sammi says

"The Tonight Show with Conan O'Brien" has a new recurring bit and it comes in the form of Conan's hunky, brooding vampire personal-assistant, Cody Devereaux. Forget Dave Letterman hooking up with his assistants, Conan's assistant self-destructs all on his own. Conan is trying to stay current with the vampire craze in Hollywood right now and has featured his fanged-friend Cody a couple of times now. We always see Cody breathing heavily with bouffant hair, dark bags under his eyes seeming upset and misunderstood. He always lets his passion get the best of him and accidentally runs into the sunlight.

I really love this bit. Conan's recurring characters and sketches are what drew me into "Late Night" years ago and I'm glad to see he has kept that tradition. Besides Cody Devereaux, his other recurring bits are the Twitter Tracker and his telenovela inspired "Noches de Pasion" featuring the Spanish character, Conando. I'm also glad he's kept the fan favorite "In the Year 2000," although he updated it to the year 3000. I'll admit, Conan had a rough start this summer on "The Tonight Show," but it has gotten much funnier and more relaxed. His current beef with the mayor of Newark, New Jersey has been great and is keeping him in the headlines.

Update (11/17)- So according to my statistic tracker thing on this blog this post about Cody Devereaux gets an insane amount of hits from google searches. So I thought I'd capitalize on this fact and write a little bit more about Cody. Cody is played by Eric Callero. Upon viewing Eric Callero's professional website I learned a few things about this interesting actor.

For starters, I think there may be something wrong with me because I think he's more attractive when playing a vampire than in real life. What is it about him being shirtless with dark circles under his eyes that makes me think he's cute?

Secondly, after viewing Eric's resume it's clear that playing Cody Devereaux on "The Tonight Show," will lead to his big break. Eric hasn't been in any great movies or TV shows, but surely he can only move on to bigger and better things after the huge impact he's making on audiences of "The Tonight Show." Jack McBrayer aka Kenneth the Page got his start playing parts on Conan's "Late Night."

And thirdly, according to Eric's "about me" section he believes that collecting vinyl is relevant and might possibly help him land a role. Maybe I'm wrong, but I don't think collecting vinyl is that extraordinary of a hobby or talent, I can't imagine why he felt compelled to include that bit of information. Regardless, I like this guy. Here's his latest bit from last night's "Tonight Show."




And for all you vampire lovers out there read my review of "The Twilight Saga: New Moon", What Can I Say? I Loved "New Moon"