Why I Should Be Conan O'Brien's New Co-Host
I've never abused this blog. While others used it to try and get free Watchmen tickets (which, honestly, I would have done if I'd thought of it first), I maintained my blogging integrity by sticking to the important issues, like crazy sex romps and goading PC vs. Mac people into bloody comment wars.
But now it's my time.
Conan is moving to Los Angeles soon to take over for Leno, and as anyone familiar with WGA rules knows, he will leave behind a shallow grave of old writers, throats slit and gaping open to the cold New York sun (the strike wasn't quite as successful as they'd hoped).
But if you think you know where Im going with this, youve vastly underestimated my sense of self-importance. Thats right. Conan, I want to be your new co-host.
Think about it: Youve lost your writing staff, youre going to be in a scary new town and starting a whole new show. I know a fuckton of writers who need cocaine money, am intimately familiar with the prostitute-selling parts of L.A. and just released the final episode of my own show.
Well, I can make it the final episode, anyway. Seriously, Ill burn all the footage for next weeks S.W.A.I.M. if you want. I know the competitions been hurting your ratings, and heres your chance to make that all go away. Just put a phone up to that massive head of yours and make the call.
Yes, I just insulted you. And yes, Ill probably do it again, on national television if the opportunity should arise. But you should still make me your new co-host. Why?
Three simple, yet counter-intuitive reasons.
1. Im like Andy Richter, only with more lady fans and staying power.
Andy was great. Hell, Andy Richter Controls the Universe is one of the most underrated sitcoms of the last 50 years. But lets face the facts, he wasnt exactly a pussy magnet. I, on the other hand, could arrange sex with a female Cracked reader probably within the hour if I really tried. And its seven fucking A.M. right now.
Thats the kind of drawing power you want anchored to your little couch every night. L.A. is a town concerned with appearances, and youre going to need to counterbalance your Frankenstein-ish stature and overall ginger-ness with a boyishly handsome charm-factory like myself.
Id install a guardrail in front of the audience though (dont want them rushing the stage, titties a-flappin). And Im warning you now; the first three rows of ladies will get wet.
2. I promise to drink, abuse drugs and curse in public.
In this era of reality television and gossip blogs, a celebritys power is built upon their personal life just as much as their public persona. And while youve done a great job throughout your career avoiding tabloids and keeping the details of your home life private, I will have no such discretion.
Expect fights with paparazzi. Expect dropped babies. Expect ratings to skyrocket.
Youre going to have to retire the masturbating bear because it reminds people of my frequent public indecency charges. Im going to come to work drunk and vomit all over the raccoon wearing a jetpack. Im going to haggle with the robot pimp for 15 minutes on live TV before realizing hes just a character.
In other words, Im going to make you a star.
3. I will challenge you for control of the show.
In order to avoid any confusion down the road, Ill let you know now that Ive already picked out my co-hosting outfit.

Yes, Conan, you could actually have a 50s-style greaser as your co-host. And Im not just phoning it in, either: Ill use words like squares and heat, carve my gangs logo into your desk (its a guy eating ice cream), even stab an occasional guest or two.
And, like any troubled youth with no impulse control and a dog pack mentality, I will actively challenge you for control of the show. Think of it! The natural tension as people tune in night after night, wondering: is this the night? Could tonight be the night Slick Mickey finally guts Conan like a pale-bellied fish?
So make me your co-host, Conan. All I ask in return is top billing and the right to sleep with your wife (I dont even know what she looks like; its more of a dominance thing). I promise, you wont regret it, right up to the moment I kill you and wear your skin as a suit to see if I can fool Gwyneth Paltrow.
Or I could be head writer. Whichever, really.
When not winning through intimidation, Michael serves as head writer for and co-founder of Those Aren't Muskets!









heheh love it, there arent enough 50's style greasers doing chat shows so keep at it you never know!!
Replyshit. i thought i was one of the few...unfortunately, i should stop wondering why i have such a huge crush on michael swaim. i thought i had an unusual "taste". even he knows women go ga-ga over him.
Replychoose me...not for conan though.
ooohhh...i love funny men. again, i'm not sleeping with conan.
Not sure what
ReplyYou forgot that Andy Richter is in a different weight class of comedy than you. You'd have to bulk up to take him on or he could try some of that brown fat.
Reply"I, on the other hand, could arrange sex with a female Cracked reader probably within the hour if I really tried. And it’s seven fucking A.M. right now."
ReplyI didn't actually read anything after that. I got distracted.
Thank you for your help!
ReplyDiscount Vegas Tickets...
ReplyRock on baby - what happens in Vegas is supposed to stay in Vegas! Ha! I was able to find great tickets to shows there because of the crisis. Check it out if you are heading down Vegas way. It is a much better than option than the evil Ticketmaster!!...
Will you marry me Michael Swaim?? You... are the most hilarious man I have ever met... and it is HAWT! I'm not joking, not in the least bit. I believe that we could have a wonderful life together; you working during the days and me creating wonderful art at home. Then when you come home every night we will have wonderful, errotic, passionate beyond belief sex. In the mornings we will do it again. Then I'll make you breakfast in bed and serve it to you naked except for my apron. I could go on but I'm afraid that I will no longer be a mystery and then the appeal will be gone. Please do not hesitate to contact me... you sexy SEXY beast! groawwrr......
ReplyKristi aka picklefishy
"This article takes a very disturbing turn upon one realizing that this is, in fact, not a joke. If the comments are anything to go by, 15% of all women in the world lust after Swaim."
ReplyI wouldn't doubt it!
you suck.
Reply"I, on the other hand, could arrange sex with a female Cracked reader probably within the hour if I really tried."
ReplyThis article takes a very disturbing turn upon one realizing that this is, in fact, not a joke. If the comments are anything to go by, 15% of all women in the world lust after Swaim.
I wanted to give Conan a tour of my neighborhood here in LA to help get him acclimated. There's a Subway (sandwiches) on Sunset/La Brea. It's open 24/7.
ReplyI love SWAIM.
ReplyI think the paragraphs under #3 (the Greaser) are some of the funniest lines I have ever read! Great as always, SWAIM!
ReplyI'd like to treat your mother to a nice steak dinner.
ReplySwaim (or as the French would write, Suéme), I recommend not fucking wth Conan. Cimmerians are not known for their tolerance of bullshit.
Replythe con-dog and swaim both on one show! if it happened they would end up canceling all other late night shows, i mean the sheer mass of that thing....really...ten inches....around? and conan doing his string dance at knife point by greaser swaim, and clippy and robot pimp gettin jiggy with it.....i just referenced will simth...sweet jebus...
ReplyIs there a petition or ransom note I can sign?
ReplyI like how you made your head even more freakishly huge than Conan's in the poorly executed Photoshopped picture.
ReplyHowever, I think you only work as a chick magnet for women who have a robot fetish (you know, the sort that used to get hot and bothered for Brent Spiner). Otherwise, frankly, he'd be better off with Gladstone as he's prettier than you.
Swaim, my dear.
Reply...Why is the gang logo a guy licking an ice cream cone?
Also, if you don't do anymore S.W.A.I.M, I will lie down and die.
And I don't think you REALLY want THAT on your conscious.