surprising because Morgan defended Sheen’s “right to party” despite the fact that it appears to have ruined a number of marriages and can not be a healthy role model for his five children.

The Tonight Show host Jay Leno spoke out on a range of topics from David Letterman to retirement, but most interesting may have been his response to recent accusations from radio host Howard Stern that Leno is a comic thief. In defending himself from the charge, Leno also came to the defense of another nemesis, Conan O’Brien, when O’Brien came under a somewhat similar attack.

Following a disappointing evening at the Grammy Awards Sunday night, teen pop sensation Justin Bieber stopped by the studies of Conan O’Brien for the standard talk show fare. A rather unremarkable segment turned suddenly interesting as Bieber retold his visit to Oval Office, where in he did his best President Obama impersonation. Social anthropologists could [...]

In an interview with FORTUNE, Conan O’Brien reveals that after his departure from NBC and The Tonight Show, the network was unhappy with the comedian’s sudden popularity on Twitter.

O’Brien tells FORTUNE‘s Douglas Warsaw that he recalls being told, “The network isn’t crazy about you tweeting. They’re not sure that’s cool.” O’Brien called their bluff: “Tell them I would be thrilled if they shut down my Twitter account. I’d love it if that got out. You think PR’s been bad up till now? Wait till you take away my Twitter account.”

Throughout the past week, many in the media have attempted in their own way to explain the crisis in Egypt to a public that may not be familiar with the politics in the area. Last night, Conan O’Brien used a slightly unconventional method; illustrating the entire situation with clips from the recent CGI extravaganza Yogi Bear. It was pretty darn funny but, the entire time we were watching, we couldn’t help but think, “Come on, Conan. When the guys on the real news shows are explaining it with smiley face magnets, you may have to step your absurdity up.”

Nope, this gag just hasn’t gotten old yet. Conan O’Brien took time out to comment on how “ridiculous” it looked for Michele Bachmann to look into the wrong camera during her “Tea Party Response” to the State of the Union, and in the process drifted off camera himself–rather extensively.

While mocking Bachmann with sidekick Andy Richter, O’Brien gradually ends up with his back turned. In the process, he rips Bachmann, saying “we’re supposed to trust these people to figure out the deficit when they can’t even figure out where the camera is!”