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I dreamt I was watching Conan O'Brien, and Andy Richter had just left, so they were doing this thing where they were auditioning new sidekicks. Kind of a long-running gag over the course of a few weeks. And John Candy was the guest and he said something funny (I forget what) and Jon Cryer, who was the sidekick that day, goes, "thank you folks, I'll be here all week!" and turns to this guy next to him, who's dressed sort of like Jon Cryer but creepier, who says the same thing and turns to the guy next to him. And it goes down this line of guys who look progressively less and less like Jon Cryer, and more incongruous, like one is this black dude in drag, for example, but still vaguely reminiscent of Jon Cryer circa 1987, all of whom say, "thank you folks, I'll be here all week!" and finally it gets to the end of the line, and it's this woman in a tight short dress and a mexican wrestling mask with a toddler on her lap, and the little kid freezes, and the mom says, "go on honey, say your line to Conan. Come on sweetie." And instead, the kid just hands Conan a Barbie doll and bursts into tears and the audience just goes crazy with laughter and applause, cuz Conan looks straight at the camera and really milks the awkward moment for all it's worth. Just thought I'd share.