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There is enough Mean Conan — not to mention Cranky Conan, Exhausted Conan and Vulnerable Conan — to go around in “Conan O’Brien Can’t Stop,” a documentary directed by Rodman Flender that will make its debut Sunday at the South by Southwest festival in Austin, Tex....   >>>

There is enough Mean Conan — not to mention Cranky Conan, Exhausted Conan and Vulnerable Conan — to go around in “Conan O’Brien Can’t Stop,” a documentary directed by Rodman Flender that will make its debut Sunday at the South by Southwest festival in Austin, Tex.



If the months depicted in the documentary, when Mr. O’Brien, now 47, wrapped up a short and star-crossed run at “The Tonight Show” and began a 32-city concert tour, seem overly familiar, its subject said they reveal a rarely seen side of him: “Conan in extremis,” he said, adding that during this time he lost 15 pounds and countless hours of sleep, and concluded that his need to perform in front of people might be a kind of addiction. He regards the film as an accurate portrait and a necessary exorcism, he said, though perhaps one he now feels uneasy about sharing with an audience.



“I certainly won’t go through anything like this again,” he said, “because if I do, I’ll kill myself next time around. I thought, this is going to come but once, let’s record it, and what’s the worst that happens?”



With a chuckle he added: “Well, it turns out the worst that can happen is that it can be seen by people.”



**The excerpt above is taken from the NYT article, "Conan in the Wilderness," written by Dave Itzkoff and linked below. Do click through to read more about Conan O'Brien's documentary.**