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Smashing a giant pumpkin with Grave Digger - Click above to watch the video
Those punk kids who TP your neighborhoods and smash pumpkins on mischief night? Rank amateurs. If you want to do something, do it right – an idea that Conan O'Brien clearly has a handle on. Hence, when it came time to smash a pumpkin on The Tonight Show, he procured the world's largest, and the blunt instrument he calls upon to do the smashing is Dennis Anderson's Grave Digger. You all know how this ends. The video's posted after the jump. Thanks to Shawn for the heads-up!
[Source: NBC via YouTube]
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
CDQ 9:33AM (10/31/2009)
That's one bad ass Sentra.
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MachinaDC5 10:07AM (10/31/2009)
Billy Corgan would be proud.
Carlos 9:58AM (10/31/2009)
That was awesome! Imagine how many pumpkin pies that thing could make!
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dal20402 11:24AM (10/31/2009)
Big pumpkins make gross pumpkin pies... the small ones are sweeter and more flavorful.
Big pumpkins are best for carving...
...or smashing.
f3rg 10:16AM (10/31/2009)
This is why I never get tired of Conan.
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Nick 11:41AM (10/31/2009)
Am I the only one who thinks Conan isn't funny? Constant hysteria, making the same faces and fart jokes doesn't make me laugh.
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HAAS599 12:04PM (10/31/2009)
yes
Nellydesign 12:19PM (10/31/2009)
Conan doesn't do fart jokes. He does what David Letterman USED to do. Crazy sketches and stunts to keep us entertained. I think he's great at it. Yes, I'll admit, the Masturbating Bear is pretty low brow but it's almost an homage to low brow it's so low brow.
2004m3driver 12:28PM (10/31/2009)
His sketches are great! Like this one.
This pumpkin smashing was actually deserving of being called epic.
rotarymandan 2:55PM (10/31/2009)
Why did you even watch the video if you think Conan isn't funny? What better way is there to smash a giant pumpkin than with a monster truck! Awesome!
a.kandyba 3:54PM (10/31/2009)
Nick, I'm totally with you. Craig Fergusson is way funnier, not to mention Chelsea Handler. I can't stand O'Brien.
06VistaBlueGT 11:29AM (10/31/2009)
Dennis Anderson is the MAN!!!
I can still remember his 1st tv appearance on ESPN, when they were showing Monster truck racing. Man how time flies!!!
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vespid82 12:17PM (10/31/2009)
As much of a waste of horsepower and engineering that monster trucks are... damnit if they aren't impressive! :)
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2004m3driver 12:33PM (10/31/2009)
His control over it was amazing! I thought he was going to hit the building towards the end.
JDM Life 12:31PM (10/31/2009)
SENTRA FTW ! lmao
I would love one of those monster trucks.
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toronado455 3:53PM (10/31/2009)
Wow the suspension on that thing is really impressive. Not just the scale of it, but how it works. The way the front end lifts up when he accelerates, and then when he comes to a stop the rear end goes way up and then GENTLY moves back down. It almost looks like he is controlling that from the drivers seat.
Also, it may just be the camera angle but it looks like he almost took out that parked Chevy truck just before he goes up on the curbs at the edge of the parking lot there.
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jr0890 12:31AM (11/04/2009)
tornado how dare you call that POS a chevy
toronado455 4:02PM (10/31/2009)
Wow, I also just noticed the 4-wheel steering.
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Jaymez 6:29PM (10/31/2009)
Conan sucks, but, that was an awesome display of pointlessness.
I love Grave Digger.
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Ohso Clutch 7:12PM (10/31/2009)
Gotta love Conan.
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