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	May 13, 2003

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I PITY THE CLAY FOOL
Everybody hates reruns, but everybody loves clay animation. CONAN O'BRIEN did the math. On May 15, Late Night will air TV's first clay-animated rerun. "This took four very low-paid people a long time to do," says O'Brien. "And thank God we didn't have the money to do it right, because that would have looked really boring." The Mr. Bill — style animation covers all aspects of the repeat, from the monologo guests MR. T, Richard Lewis and Johnny Knoxville — even the movie-promo clips. "In some of the shots you'll see a hand come in and adjust a head or something," says O'Brien. "It may be the least professional clay animation ever broadcast." If the fake Conan is a hit, can a real, live Craig Kilborn be far behind?
— Josh Tyrangiel


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FROM THE MAY 19, 2003 ISSUE OF TIME MAGAZINE; POSTED May 13, 2003