Conan Gets The Last Laugh.

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Conan Obrien may have to say bye-bye to The Tonight Show but he won't be leaving empty handed. According to reports The Tonight show host will be receiving a 32.5 mil payout for his trouble. In addition to the payout to Conan NBC is reportedly going to pay severance to the employees of the show so the total payout is going to run about 40 million when all is said and done. In return Conan has agreed not to host another show until September.

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