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Colorado Park Rangers Are Desperate to Know Why They Have a Photo of Conan O’Brien in Their Office

2025 has already been a trying time for National Parks. Sweeping layoffs have thrown operations into a state of “chaos” just months before the busy summer season kicks off. And state parks have their own problems, too. Park offices are absolutely littered with framed 8x10s of famous comedians. Okay, it’s just one photo in one office, but still. 

While Conan O’Brien was preparing to host Sunday’s Oscars ceremony, Colorado Parks and Wildlife’s official social media account tagged him a post. Why? Because they want to know why there is currently a framed, autographed photo of the former late-night host in the offices of Roxborough State Park in Littleton, Colorado. “No one knows the story, and we would really love to,” they wrote. 

Rest in Peace to ‘Space Ghost’ Actor George Lowe, the Greatest Voice in Adult Swim History

Earlier today, the adult animation community learned of the passing of voice acting legend George Lowe at the age of 67. There’s now a Space Ghost-sized hole in the heart of every cartoon fan who understands why we even have an Adult Swim in the first place.

Before Cartoon Network committed to courting the market of adults and teenagers who also enjoyed animated comedy shows about zany, supernatural characters with the now-institutional programming block Adult Swim, the channel tested the waters on mature-ish cartoons by having legendary TV executive Mike Lazzo make a subversive, surrealist talk show hosted by a lesser-known Hanna-Barbera character. Space Ghost Coast to Coast first hit the airwaves in 1994 and introduced a massive, yet-untapped audience of men in their 20s who love cartoons and cannabis to the superhero-turned-late-night-host who would change the course of TV history forever.

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