Conan Loses Control Of His Monologue Thanks To Exuberant Harry Potter Fan

How huge is Harry Potter right now? Huge enough that video of the stars faking American accents was one of the most popular stories yesterday. Huge enough that so many people I know went to see the midnight screening last night that I could make my own Rotten Tomatoes aggregation from their Twitter reviews alone. And huge enough that Conan O’Brien couldn’t get through a Potter joke in his monologue without being completely derailed by a fan in full costume in the audience.

It all started with O’Brien setting up a joke by asking if the audience was excited about the new movie. However, after the audience’s applause died down, the host stood there, staring into the crowd, looking confused instead of continuing his joke. After a few seconds, he explained what had caught his eye; a 26 year old man in full Potter costume had reacted quite exuberantly to his rhetorical question. Trained in the art of entertaining a live audience, O’Brien began interrogating the man, knowing that would yield far more gold than his prepared joke ever could.

Watch the video from TBS below. The section in question begins at 2:50.

(h/t Splitsider)

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