The U.S. army confirmed that it gave a lucrative fire fighting contract in Iraq to the firm once run by the Vice President Dick Cheney without any competitive bidding. When asked if this could be conceived as Cheney's friends profiting from the war, the spokesman said 'Yes.'

After writing for several comedy shows in Los Angeles he joined the writing staff of Saturday Night Live. "He was passed out facedown into this horrible shag carpet. Generally critics fans and even those who worked on the show agree that its sensibilities changed following "Marge vs.

O'Brien has been the subject of a documentary Conan O'Brien Can't Stop (2011) and has also hosted a 32-city live comedy tour. O'Brien was a writer and producer for The Simpsons for two seasons until he was commissioned by NBC to take over David Letterman's position as host of Late Night in 1993.