In light of recent rumors that MTV is looking to replace the Jersey Shore cast after Season 5, late-night host, Conan O’Brien compiled some lost audition tapes of a few Hollywood heavyweights he felt would be a good fit for the dysfunctional, reality TV cast.

Let’s roll the tape.  Oh… we don’t have a tape?  Well, then just click that link.

The “footage” features Love and Other Drugs star Anne Hathaway and My Idiot Brother star Paul Rudd (And the AllState commercials guy, Dennis Haysbert) doing their best Guido and Guidette impersonations – and I’ve got to say, it seems like they’ve got the Jersey thang down pat.

Rudd opens his piece of the audition montage by simple stating, “I want to marry a Guido,” and then goes on to describe why all he wants for the rest of his days, is to live his life, down on the shore.

My ultimate dream is to move to Jersey and find a nice, hot, juiced, tanned guy and live my life.

Sounds just like a fairytale, don’t it?

While both Rudd and Hathaway are hilarious in the bit, the real winner is, Haysbert, who vehemently asserts that he will NOT fall on a grenade for The Situation.

‘Cause that’s Haysbert’s stand.  Are you in good hands?

Former Tonight Show host Conan O’Brien will finally return to the screen with his new TBS talk show titled “Conan”, which will premiere on Monday (November 8)- watch promotional/sneak peek videos below.

The “Nutcracker Lady” Arlene Wagner, who opened the Leavenworth Nutcracker Museum in Washington in 1995, will be the first guest to step into the brand new “Conan” set at the Warner Brothers lot in Burbank, California.

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Former Tonight Show host Conan O’Brien has finally announced the name of his much anticipated new late night show on TBS. The show titled “Conan”, simply “Conan” or “Conaw”, premieres on November 8 of “this year” (watch video below).

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“It’s ‘Conan,’ simple, pure, like the guy himself,” Conan said. “Actually, this N looks like a W. “Conaw”. Coming to TBS. I have to stick with that now because we’re only doing one take.”

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That is so lame. I was expecting Conan to surprise us with something more original or more fun. “CoCo” would have been a better name for the show that will be followed by “Lopez Tonight” with George Lopez. Conan left NBC for $45million after a battle of titans, Conan O’Brien vs. Jay Leno, over the Tonight Show time slot.

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Looks like Conan O’Brien will have to watch what he says at the Emmy Awards this Sunday night.

Conan, who is nominated in the outstanding variety, music, or comedy series category for his cancelled Tonight Show, is “legally prohibited” from saying whatever he wants about his former bosses during an acceptance speech. This will mark the first time Conan and NBC executives have been in the same room since his departure from the network.

Conan O’Brien Comedy Tour Legally Prohibited From Being Funny On TV

Here’s what Conan CANNOT say: His settlement deal with the network has strict rules, stating that he can’t make any “disparaging” comments about NBC, NBC Studios, Jay Leno, and NBC executives Jeff Zucker, Dick Ebersol, Jeff Gaspin, and Marc Graboff. This rule also applies to the executives; no “disparaging” comments about Conan either. The limitations of the settlement end September 1st. How convenient for NBC, right?

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According to The Hollywood Reporter, here’s what Conan CAN say:

“Conan’s settlement deal defines disparaging comments as those that are “false” and would be viewed by a reasonable person to be “insulting or defamatory. The key word is “false.” O’Brien can poke fun at his former bosses or even take a shot at Leno as long as his remarks are not both inaccurate and scornful.”

According to attorney Pierce O’Donnell:

“He can still have a field day. He can make fun of NBC’s ratings, its shows, as long as he’s not saying anything false.”

Sources close to Conan say that he isn’t planning to say anything negative if he wins, and even if he did, NBC still reserves the right to hit the censor button. Both NBC and O’Brien reps declined to comment.

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Conan’s new show on TBS is scheduled to begin in November. Long live COCO!

Former Tonight Show host Conan O’Brien confessed that if he was in Jay Leno’s shoes he would have handled things differently in his first interview after leaving NBC with Steve Kroft for 60 Minutes (watch video below).

