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Night owls looking for freshly written jokes received a semi-infusion of comedic relief last night when the late night funny men finally returned for duty (Letterman, Conan, Kimmel, Leno — Carson did a little while back but we clearly said ‘funny men’) — as long as your idea of comedic relief is watching O’Brien beat his own record of spinning his wedding ring for more than 41 seconds. Right: His writers are still on strike, as are the rest of the talk show crew’s save Letterman, whose Worldwide Pants negotiated a side deal with the WGA allowing him a full force of professionally minted quips and gags. Didn’t stop him from joining Conan in modeling the lastest in strike beard fashion.

[Pics by Dana Edelson for the AP]

Conan without writers means Conan resorting to his grab bag of tricks and ticks: knocking over the big mic, dancing like a fool, staring into the camera as a romantic song plays (”Strike beard … strike beard … strike beard … I love you”), and playing guitar. After the jump, Conan roams the halls playing “Sunshine Of Your Love” and “Purple Haze” while other Late Nighters try and work — and follows that by playing and singing “Creep” (he knows the music and lyrics, good man) while others jam along on Rock Band. Oh yeah, then he sings “Sabotage” if performed by Edith Bunker.

Fonte: Stereogum