List of Late Night with Conan O'Brien sketches
The sketch was invented prior to the actual year 2000, but the show's writers decided to keep the named year the same even after the passing of the titular year, in a sort of ironic twist. However, when the sketch was revived on "The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien", Richter heaped ridicule upon O'Brien for failing to update the name of the skit nine years after the year 2000 had passed. The sketch is renamed "In the Year 3000", with the black robe (referred to as a 'ratty smock' by Richter) being replaced with a more futuristic-looking outfit consisting of a large metallic collar with a series of blinking lights, which Conan said were very expensive to make and Andy said smelled bad. Appearing on "Tonight" June 3, 2009, it was the first "Late Night" sketch to be carried over to Conan's "Tonight Show". The open to the sketch included narration by William Shatner and, on one occasion, George Takei.
Andy Blitz
Blitz was born in New York City and grew up in Ridgewood, New Jersey, where he attended Ridgewood High School, graduating as part of the class of 1989. He graduated from Columbia University in 1994. By 1999 he had established himself as a fixture of New York City's stand-up comedy scene, performing regularly at the now-defunct Luna Lounge; in that same year he began his work on "Late Night". His best known sketches on the show include Blitz traveling to India to NBC's computer help center to get his computer fixed, Conan helping his writer hunt for an apartment in New York, and a recurring segment featuring Blitz as an inept, chanting sports fan (in real life Blitz is a New York Mets fan). Since leaving "Late Night", Blitz has worked as a writer, executive producer and guest actor on the Comedy Central series "Review" and worked as a writer and co-executive producer on the Netflix series "Master of None". Blitz previously wrote for the Adult Swim series "Eagleheart" starring Chris Elliott, Maria Thayer and Brett Gelman. Blitz appeared in Season 4 of "Arrested Development" and the movie "Table 19". He continues to perform stand-up comedy.