Conan Rally at NBC building in Chicago

So I get it. I understand why NBC is taking the tonight show back.

One of the perks of living in a big city is hearing about rediculous rallys that can occurs. I'm not talking about banning gay marrige or abortion, but a Conan Obrien rally to keep him on the air. Naturally being a huge Conan fan I had to partake, plus I had nothing better to do on a Monday.

I aproached the crowd of maybe 60 plus Cone-Zone fans infront of the NBC 5 building in Chicago with my roomate Jeff. He was holding a hockey stick coverd in a Trader Joes paper bag on top stating "I'm with CoCo" on one side, and "Thanks for the day off MLK" on the other.

We began to assimilate into the crowd. I quickly realized something, no one there was over the age of 25 (not counting the mother of the 6 and 15 year old girls from the suburbs) With this age range how was NBC supposed to get great sponsors when no one who watches the show has disposable income? That's like putting up a Jaguar dealer in downtown Detroit, ain't gunna make money. Or a GMC dealerhsip for that matter.

So as I smiled for the multiple news cameras covering the event and dodged the kid spray coloring everyone's hair orange, it all made sense. I guess a goofy guy with funny hair and a great back up band is not enough to succeed.

Maybe one day it won't be about money, but instead, good content. Not very likely, those Mcdonalds nuggets don't sell them selves...oh wait.