Downgrade to Conan O'Brien (and his "clan")

So I was working at our client's (Verizon) Chinese New Year festival booth in Chinatown today - it was great, weather was nice (thought it was supposed to rain) and the sky was clear and crisp!

In the afternoon, a bunch of guys carrying 'hefty' camera equipment set up right next to our booth -- apparently shooting a sketch for Conan O'Brien -- you know the one with that ugly dog puppet (dun know the name -- never watch the show). They brought with them caged rabbits, cats, and a duck as part of the "act".

They were joking around with kids and older people who were checking out the festival -- asking them to do vulgar shit like "touch the balls" on the puppet etc. Of course the older people and kids didn't really know what was going on and played along. Then the camera guys had the puppet hump the caged animals they brought. It was horrendous and just plain NASTY -- especially offensive during Chinese New Year and at a family event!! So all I have to say is #$^#&*$^ to Mr. O'Brien and his freakin' crew -- I hope PETA gets word of this as well -- as they were treating the animals like shit.



Here's one of the Obrien clans-woman trying to 'tame' the cat (which looked totally freaked out) for the humping scene.

And when the Cops told the Obrien camera guys to get the hell outta there since they had no permit for a booth (they also got a MAJOR scolding from a festival attendee telling them how they are totally insulting the Chinese culture and totally disrespecting the culture).



May the Year of the Dog be a DOG YEAR for Conan!! :-P