“He went and took that show back, and I think in a similar situation, if roles had been reversed, I know — I know me, I wouldn’t have done that,” O’Brien told Kroft. “If I had surrendered ‘The Tonight Show’and handed it over to somebody publicly and wished them well – and then … six months later. But that’s me, you know. Everyone’s got their own, you know, way of doing things.”

“I think this relationship [with NBC] is going be toxic and maybe we just need to go our separate ways,” he told Kroft. “That’s really how it felt to me … and I started to feel that I’m not sure these people even really want me here…. I can’t do it [anymore].”

After a very bitter divorce, Conan left NBC more popular than ever with a $33 million settlement, a successful comedy tour and more importantly a new late night talk show to premiere in November on TBS (read more details here).

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Former “Tonight Show” host Conan O’Brien has landed a new gig – his own late night show on TBS, which is set to be followed by George Lopez’s “Lopez Tonight” starting in November. Team CoCo must be hysterical with the news!

“In three months I’ve gone from network television to Twitter to performing live in theater, and now I’m headed to basic cable,” O’Brien said in the statement. “My plan is working perfectly.”

He also tweeted on Monday (April 12): “The good news: I will be doing a show on TBS starting in November! The bad news: I’ll be playing Rudy on the all new Cosby Show.”

This time Conan will be responsible for Lopez’s move to midnight! Who is Team Lopez? Conan is also getting ready to tour the country with his comedy tour, “The Legally Prohibited from Being Funny on Television Tour” (check out Conan’s tour dates here).

Former Tonight Show host Conan O’Brien has just announced a 30-city comedy tour officially named “The Legally Prohibited from Being Funny on Television Tour.” LOL! Go to TicketMaster to buy your tickets fast before it sells out.

Conan tweeted, “Hey Internet: I’m headed to your town on a half-assed comedy & music tour. Go to TeamCoco.com for tix. I repeat: It’s half-assed.”

Conan doesn’t know exactly what he is going to do on tour but he promised to deliver a “night of music, comedy, hugging and the occasional awkward silence.” Conan will kick off his “half-assed” tour in Oregon on April 12, 2010.

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The recently unemployed former Tonight Show host, Conan O’Brien, has officially joined the popular social networking site Twitter. Conan’s bio reads, “I had a show. Then I had a different show. Now I have a Twitter account.”

Conan can now completely give up on finding a new job and keep the world entertained on Twitter. Follow Conan O’Brien @ConanOBrien and follow Bumpshack @Bumpshack for the best entertainment news.

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Conan O’Brien said goodbye to the Tonight Show a mere couple of weeks after the NBC drama started on Friday (January 22). The last show counted with special appearances by Steve Carell, who conducted an exit interview with Conan, and Will Ferrell, who was joined by his wife and Conan for a special hippie rendition of “Freebird” (watch video here).

Conan delivered an emotional farewell speech (there was tears in his eyes!), in which he actually sincerely thanked NBC and thanked his many, many fans for all the support (watch video below). Conan may be unemployed now but he is one happy unemployed guy!!

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The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien has sadly come to an end and Jay Leno will take over once again. Conan ended his reign as Tonight Show host joining Will Ferrell and his real-life wife, Swedist actress Viveca Paulin, in an amazing hippie-style performance of “Freebird” on Friday (January 22) – watch video below.

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NBC and Conan O’Brien seem to have finally reached a deal that was carefully analyzed by his lawyers and should be finalized on Saturday (January 16). Conan is reportedly leaving the network and Jay Leno gets his “The Tonight Show” back for a full hour between 11:35 pm to 12:35 am. Seriously this situation needs to be solved quickly, the whole “let’s bash NBC and take shots at each other” is getting old.

Conan O’Brien Quits The Tonight Show (FULL Statement)

Conan O’Brien announced he has put his “The Tonight Show” set on sale on the infamous Craigslist with the caption “Barely-used Late Night Talk Show – Make Me an Offer!!” on Thursday (January 14). Conan is clearly prepared to leave the show! Team Conan!!

Conan O’Brien Quits The Tonight Show (FULL Statement)