In forty years, even pop culture data analysis will be simple. By then, Conan’s fan base will be retired, shaking their fists at the foolish shenanigans of someone who hasn’t even been born yet. But until then, there’s Wolfram Alpha.

Here is the full text of the statement released by Tonight Show Conan O’Brien this afternoon, confirming that he would not accept a 12:05 a.m. time slot for his show and would not follow Jay Leno at 11:35 p.m.

Conan O’Brien‘s announcement that he would not host The Tonight Show any later than its established 11:35 pm slot has been praised for its jokes, burns and most of all, emotion. The show, he wrote, was still “in its infancy” after only seven months. But what of that time? We’ve collected seven of the best Tonight Show clips of the last seven months, featuring Sarah Palin, William Shatner, Bruno, the great state of New Jersey and more!

Conan O’Brien’s kiss-off letter to NBC is going to make him a hero, not only to people who started off loving him, but because he’s been cast as the underdog here, unfairly subject to the failings of Jay Leno and fickleness of NBC. But Leno wants a bit of that victim spotlight, too.

Well this is huge. Conan O’Brien has announced he will not host The Tonight Show as NBC had wished – at 12:05amET.

But O’Brien is not going quietly, or, notably, through the NBC public relations chain. Here’s some of the very revealing letter.