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.
KPRC-TV
"Late Night with Conan O'Brien" also did not air in Houston from 1994 to 1996; KPRC opted to air reruns of "The Jenny Jones Show" in its place. "Late Night" returned to KPRC in 1996, although it was subjected to delayed scheduling in later years to air various programs such as "Ricki Lake" at 11:35 p.m., followed by "Access Hollywood", a repeat of the 10 p.m. newscast and "Jenny Jones", which delayed "Late Night" to 2:40 a.m. This fact was not lost on O'Brien, who visited Houston (including visits at the main Houston Bus Terminal and the Astrodome) to watch an episode of his own show with Houstonians in a classic remote piece; KPRC's mail servers were flooded with emails in response. KPRC moved the show to 12:35 a.m. in 1998, and finally to its network-recommended (for the Central Time Zone) 11:35 p.m. slot in 2005, where "Late Night", now hosted by Seth Meyers, continues to air; however, the station still delays "Last Call with Carson Daly" until 2:05, showing infomercials in the show's standard network timeslot of 12:35 a.m.